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Promoting Economic Mobility Through Transitioning the Atlanta Community Food Bank Partner Network Mirit Friedman, Mirit Friedman, Masters in City and Regional Planning Candidate 19 Masters in City and Regional Planning Candidate 19
Promoting Economic Mobility Through Transitioning the Atlanta Community Food Bank Partner Network
Mirit Friedman, Mirit Friedman, Master’s in City and Regional Planning Candidate ‘19 Master’s in City and Regional Planning Candidate ‘19
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ECONOMIC MOBILITY ECONOMIC MOBILITY
Source: Brookings Institute, 2015 3
POVERTY CYCLE + INCOME VOLATILITY POVERTY CYCLE + INCOME VOLATILITY
Source: The Alternative: Most of What You Believe About Poverty Is Wrong THE ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK THE ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
Founded in 1979
Works to serve the annual meal gap of 140M meals The ACFB mission is “ to fight hunger by engaging, educating, and empowering our community ”
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819,000 Georgians 819,000 Georgians
Out of 5.9M in the ACFB service area rely on the emergency food supply in a single year
$3 billion $3 billion
in adverse economic costs are estimated in our region
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Source: Atlanta Community Food Bank 2016 Strategic PlanSERVICE AREA OVERVIEW SERVICE AREA OVERVIEW
Food Food Pantry Pantry Wraparound Wraparound Service Service Center Center Food Food Cooperative Cooperative
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ACFB Organizational Assessment ACFB Organizational Assessment
Food Pantry Wraparound Service Center Food Cooperative
ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO: DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO: Clients Clients Clients DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO: DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO:
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RESEARCH QUESTION RESEARCH QUESTION
What characteristics are needed in the Food Bank network to transform food pantries from a distribution
comprehensive service model for stabilizing working families?
METHODS METHODS
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ACFB Organizational Assessment ACFB Organizational Assessment ACFB ORGANIZATION + STRATEGIC VISION + DATA OVERVIEW → FUTURE ACFB DIRECTION Case Study Case Study 27 ARTICLES + 7 INFORM AL INTERVIEWS + ONLINE RESEARCH → ORGANIZATIONAL TY POLOGY
Key typological features of organizations that contribute to their economic stability approach
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Family Independence Initiative
ACFB Organizational Assessment ACFB Organizational Assessment
Potential Potential Future Future Models Models Food Pantry Wraparound Service Center Food Cooperative
ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO: DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO:
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DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO: DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO: Alternative Service Providers
TYPOLOGY OF APPROACH TYPOLOGY OF APPROACH
Democratic Participant Democratic Participant Control Control - Does the participant have a say in how the money is spent? Participant Food Choice Participant Food Choice Option Option - Does the participant have a choice over the food they receive? Additional Services Additional Services - Are there services beyond food distribution available at this site? How well connected are services? Approach to Participant Approach to Participant Success Success - How do the staff approach overseeing participation? Economic Stability Focus Economic Stability Focus - Is a participant’s economic stability a defined desired
Institutional Logics Institutional Logics - Does an
behalf of the organization or the people it serves? 12 12
Case Study Case Study
13 13 FAMILY FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE INITIATIVE FOOD FOOD COOPERATIVE COOPERATIVE WRAPAROUND WRAPAROUND SERVICE CENTER SERVICE CENTER FOOD PANTRY FOOD PANTRY Participant Food Choice Option - Does the participant have a choice over the food they receive? N/A N/A YES YES
Member Driven Food Driven Food Purchasing Purchasing YES, Under Client YES, Under Client Choice Model Choice Model NO NO
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Democratic Democratic Participant Control Participant Control - Does the participant have a say in how the money is spent?
