Healthy Food Kickstarter Program
CONSUMER AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS
2.5 Healthy Families
Federal Expenditure CategoryEconomic Impact Assistance: Other
04/03/2023
Anticipated End Date12/24/2024
Supported Languages
- Spanish
- Spanish
Project Contacts
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Ernesto Bobadilla
Indicators & Metrics to Date
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Execute contract with TPA1
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TPA promotes grant opportunities through partners1
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Grant applications and materials translated to most in-need languages (at minimum Spanish)1
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Total number of grants disbursed25
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Total $ amount of grants disbursed4080000
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Number of performance reports submitted by TPA38
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Total number of direct technical assistance sessions given to grantees242
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Number of outreach campaigns conducted by grantees0
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Number of guidance sessions provided to grantees to develop outreach campaigns0
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Total Number of Projects Launched22
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Program materials and methodology/ metrics to evaluate program completed0
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Total number of direct technical assistance sessions given to small disadvantaged applicants242
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Outreach campaign conducted leveraging use of Ethnic and Hyper Local Media ARP.1
Target Populations
- Small Businesses
- locally owned businesses, community-based organizations, nonprofits and social enterprises interested in grant funding to launch projects aimed at launching or expanding healthy food access in census tracts as identified in the COVID Recovery Index from the County Equity Explorer tool.
Project Description
Los Angeles County is home to the largest population of food insecure people in the nation, according to the Los Angeles Food Policy Council. Nearly 30 percent of low-to-moderate individuals in Los Angeles County struggle with food insecurity, not knowing where their next meal will come from. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, evidence emerged suggesting that food insecurity worsened in Los Angeles County as people were unable to go to work and lost their paychecks or were unable to go to stores due to risk of infection. According to a 2021 report published by the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, Food Insecurity in Los Angeles County Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: • Latinos experienced the highest prevalence of food insecurity (40%) from April 2020 to December 2020, followed by African Americans (39%), Asians (28%), and Whites (21%) • The majority of adults who experienced food insecurity from April to July 2020 were: Female (57%), 18-40 years old (59%), Latino (55%), and low-to-moderate (82%) – defined as living at less than 300% FPL. • When household income and employment status were adjusted, individuals ages 18 to 50 years had significantly greater odds of experiencing food insecurity, compared to those ages 65 years and older from April 2020 to July 2020. • Half, or 50.3%, of adults who experienced food insecurity between April to July 2020 had children in their households and 35.6% were single parents. • Individuals who were found to be food insecure were almost twice as likely to have been infected by the COVID-19 compared to those that were food secure between April and July 2020. In addition to large scale unemployment and loss of income, the supply chain was also heavily impacted by the pandemic and stores could not stock healthy, affordable food. The Department of Consumer and Business Affairs (DCBA) will focus on the food distribution side of the food equity equation by improving and expanding access to healthy, affordable, and sustainable food in areas of the County that are the most food insecure (so called “food deserts”). The Healthy Food Kickstarter aims is to alleviate food insecurity in food deserts, including those caused and/or exacerbated by COVID, by providing grants and technical assistance to businesses that increase access to healthy food options. DCBA will provide grants and technical assistance to support community food distribution, retailers, and enterprises in providing fresh, healthy foods to the County’s most food insecure communities, thereby, strengthening and contributing to a more equitable food distribution system in Los Angeles County, including the communities most impacted by COVID.
Goals & Objectives
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17 | Performance | Execute contract with TPA | 1.00 | 1.00 |
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4 | Performance | Program materials and methodology/ metrics to evaluate program completed | 1.00 | 1.00 |
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18 | Performance | TPA promotes grant opportunities through partners | 1.00 | 1.00 |
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20 | Performance | Grant applications and materials translated to most in-need languages (at minimum Spanish) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
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19 | Performance | Grant applications and materials are translated to most in-need languages (at minimum Spanish) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
24 | Service Delivery | Total number of grants disbursed | 0.00 | 20.00 |
25 | Service Delivery | Total $ amount of grants disbursed | 0.00 | 4100000.00 |
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21 | Performance | Number of performance reports submitted by TPA | 0.00 | 12.00 |
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15 | Service Delivery | Total number of direct technical assistance sessions given to grantees | 20.00 | |
23 | Program Outcome | Total Number of Projects Launched | 0.00 | 20.00 |
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5 | Service Delivery | Total number of direct technical assistance sessions given to small disadvantaged applicants | 0.00 | 1.00 |
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3 | Program Outcome | Total Number of Projects Launched | 0.00 | 20.00 |
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15 | Service Delivery | Total number of direct technical assistance sessions given to grantees | 20.00 |
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2 | Performance | Number of guidance sessions provided to grantees to develop outreach campaigns | 0.00 | 20.00 |
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1 | Program Outcome | Number of outreach campaigns conducted by grantees | 0.00 | 20.00 |
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16 | Service Delivery | Outreach campaign conducted leveraging use of Ethnic and Hyper Local Media ARP. | 1.00 |