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7.A. - Page 32 of 101 <br />The key takeaways from the survey were: <br />• Healthcare Insecurity: has always been high but has not increased as much as other unmet <br />needs since COVID-19. <br />• Food Insecurity: Increased dramatically and remains relatively high, despite widespread <br />awareness of multiple services <br />• Housing Insecurity: Affects one-third of renters with a small but meaningful portion (7%) under <br />eviction threat. <br />• Spanish language respondents are six times as likely to be food insecure and twice as likely to be <br />housing insecure. <br />• The digital divide is most pronounced for high quality technology, with 15-30% lacking installed <br />internet and 20-40% lacking a computer at home. <br />• Distance learning challenges include lack of private workspace (22%) and insufficient support <br />from teachers or school staff (20%). <br />• Most full-time workers (55%) are caring for children more than 8 hours per day. <br />• Unemployment and furlough rates have doubled since COVID-19. <br />In each of these needs, COVID-19 has only exacerbated the need, not only increasing the number of <br />households or individuals with the need, but intensified the barriers for households and individuals with <br />these needs prior to the pandemic. For example, for those experiencing food insecurity, at pre-COVID-19 <br />levels a household may have enough to eat but not always the kind of food they wanted. As a result of <br />COVID-19, that same household may not have enough food to eat. The City has utilized the feedback <br />from the survey in discussions with stakeholders to better align services to the needs of the community, <br />strategically funding programs that will address the changing community needs in the post COVID-19 era <br />Annual Action Plan <br />2021 <br />OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018) <br />22 <br />439 <br />