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
ECONOMIC MOBILITY ECONOMIC MOBILITY 2 Source: Brookings Institute, 2015
POVERTY CYCLE + INCOME VOLATILITY POVERTY CYCLE + INCOME VOLATILITY 3 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 - Response to emergency food need Works to serve the annual meal gap of 140M meals The ACFB mission is “ to fight hunger by engaging, educating, and empowering our community ” 4
SERVICE AREA OVERVIEW SERVICE AREA OVERVIEW 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 5 Source: Atlanta Community Food Bank 2016 Strategic Plan
Food Food Pantry Pantry Wraparound Wraparound Service Service Center Center Food Food Cooperative Cooperative 6
ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO: DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO: Wraparound Service Food Pantry Food Cooperative Center DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO: DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO: Clients Clients Clients 7 ACFB Organizational Assessment ACFB Organizational Assessment
RESEARCH QUESTION RESEARCH QUESTION What characteristics are needed in the Food Bank network to transform food pantries from a distribution oriented model to a comprehensive service model for stabilizing working families? 8
METHODS METHODS ACFB Organizational Assessment ACFB Organizational Assessment Case Study Case Study ACFB ORGANIZATION 27 ARTICLES + + STRATEGIC VISION 7 INFORM AL + DATA OVERVIEW INTERVIEWS + ONLINE RESEARCH → FUTURE ACFB → ORGANIZATIONAL DIRECTION 9 TY POLOGY
FINDINGS FINDINGS Key typological features of organizations that contribute to their economic stability approach 10 10
ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO: DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO: Potential Potential Future Future Models Models Wraparound Service Family Food Pantry Food Cooperative Center Independence Initiative DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO: DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO: Alternative Service 24 453 30 Providers 11 11 ACFB Organizational Assessment ACFB Organizational Assessment
TYPOLOGY OF APPROACH TYPOLOGY OF APPROACH Participant Food Choice Participant Food Choice Democratic Participant Democratic Participant Approach to Participant Approach to Participant Option Option - Does the participant Control - Does the participant Control Success - How do the staff Success have a choice over the food have a say in how the money approach overseeing they receive? is spent? participation? Additional Services - Are Additional Services Economic Stability Focus Economic Stability Focus - Is Institutional Logics Institutional Logics - Does an there services beyond food a participant’s economic organization advocate on distribution available at this stability a defined desired behalf of the organization or site? How well connected are outcome? the people it serves? services? 12 12 Case Study Case Study
FAMILY FAMILY WRAPAROUND WRAPAROUND FOOD FOOD FOOD PANTRY FOOD PANTRY INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE SERVICE CENTER SERVICE CENTER COOPERATIVE COOPERATIVE INITIATIVE INITIATIVE Participant Food Choice Option - Does the participant have a choice over the food they receive? YES YES - Member Member YES, Under Client YES, Under Client NO NO Driven Food Driven Food N/A N/A Choice Model Choice Model Purchasing Purchasing 13 13
FAMILY FAMILY WRAPAROUND WRAPAROUND FOOD FOOD FOOD PANTRY FOOD PANTRY INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE SERVICE CENTER SERVICE CENTER COOPERATIVE COOPERATIVE INITIATIVE INITIATIVE Democratic Democratic Participant Control Participant Control - Does the participant have a say in how the money is spent? NO NO NO NO YES YES YES YES 14 14
FAMILY FAMILY WRAPAROUND WRAPAROUND FOOD FOOD FOOD PANTRY FOOD PANTRY INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE SERVICE CENTER SERVICE CENTER COOPERATIVE COOPERATIVE INITIATIVE INITIATIVE Approach to Participant Success - How do the staff approach overseeing participation? Navigating With Navigating With Navigating With Navigating With Case Management Case Management Case Management Case Management Community Community Family Cohort Family Cohort 15 15
