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Over the past couple of months, prices in California appear to have risen slightly more than the country as a whole, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Continued rising prices are why many Californians are struggling in an economy that’s widely considered to be doing OK because the nation has avoided a recession, experts said.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Steven Hamburg, chief scientist, Environmental Defense Fund\"]‘When you go to the grocery store, your total bill is still much higher overall than a few years ago.’[/pullquote]While a slowdown in inflation, or price growth, is “great news, it’s not like those prices are declining,” said Sarah Bohn, economist and director of the Public Policy Institute of California Economic Policy Center. “When you go to the grocery store, your total bill is still much higher overall than a few years ago,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, Bohn said Californians’ wages have not kept up with inflation: “Wages only grew 15% than before the pandemic. On paper, that looks amazing, like a $5-an-hour increase. But after inflation, it feels like a pay cut — I \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/whats-in-store-for-californias-economy/\">calculated\u003c/a> that it’s like a $1.25-an-hour cut.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a big concern, especially for low- and middle-income families who “have a lot less flexibility in terms of what they’re spending their resources on,” Bohn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nationwide, services are mostly responsible for continued inflation, Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows. The prices of goods such as new vehicles and meat, poultry, eggs and fish were unchanged from December to January, while overall food prices were up almost 0.4%, slightly lower than the previous two months. Consumer costs for services such as electricity, rent, medical care, airfares and health and auto insurance all rose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in California, high prices for both goods and services persist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food banks say the cost of buying food hasn’t gone down — and the demand for their services remains high \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/12/food-insecurity-california/\">as pandemic aid has expired\u003c/a> and inflation remains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank hasn’t seen “major” price increases for meat, and produce prices have stabilized, it continues to see high prices for some food, spokesperson Keely Hopkins said. The average price the food bank has paid for eggs has risen by $2.27 a dozen over the past eight months, Hopkins said.[aside postID=news_11953447 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66300_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-11-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']High food prices have also been a problem for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, which buys 10% of its inventory to supplement donated food: The food bank now serves an average of 900,000 people per month, two and a half times the monthly average pre-pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[That’s] the impact of the end of COVID-era programs such as the SNAP/CalFresh benefit boost and the continued impact of inflation,” said David May, a spokesperson for the food bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the services side, some California residents are \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2023/12/california-car-insurance/\">struggling to get affordable auto insurance\u003c/a>, with premiums rising 17.7% from 2023 to 2024, according to Bankrate.com. Electricity prices have also increased as regulators approve \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2024/02/utility-rate-hikes-california/\">rate hikes\u003c/a> by major utilities such as PG&E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for rent, “shelter is the major driver of services inflation in the inflation numbers,” said Jerry Nickelsburg, senior economist for the UCLA Anderson Forecast. He added, “We are seeing a slowing in rental rates [negative in some parts of the state], but as leases come due and rent-stabilized units are vacated, average rents increase to today’s market rents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rent in California is 38% higher than the national median, according to real-estate listings company Zillow. This month, the median rent of $2,755 in the state rose $5 from the month before but is $195 less than in March 2023, Zillow data shows.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Jerry Nickelsburg, senior economist, UCLA Anderson Forecast\"]‘We are seeing a slowing in rental rates [negative in some parts of the state], but as leases come due and rent-stabilized units are vacated, average rents increase to today’s market rents.’[/pullquote]Meanwhile, the personal consumption expenditures price index, which excludes food and energy costs, rose 0.4% in January from the previous month and 2.8% from the previous year, according to data released by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Federal Reserve \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/29/pce-inflation-january-2023-.html\">is said to focus more on this index\u003c/a> instead of the consumer price index because it more accurately reflects actual consumer spending. Either way, since the Fed’s target inflation rate is 2%, continued inflation is not likely to slash interest rates anytime soon — meaning possible continued \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-21/tracking-home-and-rent-prices-in-southern-california\">slowness in home buying, \u003c/a>getting loans to buy big-ticket items such as cars and borrowing by businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nickelsburg said he does not expect the Fed to reduce interest rates in the first half of the year. That’s in line with the expectations of other economists, such as those from Wells Fargo, who said in a report last month that continued inflation means the “road back to 2% inflation likely will have some potholes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"In California, despite services being mostly responsible for ongoing inflation, prices for food and various goods remain high, according to the consumer price index.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1709757995,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":985},"headData":{"title":"Californians Face Higher Costs for Goods and Services Despite Slowing Inflation | KQED","description":"In California, despite services being mostly responsible for ongoing inflation, prices for food and various goods remain high, according to the consumer price index.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Californians Face Higher Costs for Goods and Services Despite Slowing Inflation","datePublished":"2024-03-06T22:00:24.000Z","dateModified":"2024-03-06T20:46:35.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"source":"CalMatters","sourceUrl":"https://calmatters.org/","sticky":false,"nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/author/levi-sumagaysay/\">Levi Sumagaysay\u003c/a>","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11978394/californians-face-higher-costs-for-goods-and-services-despite-slowing-inflation","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Pandemic-era inflation has fallen from its peak two years ago, but the costs of many goods and services continue to rise and are still higher than before the onset of COVID-19, a couple of closely watched economic indicators show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prices have grown about 20% overall since 2020, according to an \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/766\">analysis\u003c/a> by the California Legislative Analyst’s Office based on the most recent consumer price index data. Over the past couple of months, prices in California appear to have risen slightly more than the country as a whole, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Continued rising prices are why many Californians are struggling in an economy that’s widely considered to be doing OK because the nation has avoided a recession, experts said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘When you go to the grocery store, your total bill is still much higher overall than a few years ago.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Steven Hamburg, chief scientist, Environmental Defense Fund","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>While a slowdown in inflation, or price growth, is “great news, it’s not like those prices are declining,” said Sarah Bohn, economist and director of the Public Policy Institute of California Economic Policy Center. “When you go to the grocery store, your total bill is still much higher overall than a few years ago,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, Bohn said Californians’ wages have not kept up with inflation: “Wages only grew 15% than before the pandemic. On paper, that looks amazing, like a $5-an-hour increase. But after inflation, it feels like a pay cut — I \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/whats-in-store-for-californias-economy/\">calculated\u003c/a> that it’s like a $1.25-an-hour cut.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a big concern, especially for low- and middle-income families who “have a lot less flexibility in terms of what they’re spending their resources on,” Bohn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nationwide, services are mostly responsible for continued inflation, Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows. The prices of goods such as new vehicles and meat, poultry, eggs and fish were unchanged from December to January, while overall food prices were up almost 0.4%, slightly lower than the previous two months. Consumer costs for services such as electricity, rent, medical care, airfares and health and auto insurance all rose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in California, high prices for both goods and services persist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food banks say the cost of buying food hasn’t gone down — and the demand for their services remains high \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/12/food-insecurity-california/\">as pandemic aid has expired\u003c/a> and inflation remains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank hasn’t seen “major” price increases for meat, and produce prices have stabilized, it continues to see high prices for some food, spokesperson Keely Hopkins said. The average price the food bank has paid for eggs has risen by $2.27 a dozen over the past eight months, Hopkins said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11953447","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66300_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-11-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>High food prices have also been a problem for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, which buys 10% of its inventory to supplement donated food: The food bank now serves an average of 900,000 people per month, two and a half times the monthly average pre-pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[That’s] the impact of the end of COVID-era programs such as the SNAP/CalFresh benefit boost and the continued impact of inflation,” said David May, a spokesperson for the food bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the services side, some California residents are \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2023/12/california-car-insurance/\">struggling to get affordable auto insurance\u003c/a>, with premiums rising 17.7% from 2023 to 2024, according to Bankrate.com. Electricity prices have also increased as regulators approve \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2024/02/utility-rate-hikes-california/\">rate hikes\u003c/a> by major utilities such as PG&E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for rent, “shelter is the major driver of services inflation in the inflation numbers,” said Jerry Nickelsburg, senior economist for the UCLA Anderson Forecast. He added, “We are seeing a slowing in rental rates [negative in some parts of the state], but as leases come due and rent-stabilized units are vacated, average rents increase to today’s market rents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rent in California is 38% higher than the national median, according to real-estate listings company Zillow. This month, the median rent of $2,755 in the state rose $5 from the month before but is $195 less than in March 2023, Zillow data shows.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘We are seeing a slowing in rental rates [negative in some parts of the state], but as leases come due and rent-stabilized units are vacated, average rents increase to today’s market rents.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Jerry Nickelsburg, senior economist, UCLA Anderson Forecast","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Meanwhile, the personal consumption expenditures price index, which excludes food and energy costs, rose 0.4% in January from the previous month and 2.8% from the previous year, according to data released by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Federal Reserve \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/29/pce-inflation-january-2023-.html\">is said to focus more on this index\u003c/a> instead of the consumer price index because it more accurately reflects actual consumer spending. Either way, since the Fed’s target inflation rate is 2%, continued inflation is not likely to slash interest rates anytime soon — meaning possible continued \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-21/tracking-home-and-rent-prices-in-southern-california\">slowness in home buying, \u003c/a>getting loans to buy big-ticket items such as cars and borrowing by businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nickelsburg said he does not expect the Fed to reduce interest rates in the first half of the year. That’s in line with the expectations of other economists, such as those from Wells Fargo, who said in a report last month that continued inflation means the “road back to 2% inflation likely will have some potholes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11978394/californians-face-higher-costs-for-goods-and-services-despite-slowing-inflation","authors":["byline_news_11978394"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_18538","news_3651","news_18545","news_27626","news_20337","news_32155","news_30877","news_27660","news_3327"],"affiliates":["news_18481"],"featImg":"news_11978395","label":"source_news_11978394"},"news_11969781":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11969781","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11969781","score":null,"sort":[1702584014000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"california-food-banks-brace-for-impact-as-pandemic-aid-dries-up","title":"California Food Banks Brace for Impact as Pandemic Aid Dries Up","publishDate":1702584014,"format":"standard","headTitle":"California Food Banks Brace for Impact as Pandemic Aid Dries Up | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Food insecurity in California ticked upward over the past year, bringing the share of hardship back up to levels early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released by the California Association of Food Banks on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Families are buying less food,” said May Lynn Tan, the association’s director of research and strategic initiatives, who surveyed food aid recipients this summer. “They’re running out of food, not being able to afford nutritious meals, and worrying more about food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates credited a pandemic-era federal aid program that gave food assistance recipients more money for groceries to pull food insecurity below 20% of California households between 2021 and 2022. The additional aid, Tan said, helped recipients buy healthier food and become more financially stable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As prices soared last year, food insecurity spiked. Then, the boost in federal aid ended in April. By October, more than 1 in 5 California families — more than 3.1 million households, including 1.1 million with children — were steadily reporting uncertain access to food, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cafoodbanks.org/food-insecurity-data/\">according to Census data analyzed\u003c/a> by the association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While hunger overall is disproportionately borne by people of color, Black families in particular reported sharp increases this year. In April, 30% of Black households in California were food insecure. Six months later, the figure was 40% and nearly half of Black families with children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anti-poverty advocates had feared a rise in hunger after the end of the aid boost this year, which affected the nearly 3 million California households that receive CalFresh, the federally-funded food stamps program. For three years, the program had given all families receiving CalFresh the highest possible amount of food assistance for their family size each month, with $95 on top for those already receiving the maximum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11953407,news_11965675,news_11955866\" label=\"Related Stories\"]When the program reverted to ordinary aid levels, the decrease was anywhere from 32% to 40%, depending on the recipient, according to the food banks association. In a survey, the association conducted over the summer, more than two-thirds of the state’s food banks reported increases in the number of clients seeking meals and groceries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The uptick in food insecurity also follows an increase in poverty last year, triggered by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cafoodbanks.org/blog/safety-net-cuts-in-the-midst-of-high-poverty-worsen-hunger-crisis/\">end of a different pandemic-era policy\u003c/a>. A one-time, yearlong expansion of a tax credit program in 2021 sent thousands of dollars to most families with children and pulled child poverty levels down to historic lows; after it ended, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/10/poverty-rate-california/\">poverty spiked again\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both trends will likely be the basis of advocates’ calls for California to expand safety net spending next year, even as the state \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/12/budget-deficit-california/\">faces a projected $68 billion deficit\u003c/a> in the 2024-25 fiscal year. That’s double the budget hole California plugged this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11969784\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11969784\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12.jpg\" alt=\"Two arms place a bag of food in to the back of a vehicle.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano volunteers and staff load groceries into cars in Vallejo on June 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Shelby Knowles/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The food insecurity data was outlined by the food banks association Tuesday as it gears up to lobby for the expansion of assistance programs next year, including increasing funding for food banks to buy California produce to distribute to clients and supplementing the federally-funded CalFresh (food stamps) program with state dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It does look like a tough budget year next year, but I don’t think that changes our strategy,” said Becky Silva, the association’s director of government relations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’ll be a tough sell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom avoided major program cuts when they closed the deficit this year, but it did bring to a halt several years of social services expansions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, at a separate Tuesday web conference for anti-poverty advocates and lobbyists hosted by the liberal California Budget and Policy Center, Jessica Bartholow, chief of staff to state Senate Budget chairperson \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/nancy-skinner-1954/\">Nancy Skinner\u003c/a>, an Oakland Democrat, urged advocates to continue seeking funding or program expansions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Don’t ask for less,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CalMatters politics reporter \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/author/yue-yu/\">\u003cem>Yue Stella Yu\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The California food banks association warns of rising food insecurity, but its pleas for more state aid face a tough slog next year due to the projected budget deficit.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1702591364,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":18,"wordCount":685},"headData":{"title":"California Food Banks Brace for Impact as Pandemic Aid Dries Up | KQED","description":"The California food banks association warns of rising food insecurity, but its pleas for more state aid face a tough slog next year due to the projected budget deficit.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"California Food Banks Brace for Impact as Pandemic Aid Dries Up","datePublished":"2023-12-14T20:00:14.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T22:02:44.