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SITE FINDINGS

Focus Group Results and Analyses:

Focus groups were conducted at five Community Action Agencies located in -- Jacksonville, New
Bern, Fayetteville, Lumberton and Goldsboro. These focus groups consisted of approximately 77
local community leaders across various domains (housing providers, local elected officials,
community-based organizations, and citizens). In addition to the focus groups, surveys were
administered to low-income citizens who were impacted by Hurricane Florence. Both methods
of data gathering informed a general set of responses for statistical analyses and insight from
citizens. The perspectives of both community providers and impacted citizens were important
to the analyses. This forms a triangulation of data and allows us to glean insights that may be
generalizable to other locations.

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