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HUNGER (FOOD INSECURITY) PERVASIVE IN INDIANAPOLIS AREA
Children Seniors Suburbanites
• Food insecurity touches 1 in 5
REALITY OF THE NEED IN OUR CITY
• Who are these hungry people?
WHY DOES IT MATTER?
Moral Economic Health Social ills
INDIANAPOLIS FOOD “SYSTEM”
WHERE HUNGRY HOOSIERS GET FOOD
91% of meals are provided by federal programs.
INDY HUNGER NETWORK (IHN) MISSION:
Create a system by 2015 that ensures anyone who is hungry can access the nutritious food they need.
IHN PHILOSOPHY
• Data-based systemic solutions
• Outcome focused vs. activities
• Prioritized projects
• Collaborative
• Community experts and casual volunteers
• Sustainability by strengthening the
partners
IHN’S DATA-BASED APPROACH
IHN’S DATA-BASED APPROACH
IHN SUCCESSES
• Private, public, faith, for-profit together • Completed: bulk purchasing, backsacks • Data-based understanding of the systems • Skilled volunteers engaged • Small core staff in place
IMPROVED NUTRITION
• Nutrition standards built into School Meals, WIC, Summer Servings, CICOA, Meals on Wheels, and Second Helpings
• A full Pantry Partner network can reach most low income people - Fresh produce from gleaning/ farming/purchase
- On-site nutrition education
WHAT IS THE GOAL?
27 MILLION MEALS BY 2015
THE GOAL IS ATTAINABLE
PARTNER PROJECTS
• Gleaners Strategic Growth Plan
• Second Helpings Expansion
IHN PROJECTS
SNAP (SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM) • Reaches who it’s supposed to
- Avg household income $731/mo,
assets of only $333
- 47% are children, 7% are elderly
• Participation tied to economy
• Does not create dependency
- Avg time on program 9 months
• Low fraud and error rates
• Tobacco, alcohol excluded
• Charity alone cannot feed everyone
CONNECT2HELP 2-1-1’S VISION
• Primary source for human services information
• Highly accessible • Key source of insights about
needs and trends
The hungry need 2-1-1 to navigate the system.
• What 2-1-1 needs: - Fundraising capacity - Awareness of 2-1-1
WHERE IHN NEEDS SUPPORT
THANK YOU
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”
- Henry Ford