YES YES YES YES NO NO NO NO
15 15 FAMILY FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE INITIATIVE FOOD FOOD COOPERATIVE COOPERATIVE WRAPAROUND WRAPAROUND SERVICE CENTER SERVICE CENTER FOOD PANTRY FOOD PANTRY Approach to Participant Success - How do the staff approach overseeing participation? Navigating With Navigating With Family Cohort Family Cohort Navigating With Navigating With Community Community Case Management Case Management Case Management Case Management
16 16 FAMILY FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE INITIATIVE FOOD FOOD COOPERATIVE COOPERATIVE WRAPAROUND WRAPAROUND SERVICE CENTER SERVICE CENTER FOOD PANTRY FOOD PANTRY Economic Stability Focus - Is a participant’s economic stability a defined desired outcome with resources to support it? YES YES
Data Collection and Collection and Asset Asset Development Development SOMEWHAT SOMEWHAT
Rely On Community On Community Support Support YES YES
Through Education Education Programs Programs NO NO
17 17 FAMILY FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE INITIATIVE FOOD FOOD COOPERATIVE COOPERATIVE WRAPAROUND WRAPAROUND SERVICE CENTER SERVICE CENTER FOOD PANTRY FOOD PANTRY Additional Services - Are there services beyond food distribution available at this site? How well connected are participants to services? YES YES
Through Technology Based Technology Based Resource Hub Resource Hub SOMEWHAT SOMEWHAT
Relies on Community to Community to Identify Identify YES YES
Must Connect Through Connect Through Case Worker Case Worker NO NO
18 18 FAMILY FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE INITIATIVE FOOD FOOD COOPERATIVE COOPERATIVE WRAPAROUND WRAPAROUND SERVICE CENTER SERVICE CENTER FOOD PANTRY FOOD PANTRY Institutional Logics - Does an organization advocate on behalf of the organization or the people it serves? Develops Policy Develops Policy Recommendations Recommendations To Address To Address Poverty Poverty NEITHER NEITHER Develops Develops Community Based Community Based Advocates Advocates NEITHER NEITHER
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ORGANIZATIONAL BOARD MEMBER AFFILIATION ORGANIZATIONAL BOARD MEMBER AFFILIATION
Community Community Member Member - Resident Resident Community Community Organization Organization Large Large Corporation Corporation Local Local Company Company Law Group Law Group Financial Financial Services Services
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Family Family Independence Independence Inititative Inititative Food Food Cooperative Cooperative Wraparound Wraparound Service Center Service Center Food Pantry Food Pantry
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Community Community Member Member - Client Client
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POVERTY CYCLE + INCOME VOLATILITY POVERTY CYCLE + INCOME VOLATILITY
Source: The Alternative: Most of What You Believe About Poverty Is Wrong RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDATIONS
DIRECTIONAL ALIGNMENT DIRECTIONAL ALIGNMENT
partners are aligned with and have the skills to further economic mobility work DATA DRIVEN DATA DRIVEN
future adaptations to programs based on data CONNECTED + TARGETED SERVICES CONNECTED + TARGETED SERVICES
services align with economic mobility indicators and address target population of working families COACHING, NOT MANAGING COACHING, NOT MANAGING
being in control of desired outcomes
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Any questions? Any questions? You can find me at: ▪ miritfriedman@gatech.edu
KEY SOURCES KEY SOURCES
▪ Alexis Weaver, ACFB ▪ J eremy Lewis, Urban Recipe Co
▪ Doris Pereira, Community Assistance Center ▪ Stephanie Suggs, NetWorks Co
▪ Nancy Harnell, Food Security For America ▪ M ichael Davis, Sheltering Arms ▪ Tanisha Corporalat, Emmaus House 23 23
INTERVIEWS:
▪ ACFB Stabilizing Lives White Paper ▪ M eeting the Need: Creating Stability - 2025 Strategic Plan ▪ The Alternative: M
Poverty Is Wrong ▪ A Novel Food Pantry Program: Food Security, Self- Sufficiency, and Diet-Quality Outcomes ▪ Social Capital Dimensions in Household Food Security Interventions ▪ Institutional Logics, M
▪ Achieving the four dimensions of food security for refugees ▪ Please ask for a complete list of readings if Please ask for a complete list of readings if interested interested
READINGS:
CREDITS CREDITS Special thanks to all the people who helped in this research process: ▪ Georgia Tech, Enterprise Innovation Institute ▪ Atlanta Community Food Bank Staff ▪ Georgia Tech, School of City and Regional Planning
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Any questions? Any questions? You can find me at: ▪ miritfriedman@gatech.edu