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"source":"CalMatters","sourceUrl":"https://calmatters.org","sticky":false,"nprByline":"Jeanne Kuang","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11969781/california-food-banks-brace-for-impact-as-pandemic-aid-dries-up","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Food insecurity in California ticked upward over the past year, bringing the share of hardship back up to levels early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released by the California Association of Food Banks on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Families are buying less food,” said May Lynn Tan, the association’s director of research and strategic initiatives, who surveyed food aid recipients this summer. “They’re running out of food, not being able to afford nutritious meals, and worrying more about food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates credited a pandemic-era federal aid program that gave food assistance recipients more money for groceries to pull food insecurity below 20% of California households between 2021 and 2022. The additional aid, Tan said, helped recipients buy healthier food and become more financially stable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As prices soared last year, food insecurity spiked. Then, the boost in federal aid ended in April. By October, more than 1 in 5 California families — more than 3.1 million households, including 1.1 million with children — were steadily reporting uncertain access to food, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cafoodbanks.org/food-insecurity-data/\">according to Census data analyzed\u003c/a> by the association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While hunger overall is disproportionately borne by people of color, Black families in particular reported sharp increases this year. In April, 30% of Black households in California were food insecure. Six months later, the figure was 40% and nearly half of Black families with children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anti-poverty advocates had feared a rise in hunger after the end of the aid boost this year, which affected the nearly 3 million California households that receive CalFresh, the federally-funded food stamps program. For three years, the program had given all families receiving CalFresh the highest possible amount of food assistance for their family size each month, with $95 on top for those already receiving the maximum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11953407,news_11965675,news_11955866","label":"Related Stories "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>When the program reverted to ordinary aid levels, the decrease was anywhere from 32% to 40%, depending on the recipient, according to the food banks association. In a survey, the association conducted over the summer, more than two-thirds of the state’s food banks reported increases in the number of clients seeking meals and groceries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The uptick in food insecurity also follows an increase in poverty last year, triggered by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cafoodbanks.org/blog/safety-net-cuts-in-the-midst-of-high-poverty-worsen-hunger-crisis/\">end of a different pandemic-era policy\u003c/a>. A one-time, yearlong expansion of a tax credit program in 2021 sent thousands of dollars to most families with children and pulled child poverty levels down to historic lows; after it ended, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/10/poverty-rate-california/\">poverty spiked again\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both trends will likely be the basis of advocates’ calls for California to expand safety net spending next year, even as the state \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/12/budget-deficit-california/\">faces a projected $68 billion deficit\u003c/a> in the 2024-25 fiscal year. That’s double the budget hole California plugged this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11969784\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11969784\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12.jpg\" alt=\"Two arms place a bag of food in to the back of a vehicle.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/060723-Food-Bank-SKN-CM_12-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano volunteers and staff load groceries into cars in Vallejo on June 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Shelby Knowles/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The food insecurity data was outlined by the food banks association Tuesday as it gears up to lobby for the expansion of assistance programs next year, including increasing funding for food banks to buy California produce to distribute to clients and supplementing the federally-funded CalFresh (food stamps) program with state dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It does look like a tough budget year next year, but I don’t think that changes our strategy,” said Becky Silva, the association’s director of government relations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’ll be a tough sell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom avoided major program cuts when they closed the deficit this year, but it did bring to a halt several years of social services expansions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, at a separate Tuesday web conference for anti-poverty advocates and lobbyists hosted by the liberal California Budget and Policy Center, Jessica Bartholow, chief of staff to state Senate Budget chairperson \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/nancy-skinner-1954/\">Nancy Skinner\u003c/a>, an Oakland Democrat, urged advocates to continue seeking funding or program expansions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Don’t ask for less,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CalMatters politics reporter \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/author/yue-yu/\">\u003cem>Yue Stella Yu\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11969781/california-food-banks-brace-for-impact-as-pandemic-aid-dries-up","authors":["byline_news_11969781"],"categories":["news_24114","news_8"],"tags":["news_22578","news_27626","news_20337","news_21602"],"affiliates":["news_18481"],"featImg":"news_11969783","label":"source_news_11969781"},"news_11953447":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11953447","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11953447","score":null,"sort":[1687345243000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"bay-area-food-banks-feeding-more-people-than-ever-face-lack-of-volunteers","title":"Bay Area Food Banks, Feeding More People Than Ever, Face Lack of Volunteers","publishDate":1687345243,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Bay Area Food Banks, Feeding More People Than Ever, Face Lack of Volunteers | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Inflation, a shortage of volunteers and a lack of funding have led to a crisis for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area-food-banks\">Bay Area food banks\u003c/a> — organizations that were already under heavy strain due to the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rachelle Mesheau, marketing and communications manager at the Redwood Empire Food Bank, said that she’s seeing more daily participation now than at the height of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#foodbanksupport\">How to support your local food bank\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“At the current pace, we will serve more people this year than at any point in our 36-year history. It is costing us more to serve our participants due to price increases in food and gas, and we are having to buy more food to meet the demand,” she said. “On top of that, donations are down, which is adding fuel to the fire. It’s a challenging time for food banks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diane Baker Hayward, director of communications at Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, told KQED the number of people being served at its location is also back to peak pandemic levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank, it’s a different story. Pre-pandemic, the organization served an average of 32,000 households a week. That number rose to 55,000 households — a 72% increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11953000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11953000\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66293_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with gray hair wearing a black face mask holds out cauliflower heads as a man using a can walks past in a paved outdoor area.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66293_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66293_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-04-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66293_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-04-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66293_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66293_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66293_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-04-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers distribute food items at a San Francisco-Marin Food Bank pop-up pantry in the Richmond District of San Francisco on June 13, 2023. Volunteers at the food distribution events often help set up, build grocery bags, distribute food, check in participants, manage the line and help with other tasks as needed. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, people using CalFresh (also known as food stamps) received a minimum “emergency allotment” of $95 a month. That federal funding ended in April, meaning that many lower-income Californians experienced a big reduction in their benefits. (If you were one of them, take a look at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943420/your-calfresh-benefits-will-drop-in-april-heres-what-you-can-do#foodsupport\">our guide to other ways to find food assistance and funds\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keely Hopkins, senior communications manager at the SF-Marin Food Bank, said it’s still too early to know whether the end of the CalFresh allotments is the reason for the increased need. She noted, however, that anecdotal evidence from food bank workers points to a rise in people visiting the food bank weekly — as opposed to a previous trend of people visiting monthly once their benefits run out.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"foodbanksupport\">\u003c/a>How to support your local food bank\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Donate your time\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The food banks KQED spoke to all pointed to a need for volunteers. While many weekend food bank shifts get taken quickly, other important shifts throughout the week remain unfilled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='More Stories on Food Banks' tag='bay-area-food-banks']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if your work schedule prevents you from taking on many shifts during the week? Cody Jang, associate director of community engagement at the SF-Marin Food Bank, said that for prospective volunteers who are only available during the weekends, there are still ways to make a big impact. These include volunteering to make food bank home deliveries, which have a slightly more flexible schedule. Jang also encourages people to get their workplaces and co-workers involved in a group volunteer shift during those time slots during the work week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Donate your money\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last winter, KQED spoke to Michael Altfest, community engagement and marketing director at the Alameda County Community Food Bank, who said that 60% of its funding comes from the holiday season. He explained, however, that “hunger is a 365-day-a-year problem,” and that food banks still need full support throughout the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayward of Second Harvest of Silicon Valley said that financial donations are down 30% since the peak of the pandemic, while food and fuel costs have increased significantly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11953001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11953001\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66299_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-09-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Stacked brown cardboard boxes of cauliflower and sweet potatoes in a paved outdoor area.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66299_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-09-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66299_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-09-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66299_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-09-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66299_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-09-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66299_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-09-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66299_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-09-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boxes of vegetables await distribution at a San Francisco-Marin Food Bank pop-up pantry. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Donate food\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the holidays, when food banks historically receive the most support, KQED reported that food banks had a greater need for funds than food — that’s still the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, food donations are still welcome. Said Mesheau, “While we still need food donations, monetary support goes much further — for every $1 we receive, we’re able to provide $3 worth of food. Because of our buying power, a monetary donation will provide more food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check before you donate that the food bank doesn’t still have COVID precautions in place around food donations, which prevented many organizations from accepting food donations at the height of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If it’s your first time, here’s what to expect\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Cody Jang, associate director of community engagement, SF-Marin Food Bank\"]‘If you’re at all curious, just try it out … once you get started, it becomes part of your weekly routine, and we love to see that.’[/pullquote]Jang emphasized that every shift is different, but generally volunteers who are ready to work hard and come with an open mind have positive experiences that deepen their relationship to their local communities. He’s seen friendships form from groups that started meeting up through the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re at all curious, just try it out,” he said. “And we oftentimes, we think that once you get started, it becomes part of your weekly routine, and we love to see that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11897177/nearly-2-years-into-pandemic-food-banks-still-need-support-how-to-help-and-find-one\">Find a food bank near you to support — or use — in our 2022 guide.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"'At the current pace, we will serve more people this year than at any point in our 36-year history,' said Rachelle Mesheau, marketing and communications manager at the Redwood Empire Food Bank.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1687304367,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":939},"headData":{"title":"Bay Area Food Banks, Feeding More People Than Ever, Face Lack of Volunteers | KQED","description":"'At the current pace, we will serve more people this year than at any point in our 36-year history,' said Rachelle Mesheau, marketing and communications manager at the Redwood Empire Food Bank.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Bay Area Food Banks, Feeding More People Than Ever, Face Lack of Volunteers","datePublished":"2023-06-21T11:00:43.000Z","dateModified":"2023-06-20T23:39:27.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"source":"Food","sourceUrl":"/food/","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11953447/bay-area-food-banks-feeding-more-people-than-ever-face-lack-of-volunteers","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Inflation, a shortage of volunteers and a lack of funding have led to a crisis for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area-food-banks\">Bay Area food banks\u003c/a> — organizations that were already under heavy strain due to the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rachelle Mesheau, marketing and communications manager at the Redwood Empire Food Bank, said that she’s seeing more daily participation now than at the height of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#foodbanksupport\">How to support your local food bank\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“At the current pace, we will serve more people this year than at any point in our 36-year history. It is costing us more to serve our participants due to price increases in food and gas, and we are having to buy more food to meet the demand,” she said. “On top of that, donations are down, which is adding fuel to the fire. It’s a challenging time for food banks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diane Baker Hayward, director of communications at Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, told KQED the number of people being served at its location is also back to peak pandemic levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank, it’s a different story. Pre-pandemic, the organization served an average of 32,000 households a week. That number rose to 55,000 households — a 72% increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11953000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11953000\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66293_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with gray hair wearing a black face mask holds out cauliflower heads as a man using a can walks past in a paved outdoor area.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66293_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66293_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-04-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66293_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-04-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66293_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66293_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66293_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-04-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers distribute food items at a San Francisco-Marin Food Bank pop-up pantry in the Richmond District of San Francisco on June 13, 2023. Volunteers at the food distribution events often help set up, build grocery bags, distribute food, check in participants, manage the line and help with other tasks as needed. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, people using CalFresh (also known as food stamps) received a minimum “emergency allotment” of $95 a month. That federal funding ended in April, meaning that many lower-income Californians experienced a big reduction in their benefits. (If you were one of them, take a look at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943420/your-calfresh-benefits-will-drop-in-april-heres-what-you-can-do#foodsupport\">our guide to other ways to find food assistance and funds\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keely Hopkins, senior communications manager at the SF-Marin Food Bank, said it’s still too early to know whether the end of the CalFresh allotments is the reason for the increased need. She noted, however, that anecdotal evidence from food bank workers points to a rise in people visiting the food bank weekly — as opposed to a previous trend of people visiting monthly once their benefits run out.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"foodbanksupport\">\u003c/a>How to support your local food bank\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Donate your time\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The food banks KQED spoke to all pointed to a need for volunteers. While many weekend food bank shifts get taken quickly, other important shifts throughout the week remain unfilled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"More Stories on Food Banks ","tag":"bay-area-food-banks"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if your work schedule prevents you from taking on many shifts during the week? Cody Jang, associate director of community engagement at the SF-Marin Food Bank, said that for prospective volunteers who are only available during the weekends, there are still ways to make a big impact. These include volunteering to make food bank home deliveries, which have a slightly more flexible schedule. Jang also encourages people to get their workplaces and co-workers involved in a group volunteer shift during those time slots during the work week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Donate your money\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last winter, KQED spoke to Michael Altfest, community engagement and marketing director at the Alameda County Community Food Bank, who said that 60% of its funding comes from the holiday season. He explained, however, that “hunger is a 365-day-a-year problem,” and that food banks still need full support throughout the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayward of Second Harvest of Silicon Valley said that financial donations are down 30% since the peak of the pandemic, while food and fuel costs have increased significantly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11953001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11953001\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66299_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-09-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Stacked brown cardboard boxes of cauliflower and sweet potatoes in a paved outdoor area.