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HAWK: The State of Hunger in Maryland

Maryland Food Bank
September 21, 2018
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HAWK: The State of Hunger in Maryland

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Maryland Food Bank

September 21, 2018
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  1. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB

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  2. Alice Huang
    Food Access Planner
    City of Baltimore │Department of
    Planning
    Office of Sustainability | Baltimore Food
    Policy Initiative
    [email protected]

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  3. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    I
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    P
    A
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    T
    •Priority Area Factors:
    • Low Healthy Food Availability
    Score
    • At or below 185% federal
    poverty level
    • Low vehicle availability
    • ¼ mile from supermarket
    •Impact:
    • 23.5% of residents
    • 28.3% school aged children
    • 24.3% seniors
    • 31% Black vs 8.9% White
    residents

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  4. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    MPIN and New Research Efforts at
    Feeding America
    Erin McDonald, PhD, MPP
    VP, Research
    [email protected]
    TOGETHER
    WE CAN
    SOLVE
    HUNGER

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  5. Defining MPIN
    • MPIN = Meals Per Person in Need
    • MPIN refines our definition of how we measure service,
    more closely aligning with food insecure populations.

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  6. The Basic MPIN Formula

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  7. Breaking Down the
    Legalese
    Meals = Meals from Pounds
    and Meals from SNAP
    Persons in Need = Number of
    people in the Service Area who
    are food insecure, as
    calculated through the Map
    the Meal Gap methodology.
    **1.2 according to
    USDA’s What We Eat in
    America, 2010.
    Total pounds of
    food
    distributed (not
    including non-
    food Products
    or water)
    divided by the
    current USDA
    pound-to-meal
    conversion
    factor**
    Data for water
    and nonfood
    offsets will come
    from the QPR,
    Receipts by
    Product
    Category page.
    Water is
    represented by
    10% of the
    Beverage
    category.
    SNAP
    application
    assistance
    conducted or
    organized by
    Member food
    banks and their
    PDOs and
    converted using
    the FA SNAP
    Calculator.
    SNAP meals may
    not account for
    more than forty-
    nine (49%) of the
    total meals
    provided toward a
    member’s
    compliance at the
    total Service Area
    level.
    TEFAP/CSFP
    pounds, as well as
    donated and
    purchased
    pounds,
    distributed into
    another
    Member’s
    Service Area, will
    be credited to the
    Member whose
    Service Area it is
    for the purposes
    of compliance.
    If the TEFAP
    contract lies with
    a non-Member,
    Feeding America
    will augment the
    meal distribution
    report for the
    county (for the
    purpose of
    compliance) using
    the national
    average of TEFAP
    receipts on a pro-
    rata basis.
    Members must
    notify Feeding
    America which
    counties in their
    Service Area do not
    have the state
    TEFAP contract.
    Meals from
    Pounds
    Meals from
    SNAP
    From Other
    Members
    TEFAP
    Augment

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  8. Maryland Food Bank MPIN Compliance Report Example (Q2 2018)
    • Compliance is defined as having a county-level MPIN of equal to or greater than 50% of the
    Service Area Median, or 45.299 MPIN for every county.

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  10. Pulse
    Communities
    Piggybacking
    &
    Partnership
    Service
    Insights
    Initiative
    In July 2017, FANO leadership announced the unbundling of the
    legacy Hunger in America study into three key initiatives to address
    the expanding data needs of the network and national organization.
    1. The Pulse Communities network of national "sentinel"
    sites will look into diverse communities to answer
    critical, in-depth questions about people we serve and
    the lived experience of hunger;
    2. The Service Insights Initiative will enable the collection
    of administrative information for generating regular,
    reliable, time-efficient local counts and demographics;
    3. Appending questions about charitable food use on
    existing national surveys will provide us with
    information on reach of our services and
    characteristics of the people that we don’t serve.
    Moving
    From
    To
    Questions? Please email [email protected]!

