Food Bank of Iowa’s Annual Partner Agency Conference MEETING THE NEED 2014 AMES, IA 2220 E. 17th Street Des Moines, IA

FOOD BANK OF IOWA OVER THE LAST YEAR 1 year ago we outlined several changes for the upcoming year: New requirements: Annual Poundage, Order Frequency, Clientele New programs: Purchase Plus, Mobile Pantry Program New resources: Annual Conference, Regional Meetings, Redesigned Partner Agency area on the Food Bank of Iowa website And you, our partner agencies, responded!

FOOD BANK OF IOWA OVER THE LAST YEAR Thank you!!! With your help, in FY 2013: We distributed 9,024,000 pounds of donated grocery products and USDA commodities through our partner agencies and program partners! o As of January 1, 2014 we are on pace for a 12% increase over FY ’13 4 pilot mobile pantries were launched and the program was extended to 8 sites for this year 10 counties made the transition from Red to Green to meet Feeding America compliance measures

1 in 8 Iowans are food insecure 1 in 5 Iowa children does not have enough to eat 395,620 Iowans live at or below the poverty level REDYELLOW 19 of 55 Food Bank of Iowa counties are still RED with 5 others YELLOW (But we’re making great progress!) FOOD BANK OF IOWA TODAY AND GOING FORWARD We know we still have more work to do! We Must: Continue to redouble our efforts in providing service to needy Iowans Continue to form more agency partnerships in key service gap areas Continue to grow our feeding programs through new partnerships Work together to learn from each other and become more efficient

FOOD BANK OF IOWA TODAY AND GOING FORWARD Take advantage of today: absorb, learn, network Share your ideas and best practices with each other Look for that “Plus-1” idea or concept Provide us with your feedback – what other topics does your agency need help with? What other topics would you like to see presented? Make the Most of the Conference

Meeting The Need SESSION 1: WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE FOOD BANK? Carey Miller, Executive Director Food Bank of Iowa Matt Unger, Program Manager Food Bank of Iowa Stacey Olson, Program Coordinator Food Bank of Iowa

CHANGES WITH THE TEFAP PROGRAM Carey Miller, Executive Director Food Bank of Iowa

THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TEFAP: Changes with the TEFAP Program  New management system  USDA Civil Rights Training  Allocation refresh

RED GREEN RED to GREEN UPDATE Matt Unger, Program Manager Food Bank of Iowa

FEEDING AMERICA COUNTY COMPLIANCE STANDARDS: A REFRESH Pounds per Person In Poverty (PPIP) Must meet a minimum number of pounds distributed per person in poverty for each of our service area counties each quarter Feeding America measures this by pounds of product the Food Bank of Iowa distributes to our partner agencies in each county -- your on-line orders, produce shopping, retail pick-ups we help connect you with, HUSH meat, mobile pantries, etc. That distribution is compared with 50% of the Feeding America member food bank median distribution of pounds per person in poverty. o Currently the network median = pounds; 50%=40.22 lbs.

RED TO GREEN: A REFRESH What is Red to Green again? “Red to Green (R2G)” is an internal Food Bank of Iowa program aimed at distributing/serving more pounds per persons in poverty (PPIP) in our service area to meet with Feeding America county level compliance standards. One year ago, at the end of Q1 2013, 34 counties in our 55 county service area (which includes 13 counties served through a Redistribution partner in the FBSI) were in non- compliance. Of those, 7 had achieved a Yellow grading of consistent improvement year over year for 2 years. The program was named with the idea to ultimately achieve a green grade for these non- compliant yellow, and more importantly, red counties. Many red counties will be graded yellow before they achieve a green grading, and that is seen as a positive step – consistent growth.

COMPLIANCE MAP AT END OF Q1 2013

RED TO GREEN COUNTY TIERS AS OF Q Tier 1 (Counties that are closest to compliance, currently 36-50%): 1.Dickinson County 50%NOW GREEN 2.Wayne County 50%NOW GREEN 3.Marshall County 49% (yellow) (2%) NOW GREEN 4.Monroe County 41%* (-3%) NOW GREEN 5.^Union County 40% (NC)NOW GREEN 6.^Story County 39% (NC) 7.^Adair County 38% (NC) 8.Hancock County 37% (-5%)NOW GREEN 9.Louisa County 36%* (NC) Warren County moved from this tier to compliant with an increase of 8% Appanoose County moved from this tier to compliant with an increase of 12% Guthrie County moved from this tier to compliant with an increase of 13% Number in () indicates increase or decrease in PPIP percentage as it relates to the median value Italics indicate a drop to a lower tier or a new addition to the list *Served by the FBSI ^increased position within tier over last quarter ^^increased to join next tier