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66299_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-09-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66299_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-09-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66299_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-09-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66299_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-09-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66299_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-09-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66299_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-09-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boxes of vegetables await distribution at a San Francisco-Marin Food Bank pop-up pantry. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Donate food\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the holidays, when food banks historically receive the most support, KQED reported that food banks had a greater need for funds than food — that’s still the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, food donations are still welcome. Said Mesheau, “While we still need food donations, monetary support goes much further — for every $1 we receive, we’re able to provide $3 worth of food. Because of our buying power, a monetary donation will provide more food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check before you donate that the food bank doesn’t still have COVID precautions in place around food donations, which prevented many organizations from accepting food donations at the height of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If it’s your first time, here’s what to expect\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘If you’re at all curious, just try it out … once you get started, it becomes part of your weekly routine, and we love to see that.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Cody Jang, associate director of community engagement, SF-Marin Food Bank","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Jang emphasized that every shift is different, but generally volunteers who are ready to work hard and come with an open mind have positive experiences that deepen their relationship to their local communities. He’s seen friendships form from groups that started meeting up through the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re at all curious, just try it out,” he said. “And we oftentimes, we think that once you get started, it becomes part of your weekly routine, and we love to see that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11897177/nearly-2-years-into-pandemic-food-banks-still-need-support-how-to-help-and-find-one\">Find a food bank near you to support — or use — in our 2022 guide.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11953447/bay-area-food-banks-feeding-more-people-than-ever-face-lack-of-volunteers","authors":["11530"],"categories":["news_24114","news_8"],"tags":["news_1386","news_28798","news_27626","news_23122","news_22264","news_20337","news_27973","news_30877","news_27660","news_28948","news_3475","news_21221"],"featImg":"news_11953002","label":"source_news_11953447"},"news_11943420":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11943420","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11943420","score":null,"sort":[1679014937000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"your-calfresh-benefits-will-drop-in-april-heres-what-you-can-do","title":"Your CalFresh Benefits Will Drop in April. Here's What You Can Do","publishDate":1679014937,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Your CalFresh Benefits Will Drop in April. Here’s What You Can Do | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated at 1:40 p.m., Thursday, April 6.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"#foodsupport\">\u003cstrong>Where to find additional money and food support if your CalFresh benefits are dropping\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/data-portal/research-and-data/calfresh-data-dashboard\">Over 3 million households around California use CalFresh\u003c/a>, the state’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the food benefits program also known as “food stamps.” According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/data-portal/research-and-data/calfresh-data-dashboard\">the state’s most recent data from January 2023\u003c/a>, that’s more than 5 million people using these funds to ensure they have access to food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, folks using CalFresh have been receiving extra funds, called “emergency allotments,” in recognition of the extreme challenges the COVID pandemic has been causing to people’s lives and jobs. This increase was at least $95 in CalFresh benefits per month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But starting in April, CalFresh users will notice a big drop in their food benefits. That’s because \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/calfreshcovid19\">those extra CalFresh pandemic funds were discontinued on Feb. 28\u003c/a>, making March the last month the emergency allotments will appear in your CalFresh benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading to find out why this is happening, or jump straight to \u003ca href=\"#foodsupport\">where you can find additional food support and benefits\u003c/a> if you’re going to be affected by this drop in CalFresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Are you a student on CalFresh? \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11945814/college-students-your-calfresh-eligibility-is-about-to-change-heres-what-to-do\">Read more about how your eligibility for food benefits is also changing starting June 10.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need information about right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Why is this drop in my CalFresh benefits happening?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The sharp reduction in CalFresh funds is due to federal funding changes for SNAP programs across the whole United States — not because of a change in California law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) — the federal agency that oversees SNAP programs nationwide — gave states extra funding so they could increase food benefits for people using SNAP. The increase allowed California to up the amount CalFresh users received every month, either to the maximum amount allowed or by adding a $95 increase for the people already getting the maximum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, a 2023 Congressional spending bill — the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 — has ended the pandemic-era release of these extra funds to households across the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>So how much money in CalFresh benefits will I now lose?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Starting in April, your CalFresh benefits will go back down to their pre-pandemic levels, according to what you’re currently eligible for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These emergency allotments were $95 \u003cem>minimum\u003c/em>. So the end of these extra funds means that a person using CalFresh \u003cem>at the very least\u003c/em> is losing $95 each month in their food benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalFreshOutreach/Brochures/Income_Inserts_FFY2023-English.pdf?ver=2022-09-27-105231-437\">Both your regular CalFresh benefits and how much emergency allotment you’ve been receiving are calculated based on your personal circumstances (PDF)\u003c/a>, which includes how many people are in your household, what your income is and what tax deductions you claim. The bigger your household and the lower your income, the larger your CalFresh benefits will be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"#foodsupport\">\u003cstrong>Where to find additional money and food support if your CalFresh benefits are dropping\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalFreshOutreach/Brochures/Income_Inserts_FFY2023-English.pdf?ver=2022-09-27-105231-437\">You can go here to see the income thresholds and maximum CalFresh monthly allotments (PDF)\u003c/a> that are currently in effect through Sept. 30, 2023. But remember that the dollar amounts for regular CalFresh allotments shown in the table below represent the \u003cem>absolute maximum amount\u003c/em> available to a household based on their circumstances, not the average. \u003ca href=\"https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/fy-2023-cola\">The minimum CalFresh allotment available is $23.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11943797\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1242px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11943797\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2.png\" alt=\"A table that shows Maximum Monthly allotments for CalFresh users\" width=\"1242\" height=\"817\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2.png 1242w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2-800x526.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2-1020x671.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2-160x105.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A table that shows maximum monthly allotments for CalFresh users. \u003ccite>(California Department of Social Services)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How will this affect Californians using CalFresh?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>CalMatters has reported that since November, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/02/calfresh-emergency-allotments-ending/\">the extra emergency allotment boosts have amounted to more than $500 million a month\u003c/a> in additional food stamps for lower-income Californians, according to USDA data. Becky Silva, government relations director at the California Association of Food Banks, told CalMatters that a single-person household could see their food aid drop from $281 a month to as low as $23 in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco alone, officials at the city’s Human Services Agency (SFHSA) estimated in a March 1 press conference that around 70,000 households receiving CalFresh — more than 96,000 individuals — will lose an average of $160 per month, totaling a loss of $11.5 million citywide. The SFHSA estimates that older people, people with disabilities and families with multiple children will be most affected by these CalFresh changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Social Services (CDSS), the agency that administers CalFresh, says that it’s been using “many methods of communication” to alert CalFresh users about the imminent drop in funds, including texts, social media, automated phone calls and a January mailer sent to all people using CalFresh. This messaging, the agency says, has been translated into Spanish, Vietnamese, Armenian and Cantonese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/13/CFF-COVID/emergency-allotment-flyer-english.pdf\">official flyer warning of the CalFresh funding changes (PDF)\u003c/a>, CDSS advises people being hit by this sudden drop in food benefits in April that they can “get free food from your local food bank” as an “additional food resource.” The agency notes that both the state and the USDA also have made more funding available to food banks recently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, many advocates are deeply concerned about the impact on hunger in California. Particularly concerned are food bank representatives, whose organizations have already seen huge demand during the pandemic, and are themselves being squeezed by the food inflation that’s affecting the people that food banks serve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/02/calfresh-emergency-allotments-ending/\">“There’s no way to overstate how devastating this is going to be,”\u003c/a> Silva from the California Association of Food Banks told CalMatters. “Families are going to see a dramatic and sudden drop in their food benefits at a time when food price inflation and the cost of living in California especially is through the roof.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Altfest, Alameda County Community Food Bank’s director of community engagement, says that the loss in Alameda County alone will amount to more than 3 million meals in the county per month. “Our food bank can’t make up 3.1 million meals,” Altfest said. “It’s physically impossible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to see a huge jump in demand,” he said. “And I think food banks across the country are going to struggle to make this up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altfest says that many food banks across the state are joining forces with lawmakers and “working on a number of bills and proposals that we’ve been lobbying for.” These measures not only \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-02/millions-of-californians-see-catastrophic-end-of-covid-19-food-benefits-as-inflation-climbs\">advocate for increased state funding for food banks, but also for the state to augment federal SNAP benefits\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"foodsupport\">\u003c/a>Where can I find additional money and support if my CalFresh benefits are dropping?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>First, make sure you’re getting all the CalFresh benefits you’re entitled to\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your income has gone down, or stopped because you’ve lost your job or your expenses have risen, you may be eligible for more CalFresh benefits. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalFreshOutreach/Brochures/Income_Inserts_FFY2023-English.pdf?ver=2022-09-27-105231-437\">See the income thresholds and maximum CalFresh monthly allotments [PDF]\u003c/a> that are currently in effect through Sept. 30, 2023.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that’s your situation, you should contact your local social services office. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/county-offices\">Find your local social services office.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Call 211\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalFresh officials say that if you are in “immediate need of food assistance,” you can dial 211 and speak with someone about food services that are available in your area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This hotline is open 24 hours a day, but they warn that “not all areas provide 211 phone support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alternatively, the CalFresh Info Line can be reached at (877) 847-3663. The California Department of Social Services Helpline is (888) 445-1955, which CalFresh says can also offer information and assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Use your county’s food access programs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are food assistance options that are separate from food banks, although sometimes they work together. Your county may provide locations where you can pick up free food, or offer other ways of getting free or low-cost meals that include delivery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in the city and county of San Francisco:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/services/food/free-food-locations\">Free food locations offering both groceries and meals\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/services/disability-aging-services/groceries-meals\">Options for having meals delivered to your home\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/sites/default/files/Directory_Community%20meals%202022-23.pdf\">Locations where you can find a community meal (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchampss.org/our-program/\">Choosing Healthy Appetizing Meal Plan Solution for Seniors (CHAMPSS)\u003c/a>, a restaurant partnership that offers adults age 60 and older ways to eat subsidized meals at designated restaurants in San Francisco, with a suggested (optional) contribution of $4\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Contra Costa County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/foodsecurity/everyone.php\">A food assistance program\u003c/a> that provides one member of lower-income households in the county a box of food every month\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/foodsecurity/everyone.php\">The Community Produce Program\u003c/a> that offers one member of each household one or two bags of fresh fruits and vegetables, twice a month (own bag is required)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County residents can call (855) 309-FOOD (3663) for more information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Alameda County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://foodnow.net/\">FoodNow\u003c/a>: A site managed with the Alameda County Community Food Bank that connects county residents to different food sources, including emergency groceries\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/maps/food-services.htm\">Map of food services and distribution locations in Alameda County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/covid19-assets/docs/food-housing-finance/food-access-resource-list-2021.06.21.pdf\">List of food services and distribution locations in Alameda County (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.alamedacountysocialservices.org/ex/our-services/Work-and-Money/General-Assistance/index\">General Assistance\u003c/a>: Cash aid for certain residents of Alameda County\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Marin County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/resources/Food/Congregate-Meals\">Congregate meal options in Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/resources/Food/Food-Pantries\">Food pantry and distribution options in Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/resources/Food/Home-Delivered-Meals%2C-Food\">Home-delivered meals in Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in San Mateo County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/food\">Food assistance resources\u003c/a>, including details of meals for K–12 students and college students\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Napa County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://fifnv.org/wp-content/uploads/FoodResources.pdf\">A list of food services and distribution locations, including groceries, in Napa County (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://fifnv.org/events\">A list of food services and distribution locations, including groceries, in Napa County (calendar view)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Solano County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/emergencies/emfood.asp\">Resources for emergency food assistance in Solano County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Sonoma County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/health-and-human-services/human-services/divisions-and-services/economic-assistance/food-and-nutrition-benefits/other-food-programs\">Meals and food service resources in Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Santa Clara County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://socialservices.sccgov.org/food-assistance\">Food resources, including delivery, for older adults in Santa Clara County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Get free produce at a farmers market that’s participating in California’s Fruit and Vegetable EBT pilot \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s Fruit and Vegetable EBT pilot provides CalFresh participants with up to $60 per month in rebates when they use their EBT card to pay for California-grown produce at a limited number of farmers markets and grocery stores statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How it works: If you have funds on your EBT card and use them to pay for eligible produce at a participating location, you’ll instantly get a rebate for the cost of that produce — effectively making it free at the point of sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More stores will be participating in this pilot program in 2023. But right now, you can get up to $60 worth of California-grown produce with your EBT card at the following farmers markets and stores in the wider Bay Area:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://napafarmersmarket.org/\">\u003cem>Napa Farmers Market\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>110 West Street, Napa, CA 94559 (already in effect at the Saturday market; starts April 4 at the Tuesday market)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://splashpad.org/farmers-market/\">\u003cem>Grand Lake Farmers Market\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>746 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610 (starting April 8)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://marketlocations.com/\">Country Club Plaza Farmers Market\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>2405 Butano Drive, Sacramento, CA 95828\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>See the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/ebt/california-fruit-vegetable-ebt-pilot-project\">full list of stores and farmers markets that are already participating in the Fruit and Vegetables EBT pilot\u003c/a>, as well as the Bay Area locations that will start participating in April 2023 (dates TBD).