Food Finders
In The News
When a grandfather walked into the Crossroads Student Outreach Clinic with his grandson, time was running out. The young boy, who was visiting from outside of the country, was diabetic and had run out of insulin. What was supposed to be a short visit had stretched into an unexpected extra week. The family, with a low household income and no health insurance, faced a frightening situation. Fortunately, the clinic was scheduled that very week, the child received life-saving insulin, and the family left with something more—a box filled with shelf-stable goods, milk, meat, and fresh produce from Food Finders Food Bank.
In collaboration with the United Way of Greater Lafayette, IU School of Medicine, and the IU Health Arnett-Family Medicine Residency, Food Finders Food Bank is now providing resource coordination at the Crossroads Student Outreach Clinic. The innovative collaboration embeds essential social services directly into the student-led clinic, ensuring that underserved neighbors receive both medical care and resource coordination support in a single visit. This intersection of agencies is breaking down barriers that too often keep people from getting the help they need, resulting in a more integrated and effective model of community support.