AmeriCorps Vista volunteer to work with AARP to take on the problem of adult hunger

AARP North Carolina is pleased to announce that Consuela Chapman will be working with AARP and partners across the state to help put an end to adult hunger in the state.

Chapman, who has a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Fayetteville State University, is quite familiar with the needs of older adults having worked as a hospice and home health care social worker. Her background will also provide helpful expertise when it comes to helping AARP respond to the needs of the state’s 1.8 million family caregivers.

For many family caregivers, their worries about loved ones having adequate nutrition, or even a daily meal, is burden that is often hard to overcome.

Chapman will be working on a program called “Healthy Futures,” where she hopes to link individuals and families to community resources that many do not know they are eligible to receive. One example is state’s supplemental nutritional assistance program known as SNAP.

Chapman can be reached at cchapman@aarp.org