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www.ohiobenefits.org
Cracking the Code on
Summer: Innovative
Ways to Reach More
Kids
Nora Balduff, Director of Child &
Senior Nutrition
Who We Are
The Ohio Association of
Foodbanks is Ohio’s largest
charitable response to hunger.
Our mission is to assist Ohio’s 12 Feeding
America foodbanks in providing food and other
resources to people in need and to pursue
areas of common interest for the benefit of
people in need. Over 30% of those we serve
are children.
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We know it can work
A lunch aide at a
Westerville school
cringed yesterday
as she watched a
young boy unpack
his lunch: a can of
orange soda, a
Twinkie and
Airheads fruit
candy.
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From left, Gavin Hunt, 7, snacks on a pretzel stick while mom Elsie Hunt
helps Christian, 9, and his twin brother, Tylar, with their homework at
Ridgewood Park in Blendon Township.
“I used to think
what a horrible
parent, but now
I’m sure they
couldn’t afford a
nutritious lunch,”
Elsie Hunt said.
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Governor’s Summer Weekend Meals
Program for Kids—2014
Governor Kasich’s
Executive Order
funded the weekend
backpack meals
program, innovative
delivery and farmer’s
market distribution
programs serving lowincome Ohio children.
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Governor’s Summer Weekend Meals
Program for Kids—2014
• Third year of this partnership with the Governor’s Office
of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
• 2,498,956 meals distributed this summer through over
250 community based partners
• Ohio Association planned meals to meet child credible
patterns and purchased food.
• Freestore Foodbank packed all innovative boxes and
delivered.
• SE Ohio Foodbank was a SFSP sponsor and distributed
innovative and weekend meals.
• North Central Ohio Foodbank and West Ohio Foodbank
delivered weekend meals and produce to partner
organizations.
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Increase in SFSP participation at
Marion City Schools (Rural)
SFSP Month/Year
SFSP Average Daily
Attendance
SFSP unches Served
June 2011
818
15,551
July/August 2011
637
18,473
June 2012
777
15,543
July 2012
906
15,410
June 2013
1,239
22,313
July/August 2013
1,217
34,087
June 2014
1,451
20,326
July 2014
1,410
39,497
Increase in average daily attendance from June 2011 to June 2014: +77%
Increase in lunches served from 2011 to 2014: +76% (+25,799 meals)
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Increase in SFSP participation at
WARM (Urban)
SFSP Month/Year
SFSP Average Daily
Attendance
SFSP Lunches Served
June 2011
94
1,329
July/August 2011
79
2,370
June 2012
180
4,322
July/August 2012
144
4,176
June 2013
162
3,894
July/August 2013
208
6,048
June 2014
313
7,828
July/August 2014
372
10,428
Increase in average daily attendance from June 2011 to June 2014: +233%
Increase in lunches served from 2011 to 2014: +394% (+14,557 meals)
Economic analysis
• Economic analysis by Dr.
Howard Fleeter & Associates
found that the Governor’s
Summer Weekend Meal
Programs led to $2.1 million in
direct economic impact and
$2.5 million indirect.
• Created 61 jobs and provided
volunteer and work training
opportunities.
• Full analysis available at our
website www.ohiofoodbanks.org
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Challenges & Celebrating
Success
Challenges:
• Quick start
• Limited resources and storage at
local partner sites
• Funding limits overall--waitlist
for program across the state
Celebrating success:
• 2014 Ohio Champion for Children award
• Annual Summer Food Service Program Summit
• Weekend Meal Program Appreciation events
• Evaluations of program impact
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Summer Associates- 2014
• 69 Summer VISTA Associates worked on
a variety of hunger relief projects over
an 8 week period, including:
• Summer Food Service Program
• Summer Weekend Meals Program
• Mobile Farmer’s Market
• Innovative Meal Program
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Summer 2014 Attendance Report
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Number of Children
Total number of
children charted
100%
beginning to the
Attendance
end of the
> or = 80% program from the
Attendance 6 representative
> or = 50% sites: 476
Attendance
• 265 attended
at least half of
the time
• 193 attended
every week of
the program
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SFSP Statewide Outreach
• Annual statewide SFSP Summit in partnership with Ohio Department of
Education and USDA
• January SFSP 101 webinars targeting organizations (schools, nonprofits, local government) with peer speakers
• Letters / cold calls to local mayors, commissioners, United Ways,
libraries, schools in counties with no SFSP sites.
• Engaging statewide organizations like State Library of Ohio, Ohio PTA,
Ohio Parks and Rec Association, Ohio Association of School Business
Officials
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Waiver request to USDA/CNR
One size does not fit all areas of Ohio.
• Waiver request to consider the increased SFSP
participation possible with federal reimbursement
of meals taken off-site to eat.
• CNR ask to allow states flexibility to look at noncongregate feeding in underserved areas as model
to boost participation in the program.
• Not replacement of congregate model! But will
work in areas that congregate model can not.
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Thanks!
www.ohiofoodbanks.org
Nora Balduff, MSW, LSW
Director of Child & Senior Nutrition
 [email protected],
 614.221.4336, ext. 230
To watch our full summer weekend meals video visit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upTEAn-pwfl
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