American Red Cross of MassachusettsHealth & Safety- First Aid, AED & CPR training, CNA TrainingBlood Services-Blood drives, donations, servicesInternational Services-provides humanitarian services to refugee and immigrant communities around the worldDisaster Services--assist individuals and families displaced by natural and man-made disasters, including home fires, hurricanes, blizzards, floods, and other emergencies.

Food & Nutrition Programs• The Boston Food Pantry• The New Bedford Pantry• The Mobile Markets• CSFP• SNAP Outreach Program

Food & Nutrition Overview• Fifteen years ago (2001) the Boston Pantry served 10,455 families. In 2017

we are on pace to serve over 50,000 families. 9400 come at least once during the year.

• 91% of client base live in Boston.

• 44% of our households have a disabled person living in it.

• Average household monthly income is $745

• 45% of client of clients receive SNAP benefits

• In the last ten years we have assisted almost 1000 families to receive SNAP benefits for a total of $2 million in benefits

• In 2016, Mobile Markets Programs grew by 109% from the previous year.

• CSFP is collaboration with GBFB and the local DTA-Newmarket Square

Food and Nutrition ProgramsServices 2016 2015 Five years ago

Clients Served Boston-

122,550 113,584 86,078

Clients ServedMobile Markets

16,891 8082 0

Total—All Programs

165,090 144,667 123444

Total Pounds Distributed

3,054,890 2,936,412 1,645,920

SNAP applications

357 354 301

SNAP approvals

215 211 190

•Five years ago, we distributed about 30 pounds of food per family, enough to sustain for three days. This year we are distributing almost 50 pounds per family, almost 60% produce

Building Resilience

Boston Pantry-winter stormsMobile Markets-finding the most vulnerableSNAP Outreach Project

Survey-Bad Winter Storm season (80 families)Have you used the food pantry more this winter? (19 yes 61 no)Have you purchased more food this winter? (74 yes 6 no)Do you have enough money to buy food? (0 yes 80 no)Have you had enough to eat this winter? (33 yes 47 no)

Food Insecurity problem is a poverty problem.

Mobile Market Resilience• Expand Mobile Market Model-Hunger is both more common and problematic in

households with children. The USDA reports that households with children are twice as likely to be food insecure as households without them, and households headed by women are three times as likely. Our Mobile Markets are focused on Head Start Programs.

• Assist with victims from Hurricane in Revere• Occasional Fire victims in community. (Ex Allston in 2013 when 56 families

displaced after 9-alarm fire-Brazilian immigrant Center)

SNAP Outreach resilience

Pushing out SNAP 9-B Form--Request for Replacement SNAP Benefits Due to Household Disaster or Misfortune for Massachusetts Residents

Last year 95% of all the food our Programs distributed came from the Greater Boston Food Bank.

• They are located just around the block from us and it is efficient to pick-up our MEFAP and TEFAP with the donated produce items that we may need.  This efficiency allows us to do more in terms of our service deliveries in our pantries and mobile markets.

• There is an inherent vulnerability in food supply disruptions.