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What Can a Hunger Report Do for You?. Dorothy Smith, RD UC Cooperative Extension Amador, Calaveras & Tuolumne Counties. Hunger Report Provides:. Increase community awareness Solid data Anecdotal information Publishable information. How Calaveras County Used the Report:.
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What Can a Hunger Report Do for You? Dorothy Smith, RD UC Cooperative Extension Amador, 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.
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.