Belco, MichelleChan, Sara-Grace2021-07-072021-07-072021-04-01https://hdl.handle.net/10657/7773Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, food distribution organizations have had to alter their operations to accommodate the increase in food-insecure individuals. This project studies how well Houston food distribution organizations are addressing the needs and concerns of their food-insecure clientele, such as their health conditions, through phone interviews with the workers and consistent volunteers of the food distribution organizations. There will be twenty interviews conducted, and each interview will consist of fourteen questions to better comprehend the thoughts of the food distribution workers and volunteers. From the interviews, we hope to gain their perspectives regarding their food distribution organization’s efficiency, needs, and concerns as well as their operations prior to the pandemic. The results will be tabulated based on the respondents’ answers to the telephone interviews. Some of the categories for the tabulation are: ideal food distribution operations, primary clientele concerns, and adaptations after the pandemic. The overall goal of this research project is to develop a deeper comprehension of the current status of food insecurity and health disparities in the Houston community as well as what adaptations made to food distribution organizations during the pandemic should be continued after the pandemic ends.en-USThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).Poster