1. STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT REPORT FEEDING FOR A PROMISING FUTURE – NO KID HUNGRY CAMPAIGN 1

2. Setting the Context 2 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

3. No. of Food Insecure Children Child Food Insecurity Rate Food Bank Counties Served Child Food Insecurity by Food Bank Region 3 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%

4. No. of Food Insecure Children Child Food Insecurity Rate Food Bank Counties Served Child Food Insecurity by Food Bank Region 4 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%

5. No. of Food Insecure Children Child Food Insecurity Rate Food Bank Counties Served Child Food Insecurity by Food Bank Region 5 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%

6. No. of Food Insecure Children Child Food Insecurity Rate Food Bank Counties Served Child Food Insecurity by Food Bank Region 6 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%

7. No. of Food Insecure Children Child Food Insecurity Rate Food Bank Counties Served Child Food Insecurity by Food Bank Region 7 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%

8. No. of Food Insecure Children Child Food Insecurity Rate Food Bank Counties Served Child Food Insecurity by Food Bank Region 8 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%

9. No. of Food Insecure Children Child Food Insecurity Rate Food Bank Counties Served Child Food Insecurity by Food Bank Region 9 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%

10. Campaign Goals 10 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

11. Campaign Year One Objectives 11 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%

12. Campaign Strategies: Summer Meals 12 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

13. Campaign Strategies: After- School Meals 13 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

14. Campaign Strategies: SNAP 14 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

15. Georgia NKH Survey Results 15 Type of Services Provided by Survey Respondents (Respondents selected all applicable options)

16. Georgia NKH Survey Results 16 Types of Meal Services Provided by Survey Respondents

17. Georgia NKH Survey Results 17 Age Groups of Children Served by Survey Respondents

18. Georgia NKH Survey Results 18 Survey respondents primarily collaborate with non-profits, school districts and local gov’t agencies to address child hunger needs in their communities

19. Georgia NKH Survey Results 19 Type of Support Collaborative Agencies Provide

20. Georgia NKH Survey Results 20 The majority of survey respondents were interested in becoming CACFP and SFSP sites in the future.

21. Georgia NKH Survey Results 21 Survey respondents rated funding as the highest level of importance among agency’s overall needs

22. Georgia NKH Survey Results 22 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.

23. # 1 Key Learning & Recommendation 23 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.

24. # 2 Key Learning & Recommendation 24 Learning #2: The schools who apply for the 21 st Century Community Learning Center Grant (21 st CCLC)* are restricted from using any portion of the grant award for snacks or meals, but are required to provide snacks for after- school participants. At this time none of the 21 st 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 21 st Century Community Learning Center Program, thereby enrolling an additional 248 program sites.

25. # 3 Key Learning & Recommendation 25 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.

26. Promising Approaches & Potential Strategies 26 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

27. Acknowledgements 27 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