Alameda County Community Food Bank

Reports and Studies

2006 SUMMER LUNCH REPORT

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HUNGER: THE FACES & FACTS
A Study of Emergency Food Recipients in Alameda County (March 2006)

The most comprehensive study to date of charitable hunger relief efforts in Alameda County. Published by the Alameda County Community Food Bank.

Read Hunger: The Faces & The Facts (full report, 24 pages pdf* file)

Read the executive summary (4 pages, pdf* file)

Read the local report (229 pages, pdf* file)

Read America's Second Harvest Hunger Study Executive Summary Report (20 pages, pdf* file)

IMPROVING FOOD STAMPS IN ALAMEDA COUNTY AND BEYOND
Recommendations to Strengthen Social Services Agency Food Stamp Procedures and Community Outreach Practices (March 2006)

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HUNGER PREVENTS HEALTHY EATING AMONG SENIORS
A Summary of Findings from Focus Groups with Low-income Seniors (August 2004)

In focus groups conducted with over 80 seniors at Oakland Senior Centers, the Alameda County Community Food Bank found that very low-income seniors were not as prepared to use information provided in nutrition education classes as seniors with incomes above the poverty level. This was true even though seniors living below the poverty rate were more likely to suffer from diet-related diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure that could be alleviated with better nutrition. While the seniors interviewed in the focus groups were all concerned about their health and nutrition, seniors who lived below the poverty line were unable to act on their concern because their low incomes prevented them from doing so.
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FINDING THE GAPS IN CHILD NUTRITION
A Report on the Summer Food Service Program in Alameda County (June 2003)

Despite an overwhelming need, only 16 percent of eligible Alameda County children participate in the Summer Food Service Program. This report, produced by the Alameda County Community Food Bank and Alameda County Department of Public Health, explores the summer lunch program in Alameda County and makes recommendations for addressing summer hunger.
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ABATING HUNGER AMONG THE ELDERLY
A Study of Hunger and Food Insecurity Among Elderly Brown Bag Program Participants in Alameda County (May 2003)

About 40,000 low-income California seniors depend on the nutrition provided by the Senior Brown Bag Program. When the program's funding was threatened by the state budget crisis, the Alameda County Community Food Bank joined forces with St. Mary's Center, Mercy Brown Bag Program and UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare to document the impact of food insecurity among Brown Bag participants in Alameda County.
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