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  11. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    Current and Upcoming Research Initiatives
    • Population food insecurity
    • National and local data use
    • Predictive ability to adjacent issues
    • FA network wide standardized data
    • Local, timely data
    • Identify client patterns to improve service
    • Deeper insight on key populations
    • Timely ongoing data
    • Understand adjacent issues
    • Measuring strategic outcomes
    Communities
    Service
    Insights

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  12. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    Pulse Communities Piggybacking &
    Partnership
    Service
    Insights
    Initiative
    When We Want… • To understand client
    experience and journey
    • Effect of the services
    provided
    • Local data count
    • Patterns of access
    • Characteristics of people
    served
    • To understand food
    insecurity and charitable
    food participation
    What We Use it
    For..
    • In-depth understanding
    of our key strategic
    questions – going further
    • Timely understanding of
    people served – moving
    in a nimble manner
    • Local unduplicated
    counts
    • Trends of people served
    at the local level
    • Insight into people we’re
    not serving
    • National estimates of
    reach
    Additional
    Dimensions of
    Added Value
    • Ongoing strategic analytic projects to leverage & integrate existing data to answer key
    questions
    • Providing key tools and support for rigorous local FB data collection & analysis
    • Maintaining the collective organizational reputation for leadership and deep content
    expertise in the national programmatic and policy arenas
    New Key
    Research
    Strategies

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  13. Angie McAllister
    Vice President &
    Senior Program Officer
    [email protected]

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  15. MARYLAND ALICE PROJECT SPONSOR

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  16. What does it cost to live in Maryland?
    Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), 2016; U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 2016; Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 2016;
    Consumer Reports, 2017; Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 2016; Tax Foundation, 2016; Maryland Family Network, 2016.
    FPL = $11,880
    single adult and
    $24,300 family
    MD minimum
    wage: $8.75/hour
    = $17,500/year
    Basic costs
    increased from
    2010 to 2016:
    22% for a single
    adult, 30% for a
    family of four -
    compared to 9%
    inflation.

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  17. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    Household Survival Budget
    • Housing: HUD’s Fair Market Rent (40th percentile)
    • Child Care: Registered Family Child Care Homes
    • Food: Thrifty Level (lowest of four levels) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food
    Plans – with regional variation
    • Transportation: Car expenses include gas and motor oil and other vehicle maintenance
    expenses from Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES)
    • Health Care: nominal out-of-pocket health care spending, medical services, prescription drugs
    from Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES)
    • Technology: smartphone using Consumer Reports “Best Low-Cost Cell-Phone Plans”
    • Miscellaneous: 10 percent of the total (including taxes) to cover cost overruns

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  18. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL ALICE SURVIVAL BUDGET
    FAMILY OF 4 $24,300 $69,672
    FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL ALICE SURVIVAL BUDGET
    INDIVIDUAL $11,880 $26,052

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  19. MARYLAND HOUSEHOLDS AT OR BELOW ALICE
    THRESHOLD
    2017: 35%
    2018: 38%

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  20. Financial hardship is increasing over time
    Source: American Community Survey, 2016, and the ALICE Threshold, 2016

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  21. ALICE lives in all counties in Maryland
    Source: American Community Survey, 2016, and the ALICE Threshold, 2016
    Drill down options on the website
    • Zip code
    • County subdivisions
    • Places
    • Congressional districts
    • PUMAs
    UnitedWayALICE.org

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  22. How much are people earning in Maryland?
    Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016
    Wages needed to
    support the
    Household Survival
    Budget:
    Single adult
    $13.03/hour
    Family of four
    $34.84/hour
    For comparison,
    in 2010, 54% of
    jobs paid less than
    $20/hour

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  23. ALICE workers
    keep the
    economy running
    Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Wage Survey - All Industries Combined, 2016.
    • ALICE workers are “Maintainers”
    • They care for the workforce and build
    and maintain the infrastructure
    • In 2016, only three of the top 20
    occupations – general and operations
    managers, accountants and auditors,
    and nurses – paid enough to support
    the Household Survival Budget for a
    family of four

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  24. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    WHO IS ALICE?
    I AM ALICE

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  25. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    Emerging trends in Maryland
    Changing American Household
    • Millennials, Baby Boomers
    • Migration in/ out of state
    Market Instability
    • Gig economy, contingent workforce
    • Future jobs and technology
    Growing Inequality of Health
    • Cost of and access to health insurance
    • Wealth-Health Gap – social determinants; personalized medicine; biotech; genetic engineering

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  26. Conclusion: Overcoming Obstacles
    1. Widening Skills Gap - Digital training, public education, lifelong learning
    opportunities
    2. Lack of Stable and Viable Employment – reduce barriers to employment,
    portable benefits, small business support, lifetime employment
    3. Lack of Savings and Assets – Access to credit, private and public financial
    instruments
    4. Systemic Bias - Level the playing field for all, including racial, sexual, age bias
    For solutions to be effective,
    they must be as comprehensive and as interconnected as the problems are.