RED TO GREEN COUNTY TIERS AS OF Q Tier 2 (Counties between 25-35%): 1.Taylor County 34% (-3%)NOW GREEN 2.^^Adams County 32% (yellow) (11%)NOW GREEN 3.^Hamilton County 31% (2%)NOW TIER 1 4.Van Buren County 30%* (NC)NOW TIER 1 5.^Keokuk County 30%* (5%)NOW TIER 1 6.Calhoun County 30% (-3%)NOW TIER 3 7.Lucas County 27% (yellow) (-4%) Number in () indicates increase or decrease in PPIP percentage as it relates to the median value Italics indicate a drop to a lower tier or a new addition to the list *Served by the FBSI ^increased position within tier over last quarter ^^increased to join next tier

RED TO GREEN COUNTY TIERS AS OF Q Tier 3 (Counties below 25%): 1.Davis County 24%*(-2%) NOW TIER 2 2.^Kossuth County 23% (-1%) NOW GREEN 3.Audubon County 23% (yellow) (-1%) NOW TIER 1 4.Clay County 21% (-8%) NOW TIER 1 5.^Buena Vista County 18% (yellow) (2%) 6.^Madison County 17% (NC) NOW TIER 2 7.Pocahontas County 17% (-5%) 8.^Hardin County 17% (2%) NOW GREEN 9.^Humboldt County 17% (2%) 10.Emmet County 15% (-5%) 11.^Franklin County 14% (1%) NOW TIER 2 12.^Palo Alto County 12% (yellow) (NC) 13.^Dallas County 12% (1%) 14.Wright County 11% (-3%) 15.Worth County 11% (NC) 16.Osceola County 3% (-1%) 17.O’Brien County 3% (NC) 18.Sac County 2% (yellow)(1% ) Number in () indicates increase or decrease in PPIP percentage as it relates to the median value Italics indicate a drop to a lower tier or a new addition to the list *Served by the FBSI ^increased position within tier over last quarter

RED TO GREEN HOW WE SAID WE WOULD DO IT Strategies Would Include: 1.Baseline changes to the way we do business with our partner agencies 2.Changes to the way we operate some of our existing programs 3.Creating new programs by which we will move more food to non-compliant areas – Purchase Plus, Mobile Pantries 4.Increased professional development opportunities – SUCH AS THESE ANNUAL CONFERENCES! 5.Enhance the partner agency section of our website to offer you more resources 6.Development of new delivery drop sites and possible increases to the frequency of existing delivery drops 7.Grouping of partner agencies into geographic regions 8.Working with partner agencies to develop regional and individual plans to better meet the need and achieve Feeding America compliance SUMMER 2014

COMPLIANCE MAP AT END OF Q1 2013

COMPLIANCE MAP AT END OF Q GREAT JOB!!!

HOW WE DID IT TOGETHER Distribution Distributed 2 million additional pounds Increased our PPIP, overall, by nearly 25% Over each of the last 2 quarters: o only 9 of our 55 counties did not increase their pounds over 2013’s same quarter numbers o No counties went green to red o No counties dropped into a lower tier Increases in Food Bank of Iowa Programming Purchase Plus

Beyond Simple Distribution o Recruited an additional 20+ partner agencies – this work continues o Added an additional 4 mobile pantry sites – and growing o Nearly doubled our BackPack Program™ through the help of strategic partnerships – and growing, and growing and growing… o Began a quarterly orientation for new and existing partner agencies o Regionalized and held quarterly regional meetings to foster more cooperation and learning opportunities on a little smaller scale HOW WE DID IT TOGETHER

RED TO GREEN WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Going forward: 1.We will continue to recruit additional partner agencies in areas we show a need for additional service 2.Must continue to grow the reach of Food Bank programs 3.Work with our partner agencies and program partners on looking at areas and ways we can increase client access and distribution 4.Continue and grow our capacity to acquire and distribute fresh produce 5.This summer, set up county wide meetings in our counties furthest from compliance

FOOD BANK PROGRAMS UPDATE Stacey Olson, Program Coordinator Food Bank of Iowa

PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS HUSH (Help us Stop Hunger) A partnership between the Food Bank of Iowa, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, hunters, and meat lockers that allows hunters to donate legally harvested deer to be processed into ground venison and distributed to hungry Iowans. HUSH celebrated 10 years in operation in the hunting season. In that time, 2,354,696 pounds of ground venison was provided to food banks and pantries throughout the state. In the hunting season: Partnered with 89 meat lockers to administer the program 3,933 deer were donated, generating nearly 175,000 pounds of ground venison statewide.

PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS Fresh Produce Program A partnership beginning in 2012 between the Department of Corrections and the Food Bank of Iowa, 12 acres of dedicated garden space was planted at the Newton Correctional Facility. Harvested 100,000 pounds in each 2012 & 2013, planting has begun for this year Produce has included: Cabbage, Carrots, Green Peppers, Onions, Potatoes, Radishes, Squash, Sweet Potatoes, and Watermelon NEW LAST YEAR!!! Madrid Gardening for the Good In 2013, when a local grower had more produce than the local pantry could use the pantry suggested the Food Bank could use the excess and a partnership was born. The Food Bank worked to recruit some volunteers to help with the gardening and to coordinate the planting to not duplicate the efforts of our Corrections partnership. 3-4 acres planted Produce includes: Broccoli, Cantaloupe, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Okra, Peppers, String Beans, Tomatoes, and Zucchini

BackPack Program™ overview Started in Little Rock, Arkansas National program designed to lessen the consequence of chronic childhood hunger Chronically-hungry – uncertain of having, or unable to acquire, enough food to meet basic needs on a regular basis Sacks contain kid-friendly, nutritious food for the weekend No cost to family or school Food Bank of Iowa started in 2006 with one school serving 24 children CLIENT SERVICE PROGRAMS

The BackPack Program™ at the Food Bank Partner with schools to administer the program Last conference we reported growth to 2500 kids, at 59 sites, in 15 counties At present, serving 3900 kids in 96 schools and 23 counties Provides over 200,000 sacks per year to hungry children Next fall we will add 17 new program sites serving 500+ more kids for totals of 4500 kids in 113 schools and 26 counties Schools can apply to join the program in the Spring and Fall each year

The BackPack Program™ - Positive Outcomes Program that engages multiple points within the community – schools, parents, community partners. BackPack Programs have led to mobile pantries and permanent pantries in communities across our service area Kids without a lot of other options on the weekend have a little bit more to eat than they might have CLIENT SERVICE PROGRAMS

Mobile Pantry Program A mobile pantry is a “farmer’s market” style distribution targeted toward counties with a need for additional pantry service and deemed underserved by the Food Bank of Iowa. An area is deemed to be underserved based upon the amount of food being distributed by Food Bank of Iowa partners in a county compared with the number of persons in poverty according to US census figures; while also taking in to account the total number of Food Bank of Iowa partners in a particular area. CLIENT SERVICE PROGRAMS

Mobile Pantry Program Statistics sites, 16 total distributions o 81,318 lbs distributed o 1,669 Households with 4,625 individuals served o 4 new permanent emergency feeding partners in these locations o Iowa Falls(2), Adair-Casey, and Jewel sites, 30+ distributions planned o 9 distributions so far this year o 43,120 lbs distributed o 879 Households with 2,389 individuals served CLIENT SERVICE PROGRAMS

HOW CAN YOU USE THESE PROGRAMS? HUSH Each fall, before hunting season begins, we try to pair up participating lockers with pantries in their community or very nearby. Those agencies pick up directly from the locker. There are also a number of lockers from which the Food Bank picks up the venison and that product is placed on inventory. Fresh Produce Program Watch the produce alerts on our website! As these products are harvested and arrive at the Food Bank, we will list them on the alerts. Then, simply come by the Food Bank for a produce ticket, or schedule an order to be picked up and produce shop for these items during your appointment.

HOW CAN YOU BRING PROGRAMS TO YOUR AREA? BackPack Program™ Only schools may apply, but many schools apply because they were approached by members of their community or a potential community partner. Application deadlines are March 15 for Fall start-up and September 1 for a Spring program start. Mobile Pantry Program Targeting rural sites lacking pantry service. Requires a site coordinator to organize volunteers, promote/market the mobile, and carry out the distribution period. Food is ordered and paid for by the Food Bank of Iowa. If your community would be a fit, call us! Current targets include: Emmet, Franklin, O’Brien, Osceola, Wright and Worth Counties

ON THE HORIZON? What Might be next? School Pantry Program o Need an option for middle and high school students o BackPack Program™ can only grow so big Summer Food Service Program o A Summer gap exists with the BackPack Program™ o One avenue to feed BackPack participants during the summer