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Apply for WIC\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC) provides food assistance to lower-income families who have young children or are expecting a new child. Like CalFresh, it’s federally funded, and you can receive WIC benefits on top of your CalFresh benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program is income-based, and is available to pregnant people, plus new parents and grandparents of young children. \u003ca href=\"https://myfamily.wic.ca.gov/Home/HowCanIGetWIC#howToGetWIC\">See whether you’re eligible for WIC and apply online.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Use Market Match to double your CalFresh or WIC dollars at a farmers market\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://marketmatch.org/\">Market Match\u003c/a> is a statewide program that enables you to double your CalFresh or Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC) funds at certain farmers markets and farm-direct locations near you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How it works: Use the Market Match map to \u003ca href=\"http://ecologycenter.org/fmfinder/\">find a participating farmers market or other farm-direct location near you\u003c/a>, and when you arrive during operating hours, go to that market’s information booth with your EBT card and ask for Market Match. \u003ca href=\"https://marketmatch.org/about/how-it-works/\">Your EBT card will be swiped for a dollar amount of your choice\u003c/a>, and in return you’ll receive tokens for double that dollar amount to spend at the market. (Another way of looking at it: Market Match effectively gives you 50% off produce you buy at participating farmers markets.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some markets will have a limit on the amount of CalFresh or WIC dollars you can have matched (often $10); others have no limit. Consider watching \u003ca href=\"https://marketmatch.org/about/how-it-works/\">Market Match’s short “how it works” video\u003c/a> before using Market Match for the first time at a farmers market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Find a food bank or community pantry near you\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.cafoodbanks.org/our-members/\">find a local foodbank through the California Association of Food Banks\u003c/a>, or keep scrolling for a list of food banks and community kitchens, pantries and more near you:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>San Francisco:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmfoodbank.org/\">SF-Marin Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.stanthonysf.org/\">St. Anthony Foundation\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.glide.org/\">Glide Memorial Church\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcityimpact.com/programs/#hunger\">San Francisco City Impact\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.foodrunners.org/\">Food Runners\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oldfirst.org/volunteer.html\">Old First Presbyterian Church Inter-Faith Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>East Bay:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org/\">Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/a> (and \u003ca href=\"https://www.accfb.org/get-involved/volunteer-community/\">ACCFB’s partner organizations\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.loavesfishescc.org/\">Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyfoodpantry.org/\">Berkeley Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.edfufoundation.org/bay-area-street-pantry.html\">Bay Area Street Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://unitycouncil.org/program/food-distribution/\">Unity Council’s Food Security Project\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://trivalleyhaven.org/homeless-and-family-support/food-pantry/\">Tri-Valley Haven Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.refp.org/\">Richmond Emergency Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://tmcoakland.org/\">Telegraph Community Ministry Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>North Bay:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.vinnies.org/\">St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmfoodbank.org/\">SF-Marin Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://canv.org/\">Community Action of Napa Valley Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.refb.org/\">Redwood Empire Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>South Bay:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shfb.org/\">Second Harvest of Silicon Valley\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marthas-kitchen.org/\">Martha’s Kitchen\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sacredheartcs.org/\">Sacred Heart Community Service\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://rolfusa.org/food-pantry-more\">River of Life Foundation Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Other, smaller food banks and community fridges may be operating in your area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know that it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area in 2023. We’ve published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, helpful explainers and guides about issues like COVID\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">how to cope with intense winter weather\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. What you submit will make our reporting stronger, and help us decide what to cover here on our site, and on KQED Public Radio, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"10483\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/10483.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains additional reporting by KQED’s Sara Hossaini, and has been updated to include the latest numbers from the California Department of Social Services on how many people statewide use CalFresh.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"In April, millions of households across California will see their CalFresh food stamps benefits drop due to a change in federal funding. Here's what to do if you're affected.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1680904285,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":true,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":69,"wordCount":2537},"headData":{"title":"Your CalFresh Benefits Will Drop in April. Here's What You Can Do | KQED","description":"In April, millions of households across California will see their CalFresh food stamps benefits drop due to a change in federal funding. Here's what to do if you're affected.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Your CalFresh Benefits Will Drop in April. Here's What You Can Do","datePublished":"2023-03-17T01:02:17.000Z","dateModified":"2023-04-07T21:51:25.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11943420/your-calfresh-benefits-will-drop-in-april-heres-what-you-can-do","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated at 1:40 p.m., Thursday, April 6.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"#foodsupport\">\u003cstrong>Where to find additional money and food support if your CalFresh benefits are dropping\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/data-portal/research-and-data/calfresh-data-dashboard\">Over 3 million households around California use CalFresh\u003c/a>, the state’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the food benefits program also known as “food stamps.” According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/data-portal/research-and-data/calfresh-data-dashboard\">the state’s most recent data from January 2023\u003c/a>, that’s more than 5 million people using these funds to ensure they have access to food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, folks using CalFresh have been receiving extra funds, called “emergency allotments,” in recognition of the extreme challenges the COVID pandemic has been causing to people’s lives and jobs. This increase was at least $95 in CalFresh benefits per month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But starting in April, CalFresh users will notice a big drop in their food benefits. That’s because \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/calfreshcovid19\">those extra CalFresh pandemic funds were discontinued on Feb. 28\u003c/a>, making March the last month the emergency allotments will appear in your CalFresh benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading to find out why this is happening, or jump straight to \u003ca href=\"#foodsupport\">where you can find additional food support and benefits\u003c/a> if you’re going to be affected by this drop in CalFresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Are you a student on CalFresh? \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11945814/college-students-your-calfresh-eligibility-is-about-to-change-heres-what-to-do\">Read more about how your eligibility for food benefits is also changing starting June 10.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need information about right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Why is this drop in my CalFresh benefits happening?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The sharp reduction in CalFresh funds is due to federal funding changes for SNAP programs across the whole United States — not because of a change in California law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) — the federal agency that oversees SNAP programs nationwide — gave states extra funding so they could increase food benefits for people using SNAP. The increase allowed California to up the amount CalFresh users received every month, either to the maximum amount allowed or by adding a $95 increase for the people already getting the maximum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, a 2023 Congressional spending bill — the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 — has ended the pandemic-era release of these extra funds to households across the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>So how much money in CalFresh benefits will I now lose?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Starting in April, your CalFresh benefits will go back down to their pre-pandemic levels, according to what you’re currently eligible for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These emergency allotments were $95 \u003cem>minimum\u003c/em>. So the end of these extra funds means that a person using CalFresh \u003cem>at the very least\u003c/em> is losing $95 each month in their food benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalFreshOutreach/Brochures/Income_Inserts_FFY2023-English.pdf?ver=2022-09-27-105231-437\">Both your regular CalFresh benefits and how much emergency allotment you’ve been receiving are calculated based on your personal circumstances (PDF)\u003c/a>, which includes how many people are in your household, what your income is and what tax deductions you claim. The bigger your household and the lower your income, the larger your CalFresh benefits will be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"#foodsupport\">\u003cstrong>Where to find additional money and food support if your CalFresh benefits are dropping\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalFreshOutreach/Brochures/Income_Inserts_FFY2023-English.pdf?ver=2022-09-27-105231-437\">You can go here to see the income thresholds and maximum CalFresh monthly allotments (PDF)\u003c/a> that are currently in effect through Sept. 30, 2023. But remember that the dollar amounts for regular CalFresh allotments shown in the table below represent the \u003cem>absolute maximum amount\u003c/em> available to a household based on their circumstances, not the average. \u003ca href=\"https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/fy-2023-cola\">The minimum CalFresh allotment available is $23.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11943797\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1242px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11943797\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2.png\" alt=\"A table that shows Maximum Monthly allotments for CalFresh users\" width=\"1242\" height=\"817\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2.png 1242w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2-800x526.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2-1020x671.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/calfresh-elig2-160x105.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A table that shows maximum monthly allotments for CalFresh users. \u003ccite>(California Department of Social Services)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How will this affect Californians using CalFresh?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>CalMatters has reported that since November, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/02/calfresh-emergency-allotments-ending/\">the extra emergency allotment boosts have amounted to more than $500 million a month\u003c/a> in additional food stamps for lower-income Californians, according to USDA data. Becky Silva, government relations director at the California Association of Food Banks, told CalMatters that a single-person household could see their food aid drop from $281 a month to as low as $23 in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco alone, officials at the city’s Human Services Agency (SFHSA) estimated in a March 1 press conference that around 70,000 households receiving CalFresh — more than 96,000 individuals — will lose an average of $160 per month, totaling a loss of $11.5 million citywide. The SFHSA estimates that older people, people with disabilities and families with multiple children will be most affected by these CalFresh changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Social Services (CDSS), the agency that administers CalFresh, says that it’s been using “many methods of communication” to alert CalFresh users about the imminent drop in funds, including texts, social media, automated phone calls and a January mailer sent to all people using CalFresh. This messaging, the agency says, has been translated into Spanish, Vietnamese, Armenian and Cantonese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/13/CFF-COVID/emergency-allotment-flyer-english.pdf\">official flyer warning of the CalFresh funding changes (PDF)\u003c/a>, CDSS advises people being hit by this sudden drop in food benefits in April that they can “get free food from your local food bank” as an “additional food resource.” The agency notes that both the state and the USDA also have made more funding available to food banks recently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, many advocates are deeply concerned about the impact on hunger in California. Particularly concerned are food bank representatives, whose organizations have already seen huge demand during the pandemic, and are themselves being squeezed by the food inflation that’s affecting the people that food banks serve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/02/calfresh-emergency-allotments-ending/\">“There’s no way to overstate how devastating this is going to be,”\u003c/a> Silva from the California Association of Food Banks told CalMatters. “Families are going to see a dramatic and sudden drop in their food benefits at a time when food price inflation and the cost of living in California especially is through the roof.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Altfest, Alameda County Community Food Bank’s director of community engagement, says that the loss in Alameda County alone will amount to more than 3 million meals in the county per month. “Our food bank can’t make up 3.1 million meals,” Altfest said. “It’s physically impossible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to see a huge jump in demand,” he said. “And I think food banks across the country are going to struggle to make this up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altfest says that many food banks across the state are joining forces with lawmakers and “working on a number of bills and proposals that we’ve been lobbying for.” These measures not only \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-02/millions-of-californians-see-catastrophic-end-of-covid-19-food-benefits-as-inflation-climbs\">advocate for increased state funding for food banks, but also for the state to augment federal SNAP benefits\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"foodsupport\">\u003c/a>Where can I find additional money and support if my CalFresh benefits are dropping?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>First, make sure you’re getting all the CalFresh benefits you’re entitled to\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your income has gone down, or stopped because you’ve lost your job or your expenses have risen, you may be eligible for more CalFresh benefits. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalFreshOutreach/Brochures/Income_Inserts_FFY2023-English.pdf?ver=2022-09-27-105231-437\">See the income thresholds and maximum CalFresh monthly allotments [PDF]\u003c/a> that are currently in effect through Sept. 30, 2023.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that’s your situation, you should contact your local social services office. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/county-offices\">Find your local social services office.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Call 211\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalFresh officials say that if you are in “immediate need of food assistance,” you can dial 211 and speak with someone about food services that are available in your area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This hotline is open 24 hours a day, but they warn that “not all areas provide 211 phone support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alternatively, the CalFresh Info Line can be reached at (877) 847-3663. The California Department of Social Services Helpline is (888) 445-1955, which CalFresh says can also offer information and assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Use your county’s food access programs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are food assistance options that are separate from food banks, although sometimes they work together. Your county may provide locations where you can pick up free food, or offer other ways of getting free or low-cost meals that include delivery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in the city and county of San Francisco:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/services/food/free-food-locations\">Free food locations offering both groceries and meals\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/services/disability-aging-services/groceries-meals\">Options for having meals delivered to your home\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/sites/default/files/Directory_Community%20meals%202022-23.pdf\">Locations where you can find a community meal (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchampss.org/our-program/\">Choosing Healthy Appetizing Meal Plan Solution for Seniors (CHAMPSS)\u003c/a>, a restaurant partnership that offers adults age 60 and older ways to eat subsidized meals at designated restaurants in San Francisco, with a suggested (optional) contribution of $4\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Contra Costa County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/foodsecurity/everyone.php\">A food assistance program\u003c/a> that provides one member of lower-income households in the county a box of food every month\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/foodsecurity/everyone.php\">The Community Produce Program\u003c/a> that offers one member of each household one or two bags of fresh fruits and vegetables, twice a month (own bag is required)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County residents can call (855) 309-FOOD (3663) for more information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Alameda County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://foodnow.net/\">FoodNow\u003c/a>: A site managed with the Alameda County Community Food Bank that connects county residents to different food sources, including emergency groceries\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/maps/food-services.htm\">Map of food services and distribution locations in Alameda County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/covid19-assets/docs/food-housing-finance/food-access-resource-list-2021.06.21.pdf\">List of food services and distribution locations in Alameda County (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.alamedacountysocialservices.org/ex/our-services/Work-and-Money/General-Assistance/index\">General Assistance\u003c/a>: Cash aid for certain residents of Alameda County\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Marin County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/resources/Food/Congregate-Meals\">Congregate meal options in Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/resources/Food/Food-Pantries\">Food pantry and distribution options in Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/resources/Food/Home-Delivered-Meals%2C-Food\">Home-delivered meals in Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in San Mateo County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/food\">Food assistance resources\u003c/a>, including details of meals for K–12 students and college students\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Napa County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://fifnv.org/wp-content/uploads/FoodResources.pdf\">A list of food services and distribution locations, including groceries, in Napa County (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://fifnv.org/events\">A list of food services and distribution locations, including groceries, in Napa County (calendar view)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Solano County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/emergencies/emfood.asp\">Resources for emergency food assistance in Solano County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Sonoma County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/health-and-human-services/human-services/divisions-and-services/economic-assistance/food-and-nutrition-benefits/other-food-programs\">Meals and food service resources in Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Santa Clara County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://socialservices.sccgov.org/food-assistance\">Food resources, including delivery, for older adults in Santa Clara County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Get free produce at a farmers market that’s participating in California’s Fruit and Vegetable EBT pilot \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s Fruit and Vegetable EBT pilot provides CalFresh participants with up to $60 per month in rebates when they use their EBT card to pay for California-grown produce at a limited number of farmers markets and grocery stores statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How it works: If you have funds on your EBT card and use them to pay for eligible produce at a participating location, you’ll instantly get a rebate for the cost of that produce — effectively making it free at the point of sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More stores will be participating in this pilot program in 2023. But right now, you can get up to $60 worth of California-grown produce with your EBT card at the following farmers markets and stores in the wider Bay Area:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://napafarmersmarket.org/\">\u003cem>Napa Farmers Market\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>110 West Street, Napa, CA 94559 (already in effect at the Saturday market; starts April 4 at the Tuesday market)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://splashpad.org/farmers-market/\">\u003cem>Grand Lake Farmers Market\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>746 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610 (starting April 8)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://marketlocations.com/\">Country Club Plaza Farmers Market\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>2405 Butano Drive, Sacramento, CA 95828\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>See the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/ebt/california-fruit-vegetable-ebt-pilot-project\">full list of stores and farmers markets that are already participating in the Fruit and Vegetables EBT pilot\u003c/a>, as well as the Bay Area locations that will start participating in April 2023 (dates TBD).