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FEEDING FOR A
PROMISING FUTURE – NO
KID HUNGRY CAMPAIGN
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S TAT E W I D E A S S E S S M E N T R E P O R T
Setting the Context
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In 2010, 16.9%, 630,000 of Georgia’s households
were food insecure an increase from 15.6% in 2009
In 2010, 6.4%, 240,000 of Georgia’s households had
very low food insecurity an increase from 5.9% in
2009
In 2009, 27.9%, 702,520 of Georgia’s children under
age 18 were food insecure
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Child Food Insecurity
by Food Bank Region
Food Bank
No. of Food Insecure Children
Counties Served
Child Food Insecurity Rate
America’s Second
Harvest of Coastal
Georgia, Inc.
2501 East President St.
Savannah, GA 31404
Glynn, Montgomery, Chatham,
Evans, Camden, Long, Bacon,
Charlton, Candler, McIntosh,
Appling, Jeff Davis, Liberty,
Brantley, Effingham, Tattnall,
Pierce, Bryan, Bulloch, Toombs,
Wayne
56,530
27.6%
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Child Food Insecurity
by Food Bank Region
Food Bank
No. of Food Insecure Children
Counties Served
Child Food Insecurity Rate
Atlanta Community
Food Bank
732 Joseph E. Lowery
Blvd. N.W.,
Atlanta, GA 30318
DeKalb, Douglas, Floyd, Forsyth,
Fulton, Haralson, Gwinnett,
Fayette, Hall, Union, Polk,
Dawson, Rockdale, Pickens,
Walton, Newton, Spalding,
Morgan, Lumpkin, Henry, Heard,
Paulding, Cobb, Butts, Carroll,
Coweta, Cherokee, Clayton,
Bartow
395,330
26.6%
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Child Food Insecurity
by Food Bank Region
Food Bank
No. of Food Insecure Children
Counties Served
Child Food Insecurity Rate
Feeding the Valley
Food Bank
5928 Coca-Cola Blvd.,
Columbus, GA 31909
Talbot, Meriwether, Marion,
Webster, Russell, Quitman,
Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris,
Randolph, Schley, Troup,
Stewart, Muscogee
29,790
28.4%
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Child Food Insecurity
by Food Bank Region
Food Bank
No. of Food Insecure Children
Counties Served
Child Food Insecurity Rate
Food Bank of
Northeast Georgia
861 Newton Bridge Road,
Athens, GA 30604
Barrow, Banks, White, Towns,
Stephens, Jackson, Rabun,
Franklin, Hart, Madison,
Oconee, Oglethorpe, Clarke,
Habersham
36,260
31.2%
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Child Food Insecurity
by Food Bank Region
Food Bank
No. of Food Insecure Children
Counties Served
Child Food Insecurity Rate
Golden Harvest
Food Bank
3310 Commerce Drive,
Augusta, GA 30909
Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood,
Oconee, Pickens, Glascock, Jenkins,
Johnson, Barnwell, Putnam, Screven,
Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes, Bamberg,
McDuffie, Lincoln, Burke, Richmond,
Aiken, Allendale, Washington,
Edgefield, Jefferson, Columbia,
Elbert, Greene, Emanuel, Hancock,
McCormick
88,820
29.4%
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Child Food Insecurity
by Food Bank Region
Food Bank
No. of Food Insecure Children
Counties Served
Child Food Insecurity Rate
Middle Georgia
Community Food
Bank
4490 Ocmulgee,
East Boulevard,
Macon, GA 31217
Dooly, Treutlen, Baldwin, Wilcox,
Bibb, Taylor, Twiggs, Upson,
Monroe, Wilkinson, Dodge, Jones,
Bleckley, Houston, Laurens, Macon,
Crawford, Jasper, Pike, Telfair,
Pulaski, Peach, Wheeler, Lamar
49,170
28.7%
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Child Food Insecurity
by Food Bank Region
Food Bank
No. of Food Insecure Children
Counties Served
Child Food Insecurity Rate
Second Harvest of
South Georgia, Inc.
