what can a hunger report do for you? dorothy smith, rd uc cooperative extension amador, calaveras ...
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How Calaveras County Used the Report: Presented to the Board of Supervisors Solicited Grant funding: –Emergency Mobile Food Pantry Project –MICH Project Mothers Infants and Child HarvestTRANSCRIPT
What Can a Hunger Report Do for You?
Dorothy Smith, RDUC Cooperative ExtensionAmador, Calaveras & Tuolumne Counties
Hunger Report Provides: Increase community awareness
Solid data
Anecdotal information
Publishable information
How Calaveras County Used the Report: Presented to the Board of Supervisors
Solicited Grant funding:– Emergency Mobile Food Pantry Project– MICH Project
• Mothers Infants and Child Harvest
Emergency Mobile Food Pantry Provide food to hard to reach targeted
communities. Provide nutrition education to targeted
communities. Provide referral and resource
information to targeted communities.
Process Obtain Community “Buy In”
Identify and secure distribution site
Recruit volunteers
Provide service
Conducted focus groups in 5 remote communities
Recruited 41 volunteers!
Successes Secured 5 sites at no
cost Obtained funding for
van Provides service to
approximately 100 families per month
Provide food for over 2000 meals per month
Continued Successes Summary Data
– 2628 Families– 7900 Meals– 2400 Nutrition
Education Contacts
Successes Continued 45% of families served
were new to food bank services.
Reduction of 25% has occurred at main food bank in San Andreas.
Education and referral information provided monthly.
Nutrition Education and Referrals
MICH Project Prop 10 funded 1 year grant
WIC and Food Bank Collaborative
Voucher for fruits and vegetables provided to WIC participants each month
MICH Project
$50,000 Grant
$32,000 for fresh produce
Created economic benefit for community
Hunger Reports Can Be a Powerful Tool.
The Possibilities Are Numerous.