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Apply for WIC\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC) provides food assistance to lower-income families who have young children or are expecting a new child. Like CalFresh, it’s federally funded, and you can receive WIC benefits on top of your CalFresh benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program is income-based, and is available to pregnant people, plus new parents and grandparents of young children. \u003ca href=\"https://myfamily.wic.ca.gov/Home/HowCanIGetWIC#howToGetWIC\">See whether you’re eligible for WIC and apply online.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Use Market Match to double your CalFresh or WIC dollars at a farmers market\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://marketmatch.org/\">Market Match\u003c/a> is a statewide program that enables you to double your CalFresh or Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC) funds at certain farmers markets and farm-direct locations near you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How it works: Use the Market Match map to \u003ca href=\"http://ecologycenter.org/fmfinder/\">find a participating farmers market or other farm-direct location near you\u003c/a>, and when you arrive during operating hours, go to that market’s information booth with your EBT card and ask for Market Match. \u003ca href=\"https://marketmatch.org/about/how-it-works/\">Your EBT card will be swiped for a dollar amount of your choice\u003c/a>, and in return you’ll receive tokens for double that dollar amount to spend at the market. (Another way of looking at it: Market Match effectively gives you 50% off produce you buy at participating farmers markets.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some markets will have a limit on the amount of CalFresh or WIC dollars you can have matched (often $10); others have no limit. Consider watching \u003ca href=\"https://marketmatch.org/about/how-it-works/\">Market Match’s short “how it works” video\u003c/a> before using Market Match for the first time at a farmers market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Find a food bank or community pantry near you\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.cafoodbanks.org/our-members/\">find a local foodbank through the California Association of Food Banks\u003c/a>, or keep scrolling for a list of food banks and community kitchens, pantries and more near you:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>San Francisco:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmfoodbank.org/\">SF-Marin Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.stanthonysf.org/\">St. Anthony Foundation\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.glide.org/\">Glide Memorial Church\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcityimpact.com/programs/#hunger\">San Francisco City Impact\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.foodrunners.org/\">Food Runners\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oldfirst.org/volunteer.html\">Old First Presbyterian Church Inter-Faith Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>East Bay:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org/\">Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/a> (and \u003ca href=\"https://www.accfb.org/get-involved/volunteer-community/\">ACCFB’s partner organizations\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.loavesfishescc.org/\">Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyfoodpantry.org/\">Berkeley Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.edfufoundation.org/bay-area-street-pantry.html\">Bay Area Street Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://unitycouncil.org/program/food-distribution/\">Unity Council’s Food Security Project\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://trivalleyhaven.org/homeless-and-family-support/food-pantry/\">Tri-Valley Haven Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.refp.org/\">Richmond Emergency Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://tmcoakland.org/\">Telegraph Community Ministry Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>North Bay:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.vinnies.org/\">St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmfoodbank.org/\">SF-Marin Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://canv.org/\">Community Action of Napa Valley Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.refb.org/\">Redwood Empire Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>South Bay:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shfb.org/\">Second Harvest of Silicon Valley\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marthas-kitchen.org/\">Martha’s Kitchen\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sacredheartcs.org/\">Sacred Heart Community Service\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://rolfusa.org/food-pantry-more\">River of Life Foundation Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Other, smaller food banks and community fridges may be operating in your area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know that it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area in 2023. We’ve published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, helpful explainers and guides about issues like COVID\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">how to cope with intense winter weather\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. What you submit will make our reporting stronger, and help us decide what to cover here on our site, and on KQED Public Radio, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"hearken","attributes":{"named":{"id":"10483","src":"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/10483.js","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains additional reporting by KQED’s Sara Hossaini, and has been updated to include the latest numbers from the California Department of Social Services on how many people statewide use CalFresh.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11943420/your-calfresh-benefits-will-drop-in-april-heres-what-you-can-do","authors":["3243"],"categories":["news_28250","news_8"],"tags":["news_28798","news_22578","news_29029","news_23333","news_333","news_23122","news_20337","news_19994","news_26702","news_30957","news_22992","news_31458"],"featImg":"news_11943822","label":"news"},"news_11940602":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11940602","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11940602","score":null,"sort":[1675990985000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"no-light-at-the-other-end-impending-loss-of-pandemic-calfresh-boosts-could-trigger-hunger-spike","title":"'No Light at the Other End': Impending Loss of Pandemic CalFresh Boosts Could Trigger Hunger Spike","publishDate":1675990985,"format":"standard","headTitle":"CALmatters | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Food banks across California are bracing for a feared spike in hunger amid inflated prices after a pandemic-era boost in food aid ends in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>March is the last month CalFresh recipients will get the additional benefits, as the federal government cuts off the “emergency allotments” that have kept food stamp allowances higher than usual for nearly three years now.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Becky Silva, government relations director, California Association of Food Banks\"]'Families are going to see a dramatic and sudden drop in their food benefits at a time when food price inflation and the cost of living in California especially is through the roof.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average household on CalFresh will lose about $200 a month, said Becky Silva, government relations director at the California Association of Food Banks. A single-person household, for instance, could drop from $281 a month in food aid to as low as $23 in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Department of Agriculture documents show that since November, the pandemic boosts have amounted to \u003ca href=\"https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/CA-SNAP-COVID-EA-Extension-February-2023-Acknowledged.pdf\">more than $500 million a month (PDF)\u003c/a> in additional food stamps coming into lower-income Californians’ budgets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no way to overstate how devastating this is going to be,” Silva said. “Families are going to see a dramatic and sudden drop in their food benefits at a time when food price inflation and the cost of living in California especially is through the roof.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food stamps are funded by the federal government, which determines benefit amounts annually based on the nationwide cost of living as well as recipients’ household size and income.[aside postID=\"news_11937317,news_11897177\" label=\"Related Posts\"]In March 2020, Congress allowed the USDA to give states funding to boost all recipients’ aid to the maximum allowable benefits for their household size, or add $95 on top for those already receiving the maximum. The recent Congressional spending bill passed in December cuts that off this spring in exchange for funding for extra food aid for schoolchildren during the summer months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/data-portal/research-and-data/calfresh-data-dashboard\">2.9 million California households receive food assistance\u003c/a> through CalFresh, a number that has risen steadily throughout the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state social services department attributes the increase partially to a more flexible application process during the pandemic, while advocates like Silva also suggest the boost in aid made going through an application more worthwhile for eligible residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The loss of emergency allotments will be felt particularly hard by older and disabled people, many of whom have already seen their food aid eligibility reduced after \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/13/social-security-benefits-to-jump-by-8-7-next-year-2/\">a historic inflationary bump\u003c/a> in Social Security checks in January. In addition to wages, Social Security, unemployment benefits and disability payments all count as income for the person receiving food aid.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Tom McSpedden, Citrus Heights CalFresh recipient\"]'I'm just not going to be able to afford food. It's that simple.'[/pullquote]Tom McSpedden, a 69-year-old Citrus Heights resident with Type 2 diabetes, saw a nearly $60 decrease in his normal CalFresh allowance last month after getting a $109 increase in his monthly Social Security checks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he continued to get the pandemic CalFresh boosts, which kept the total food stamps on his benefits card at $281 that month — the maximum allowable aid for a single-person household.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, McSpedden’s monthly CalFresh benefits will drop to roughly $50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly half of McSpedden’s monthly $1,368 Social Security check goes toward renting a room; the rest is meticulously budgeted for his phone, car insurance, gas, the portion of insulin and medications that Medicare doesn’t cover and bankruptcy payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t have the $230 left over each month to compensate” for the drop in aid, he said. “I’m just not going to be able to afford food. It’s that simple.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There isn’t any plan to immediately backfill the loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The food banks association and other anti-poverty organizations have proposed that the state spend more than $2 billion providing a “ramp-down” of the extra benefits for five months after the federal boosts end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s unclear whether the Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration would agree on new spending as they \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-budget/2023/01/california-budget-newsom-deficit/\">seek to close a $23 billion budget deficit\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates are also calling for the state to add its own funds to the regular food stamps program, to boost the minimum food aid grant from $23 to $50 with corresponding inflationary increases. Other ideas include expanding special CalFresh programs that provide extra dollars for those purchasing California-grown produce, or for certain Central Valley households who lack clean drinking water in their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those proposals are “nowhere near approaching the $500 million a month that will be absent from people’s budgets, dinner tables and California retailers as well,” said Jared Call, senior advocate at the food policy organization Nourish California. “But our approach is, no tool in the toolbox should be unused.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Social Services says it’s warning households of the upcoming decline in aid and directing CalFresh recipients to food banks, which have received additional funding from both the state and federal governments in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s network of food banks continues to serve on average 1.5 times the number of clients as before the pandemic, Silva said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services, which provides food in the county McSpedden lives, averaged 150,000 clients a month before the pandemic, said community resource manager Lorena Carranza. In recent months, that number has been about 275,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But food distributions can’t replace the flexibility of food stamps that many residents rely on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a special diet to manage his diabetes, McSpedden said food distribution boxes usually only contain a few items he can eat. He’s loath to take a full box when others could use it, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McSpedden worked for nearly three decades as a long-haul trucker until about 15 years ago, when a series of heart attacks ended that career and landed him in a hospital stay that wiped out his savings and retirement accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been in predicaments before,” he said. “But this thing here with the extra food stamps, I have no idea. I’m looking into a tunnel with no light at the other end.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"For nearly three years, an increase in federal aid has allowed California to issue higher-than-usual amounts in food stamps. That ends in April.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1675990985,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":27,"wordCount":1099},"headData":{"title":"'No Light at the Other End': Impending Loss of Pandemic CalFresh Boosts Could Trigger Hunger Spike | KQED","description":"For nearly three years, an increase in federal aid has allowed California to issue higher-than-usual amounts in food stamps. That ends in April.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"'No Light at the Other End': Impending Loss of Pandemic CalFresh Boosts Could Trigger Hunger Spike","datePublished":"2023-02-10T01:03:05.000Z","dateModified":"2023-02-10T01:03:05.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"source":"CalMatters","sourceUrl":"https://calmatters.org/","nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/author/jeanne-kuang/\">Jeanne Kuang\u003c/a>","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11940602/no-light-at-the-other-end-impending-loss-of-pandemic-calfresh-boosts-could-trigger-hunger-spike","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Food banks across California are bracing for a feared spike in hunger amid inflated prices after a pandemic-era boost in food aid ends in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>March is the last month CalFresh recipients will get the additional benefits, as the federal government cuts off the “emergency allotments” that have kept food stamp allowances higher than usual for nearly three years now.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'Families are going to see a dramatic and sudden drop in their food benefits at a time when food price inflation and the cost of living in California especially is through the roof.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Becky Silva, government relations director, California Association of Food Banks","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average household on CalFresh will lose about $200 a month, said Becky Silva, government relations director at the California Association of Food Banks. A single-person household, for instance, could drop from $281 a month in food aid to as low as $23 in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Department of Agriculture documents show that since November, the pandemic boosts have amounted to \u003ca href=\"https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/CA-SNAP-COVID-EA-Extension-February-2023-Acknowledged.pdf\">more than $500 million a month (PDF)\u003c/a> in additional food stamps coming into lower-income Californians’ budgets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no way to overstate how devastating this is going to be,” Silva said. “Families are going to see a dramatic and sudden drop in their food benefits at a time when food price inflation and the cost of living in California especially is through the roof.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food stamps are funded by the federal government, which determines benefit amounts annually based on the nationwide cost of living as well as recipients’ household size and income.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11937317,news_11897177","label":"Related Posts "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In March 2020, Congress allowed the USDA to give states funding to boost all recipients’ aid to the maximum allowable benefits for their household size, or add $95 on top for those already receiving the maximum. The recent Congressional spending bill passed in December cuts that off this spring in exchange for funding for extra food aid for schoolchildren during the summer months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/data-portal/research-and-data/calfresh-data-dashboard\">2.9 million California households receive food assistance\u003c/a> through CalFresh, a number that has risen steadily throughout the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state social services department attributes the increase partially to a more flexible application process during the pandemic, while advocates like Silva also suggest the boost in aid made going through an application more worthwhile for eligible residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The loss of emergency allotments will be felt particularly hard by older and disabled people, many of whom have already seen their food aid eligibility reduced after \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/13/social-security-benefits-to-jump-by-8-7-next-year-2/\">a historic inflationary bump\u003c/a> in Social Security checks in January. In addition to wages, Social Security, unemployment benefits and disability payments all count as income for the person receiving food aid.