Item 22 - Food Distribution Programs

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Additionally, at times we face challenges when creating a nutritionally balanced food kit due to our lack of reliable and long term storage. Currently, our model relies upon all the available items to arrive just -in -time on the day or two leading up to the distribution. This can create logistical hurdles and any misstep could result in a nutritionally incomplete food kit for distribution. Having cold storage capability would allow us to store produce, eggs, dairy, meat and other cold -storage foods for a longer amount of time thereby opening up our logistical capabilities to accept a larger amount of these nutritionally rich items. It would also allow us to schedule receiving and storage of produce outside of our current short window. This capability would allow us to expand and better control our offerings to our recipients. Exaanded Walk -In Service Our current model allows for recipients to receive food during the prescribed semi-monthly drives. We understand this can be constraining on those in need of our help and may exclude many families from receiving food when they need it. We often field calls during the week from families looking for food assistance immediately. Having a warehouse space in the city of Santa Ana will allow us to open our doors on a more regular basis. With a permanent location we will offer a weekly time slot for people to come in and receive food. This would expand the number of families we could serve significantly, as well as serve a population of people in more critical need of help. We anticipate that with an additional weekly time slot we would serve an additional 750 unduplicated households per year. EXPANDED NUTRITIONAL VALUE TASKS Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Hire Administrative Director Secure lease on Warehouse Space Tenant Improvement and Cold Storage Identify Vendors Establish Food Safety logistics 11