1411 Harbin Circle,
Valdosta, GA 31601
Worth, Baker, Calhoun, Seminole,
Lee, Irwin, Dougherty, Terrell,
Sumter, Tift, Turner, Decatur,
Mitchell, Miller, Grady,
Colquitt, Coffee, Ben Hill,
Early, Crisp, Atkinson, Echols,
Lowndes, Brooks, Ware, Cook,
Thomas, Clinch, Lanier,
Berrien
61,240
30.8%
Campaign Goals
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The core goals of the Feeding for a Promising Future –
No Kid Hungry Campaign to end childhood hunger are
to:
Improve access to public and private programs that
provide food to families and their children who need
and are not receiving it
Strengthen community infrastructure and systems
for getting healthy food to children
Improve families’ knowledge about available
programs, healthy food choices and how to make
their limited food resources go further
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Campaign Year One
Objectives
The year one objectives of the Feeding for a Promising
Future – No Kid Hungry Campaign to end childhood
hunger are to:
Increase number of children participating in
Summer Meals Program by 3%
Serve 15,000 after school meals through the At-Risk
Afterschool program, equal to one percent of snacks
served in 2010
Increase the number of agencies participating in the
State SNAP Outreach Partnership by 30%
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Campaign Strategies:
Summer Meals
Year One Objective: Increase number of children
participating in Summer Meals Program by 3%
Baseline:
In 2010, 108,511 or 13.6% of children in Georgia
participated in the Summer Meals Program for
every 100 who ate a free or reduced-price lunch
during the previous school year
Core Strategies: Implement outreach and marketing plans to
increase awareness about summer meals
Conduct targeted outreach to organizations to
ensure adequate number of sites offering summer
meals in high-need communities
Provide start-up grants for to expansion of
Summer Meals Program
Identify gaps in service and opportunities for
increasing participation
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Campaign Strategies: AfterSchool Meals
Year One Objective: Serve 15,000 after school meals
through the At-Risk Afterschool program, equal to one
percent of snacks served in 2010
Baseline:
In 2010, 1,492,784 snacks were served at 890
sites through the At-Risk After-School
program
Core Strategies: Implement outreach and marketing plan to
increase awareness about At-Risk Afterschool Meal
Programs
Conduct outreach to meal sponsors regarding
opportunities serving high-need communities
Provide incentives to encourage sites providing
snacks to become At-Risk Afterschool meal sites
Identify gaps in service and opportunities for
increasing participation
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Campaign Strategies: SNAP
Year One Objective: Increase the number of agencies
participating in the State SNAP Outreach Partnership by
30%.
Baseline:
In 2011, nine organizations participated in the
Georgia State SNAP Outreach Partnership.
Core Strategies: Present information on State Outreach Partnership
opportunities and resources to local non-profit
agencies through regional meeting
Implement outreach and marketing campaign in
partnership with the Food Stamp Work Group to
increase the number of agencies promoting SNAP
Provide assistance for agencies interested in
submitting a proposal to join the State Outreach
Partnership
Georgia NKH Survey Results
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Type of Services Provided by Survey
Respondents
(Respondents selected all applicable options)
160
93.6%
140
120
61.5%
100
After-school Program
Summer Feeding Program
80
Summer Day Camp
SNAP (Food Stamps) Outreach
60
40
20
0
SNAP (Food Stamps) Enrollment
24.4%
5.1%
5.8%
Georgia NKH Survey Results
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Types of Meal Services Provided by Survey
Respondents
120
72.4%
100
Snacks only
Meals only
80
Snacks and Meals
60
40
Kid's Cafe
Backpack or Weekend Food Bag
Program
23.1%
I currently do not provide a meal
service
20
5.1%
0
5.1%
2.6%
2.6%
Georgia NKH Survey Results
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Age Groups of Children Served by
Survey Respondents
160
90.4%
140
120
100
69.2%
60.9%
0-5 years
6-11 years
80
60
40
20
0
12-14 years
15-18 years
32.7%
Georgia NKH Survey Results
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Survey respondents primarily collaborate with
non-profits, school districts and local gov’t
agencies to address child hunger needs in their
communities
60
32.1%
50
30.1%
30.1%
Faith-based
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Non-profit
23.7%
Food Bank
20.5%
19.9%
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Food Pantry
School/School District
Foundation
20
Businesses
9.6%
9.6%
State/local government
N/A
10
1.3%
0
Georgia NKH Survey Results
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Type of Support Collaborative Agencies
Provide
100
60.9%
90
80
70
41%
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Funding
Food Donations
50
25.6%
40
30
20
7.7%
10
0
Transportation
Volunteers
Georgia NKH Survey Results
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The majority of survey respondents were
interested in becoming CACFP and SFSP sites
in the future.