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'I'm just not going to be able to afford food. It's that simple.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Tom McSpedden, Citrus Heights CalFresh recipient","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Tom McSpedden, a 69-year-old Citrus Heights resident with Type 2 diabetes, saw a nearly $60 decrease in his normal CalFresh allowance last month after getting a $109 increase in his monthly Social Security checks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he continued to get the pandemic CalFresh boosts, which kept the total food stamps on his benefits card at $281 that month — the maximum allowable aid for a single-person household.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, McSpedden’s monthly CalFresh benefits will drop to roughly $50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly half of McSpedden’s monthly $1,368 Social Security check goes toward renting a room; the rest is meticulously budgeted for his phone, car insurance, gas, the portion of insulin and medications that Medicare doesn’t cover and bankruptcy payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t have the $230 left over each month to compensate” for the drop in aid, he said. “I’m just not going to be able to afford food. It’s that simple.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There isn’t any plan to immediately backfill the loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The food banks association and other anti-poverty organizations have proposed that the state spend more than $2 billion providing a “ramp-down” of the extra benefits for five months after the federal boosts end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s unclear whether the Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration would agree on new spending as they \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-budget/2023/01/california-budget-newsom-deficit/\">seek to close a $23 billion budget deficit\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates are also calling for the state to add its own funds to the regular food stamps program, to boost the minimum food aid grant from $23 to $50 with corresponding inflationary increases. Other ideas include expanding special CalFresh programs that provide extra dollars for those purchasing California-grown produce, or for certain Central Valley households who lack clean drinking water in their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those proposals are “nowhere near approaching the $500 million a month that will be absent from people’s budgets, dinner tables and California retailers as well,” said Jared Call, senior advocate at the food policy organization Nourish California. “But our approach is, no tool in the toolbox should be unused.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Social Services says it’s warning households of the upcoming decline in aid and directing CalFresh recipients to food banks, which have received additional funding from both the state and federal governments in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s network of food banks continues to serve on average 1.5 times the number of clients as before the pandemic, Silva said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services, which provides food in the county McSpedden lives, averaged 150,000 clients a month before the pandemic, said community resource manager Lorena Carranza. In recent months, that number has been about 275,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But food distributions can’t replace the flexibility of food stamps that many residents rely on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a special diet to manage his diabetes, McSpedden said food distribution boxes usually only contain a few items he can eat. He’s loath to take a full box when others could use it, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McSpedden worked for nearly three decades as a long-haul trucker until about 15 years ago, when a series of heart attacks ended that career and landed him in a hospital stay that wiped out his savings and retirement accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been in predicaments before,” he said. “But this thing here with the extra food stamps, I have no idea. I’m looking into a tunnel with no light at the other end.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11940602/no-light-at-the-other-end-impending-loss-of-pandemic-calfresh-boosts-could-trigger-hunger-spike","authors":["byline_news_11940602"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_22578","news_31245","news_20337","news_19994"],"affiliates":["news_18481"],"featImg":"news_11940606","label":"source_news_11940602"},"news_11897177":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11897177","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11897177","score":null,"sort":[1671149752000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"nearly-2-years-into-pandemic-food-banks-still-need-support-how-to-help-and-find-one","title":"How Can I Find (or Support) a Food Bank Near Me This Holiday Season?","publishDate":1671149752,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Around the holidays, many folks' thoughts turn to food banks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This can be because people particularly need the services that food banks provide at this time of year. It can also stem from a personal desire to donate money or time to these organizations. For some people, it's about both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When people can't buy the food they need, that's known as food insecurity. And for many individuals and families, food banks offer a crucial lifeline, offering free food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for where to find your local food bank, how demand for these organizations has persisted through the COVID pandemic, and how best to support a food bank near you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#find\">Where can I find a food bank near me?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#support\">How can I best support my local food bank?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Demand for food banks rose during the pandemic — and has stayed that way\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2020, San José's Second Harvest of Silicon Valley had \"literally doubled the amount of food we're distributing\" from before the COVID outbreak, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101880355/food-banks-struggle-to-meet-pandemic-fueled-demand\">CEO Leslie Bacho told KQED Forum in 2020\u003c/a> — and demand was already high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are seeing so many people who are already just living on the edge, having to then burn through their savings,\" Bacho said in that 2020 interview. \"More than half the people we're serving now have never sought food assistance before.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An ongoing housing crisis, continuing gentrification, high cost of living and inflation hitting food prices means Bay Area residents continue to be particularly vulnerable to food insecurity as 2022 draws to a close. But what's happening here continues to be felt nationwide: According to the most recent numbers from the Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, in 2021 \u003ca href=\"https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-u-s/key-statistics-graphics/\">more than 33 million people across the United States were food insecure\u003c/a>. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/10/02/1125571699/hunger-poverty-us-dc-food-pantry\">as NPR has reported, \"No community is spared\u003c/a>, with rural areas, families with children and communities of color disproportionately affected.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Coming out of the height of the pandemic with inflation being as sustained and high as it is, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/10/02/1125571699/hunger-poverty-us-dc-food-pantry\">it's a hard time for many families\u003c/a>,\" Radha Muthiah, CEO of Washington, D.C.'s Capital Area Food Bank, told NPR recently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Altfest, community engagement and marketing director at the Alameda County Community Food Bank, said that the need for his organization's services has only risen in 2023. Thirty percent of the calls made to the Alameda County Community Food Bank emergency food line are still coming from first-time callers, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Since 2021, it's been a pretty sustained need,\" said Altfest. \"We're serving far more people now than we were in 2020, and we continue to see new people regularly.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11847434\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11847434 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/drive-thru-fb.png\" alt=\"Two volunteers load food into a dark red car. One volunteer with long brown hair, a baseball cap, a green shirt and a yellow jacket is holding the door of the car. The other volunteer, wearing a blue shirt with short brown hair, is crouched to lift a heavy-looking box into the car.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/drive-thru-fb.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/drive-thru-fb-800x533.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/drive-thru-fb-1020x680.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/drive-thru-fb-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/drive-thru-fb-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As demand for food banks soars, drive-thru facilities like this have proved effective at getting people what they need during the pandemic. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"support\">\u003c/a>How can you help your local food bank?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Donating money might be better than donating food\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altfest said that \"the best thing anybody can do to support our food bank or any food bank right now is financial donations.\" The same inflation that's making it harder for people to afford food is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/23/us-food-banks-pantries-struggle/10671432002/\">affecting the ability of food banks to purchase supplies to serve their clients\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 60% of the Alameda County Community Food Bank's funding comes just from the holiday season, said Altfest. But the need for food banks isn't confined to the holidays. He explains that \"hunger is a 365-day-a-year problem,\" and that food banks still need support all throughout the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donating money might also be more effective than donating food in helping your local food bank acquire and bring food to those it serves: When the pandemic hit in 2020, it changed the way many food banks solicit and accept food donations due to the risks of spreading COVID — and you still might not see as many food drive collection barrels in stores these days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donating money rather than food gives food banks far more flexibility. Second Harvest in San José, for example, is able to negotiate special deals for the food it buys \"by the truckload\" — at a \"much better value than you could get if you went to Costco or Safeway,\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101880355/food-banks-struggle-to-meet-pandemic-fueled-demand\">as Second Harvest's Leslie Bacho told KQED in 2020\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Put simply, food banks know how to make your cash go a long way when it comes to buying food — almost certainly further than if you donated food yourself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Donate your time\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don't need the services of a food bank right now, and you have time to spare, you might consider volunteering at a local food bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altfest said that while volunteers are critical, it's common that their shifts are mostly filled over the holidays. But after January 1, it's a different story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're considering taking on a volunteer shift, Altfest said that January and February are important times to consider — and maybe even more impactful — because a lot of support peters out after the holidays end. That's when you could be needed most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're planning on volunteering at a food bank this holiday season or beyond, check for any COVID vaccination requirements but also still expect potential rules including wearing face coverings and gloves, and maintaining social distance. If you're nervous about volunteering in person during the ongoing pandemic, speak with someone at the food bank you're thinking of supporting and ask them about their COVID safety procedures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Give back in a way that connects with you\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altfest said that it's also crucial that volunteers support food banks in a way that fosters community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are always encouraging people to support us in the ways that are most meaningful to them,\" he said. \"Added to that individual direct support — like making a donation, putting food in a food drive barrel, coming in — volunteering is sharing what you're doing, and what the impact is with other people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's our intent to get as many people in this community involved in our work in as many ways,\" said Altfest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How to sign up to help\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The quickest way to offer your support is by visiting your local food bank's website and signing up there to volunteer or make a donation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"find\">\u003c/a>Find a food bank near you\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>San Francisco:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmfoodbank.org/\">SF-Marin Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.stanthonysf.org/\">St. Anthony Foundation\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.glide.org/\">Glide Memorial Church\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcityimpact.com/programs/#hunger\">San Francisco City Impact\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.foodrunners.org/\">Food Runners\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oldfirst.org/volunteer.html\">Old First Presbyterian Church Inter-Faith Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>East Bay:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org/\">Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/a> (and \u003ca href=\"https://www.accfb.org/get-involved/volunteer-community/\">ACCFB's partner organizations\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.loavesfishescc.org/\">Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyfoodpantry.org/\">Berkeley Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.edfufoundation.org/bay-area-street-pantry.html\">Bay Area Street Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://unitycouncil.org/program/food-distribution/\">Unity Council's Food Security Project\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://trivalleyhaven.org/homeless-and-family-support/food-pantry/\">Tri-Valley Haven Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.refp.org/\">Richmond Emergency Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://tmcoakland.org/\">Telegraph Community Ministry Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>North Bay:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.vinnies.org/\">St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmfoodbank.org/\">SF-Marin Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://canv.org/\">Community Action of Napa County Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.refb.org/\">Redwood Empire Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>South Bay:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shfb.org/\">Second Harvest of Silicon Valley\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marthas-kitchen.org/\">Martha's Kitchen\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sacredheartcs.org/holidays\">Sacred Heart Community Service\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theriverflows.org/food-pantry\">River of Life Foundation Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Other smaller food banks and community fridges may be operating in your area. Some food banks also can offer advice and assistance with applying for food benefits such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.getcalfresh.org/\">CalFresh\u003c/a> (also known as food stamps).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A version of this story first published on November 23, 2021.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Find a food bank near you, discover how to offer them your support and learn why demand is still high in 2023.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1671150374,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":36,"wordCount":1231},"headData":{"title":"How Can I Find (or Support) a Food Bank Near Me This Holiday Season? | KQED","description":"Find a food bank near you, discover how to offer them your support and learn why demand is still high in 2023.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"How Can I Find (or Support) a Food Bank Near Me This Holiday Season?","datePublished":"2022-12-16T00:15:52.000Z","dateModified":"2022-12-16T00:26:14.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"source":"Food","sourceUrl":"/food/","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11897177/nearly-2-years-into-pandemic-food-banks-still-need-support-how-to-help-and-find-one","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Around the holidays, many folks' thoughts turn to food banks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This can be because people particularly need the services that food banks provide at this time of year. It can also stem from a personal desire to donate money or time to these organizations. For some people, it's about both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When people can't buy the food they need, that's known as food insecurity. And for many individuals and families, food banks offer a crucial lifeline, offering free food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for where to find your local food bank, how demand for these organizations has persisted through the COVID pandemic, and how best to support a food bank near you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#find\">Where can I find a food bank near me?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#support\">How can I best support my local food bank?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Demand for food banks rose during the pandemic — and has stayed that way\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2020, San José's Second Harvest of Silicon Valley had \"literally doubled the amount of food we're distributing\" from before the COVID outbreak, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101880355/food-banks-struggle-to-meet-pandemic-fueled-demand\">CEO Leslie Bacho told KQED Forum in 2020\u003c/a> — and demand was already high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are seeing so many people who are already just living on the edge, having to then burn through their savings,\" Bacho said in that 2020 interview. \"More than half the people we're serving now have never sought food assistance before.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An ongoing housing crisis, continuing gentrification, high cost of living and inflation hitting food prices means Bay Area residents continue to be particularly vulnerable to food insecurity as 2022 draws to a close. But what's happening here continues to be felt nationwide: According to the most recent numbers from the Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, in 2021 \u003ca href=\"https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-u-s/key-statistics-graphics/\">more than 33 million people across the United States were food insecure\u003c/a>. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/10/02/1125571699/hunger-poverty-us-dc-food-pantry\">as NPR has reported, \"No community is spared\u003c/a>, with rural areas, families with children and communities of color disproportionately affected.