city harvest nyc 2013 national hurricane conference presentation

City Harvest

National Hurricane

Conference Conference

2013

Sandy and The Emergency Feeding Network

• City Harvest

�Feeding America Member - NYC

�Food Rescue and Delivery

�44 Million Pounds, 60% Fresh Produce

�18 Refrigerated Trucks, 3 Cargo Bikes

�Help Feed 1 million people annually

�Responded in Two Disasters

�9/11

�Sandy

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Sandy’s Footprint – New York

• The Surge

�1 Million: Total Population Affected Area

�260,000: Households applying for FEMA

�50,000: People needing food due to disaster

• The Landscape - NYC

�Low Income

�Few Supermarkets, Many Small Stores

�Few Emergency Feeding Agencies

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Relief On The Move

• City Harvest Relief Food Distributed:

October 31 – March 27

�6.0 Million Pounds

�5 Million Meals

• City Harvest Disaster Distribution Sites

�112

• 35 Emergency Food Providers

• 77 Community Pop-Up Relief Sites

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Sandy’s Footprint

Communities in Ruins

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Sandy’s Footprint

Hampered Retail Landscape

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Sandy’s Footprint

Public Housing Challenges – Vertical Rise

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Phases of Disaster Feeding

• Immediate:

� First 72-96 hours

�Assess the Landscape

�Get Food Moving ASAP�Get Food Moving ASAP

�Maintain Daily Operations

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• Sustained:

�5+ Days after

�Mass Care Feeding

• American Red Cross • American Red Cross

• NYC Mayor’s Office

�4 Part Plan

• Assess the Need

• Solicit Appropriate Food

• Recruit Volunteers

• Build a Parallel Distribution System

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Disaster Feeding: Sustained Phase

Assess The Need:

• Multi Agency Feeding Task Force

�Red Cross

�FEMA

�OEM

�Regional Food Banks�Regional Food Banks

�Feeding America

�NYC Office of the

Mayor

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Solicit Specific Food and SuppliesFood

• Ready-to-Eat Snacks

• Hand Fruit

• Beverages

• Baby Food, Formula

• Pop-Top Meals

Non-Food

• Flashlights, Batteries

• Blankets

• Baby Goods

• Toiletries

• Paper goods

• Cleaning Supplies 11

Disaster Feeding: Sustained Phase Recruit Volunteers for Pantry Bag Repack

� Doubled Volunteers = 1,600 in November

� 800,000 pounds of food = 100,000 pantry bags

� 50 Corporations Engaged

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Build a Disaster Distribution Model� Inventory at the Ready

� Existing Staff = Hurricane Team

� Third-Party Trucking

� Food Distribution Sites Established

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• Long Term:�Utilities Coming Back: In-Home Cooking

�Retail Food Stores Open

�Adjust Food Response: Food Boxes: High

Nutrition, Ideal for Home CookingNutrition, Ideal for Home Cooking

�Assess:�Resident Need

�Community Infrastructure

�Adjust Response Accordingly

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Community AssessmentsPeople Served · Are sites seeing new clients weekly or the same individuals regularly?

· Are new clients identifying as displaced by the storm?

· Are there health or mental health concerns being reported?

· Is unemployment significantly higher than before the storm? Due to what

factors?

Utilities Summary · Is the electricity working?

· Is the heat working?

· Is there potable water?

· Able to cook at home?

Retail Summary · Grocery stores open?

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Retail Summary · Grocery stores open?

· Bodegas open?

· Restaurants open?

Support Summary · Are any other food relief funders providing assistance?

· Are the food types being provided appropriate to the current need?

· Are there gaps in food services being reported?

· Are there any other major supports present outside of feeding? Who and what

services are being provided?

Community Summary · Are there community organizations/coalitions forming to address ongoing relief

efforts?

Total Area Summary · [create an aggregate score based on the answers to the questions above]

Best Practices

• Feeding America Connection to National Food

Donors

• Partnership with Red Cross, FEMA, OEM, NYC

Local Government, Occupy Sandy

• Creating the Multi-Agency Feeding Task Force

• GIS Mapping• GIS Mapping

• Flexibility to Work with “Pop-Up” Community-Led

Relief Sites

• Bagging Ready-to-Eat Food Before Delivery

• Parallel Staffing and Operations

• Field Staff On-The-Ground Assessing Need

• Engaging Corporations to Help

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Lessons Learned

• Hurricanes Can Hit New York City

• Establish Local Relationships and Agreements

• Create, Drill, Follow a Disaster Plan

– Organizationally with Staff

– Locally with Partners

– Nationally– Nationally

• Prepare for High-Rise Relief Work

• Prepare to Have Back Up: Trucks, Freezer and

Refrigerated Storage, Generators, Third-Party

Staffing

• When to Say Yes, When to Say No

• Seek Funding Early, Be Clear on Needs

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