Help Youth Find a Free Meal This Summer

1. Help Youth Find a Free MealThis Summer May 28, 2014

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7. Help Youth Find a Free MealThis Summer May 28, 2014

8. Presenters Patrice Chamberlain Director California Summer Meal Coalition Michael Cox Director of Public Services Pueblo City-County Library District Pueblo, Colorado Marnie Webb CEO Caravan Studios Facilitating: Crystal Schimpf Chat: Becky Wiegand, Sarah Washburn, Anna Jaeger Twitter: Ginny Mies (@TechSoup4Libs)

9. Today’s Agenda • What is the Summer Meal Program? • What one library is doing • What tools are available to help? • What can you do to help? • Q&A

10. Summer Meals Helping school age youth access free meals during the summer time

11. The problem

12. Only 1 in 6 youth who take advantage of federally funded lunch programs access available summer meals.

13. Increased food insecurity during the summer can lead to a greater summer learning gap. Children can gain weight -- two to three times as fast during the summer months. http://www.summermealcoalition.org/about-us/why-summer-meals/

14. How can we increase access to summer meals?

15. Overview: Summer Meals Program Patrice Chamberlain California Summer Meal Coalition @CA_SummerMeals

16. Building a Summer Safety Net with Summer Meals Patrice Chamberlain Director, CA Summer Meal Coalition

17. What happens when school’s out? • Need for free/reduced-price (FRP) lunch does not disappear in summer • Food insecurity associated with developmental, cognitive, behavioral and physical issues • Harder for low-income families to make ends meet in summer: Survey reports 34% do not have enough food in summer Sources: Leadership for Healthy Communities, 2012; Share Our Strength, 2013

18. The Perfect Storm of Bad Outcomes • Lack of access to healthy food and safe places to play increases risk of childhood obesity • Kids may gain weight 2-3x faster during the summer than during the school year • Lack of emphasis on nutrition during the summer can undermine nutrition promotion efforts during the school year • Low-income kids may experience greater summer learning loss than more affluent peers • Loss in grade level math AND reading skills • 6 weeks = $1,500 per student re-teaching • Cumulative impact contributes to the achievement gap (Sources: National Summer Learning Association, 2012; Summer Matters, 2013)

19. USDA Summer Nutrition Programs • USDA Summer Meal Programs = opportunity to stop gap left by school’s summer closure • Free, healthy meals for kids 18 and under in low-income neighborhoods • Meals available to all children – No ID • Sponsors act as fiscal/administrative agent; besides summer school, sites can include churches, parks, schools, Boys & Girls Clubs, libraries, WIC, migrant camps…many options! Must be located in low-income area or serve low-income children

20. Food Brings People Together • Budget cuts leave summer gaps– in CA & nationally • Opportunity to leverage assets in your community: • Schools, offices of education • Libraries • Community clinics, hospitals • Food banks • Park & Rec., other city agencies • Faith-based organizations • City leadership • Local business • CBOs, social service agencies • YMCA’s, Boys & Girls Clubs

21. Creative Partnerships • Bakersfield City SD –transformed cafeterias into learning labs • YMCA of Silicon Valley – Pediatric residents • San Diego USD – Military, SNAP, media, police, WIC, health clinic, food bank • Redwood Empire Food Bank – container gardening, nutrition education • Lunch @ the Library project

22. Lunch @ the Library • Collaboration with California Library Association to partner summer meal providers and public libraries • Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission + Fresno Public Library • Feeding America San Diego + San Diego County Library • Elk Grove USD + Sacramento Public Library • Los Angeles Regional Food Bank + Los Angeles Public Library • Expanding to nearly 45 libraries in California in 2014 • Created an online clearinghouse and communication forum

23. Contact Information: Patrice Chamberlain California Summer Meal Coalition 415.637.6815 Patrice.chamberlain@phi.org The California Summer Meal Coalition is a program of the Public Health Institute www.summermealcoalition.org @CA_SummerMeals It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.-Frederick Douglass

24. A Library’s Story: Programs & Referrals Michael Cox Pueblo City-County Library District Pueblo, Colorado @pueblolibrary

25. A Healthy Partnership • School meals don’t end when school ends. • Do eat your food in the library! • Focus programs around meal times to increase capacity.

26. Books in the Park • Breaking the rules • Reaching underserved communities • Unique library experiences • New partnership opportunities

27. Summer Meals • Solution for a known need • Appeals to target audience • Builds program attendance

28. The Need Continues To feed the mind, start with the stomach.

29. Next Steps • Increasing staff awareness • Keep paper flyers current • Access to technology to demonstrate online resources such as Range

30. Tools to Help: Making Referrals Marnie Webb Caravan Studios @caravanstudios

31. Three solutions

36. Text FOOD to 877-877

39. A map view displays summer lunch locations.

40. Quickly view information about the locations, with an option to see more, star or check for later sharing.

41. A detail view provides more information about the site and the program offered.

42. Items that you have checked can be shared via text or email.

43. The recipient receives a text or email with location information.

44. The Impact

45. Increase the number of low-income youth who access summer meals.

46. Increase the number of accurate referrals.

47. Increase specific community knowledge about summer meals.

48. Resources

49. Why Hunger: Find Foodhttp://whyhunger.org/findfood • Why Hunger: Outreach Materialshttp://whyhunger.org/getinfo/showArticle/articleId/3126 • Share Our Strength: Text Messagehttps://www.nokidhungry.org/pdfs/SummerMeals_2013_flyer_English_FINAL.pdf • Share Our Strength: #SaveSummerhttp://www.nokidhungry.org/summer/ • Range: Summer Meals Apphttp://www.RangeApp.org

50. Thank you. Caravan Studios is a division of TechSoup Global, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. We are @CaravanStudios. This is #Range. Please help #SaveSummer for millions of children.