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Coming out of the height of the pandemic with inflation being as sustained and high as it is, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/10/02/1125571699/hunger-poverty-us-dc-food-pantry\">it's a hard time for many families\u003c/a>,\" Radha Muthiah, CEO of Washington, D.C.'s Capital Area Food Bank, told NPR recently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Altfest, community engagement and marketing director at the Alameda County Community Food Bank, said that the need for his organization's services has only risen in 2023. Thirty percent of the calls made to the Alameda County Community Food Bank emergency food line are still coming from first-time callers, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Since 2021, it's been a pretty sustained need,\" said Altfest. \"We're serving far more people now than we were in 2020, and we continue to see new people regularly.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11847434\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11847434 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/drive-thru-fb.png\" alt=\"Two volunteers load food into a dark red car. One volunteer with long brown hair, a baseball cap, a green shirt and a yellow jacket is holding the door of the car. The other volunteer, wearing a blue shirt with short brown hair, is crouched to lift a heavy-looking box into the car.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/drive-thru-fb.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/drive-thru-fb-800x533.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/drive-thru-fb-1020x680.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/drive-thru-fb-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/drive-thru-fb-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As demand for food banks soars, drive-thru facilities like this have proved effective at getting people what they need during the pandemic. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"support\">\u003c/a>How can you help your local food bank?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Donating money might be better than donating food\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altfest said that \"the best thing anybody can do to support our food bank or any food bank right now is financial donations.\" The same inflation that's making it harder for people to afford food is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/23/us-food-banks-pantries-struggle/10671432002/\">affecting the ability of food banks to purchase supplies to serve their clients\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 60% of the Alameda County Community Food Bank's funding comes just from the holiday season, said Altfest. But the need for food banks isn't confined to the holidays. He explains that \"hunger is a 365-day-a-year problem,\" and that food banks still need support all throughout the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donating money might also be more effective than donating food in helping your local food bank acquire and bring food to those it serves: When the pandemic hit in 2020, it changed the way many food banks solicit and accept food donations due to the risks of spreading COVID — and you still might not see as many food drive collection barrels in stores these days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donating money rather than food gives food banks far more flexibility. Second Harvest in San José, for example, is able to negotiate special deals for the food it buys \"by the truckload\" — at a \"much better value than you could get if you went to Costco or Safeway,\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101880355/food-banks-struggle-to-meet-pandemic-fueled-demand\">as Second Harvest's Leslie Bacho told KQED in 2020\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Put simply, food banks know how to make your cash go a long way when it comes to buying food — almost certainly further than if you donated food yourself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Donate your time\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don't need the services of a food bank right now, and you have time to spare, you might consider volunteering at a local food bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altfest said that while volunteers are critical, it's common that their shifts are mostly filled over the holidays. But after January 1, it's a different story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're considering taking on a volunteer shift, Altfest said that January and February are important times to consider — and maybe even more impactful — because a lot of support peters out after the holidays end. That's when you could be needed most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're planning on volunteering at a food bank this holiday season or beyond, check for any COVID vaccination requirements but also still expect potential rules including wearing face coverings and gloves, and maintaining social distance. If you're nervous about volunteering in person during the ongoing pandemic, speak with someone at the food bank you're thinking of supporting and ask them about their COVID safety procedures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Give back in a way that connects with you\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altfest said that it's also crucial that volunteers support food banks in a way that fosters community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are always encouraging people to support us in the ways that are most meaningful to them,\" he said. \"Added to that individual direct support — like making a donation, putting food in a food drive barrel, coming in — volunteering is sharing what you're doing, and what the impact is with other people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's our intent to get as many people in this community involved in our work in as many ways,\" said Altfest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How to sign up to help\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The quickest way to offer your support is by visiting your local food bank's website and signing up there to volunteer or make a donation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"find\">\u003c/a>Find a food bank near you\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>San Francisco:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmfoodbank.org/\">SF-Marin Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.stanthonysf.org/\">St. Anthony Foundation\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.glide.org/\">Glide Memorial Church\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcityimpact.com/programs/#hunger\">San Francisco City Impact\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.foodrunners.org/\">Food Runners\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oldfirst.org/volunteer.html\">Old First Presbyterian Church Inter-Faith Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>East Bay:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org/\">Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/a> (and \u003ca href=\"https://www.accfb.org/get-involved/volunteer-community/\">ACCFB's partner organizations\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.loavesfishescc.org/\">Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyfoodpantry.org/\">Berkeley Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.edfufoundation.org/bay-area-street-pantry.html\">Bay Area Street Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://unitycouncil.org/program/food-distribution/\">Unity Council's Food Security Project\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://trivalleyhaven.org/homeless-and-family-support/food-pantry/\">Tri-Valley Haven Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.refp.org/\">Richmond Emergency Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://tmcoakland.org/\">Telegraph Community Ministry Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>North Bay:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.vinnies.org/\">St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmfoodbank.org/\">SF-Marin Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://canv.org/\">Community Action of Napa County Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.refb.org/\">Redwood Empire Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>South Bay:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shfb.org/\">Second Harvest of Silicon Valley\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marthas-kitchen.org/\">Martha's Kitchen\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sacredheartcs.org/holidays\">Sacred Heart Community Service\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theriverflows.org/food-pantry\">River of Life Foundation Food Pantry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Other smaller food banks and community fridges may be operating in your area. Some food banks also can offer advice and assistance with applying for food benefits such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.getcalfresh.org/\">CalFresh\u003c/a> (also known as food stamps).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A version of this story first published on November 23, 2021.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11897177/nearly-2-years-into-pandemic-food-banks-still-need-support-how-to-help-and-find-one","authors":["3243","11530"],"categories":["news_24114","news_8"],"tags":["news_28798","news_22578","news_27350","news_29029","news_27504","news_333","news_20337","news_21602","news_28799","news_28800"],"featImg":"news_11935441","label":"source_news_11897177"},"news_11895836":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11895836","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11895836","score":null,"sort":[1636581522000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"bay-area-food-banks-struggle-to-feed-hungry-amid-surging-prices","title":"Bay Area Food Banks Struggle to Feed Hungry Amid Surging Prices","publishDate":1636581522,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>U.S. food banks already dealing with increased demand from families sidelined by the pandemic now face a new challenge: surging food prices and supply chain issues walloping the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The higher costs and limited availability mean some families may get smaller servings or substitutions for staples such as peanut butter, which some food banks are buying for nearly double what it cost two years ago. As holidays approach, some food banks worry they won't have enough stuffing and cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving and Christmas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What happens when food prices go up is, food insecurity for those who are experiencing it just gets worse,\" said Katie Fitzgerald, chief operating officer of Feeding America, a nonprofit organization that coordinates the efforts of more than 200 food banks across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food banks that expanded to meet unprecedented demand brought on by the pandemic won't be able to absorb forever food costs that are two to three times what they used to be, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supply chain disruptions, lower inventory and labor shortages all have contributed to increased costs for charities on which tens of millions of people in the U.S. rely for nutrition. Donated food is more expensive to move because transportation costs are up, and bottlenecks at factories and ports make it difficult to get goods of all kinds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a food bank has to swap out for smaller sizes of canned tuna or make substitutions to stretch their dollars, Fitzgerald said, it's like adding \"insult to injury\" to a family reeling from uncertainty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the prohibitively expensive San Francisco Bay Area, the Alameda County Community Food Bank in Oakland is spending an extra $60,000 a month on food. Combined with increased demand, it is now shelling out $1 million a month to distribute 4.5 million pounds of food, said Michael Altfest, the Oakland food bank's director of community engagement. Prepandemic, it was spending a quarter of the money for 2.5 million pounds of food.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Katie Fitzgerald, chief operating officer of Feeding America\"]'What happens when food prices go up is, food insecurity for those who are experiencing it just gets worse.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cost of canned green beans and peaches is up nearly 9% for them, Altfest said; canned tuna and frozen tilapia are up more than 6%; and a case of five-pound frozen chickens for holiday tables is up 13%. The price for dry oatmeal has climbed 17%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesdays, hundreds of people line up outside a church in east Oakland for its weekly food giveaway. Shiloh Mercy House feeds about 300 families on those days, far less than the 1,100 families it was nourishing at the height of the pandemic, said Jason Bautista, the charity's event manager. But he's still seeing new people every week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And a lot of people are just saying they can't afford food,\" he said. \"I mean they have the money to buy certain things, but it's just not stretching.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Families can also use a community market Shiloh opened in May. Refrigerators contain cartons of milk and eggs while sacks of hamburger buns and crusty baguettes sit on shelves. Oakland resident Sonia Lujan-Perez, 45, picked up chicken, celery, onions, bread and potatoes — enough to supplement a Thanksgiving meal for herself, her 3-year-old daughter and her 18-year-old son. The state of California pays her to care for daughter Melanie, who has special needs, but it's not enough with monthly rent at $2,200 and the cost of milk, citrus, spinach and chicken so high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That is wonderful for me because I will save a lot of money,\" she said, adding that the holiday season is rough with Christmas toys for the children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many people also rely on other government aid, including the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kate Waters, a spokesperson for the USDA, which administers the SNAP program, said there were no immediate plans for an emergency boost in SNAP benefits to compensate for the rising food costs. But she said that previous moves by the Biden administration such as the permanent increase in SNAP benefits earlier this year and a fresh wave of funding for food banks should help ease the burden. In addition, Waters said the fact that schools are open and offering free lunches and, in some cases, free breakfast, should also help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bryan Nichols, vice president of sales for Transnational Foods, which delivers to more than 100 food banks associated with Feeding America, said canned foods from Asia — such as fruit cocktail, pears and mandarin oranges— have been stuck overseas because of a lack of shipping container space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11895843\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-1227684444.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11895843\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-1227684444.jpg\" alt=\"A man and a woman wearing masks, gloves and blue shirts load boxes into the trunk of a blue car.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-1227684444.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-1227684444-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-1227684444-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-1227684444-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers load free groceries into cars at a community food distribution bank in the Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles, July 18, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. \u003ccite>(Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Issues in supply seem to be improving and prices stabilizing, but he expects costs to stay high after so many people got out of the shipping business during the pandemic. \"An average container coming from Asia prior to COVID would cost about $4,000. Today, that same container is about $18,000,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado in Colorado Springs, CEO Lynne Telford says the cost for a truckload of peanut butter — 40,000 pounds — has soared 80% from June 2019 to $51,000 in August. Mac and cheese is up 19% from a year ago and the wholesale cost of ground beef has increased 5% in three months. They're spending more money to buy food to make up for waning donations and there's less to choose from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The upcoming holidays worry her. For one thing, the donation cost to buy a frozen turkey has increased from $10 to $15 per bird.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The other thing is that we're not getting enough holiday food, like stuffing and cranberry sauce. So we're having to supplement with other kinds of food, which, you know, makes us sad,\" said Telford, whose food bank fed more than 200,000 people last year, distributing 25 million pounds of food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County Community Food Bank says it is set for Thanksgiving, with cases of canned cranberry and boxes of mashed potatoes among items stacked in its expanded warehouse. Food resourcing director Wilken Louie ordered eight truckloads of frozen five-pound chickens — which translates into more than 60,000 birds— to give away free, as well as half-turkeys available at cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For that, Martha Hasal is grateful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's going to be an expensive Thanksgiving. Turkey is not going to cost like the way it was,\" said Hasal as she loaded up on cauliflower and onions on behalf of the Bay Area American Indian Council. \"And they're not giving out turkey. So thank God they're giving out the chicken.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>AP reporters Terence Chea in Oakland and Ashraf Khalil in Washington contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"U.S. food banks dealing with increased demand from families sidelined by the pandemic now face a new challenge: surging food prices and supply chain issues.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1636603233,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":25,"wordCount":1181},"headData":{"title":"Bay Area Food Banks Struggle to Feed Hungry Amid Surging Prices | KQED","description":"U.S. food banks dealing with increased demand from families sidelined by the pandemic now face a new challenge: surging food prices and supply chain issues.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Bay Area Food Banks Struggle to Feed Hungry Amid Surging Prices","datePublished":"2021-11-10T21:58:42.000Z","dateModified":"2021-11-11T04:00:33.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11895836 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11895836","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/11/10/bay-area-food-banks-struggle-to-feed-hungry-amid-surging-prices/","disqusTitle":"Bay Area Food Banks Struggle to Feed Hungry Amid Surging Prices","source":"Associated Press","nprByline":"Janie Har","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/news/11895836/bay-area-food-banks-struggle-to-feed-hungry-amid-surging-prices","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>U.S. food banks already dealing with increased demand from families sidelined by the pandemic now face a new challenge: surging food prices and supply chain issues walloping the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The higher costs and limited availability mean some families may get smaller servings or substitutions for staples such as peanut butter, which some food banks are buying for nearly double what it cost two years ago. As holidays approach, some food banks worry they won't have enough stuffing and cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving and Christmas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What happens when food prices go up is, food insecurity for those who are experiencing it just gets worse,\" said Katie Fitzgerald, chief operating officer of Feeding America, a nonprofit organization that coordinates the efforts of more than 200 food banks across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food banks that expanded to meet unprecedented demand brought on by the pandemic won't be able to absorb forever food costs that are two to three times what they used to be, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supply chain disruptions, lower inventory and labor shortages all have contributed to increased costs for charities on which tens of millions of people in the U.S. rely for nutrition. Donated food is more expensive to move because transportation costs are up, and bottlenecks at factories and ports make it difficult to get goods of all kinds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a food bank has to swap out for smaller sizes of canned tuna or make substitutions to stretch their dollars, Fitzgerald said, it's like adding \"insult to injury\" to a family reeling from uncertainty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the prohibitively expensive San Francisco Bay Area, the Alameda County Community Food Bank in Oakland is spending an extra $60,000 a month on food. Combined with increased demand, it is now shelling out $1 million a month to distribute 4.5 million pounds of food, said Michael Altfest, the Oakland food bank's director of community engagement. Prepandemic, it was spending a quarter of the money for 2.5 million pounds of food.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'What happens when food prices go up is, food insecurity for those who are experiencing it just gets worse.