FAMILY FAMILY WRAPAROUND WRAPAROUND FOOD FOOD FOOD PANTRY FOOD PANTRY INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE SERVICE CENTER SERVICE CENTER COOPERATIVE COOPERATIVE INITIATIVE INITIATIVE Economic Stability Focus - Is a participant’s economic stability a defined desired outcome with YES YES - Data Data resources to support it? YES YES - Through Through SOMEWHAT SOMEWHAT - Rely Rely Collection and Collection and NO NO Education Education On Community On Community Asset Asset Support Support Programs Programs Development Development 16 16
FAMILY FAMILY WRAPAROUND WRAPAROUND FOOD FOOD FOOD PANTRY FOOD PANTRY INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE Additional Services - SERVICE CENTER SERVICE CENTER COOPERATIVE COOPERATIVE INITIATIVE INITIATIVE Are there services beyond food distribution available at this site? How well connected are SOMEWHAT SOMEWHAT - participants to YES YES - Must Must YES YES - Through Through Relies on Relies on services? NO NO Connect Through Connect Through Technology Based Technology Based Community to Community to Resource Hub Resource Hub Case Worker Case Worker Identify Identify 17 17
FAMILY FAMILY WRAPAROUND WRAPAROUND FOOD FOOD FOOD PANTRY FOOD PANTRY INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE SERVICE CENTER SERVICE CENTER COOPERATIVE COOPERATIVE INITIATIVE INITIATIVE Institutional Logics - Does an organization advocate on behalf of the organization or the people it serves? Develops Policy Develops Policy Develops Develops Recommendations Recommendations NEITHER NEITHER Community Based Community Based NEITHER NEITHER To Address To Address Advocates Advocates Poverty Poverty 18 18
ORGANIZATIONAL BOARD MEMBER AFFILIATION ORGANIZATIONAL BOARD MEMBER AFFILIATION Large Large Law Group Law Group Community Community Community Community Community Community Local Local Financial Financial Corporation Corporation Member Member - Member Member - Organization Organization Company Company Services Services Client Client Resident Resident 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Food Pantry Food Pantry Wraparound Wraparound 0 5 0 5 4 3 6 Service Center Service Center Food Food 0 1 0 2 0 2 3 Cooperative Cooperative Family Family 0 2 0 Independence Independence 0 1 1 7 19 19 Inititative Inititative
POVERTY CYCLE + INCOME VOLATILITY POVERTY CYCLE + INCOME VOLATILITY 20 20 Source: The Alternative: Most of What You Believe About Poverty Is Wrong
RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDATIONS DIRECTIONAL ALIGNMENT DIRECTIONAL ALIGNMENT - Ensure board members and staff of partners are aligned with and have the skills to further economic mobility work DATA DRIVEN DATA DRIVEN - Track client financial and social progress to make future adaptations to programs based on data CONNECTED + TARGETED SERVICES CONNECTED + TARGETED SERVICES - Assess the ways in which services align with economic mobility indicators and address target population of working families COACHING, NOT MANAGING COACHING, NOT MANAGING - Further practices that promote clients being in control of desired outcomes 21 21
THANKS! THANKS! Any questions? Any questions? You can find me at: ▪ miritfriedman@gatech.edu 22 22
KEY SOURCES KEY SOURCES READINGS: INTERVIEWS: ▪ ▪ ACFB Stabilizing Lives White Paper Alexis Weaver, ACFB ▪ M eeting the Need: Creating Stability - 2025 ▪ J eremy Lewis, Urban Recipe Co -op Strategic Plan ▪ Doris Pereira, Community Assistance ▪ The Alternative: M ost of What you Believe About Center Poverty Is Wrong ▪ Stephanie Suggs, NetWorks Co -op ▪ A Novel Food Pantry Program: Food Security, Self- ▪ Nancy Harnell, Food Security For Sufficiency, and Diet-Quality Outcomes America ▪ ▪ Social Capital Dimensions in Household Food ichael Davis, Sheltering Arms M Security Interventions ▪ Tanisha Corporalat, Emmaus House ▪ Institutional Logics, M oral Frames, and Advocacy ▪ Achieving the four dimensions of food security for 23 23 refugees ▪ Please ask for a complete list of readings if Please ask for a complete list of readings if interested interested
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 24 24
THANKS! THANKS! Any questions? Any questions? You can find me at: ▪ miritfriedman@gatech.edu 25 25
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