Catholic Charities Program Accelerator 2019€¦ · CATALYST KITCHENS • 2018 Cohort Results •1...
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CATALYST KITCHENS IS
A network of members
A consultancy
A catalyst for change
Syrena, Liberty’s Kitchen trainee
THE PROBLEM
More than 1 in 7 Americans live in poverty - a cycle
that is complex, generational and self-reinforcing
Many current solutions do not provide
a pathway out of poverty.
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Stronger together,
we make a collective impact
on poverty, joblessness, and hunger.
We support programs
that empower individuals
to escape the cycle of poverty
through job training rooted in
food service social enterprise.
THE SOLUTION
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THE OPPORTUNITY: FOOD SERVICE
• Low barrier to entry
• Immediate, tangible results and
opportunities for success
• Increasing demand for labor
• Excellent field to apply soft skills
• Food creates community, connecting
clients and patrons alike
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OUR MODEL
Sustainability through
Social Enterprise
Empowerment through
Job Training
Community Service through
Food Service
A pathway out of poverty
through foodservice and soft
skills training, and targeted
job placement.
Program sustainability
by self-generating revenues
through social enterprise(s).
Preparing nutritious meals
for disadvantaged
populations allowing a
broad community impact.
Catalyst Kitchens impacts the cycle of poverty by incubating, launching
and scaling a proven food service social enterprise model.
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CATALYST KITCHENS IS FARESTART’S
NATIONAL PROGRAM
Training
• Adult Culinary
• Adult Apprenticeship, FOH and BOH
• Youth Culinary
• Youth Barista
Social Enterprises
• Contract: School and community
meals
• Two restaurants
• Three fast-casual dining facilities
• Three cafes
• Catering
OUR HOME: FARESTART
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3,000 community meals served daily
Annual Enrollment: 469 students
(Adult & Youth)
Annual Graduates: 283 graduates
(Adult and Youth)
Average starting wage: $14.64
(Adult)
School credits: 52.9 credits earned
by 56 youth
Job placement: 273 placed in 2017
Upon program completion: Over
90% job placement
Job retention: 85% at 6 monthsJames Beard
Award Winner
FARESTART’S IMPACT
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HOW WE WORK
We Incubate & Launch Programs
with Catalyst Consulting
We Support & Scale Member Impact
through Network Membership
We Measure our Impact
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Types of Members:
soup kitchens
gospel & rescue missions
community action agencies
faith-based organizations
human services agencies
food banks
members of affiliated networks: Feeding America
Trainees Served:
opportunity youth
adults
in recovery
homeless
lack of education
developmentally disabled
re-entry
veterans
new americans
Businesses Operated:
restaurants
cafes
catering
community kitchens
bakeries
contract meals
food trucks
food manufacturing (e.g., tortillas, truffles)
WHO WE ARE: CURRENT MEMBERS
Model Members Members
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OUR IMPACT 2011-2017: MEMBERSHIP
19,597Individuals
Trained
57.7 MNutritious
Meals Served
$227.1 MRevenue
Generated
10,075Job Placements
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EVALUATE
PLAN
PREPARE
RESTRUCTURE
LaunchSCALE LAUNCH
CATALYST CONSULTING
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OUR IMPACT THROUGH 2017: CONSULTING
130
Feasibility
Evaluated
111Programs
Incubated
56Programs
Launched
32Programs
Scaled
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2018 Cohort Process
•4 total site visits
• Kickoff in Seattle
• Enterprise Feasibility in Las Vegas
• Program Planning in Rochester
• Program Launch and Assessment in Louisville
•15 months
•Deliverables
• Feasibility and outcomes evaluation
• Curriculum and customized program structures
• Enterprise planning and evaluation tools and templates
• Custom Program schedules and structures
• Assessment and evaluation tools
• 1 year free membership in Catalyst Kitchens network
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2018 Cohort Results
•1 Program Launched
•1 Program Scaled
•2 Programs readied to launch
•Lessons learned for 2019
•Changing approach to organizational readiness
•More individualized work to craft programs
•Greater emphasis on top-down buy-in and understanding
1. What is our business?
3. Who are we training?2. What are our goals?
ROAD MAP FOR
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
4. What is our program structure?
Model Inputs
Program
Enterprise
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ESTIMATED TIMELINE
CCUSA and CK RFP
Distributed and
Circulated
Northwest Regional
Workshop
December 2018
January 9th, 2019
RFP is Due
4 sites selected for Accelerator
January 18th, 2018
February 27-28
2019
Model Immersion Workshop
Affiliate Site Visit
April 2019
May 2019
Affiliate Site Visit
Affiliate Site Visit
June 2019
July 2019
Affiliate Site Visit
Cohort Kickoff: Model Discovery & Immersion Workshop
Deliverables
• Exposure to the Catalyst Kitchens Model at FareStart
• Guided tour of FareStart’s multiple relevant social enterprises
• Observation of student integration and applied learning
• Facilitated discussion with key FareStart staff and leadership
• Deeper dive into CK Roadmap for business & program
development
• Capacity audit: key roles & responsibilities, staffing models
• Financial & funding models
• Additional opportunity for affiliate applicants to pitch participating
org readiness to adopt CK Model for subsequent cohort selection
Location: FareStart, Seattle - WA
Participation: Selected agencies from Northeast workshop plus other non-
workshop affiliates with readiness for social enterprise and program expansion.
Affiliate leadership encouraged to join
IMMERSION WORKSHOP DELIVERABLES
Social Enterprise Deliverables • Facility assessment • Key stakeholder alignment (leadership & industry partners)• Social enterprise business feasibility• High level business planning support • Marketing food service social enterprise• Follow-up reporting with supporting documentations • Timelines and action plans
Program Development Deliverables:• Program visioning • Key community stakeholder alignment (leadership, hiring managers &
social service partners)• Training staffing & fundraising plan reviews• Facilitated training program design modelling: program lengths,
structures & schedules• Curriculum materials: lesson plans, handouts, assessment resources• Key program metrics & estimated impact• Timelines and action plans• Readiness assessment for program launch
INDIVIDUAL SITE VISIT MILESTONE
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What Are We Looking For?
• Culture of Training
• Current operating programs and productions are mission and client-centered
• Agencies are willing to put in due diligence to train, onboard, and acculturate new staff for new programs
• Building it right over building it too fast
• Foodservice Stability for Sustainability
• Understand the work before you train someone to do it
• Core program site will have stable production and enterprise for the training environment
• Break-even or sustainable, ongoing stream of funding for production
• Commitment
• Long-term support for program side
• 3-5 year vision for program impact
• Buy-in from executive and board leadership
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What Are We Looking For?
•Timelines•What internal timelines will affect your readiness?
• Fit with fiscal year budget
• Fit with seasonality in need/trainee population
• Fit with schedule of enterprise or production
• Fit with readiness of the organizational strategic plans
•Resources• Funding to cover for program and enterprise staff
•Community and industry buy-in, history of consensus building and partnership
•History of successful program launches, understanding of financial side of expanding
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Enterprises/Production
•How do we define an enterprise or production?
•What degree of information are we seeking?
•What if we don’t keep P&L’s?
•What are the best routes to take for new enterprise?
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Programs and Training
•What kinds of programming can apply?
•What if you don’t define our program by demographics or populations served?
•What if you have outside agency program partners?
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Contacts
•Why we need a wide variety of contacts?
•What are we looking for in terms of buy-in at each position/level?
•What’s expected of the agency and staff during the accelerator?
For any and all questions, reach out to us
at [email protected], or learn
more about our work at:
www.CatalystKitchens.org
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