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<br />Program information Page 7 of 15 <br /> <br />PROGRAM INFORMATION <br />*Please submit for each program if applying for funding for more than one program. <br /> <br />7. Program Name: Food for Families (FFF) <br /> <br /> Program Primary Contact and Title: Debbie Horwitz, Founder and FFF Program Director <br /> <br /> Telephone Number: 919-971-1749 E-Mail: debbie@porchcommunities.org <br /> <br />7. Please briefly describe the proposed program, including an explanation of how it aligns with the Town of <br />Chapel Hill and Carrboro’s Results Framework, and Orange County BOCC Goals and Priorities, and the target <br />population to benefit from the program. (250 words or less) <br />Over 10.8% of adults and 12.2% of children in Orange County are food insecure, meaning <br />that they lack sufficient food for an active, healthy life. Hungry kids perform worse in school, <br />are sick more often, and have more social and behavioral problems. Eighty percent of <br />families enrolled in PORCH’s Food for Families program have incomes that are at or below <br />federal poverty level (100% below 1.5 times poverty level). In a recent survey, 72% of <br />families report having less income due to COVID-19, and 69% worry about getting enough <br />food to eat. <br />PORCH’s FFF is a unique program that increases livelihood security for 485 families (with <br />1187 children), identified by school social workers as struggling to afford sufficient food. FFF <br />provides fresh foods to low-income families with children each month (including many <br />refugees), with a quantity and variety of highly nutritious fresh food that is not provided by <br />any other local pantries or hunger relief organizations. FFF currently provides fresh food <br />(e.g., wide variety of fresh produce, chicken, eggs, milk, and more) each month (totaling <br />over 33,000 pounds per month), lasting an average of 10 days. <br /> <br />Since the beginning of the pandemic, PORCH has also provided grocery gift cards each <br />month to our participating families (totaling $626,000), providing the ability and dignity to <br />make food choices and to purchase important necessary household items. The gift cards <br />have been highly impactful and we will provide them as possible based on availability of <br />funds to support this component of the program. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 29366550-6A20-4B30-A362-E40C819AE769