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2020 Office of Sustainability and Environment
Fresh Bucks & Healthy Food In SchoolsBriefing to the Sweetened Beverage Tax Community Advisory BoardJanuary 2020
Sharon Lerman Food Policy & Programs Manager
Office of Sustainability & Environment
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Presentation Overview• About the Office of Sustainability & Environment
• Fresh Bucks • Program overview
• 2019 Highlights
• What's ahead for 2020
• Healthy Food in Schools• 2019 Highlights
• What’s ahead for 2020
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Healthy Communities
Climate Environmental Equity
Food Policy & Programs
Office of Sustainability & EnvironmentOffice of Sustainability & Environment Focus Areas
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OSE Food Policy & Programs Work
Food Policy Strategy
Interdepartmental
Policy & Collaboration
Regional
Collaboration
State and Federal
Policy
Targeted Investments
in food access
Fresh Bucks
Healthy Food in
Schools
Supporting
Community-led work
SBT Community
Advisory Board
KCD-Seattle Grant
Program
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What is Fresh Bucks Fresh Bucks is a healthy food program that helps Seattle residents afford fruits and vegetables.
Fresh Bucks Match
For participants who use SNAP/EBT (food stamps)
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Fresh Bucks Vouchers / Rx
For eligible and enrolled customers (Seattle residents with income ≤ 80% AMI)
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Fresh Bucks Vouchers
CBO enrollment
Fresh Bucks Vouchers
Clinic enrollment
Public enrollment
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Fresh Bucks Voucher enrollment by priority community
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000
Priority populations
Other
CBO Public
Priority populations were determined by a 2018 Racial Equity Toolkit: • Black/African American• Hispanic/Latinx• Native American/Alaska Native• Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander• People who speak a primary language
other than English
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Priority Populations
Other populations
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Fresh Bucks Voucher Enrollment by Neighborhood
Race and Social Equity Index
Seattle 2035 Growth and Equity Analysis
Reference map: Racial and Social Equity Index
Number of Voucher Customers
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2019 Highlights – Fresh Bucks
• Developed Fresh Bucks Vouchers eligibility, enrollment, and distribution system to expand Fresh Bucks to include people in the food security gap.
• Led with racial equity in enrollment by contracting with 7 community-based organizations rooted in and serving communities disproportionately impacted by food insecurity and diet-related disease, resulting in 73% of Fresh Bucks customers coming from these communities.
• Nearly doubled the amount of Fresh Bucks benefit in the community. From roughly $1.5 million in 2018 to nearly $3 million in 2019.
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Looking ahead to 2020 – Fresh Bucks • 2020 budget provides a significant increase in Voucher benefits -
7,500 customers will be enrolled during the enrollment period
• Refined Voucher enrollment system and created new partnerships based on community feedback
• Community and clinic enrollment is underway (lottery application will be available March 2-31)
• Taking steps to move to electronic benefits
• Aligning Fresh Bucks match with statewide SNAP match benefits
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“I am eating more fruits and
vegetables now more than ever. If I
did not have these coupons I would
not be eating hardly any fresh fruits
and vegetables at all because they
are too expensive. Whoever is doing
this program, I thank them. I hope
this program continues.”
-Client with several significant health
conditions
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• Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snacks in Elementary Schools
•High school snack pilot
•New work in 2020
Healthy Food in Schools
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2019 Highlights - Elementary
• Served 10 additional Seattle elementary schools to the FFVP program – resulting in 6,800students across 18 schools being served a daily fruit or veggie snack, an increase in 3,498 students from last year
• Strengthened local and WMBE sourcing contract provisions for 19-20 school year
“We love it. We love the fruit and veggie program. We are excited to get to keep it. We have been really impressed with the quality. It’s a healthy option. We are totally into it.”
–Principal, Dearborn Park Elementary
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2019 participating elementary schools
Beacon Hill International
Broadview -Thomson
Dearborn Park International
Graham Hill
Hawthorne
Highland Park
John Muir
Leschi
Licton Springs K-8
Lowell
Madrona
Maple
Northgate
Olympic Hills
Rainier View
Roxhill
Sand Point
Sanislo
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“I wanted to personally thank you….and invite you to visit Lowell Elementary to see how amazing this program is here and see how grateful we are for your snacks!”
-Principal at Lowell Elementary
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2019 Highlights – High Schools
• Partnered with FEEST to develop a snack program model
• Launched a High School Snack Pilot, making fruits and vegetables available to 1,078students at Chief Sealth High School
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“I liked the effort put in to make sure students were taken care of. It makes a really big impact on student’s education – you want to know that the school is inclusive for you. It has started giving people more reasons to like the school. It’s started bringing in a more happy community.”
-Rey, 10th grade
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• 100% of students interviewed want to see the pilot continued• Students report the program
has had a positive impact on their ability to learn and strengthened the Chief Sealthcommunity
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Chief Sealth HS Survey and Interview Results
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Looking ahead to 2020 – Healthy Food in Schools
• Continuing elementary snack program
• Extending the Chief Sealth pilot through 2020 and piloting at one additional high school
• Working with SPS to develop a plan to install water filling stations in SPS schools, in accordance with CAB recommendations
• Contracting with a consultant to develop a scratch cooking assessment for SPS
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Questions?
Sharon Lerman
Food Policy & Programs Manager
Seattle Office of Sustainability & Environment
206-615-1693
Office of Sustainability & Environment