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Adapting to Meet the Need

Adapting to Meet the Need. Continuous Improvement for the Clients We Serve. 2220 E. 17th Street Des Moines, IA 50316 515.564.0330 www.foodbankiowa.org. Welcome!. Housekeeping. Restrooms Sessions & Hotel Map Evaluations Lunch mechanics. Hawkeye Harvest Food Bank.

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Adapting to Meet the Need

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  1. Adapting to Meet the Need Continuous Improvement for the Clients We Serve 2220 E. 17th Street Des Moines, IA 50316 515.564.0330 www.foodbankiowa.org

  2. Welcome!

  3. Housekeeping

  4. Restrooms • Sessions & Hotel Map • Evaluations • Lunch mechanics

  5. Hawkeye Harvest Food Bank

  6. What We’ve Accomplished Together

  7. Food Bank of Iowaat a Glance Thank you!!! Through our partnerships, in FY 2018: • We distributed 11,577,718 pounds of donated, purchased grocery products and USDA commodities! • In FY 2019 (so far) – We have distributed 13,659,300 lbs! • Our partners served 3,327,284meals and snacks! • Our pantry partners served 888,816individuals!

  8. RETAIL PARTNERS Through our Retail Partnerships from FY 2018: • Together we’ve recovered 3,503,966pounds of food from Aldi, Fareway, Hy-Vee, Kum & Go, Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart, Target, and Trader Joe’s - 30% of total distribution. • This is why reporting is crucial!

  9. Benefits of Partnership • Pounds distributed with no handling fee • FY18 – 6,744,690 lbs - Roughly 58% of total distribution • FY19 (so far) – 7,465,311 – Roughly 56% of total distribution • More nutritious products • Products that fit the categories of Produce, Meat/Fish, Dairy, or Non-meat Proteins • FY 18 – Roughly 42% of all products distributed • FY 19 (so far) – Roughly 50% of all products distributed

  10. Program Partners • Mobile Pantries • FY 18 – 2,415,877 lbs distributed through 320 distributions • FY 19 (so far) – 2,750,890 lbs distributed 286 distributions • Added a temporary mobile pantry in Marshalltown in August of 2018 for tornado victims • These work because of the community partners that take on being the boots on the ground • They lead to community conversations around solving food insecurity • Youth Programs • BackPack Program™ at 5,300 student enrollment. • Enrollment numbers continue to decline • Several programs are transitioning to the school pantry model • School Pantries • FY 2018 – 452,642 lbs distributed • FY 19 (so far) – 768,112 lbs distributed through 75 schools in 29 counties • Added 22 new school pantries since FY 2018 & 9 new counties

  11. Benefits of Partnership • REAL work is being done to lessen food insecurity in our state! • We are ALWAYS proud to call all of you our partners • We cannot thank you enough for your partnership!

  12. Trade mitigation

  13. Product Updates- Trade mitigation • Currently moving more than twice the amount of USDA food we normally receive (Jan 2018-received 12 loads/Jan 2019-received 24 loads) • Trade mitigation is the result of the tariffs introduced by the current administration. In order to stabilize markets and keep farmers working, the administration purchased excess food from these industries and decided to donate it to food banks, this helped alleviate some of the push back from introducing the tariffs.

  14. Trade Mitigation • Trade Mitigation Pros: • Additional food, more robust inventory • Products we don’t normally have because they are cost-prohibitive: Meat, Milk, and Cheese to name a few • Collaboration with other food banks and food pantries to work on distribution and feeding hungry Iowans • We have learned more about distributionand have been creative in finding outlets for product • Trade mitigation cons: • The future of the program is unknown. We only know the program will last through December, beyond that it is unclear. • FBOI has worked hard to make changes, updated routes, introduced new processes to work through something that may not continue beyond this year • We are receiving millions of dollars’ worth of product, we do not have the budget to continue at that level • Until recently, we had not received any additional funds to help cover administrative costs like additional staff, transportation, or processing • We still have to follow the same guidelines as other USDA product. For example, if we are not able to distribute everything in time we have to pay for the product, even though there is an incredible amount of food and our partner agencies are at capacity themselves

  15. Trade mitigation Trade Mitigation/USDA Product Update – June • 2% Milk • Fresh produce: apples, potatoes, oranges • Mixed fruit • Canned potatoes • Vegetable soup • Orange juice • Dried cranberries • Rice • Pork loin (frozen) • Pork ham (frozen) • Canned kidney beans • Flour • Pistachios • Cheese

  16. Preventing Burn-out:DR. Thomas Benzoni

  17. Creston Area Food Pantry

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