laura sugarwala, rd member relations manager may 7, 2015
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Laura Sugarwala, RDMember Relations Manager
May 7, 2015
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Overview
• Who is Foodlink and why does it matter?• Rochester’s child food insecurity• Partners in the community• CHAMPS grant• Take-a-ways
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Foodlink• Regional food bank/ food hub
• Founded in 1978
• 5,700 square miles in Central/Western NY
• 500 community partners
• Emergency and “Non”-Emergency
• 19 million pounds/year
• 30+ food-related programs
• 65 FTE staff
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Child Food Insecurity
• 21% of children in Foodlink’s service area are food insecure
• Rochester• 5th poorest city in the U.S (among top 75)• 7th highest child poverty rate in the nation
– 55%
• Almost 90% of children in RCSD qualify for free and reduced price meals
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Map the Meal Gap, Feeding America
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Information
• Center for Governmental Research
• City of Rochester Summer Meals Assessment
Key Indicators of CGR Report
• Location• Gap analysis
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Findings of CGR Report
• 21,000 RCSD students participated in free and reduced-price school lunch in 2012– 4,750 participated in Summer Meals– Gap of almost 16,000 students
• City of Rochester ranked 8th of 20 communities in NYS serving low-income children through SFSP
• Summer Meals had decreased by 15% (2010-2012)
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Call to Action
• Increase Summer Meals 20% each year for 4 years
• 2016 Rochester City Goal: 9,850 meals per day
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Who’s Involved?
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CHAMPS Grant
• Cities Combating Hunger Through Afterschool and Sumer Meals Programs
• Grant period: September 2013- August 2014• Focused on– Increases to Summer Meals and Afterschool Meals– Targeted underserved neighborhoods for program
expansion– Collaborative marketing campaign
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Partners for CHAMPS
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Results of CHAMPS
• Afterschool / CACFP – 2013-2014– Average daily participation: 2050– Total 302,232 meals served for year– 45 active sites
• Summer Meals – 2014– 10% increase from 2013– Total 247,456 meals served
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Lessons Learned
Challenges
• Bringing new afterschool programs on later than planned
• Identification of key decision makers at school level
• School day vs. afterschool
Successes
• Shifted efforts toward year-round food access
• Capital equipment grants to meal sites
• Strengthened relationship with Expanded Learning division of RCSD
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Other Successes!
• Recommendations for Children’s Policy Council of Greater Rochester – State level advocacy to require extended day
schools to serve breakfast after the bell and afterschool meal
• City-wide collaboration for Summer Meals Kick Off
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Keys to Partnership
• Decide who needs to be in the room• Keep inviting key people• Appoint key representative as point person• Survey your community• Respond to the need• Simplify• Make items actionable!
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Next Steps for Rochester
• Continued collaborative Summer Meals work– 20% increase goal
• Kitchen relocation• Value-Added Processing– Farm to School
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Suggestions for Partnerships
Who
• Research organizations• Local colleges and
universities• School districts• Foundations• Local grantors• Advocacy and health
organizations
What
• Common goals– Advocacy– Incremental change– Collaboration
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Contact and Connect
www.foodlinkny.org
Laura Sugarwala, RD
Member Relations Manager