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  27. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    County Pages
    • Report includes
    pages with data
    specific to each
    county in Maryland
    – Percent ALICE
    change over time
    – Household
    composition
    – Household Survival
    Budget
    – Employment
    information

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  28. FULL REPORT, STORIES AND MORE AT:
    UWCM.ORG/ALICE

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  29. [email protected] • 410-257-5672 • endhungercalvert.org
    Robin Brungard
    [email protected]
    410-286-3401

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  30. & How Data is Making a Difference in Southern MD

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  31. Who Are You Serving?
    What Is The Need?
    Data Tells Your Story

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  32. Over 15,000 people rely on a food
    pantry to feed their families.
    CHESAPEAKECHURCH.ORG/FOODPANTRY CFC#35867
    CHESAPEAKECHURCH.ORG/FOODPANTRY CFC#35867
    endhungercalvert.org • CFC# 61423

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  33. Our Food Pantry families earn less than half of what is
    needed to meet their basic needs.(www.selfsufficiencystandard.org)
    Needing assistance can happen to anyone:
    – Loss of job
    – Death
    – Illness
    – Hours reduced
    endhungercalvert.org • CFC# 61423

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  34. • The majority of hungry families in
    Calvert County are not homeless,
    addicted or mentally challenged- they
    are the working poor.
    CHESAPEAKECHURCH.ORG/FOODPANTRY CFC#35867
    endhungercalvert.org • CFC# 61423

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  35. Informs Your Decisions
    How Much Food Do We Need?
    What Types of Food Do We Need?
    What Services Best Serve Your Food pantry Population?

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  36. • The US Census Bureau reports a 2% increase in
    Latino families living in Calvert County in one
    year
    • Older adults, age 60+, represent 20% of food
    pantry clients in 2017; an increase of 6%. When
    adults age 55-60 are included the percentage
    increases to 25%.
    • CHESAPEAKECHURCH.ORG/FOODPANTRY CFC#35867
    endhungercalvert.org • CFC# 61423

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  37. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    Builds Your Credibility
    Are Your Programs Effective?
    Are You Meeting Your Goals and Objectives?
    Do You Know Your Population?
    Do You have The Capacity to Manage A Project?
    CHESAPEAKECHURCH.ORG/FOODPANTRY
    CFC#35867

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  38. End Hunger in Calvert County Distributed 1.7
    Million Pounds of Food, equivalent to over
    1.4 Million Meals in 2017
    CHESAPEAKECHURCH.ORG/FOODPANTRY CFC#35867
    endhungercalvert.org • CFC# 61423

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  39. Good News! Much of the
    work is already done
    www.selfsufficencystandard.org
    www.census.gov/quickfacts
    www.data.Maryland.gov
    www.unitedwayalice.org
    https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines
    www.feedingamerica.org
    www.mdhungersolutions.org
    www.mdfoodbank.org
    www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-
    institutes/johns-hopkins-center-for-a-livable-
    future/
    But We Don’t
    Have The Time,
    People or
    Ability To
    Collect Data.

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  40. How To Get Started
    Get a snapshot by conducting an annual survey
    of your families.
    Have new families complete a survey.
    Weigh the food you distribute
    Number of families served

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  41. HAWK: Hunger & Access Work
    A visionary tool for mapping future capacity building
    Jessica Corcelius, Zanika Ghee, Megan Davis & Kathy Egan
    [email protected]

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  42. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    Why HAWK?
    Data informs food-banking and how efficiently
    we serve our neighbors in need. We will use the
    valuable data that we are gathering to inform
    our decision making and ensure equitable
    distribution of our resources .

