HAND OUTS
CITY COUNCIL
MEETING
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
La Quinta Impact Report 2024
• Percentage of LQ residents facing food insecurity: 12% (Feeding America's 2022 Map the Meal Gap in partnership with Nielsen/Q, the American Community Survey, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics) People Fed Annually in La Quinta: 11,189
• Total FIND Free Community Mobile Markets (CMMs) in LQ: 8 o Total people served at FIND CMMs in LQ: 11,189
o LQ residents served at all 46 FIND CMMs: 15,834
• Total FIND Homebound clients in LQ: 9
• Total FIND volunteers residing in LQ: 481
Annual Food Distribution in La Quinta: 550,655 lbs.
• Total food distributed through FIND CM Ms in LQ: 247,360 lbs. • Total food distributed to FIND Partner Agencies in LQ: 100,246 lbs. (FIND contributes 75% - 100% of LQ Partner Agencies' food pantry supply) • Total food provided through FIND specialty senior food box program (CSFP) in LQ: 95,567 lbs. • Total food provided to FIND Homebound clients in LQ: 107,483 lbs. • Total fresh produce provided through all FIND sites, including Partner Agencies, in LQ: 171,877 lbs.
Outreach Services in La Quinta: Serving 281 Residents
• Outreach services provided to LQ residents:
o Medi-Cal O Disability
o Section 8 o Rental Assistance
o Unemployment o Utility Assistance
• Ending Hunger for a Lifetime programs (root causes of hunger) provided to LQ residents:
o FIND Youth Advisory Council
o Opportunity Bank Scholarship Fund
'9 - Call Us A Visit Our Website a Email Us 760.775.3663 \\J? www.findfoodbank.org • [email protected] CITY COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 - HANDOUT BY FIND FOOD BANK PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER DEBBIE ESPINOSA - PRESENTATION ITEM NO. 1 - HUNGER ACTION MONTH