2021-631-E-Health-Table Ministries-Outside Agency Agreement

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Program information P a g e 15 o f 23 Community Impact Award If you are applying for the Town of Chapel Hill’s Community Impact Award, please provide responses to the questions below. All other applicants, please skip these questions. (Responses should not exceed 100 words per question) 1. Please describe the impact the proposed programs will have on the target population. Please include specific quantitative and qualitative data in your response. As a result of COVID-19 and remote learning, fewer families signed up for subsidized school meals. Yet, families are experiencing unique challenges, which may mean our community's children are more vulnerable than ever. In order to support our kids and their families, TABLE adapted our operations to deliver directly to the doorstep of each of our children. We continue to operate and identify ways we can most effectively support our kids. Our families report the following on our annual survey: • 48% wish to continue receiving food from TABLE because it gives them access to nutritious foods and produce they could otherwise not access. • 82% report that receiving food from TABLE eases a financial burden for their family. One parent said: “My family and I would like to thank you for your efforts and support during the pandemic. Also I wanted to let you know that I have enjoyed the food modifications with more fruits and vegetables. Thank you!” 2. What methods/tools will your organization use to evaluate the proposed program’s effectiveness? Please include specific examples, such as a logic model. For all our programs, TABLE utilizes formal surveys, phone calls with parents, focus groups, and school social worker feedback to evaluate our effectiveness. We are also in the process of developing pilot programs and engaging participants in those programs to determine how we can continue to strengthen our impact and effectiveness. 3. Please briefly describe how your proposed programs aligns with evidence-based approaches to addressing human service need(s). According to Feeding America’s 2012 evaluation, best practices of a backpack program include: 1) discrete distribution of nutritious items; 2) distribution of the items prior to the weekend, and 3) items that the recipients can prepare on their own. Since the start of the pandemic, our model shifted to delivery of healthy food directly to the doorsteps of our children. While we are still identifying the best ways to serve our kids long-term, feedback from families suggests that our current program model positively impacts our kids and their families by supplementing food and nutritional needs. 4. Please describe one to three key partnerships/collaborations that add the most value to the success of the proposed programs. Wildflower Lane Farm – TABLE partners with a local farmers to provide fresh, local, high-quality produce to our children and their families at low cost to TABLE. EXHIBIT A: PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION DocuSign Envelope ID: 6AACAE3D-76C8-46BA-8DCC-C71ED367AD95