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  43. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    1. Help MFB and our partners develop
    a deeper understanding of food
    insecurity in Maryland.
    2. Provide MFB with a strategic
    approach to respond to community
    needs and ensure equitable
    distribution of resources.
    3. Help Partner Agencies better serve
    communities in need.
    What will
    HAWK do?

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  44. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    The Foundation
    of Our Tool
    HAWK
    Tool
    Population per
    Municipality
    Federal Poverty
    Level + ALICE
    Survival Budget
    Population
    Pounds needed
    based on 88. 4
    meals
    MFB + Partner
    pounds
    distributed
    Pounds needed

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  45. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    HAWK in Action
    We put all the data together, then took a
    closer look. Starting from a place of
    compassion, we seek to understand the
    people who live and work in these counties.

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  46. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
    Owings
    Long Beach
    Dunkirk
    Chesapeake Ranch Estates
    Huntingtown
    Drum Point
    Calvert Beach
    Solomons
    Chesapeake Beach
    North Beach
    Lusby
    Prince Frederick
    Sum of Federal Poverty %
    Sum of ALICE %
    *Sorted by %CA LV ERT COU N TY
    91,502
    5,490
    25,621
    Total Population
    Individuals Individuals 32% Of all individuals
    living in Baltimore
    County are likely to
    be food insecure.

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  47. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    Hampton
    Kingsville
    Lutherville
    Mays Chapel
    Garrison
    Bowleys Quarters
    White Marsh
    Timonium
    Edgemere
    Baltimore Highlands
    Overlea
    Lansdowne
    Rossville
    Arbutus
    Cockeysville
    Rosedale
    Perry Hall
    Pikesville
    Carney
    Owings Mills
    Lochearn
    Randallstown
    Reisterstown
    Middle River
    Catonsville
    Milford Mill
    Parkville
    Woodlawn
    Essex
    Towson
    Dundalk
    Sum of Individuals Sum of Individuals Of all individuals
    living in Baltimore
    County are likely to
    be food insecure.
    40%
    832,468
    83,247
    249,740
    Total Population
    Individuals Individuals *Sorted by %BA LTIM ORE COU N TY

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  48. Of all individuals
    living in Baltimore
    City are likely to be
    food insecure.
    45%
    622,793
    137,014
    143,242
    Total Population
    Individuals Individuals *Sorted by %0% 50% 100%
    Canton
    Inner Harbor/Federal Hill
    Mount Washington/Coldspring
    Fells Point
    Downtown/Seton Hill
    Loch Raven
    Dickeyville/Franklintown
    Pimlico/Arlington/Hilltop
    Belair-Edison
    Patterson Park North & East
    Washington Village/Pigtown
    Penn North/Reservoir Hill
    Harbor East/Little Italy
    Sandtown-Winchester/Harlem Park
    Southern Park Heights
    Upton/Druid Heights
    % Individual < FPL
    % Individual < ALICE
    BA LTIM ORE CITY

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  49. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    Now Let’s Map it!
    Maps will allow us to overlay MFB’s
    network , programs, and services over
    the need. We’ll discover service gaps and
    opportunities for collaboration.

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  50. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    • Arc.GIS to visualize where MFB is
    currently distributing food
    • Need Based on 88 meals (MPIN)
    Tools and
    Assumptions

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  51. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB

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  55. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB

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  56. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    Thank you, Panelists!

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  57. #CAUSINGCHANGEMFB
    ALICE Report, United Way https://www.unitedwayalice.org/by-state
    American Fact Finder, United States Census Bureau (poverty stats, household
    income data from ACS 5 year estimates)
    https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml
    Baltimore Neighborhood Indicator Alliance https://bniajfi.org
    Geology.com, map of Maryland Counties https://geology.com/county-
    map/maryland.shtml
    Johns Hopkins University, Center for Livable Future, Maryland Food Systems Map
    http://mdfoodsystemmap.org
    Living Wages http://livingwage.mit.edu/counties/24510
    University of Washington, Self-Sufficiency Standards
    http://www.selfsufficiencystandard.org/maryland
    Zillow, school data
    https://www.greatschools.org/search/search.page?gradeLevels%5B%5D=e&gradeL
    evels%5B%5D=m&gradeLevels%5B%5D=h&q=21217
    Sources/ Resources:

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