60
35.3%
34%
Summer Food Service Program
(SFSP)
30.8%
50
Seamless Waiver Summer Program
(SWP)
40
CACFP At-Risk After School Snack
Program
23.1%
22.4%
CACFP At-Risk After School Meal
Program
CACFP in child care setting
30
SNAP (Food Stamps) Outreach
14.1%
20
12.2%
11.5%
12.2%
SNAP (Food Stamps) Enrollment
Food Pantry
10
Food Bank
1
0
Georgia NKH Survey Results
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Survey respondents rated funding as the
highest level of importance among agency’s
overall needs
3.00
2.56
2.50
2.00
2.41 2.40
2.33
2.21
Funding for projects/programs
2.14
1.94
More food
1.87 1.83
Staff (paid staff)
Training
Rating 1.50
Funding for administrative costs
Equipment (ex: cooking, refrigeration)
1.00
Volunteers
Transportation
Space(ex: kitchen, storage)
0.50
0.00
Georgia NKH Survey Results
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97 (62%) agreed or strongly agreed that
Increased funding would help increase their
SNAP outreach while 92 (60%) agreed or
strongly agreed for more know-how.
3.69
3.62
3.40
3.19
2.90
3.00
3.10
More Funding
3.20
3.30
More Know-How
3.40
More Staff
3.50
3.60
More Volunteers
3.70
3.80
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# 1 Key Learning &
Recommendation
Learning # 1:
Despite the fact that agencies listed more food as the second highest
need based on level of importance only following funding, less than 20%
of survey participants reported collaboration with food banks and less
than 10% of survey participants reported collaboration with food
pantries.
Recommendation # 1:
Creating better access and support for connecting non-participating
organizations to the federal nutrition programs to create additional
support for providing nutritious meals to children is a primary approach
for the No Kid Hungry Campaign. Additional options also include
leveraging the GFBA’s network to deepen the collaboration with food
banks and food pantries to better support meal providers who wish to
serve more youth, but access to food is a barrier.
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# 2 Key Learning &
Recommendation
Learning #2:
The schools who apply for the 21st Century Community Learning Center
Grant (21st CCLC)* are restricted from using any portion of the grant
award for snacks or meals, but are required to provide snacks for afterschool participants. At this time none of the 21st CCLC programs in
Georgia are participating in the CACFP federal reimbursement program.
Recommendation #2:
Increase participation in CACFP with an outreach campaign targeted at
the Georgia Department of Education’s 21st Century Community
Learning Center Program, thereby enrolling an additional 248 program
sites.
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# 3 Key Learning &
Recommendation
Learning #3:
Only 14.2% of survey respondents were interested in conducting
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) outreach and only
11.6% were willing to provide SNAP enrollment services. However,
when asked what factors would influence an organization’s willingness
to provide SNAP outreach, 60% of survey respondents agreed or
strongly agreed that more know-how would help increase their SNAP
outreach.
Recommendation #3:
Enhance dissemination of information and capacity building training
related to resource opportunities for nonprofits through the State SNAP
Outreach Program.
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Promising Approaches &
Potential Strategies
Enhance dissemination of information and capacity building training to
mitigate barriers to children accessing feeding & nutrition programs.
Deepen the collaboration with community based organizations serving
at-risk youth who are susceptible to being food insecure throughout the
year.
Explore partnerships with local and national civic groups and service
learning organizations (e.g. university & community partnerships) to
enhance volunteer support of feeding and nutrition programs offered by
service providers
Regularly and openly share results and progress toward campaign
objectives with key stakeholders utilizing local and national data
Acknowledgements
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The below agencies contributed to the survey data
collection:
Georgia Department of Education – School Nutrition Program
Georgia Department of Early Care & Learning: Bright from the
Start
United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta
Georgia Department of Human Services - Division of Family
and Children Services
Governors’ Office of Children & Family
Atlanta Community Food Bank
Feeding the Valley Food Bank
Golden Harvest Food Bank
America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia
Middle Georgia Community Food Bank
Food Bank of Northeast Georgia