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Katie Fitzgerald, chief operating officer of Feeding America","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cost of canned green beans and peaches is up nearly 9% for them, Altfest said; canned tuna and frozen tilapia are up more than 6%; and a case of five-pound frozen chickens for holiday tables is up 13%. The price for dry oatmeal has climbed 17%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesdays, hundreds of people line up outside a church in east Oakland for its weekly food giveaway. Shiloh Mercy House feeds about 300 families on those days, far less than the 1,100 families it was nourishing at the height of the pandemic, said Jason Bautista, the charity's event manager. But he's still seeing new people every week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And a lot of people are just saying they can't afford food,\" he said. \"I mean they have the money to buy certain things, but it's just not stretching.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Families can also use a community market Shiloh opened in May. Refrigerators contain cartons of milk and eggs while sacks of hamburger buns and crusty baguettes sit on shelves. Oakland resident Sonia Lujan-Perez, 45, picked up chicken, celery, onions, bread and potatoes — enough to supplement a Thanksgiving meal for herself, her 3-year-old daughter and her 18-year-old son. The state of California pays her to care for daughter Melanie, who has special needs, but it's not enough with monthly rent at $2,200 and the cost of milk, citrus, spinach and chicken so high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That is wonderful for me because I will save a lot of money,\" she said, adding that the holiday season is rough with Christmas toys for the children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many people also rely on other government aid, including the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kate Waters, a spokesperson for the USDA, which administers the SNAP program, said there were no immediate plans for an emergency boost in SNAP benefits to compensate for the rising food costs. But she said that previous moves by the Biden administration such as the permanent increase in SNAP benefits earlier this year and a fresh wave of funding for food banks should help ease the burden. In addition, Waters said the fact that schools are open and offering free lunches and, in some cases, free breakfast, should also help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bryan Nichols, vice president of sales for Transnational Foods, which delivers to more than 100 food banks associated with Feeding America, said canned foods from Asia — such as fruit cocktail, pears and mandarin oranges— have been stuck overseas because of a lack of shipping container space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11895843\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-1227684444.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11895843\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-1227684444.jpg\" alt=\"A man and a woman wearing masks, gloves and blue shirts load boxes into the trunk of a blue car.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-1227684444.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-1227684444-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-1227684444-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-1227684444-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers load free groceries into cars at a community food distribution bank in the Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles, July 18, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. \u003ccite>(Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Issues in supply seem to be improving and prices stabilizing, but he expects costs to stay high after so many people got out of the shipping business during the pandemic. \"An average container coming from Asia prior to COVID would cost about $4,000. Today, that same container is about $18,000,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado in Colorado Springs, CEO Lynne Telford says the cost for a truckload of peanut butter — 40,000 pounds — has soared 80% from June 2019 to $51,000 in August. Mac and cheese is up 19% from a year ago and the wholesale cost of ground beef has increased 5% in three months. They're spending more money to buy food to make up for waning donations and there's less to choose from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The upcoming holidays worry her. For one thing, the donation cost to buy a frozen turkey has increased from $10 to $15 per bird.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The other thing is that we're not getting enough holiday food, like stuffing and cranberry sauce. So we're having to supplement with other kinds of food, which, you know, makes us sad,\" said Telford, whose food bank fed more than 200,000 people last year, distributing 25 million pounds of food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County Community Food Bank says it is set for Thanksgiving, with cases of canned cranberry and boxes of mashed potatoes among items stacked in its expanded warehouse. Food resourcing director Wilken Louie ordered eight truckloads of frozen five-pound chickens — which translates into more than 60,000 birds— to give away free, as well as half-turkeys available at cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For that, Martha Hasal is grateful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's going to be an expensive Thanksgiving. Turkey is not going to cost like the way it was,\" said Hasal as she loaded up on cauliflower and onions on behalf of the Bay Area American Indian Council. \"And they're not giving out turkey. So thank God they're giving out the chicken.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>AP reporters Terence Chea in Oakland and Ashraf Khalil in Washington contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11895836/bay-area-food-banks-struggle-to-feed-hungry-amid-surging-prices","authors":["byline_news_11895836"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_20337","news_22992","news_30219"],"featImg":"news_11895842","label":"source_news_11895836"},"news_11854353":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11854353","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11854353","score":null,"sort":[1610133368000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"el-apoyo-es-la-fuerza-la-ayuda-mutua-impulsa-a-la-coalicion-de-alimentos-de-la-mision","title":"'El apoyo es la fuerza': La ayuda mutua impulsa a la Coalición de alimentos de la Misión","publishDate":1610133368,"format":"image","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11853703/support-is-the-force-at-family-led-mission-meals-coalition-serving-the-community-runs-deep\">Read in English\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[dropcap]P[/dropcap]\u003c/span>ara Gabriela Alemán, gran parte de su labor social se encuentra dentro de las cuatro paredes de la tienda de su madre, ubicada en la cuadra de las calles 20 y Misión en San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Esta tienda ha existido por casi el 90% de mi vida\", dijo Alemán.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su madre, Gabriela Ramírez, ha sido la dueña de un pequeño comercio que alquila sillas y mesas desde el 2005. \"Esto lo empezamos bien pequeñitas, caminábamos y veníamos, poniendo flyers en las lavanderías\", recuerda Ramírez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ella caminaba a lo largo del distrito de la Misión junto con sus tres niñas para avisarle a los residentes de la zona sobre su negocio. A medida que la pequeña empresa de Ramírez crecía, más de sus amistades y vecinos la buscaban cuando alguien en la comunidad necesitaba ayuda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahora Alemán, de 26 años, y Ramírez trabajan juntas para llevar a cabo los servicios de la organización 'Mission Meals Coalition' (MCC por sus siglas en inglés o en español, la Coalición de alimentos de la Misión). Este grupo de ayuda mutua \u003ca href=\"https://missionmealscoalition.org/faq\">colabora con voluntarios y pequeños negocios\u003c/a> para proveer comidas e ingredientes frescos a familias, adultos mayores y otras iniciativas de justicia alimentaria por toda el Área de la Bahía.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mientras tanto, el local de Ramírez se ha convertido en el hogar de uno de los servicios más ambiciosos de la MMC para ayudar con las necesidades del vecindario: una nevera comunitaria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854382\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11854382\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabriela Ramírez, madre de Gabriela Alemán, forma parte de la MMC y ha sido un vínculo entre la organización y la comunidad inmigrante en el distrito de la Misión. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Conectando con 'la refri'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Repleto de frutas y verduras frescas, leche, huevos y harina, esta nevera (la cual lleva el apodo de 'la refri') le ha dado de comer a cientos de residentes desde que apareció por primera vez en las calles de la Misión el verano pasado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://missionmealscoalition.org/\">\u003cstrong>Información sobre cómo acceder a los servicios de 'Mission Meals Coalition' o \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>cómo apoyar a la organización.\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Anteriormente la nevera se encontraba afuera de la \u003ca href=\"http://www.adobebooks.com/\">librería Adobe\u003c/a> en la calle 24 pero Alemán decidió cambiar el sitio al negocio de su madre luego de que la ciudad experimentara varias semanas de pésima calidad de aire y la llegada de la temporada de lluvias.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cualquier persona puede pasar para tomar lo que necesite durante los siete días de la semana. No hay un límite de la cantidad de comida que se puede tomar y está disponible para cualquier persona, sin importar dónde vive o su estatus migratorio, en la dirección 2390 Mission Street. [aside postID=\"news_11847820\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alemán, junto con las otras cofundadoras de la MMC, su hermana Xiomara y su amiga María Castro Noboa, cuidan de la nevera. Pero 'la refri' es tan solo uno de la gran cantidad de apoyos ofrecidos por la MMC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La organización primero comenzó en marzo de 2020, regalando platillos preparados y despensas al inicio de la pandemia. Entre 400 a 700 personas reciben alimentos cada semana, los cuales pueden ser recogidos en la tienda de Ramírez o entregados a domicilio. En los fines de semana, la MMC distribuye entre 100 a 200 platillos de comida caliente, todos preparados por pequeños negocios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW9yCPmJRn4&feature=youtu.be\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando llegó la hora de abrir 'la refri' por primera vez, Alemán sabía que no podían hacer aparecer la nevera como por arte de magia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"¿Qué dirías tú si vieras una nevera de repente en tu comunidad? ¿Qué dirían los miembros de tu comunidad y tus amistades?\" cuestionó Alemán.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Para saber la respuesta a estas preguntas, Alemán analizó la situación junto a su madre, quien sugirió que regresaran a los mismos lugares donde ella formó su propia red de apoyo: las lavanderías y los grupos de WhatsApp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"En verdad todo esto se debe al hecho de que tenemos con nosotros los mayores de nuestra comunidad, quienes son nuestras anclas e impulsan las conexiones con nuestra comunidad y promueven una conocimiento cultural. De esta manera, las personas no sienten cómo que tienen que pedir comida o que están mendigando\", Alemán dijo .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No es caridad\", agregó. \"Tratamos a quienes ayudamos como si fueran nuestros vecinos\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854377\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11854377\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136714286_825198988044498_6448379546138488440_n-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136714286_825198988044498_6448379546138488440_n-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136714286_825198988044498_6448379546138488440_n-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136714286_825198988044498_6448379546138488440_n-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136714286_825198988044498_6448379546138488440_n-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136714286_825198988044498_6448379546138488440_n-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136714286_825198988044498_6448379546138488440_n-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">En los 27 años que ha vivido en San Francisco, Gabriela Ramírez ha mantenido una profunda relación con su familia y amigos en El Salvador, su país de origen. Siempre que puede, les envía cajas con comida o ropa, algo que motivó a sus hijas a formar la MMC. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>'Un granito para que nazca'\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Durante su infancia, Alemán vio como Ramírez transformaba su local en un espacio para recaudar ayuda para su familia y amigos que vivían lejos de la ciudad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Cuando ya comenzamos a trabajar con el negocio, y yo de lo que ganábamos para esto mismo recolectaba como dinero para poder comprar de todo para mandar a El Salvador, a la comunidad de mi familia y ellos lo compartían con las demás personas que necesitaban\", explica Ramírez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ella hacía sus envíos por uno de los muchos negocios en la calle Misión que ofrecen mandar cajas llenas de ropa, juguetes o comida enlatada al país originario de un migrante. Pedacitos de una nueva vida logran cruzar fronteras y océanos, formando una red de ayuda.[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Gabriela Alemán, cofundadora de la Coalición de alimentos de la Misión\"]'No es caridad, tratamos a quienes ayudamos como si fueran nuestros vecinos.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estas cajas no sólo beneficiaban a su familia en El Salvador. También les llegaban a sus amistades, vecinos y hasta a gente que nunca había conocido. Le llenaba de alegría poder ayudar a seres queridos incluso cuando tenía muy poco a su nombre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854378\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11854378\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-1-800x545.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-1-800x545.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-1-1020x695.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-1-160x109.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-1-1536x1047.png 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabriela Ramírez entrega una bolsa de alimentos de la MMC a un miembro de la comunidad. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Vienen naciendo más ideas, como cuando uno pone un granito para que nazca, vienen otros y otros detrás y pienso que vino esto\", dijo Ramírez, haciendo referencia a la nevera de la MMC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>'El conocimiento cultural no sólo es algo que decimos'\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Algunas de las despensas que la MMC regala fueron compradas por la organización pero la gran parte son donaciones. Los integrantes de la MMC inspeccionan cada artículo de comida que llega, asegurándose que no sólo sea seguro para comer pero que también sea apto para las cocinas de los beneficiarios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Hay tantas diferencias entre la diáspora latina. Tenemos aquí miembros de la comunidad que vienen de Sudamérica, Centroamérica y Norteamérica, todos juntos\", aclara Alemán.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apoyando a una comunidad tan extensa como la de la Misión requiere conocimiento y educación sobre los múltiples platillos y tradiciones culinarias que existen a lo largo de Latinoamérica.[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Gabriela Alemán\"]'Trabajamos mucho para asegurarnos que el conocimiento cultural no sólo es algo que decimos pero algo que practicamos de manera consistente.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tomemos como ejemplo el frijol. Alemán explica que al ser criada en un hogar centroamericano, ella se acostumbró a un tipo específico de frijoles en sus platillos. Pese a que son similares, estos frijoles y la manera en que se cocinan, son distintos a los que se usan en cocinas mexicanas y sudamericanas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tomando en cuenta estas distinciones gastronómicas forma parte de lo que Alemán considera el conocimiento cultural de la MMC. \"Trabajamos mucho para asegurarnos que el conocimiento cultural no sólo es algo que decimos pero algo que practicamos de manera consistente\", dijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854379\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11854379\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1-1920x1282.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Desde marzo de 2020, la MMC ha alimentado a cientos de familias en todo el Área de la Bahía, utilizando un modelo de ayuda mutua para realizar este trabajo. Una de las fundadoras de la MMC, Xiomara Alemán se prepara para una distribución de comida. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\"Si uno quiere, uno puede\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A medida que crece que la MMC, Alemán tiene que decidir con mucho cuidado cómo invertir el recurso más útil del grupo: el tiempo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Para poder proveer más despensas, ella ha tenido que reducir el número de horas disponibles para recibir donaciones. \"Antes lo hacíamos los siete días de la semana. Ahora lo recortamos a dos días, o algunas veces hasta a uno, para que tengamos suficiente tiempo para preparar la comida porque la fila [para la despensas] puede llegar a…50 hasta 200 personas\", ella dijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>También se ha hecho más diligente en cómo usa su propio tiempo, asegurándose de conservar su energía. Como muchos otros, ella nunca se imaginó que la pandemia duraría tanto tiempo.[aside postID=\"news_11851195\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Al hacer este trabajo que se enfoca mucho en lo colectivo, es tan importante apartar tiempo para ser un individuo\", explicó Alemán. \"Hay que apartar tiempo para leer o quizás hasta para dormir un poco. Tener estructura para mi horario y yo misma ha sido algo muy útil para cuidarme\", dijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mientras que Alemán describe los retos que conlleva esta labor social, su madre la escucha, sentada a su lado. Ramírez conoce bien el sentimiento cuando se acerca la hora de comer y no tienes nada en la casa para alimentar a tu familia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antes de comenzar su negocio, Ramírez ganaba muy poco para poder pagar la renta y tener lo suficiente para comprar comida, incluso cuando tenía múltiples empleos. Sin embargo, ella afirma, \"Yo siempre, siempre he tenido una fuerza \".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Les he dicho a ellas, a veces uno cree que algo es difícil yo siempre les digo, si uno quiere, uno puede\", agregó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramírez también sabe que sin el apoyo de sus amistades, familiares y organizaciones comunitarias que la aconsejaron, su negocio no hubiera podido desarrollarse. Ella dice, \"el \u003cem>support\u003c/em> [apoyo] es la fuerza de hacer cualquier cosa, para ayudarse\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A cualquier mujer, yo le doy fuerza y le digo usted puede. Si usted quiere, puede llegar hasta donde usted quiera'. Porque Dios nos ha dado tanto al hombre, con mucho respeto, tanto al hombre como a la mujer, las dos manos y uno puede\", dijo Ramírez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854380\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11854380 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00417-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00417-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00417-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00417-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00417-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00417-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00417-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cuando la MMC distribuye despensas, le otorga a los beneficiarios un menú de opciones para elegir de lo que está disponible. Xiomara Alemán le explica a un beneficiario lo que se ofrece ese día. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>'La ayuda mutua ha sido cómo hemos podido sobrevivir'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>En San Francisco, la probabilidad que un residente Latino contraiga el COVID-19 es cinco veces más alta que la de un residente que no es Latino, de acuerdo con \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2020/12/covid-19-san-franciscos-latinos-are-infected-at-higher-rates-than-latinos-in-even-harder-hit-cities/\">Mission Local\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esta diferencia es aún mayor cuando comparamos específicamente a la población Latina con la población blanca (que no se considera Latina). Entre los Latinos de la ciudad, se registran 8 mil 665 casos de coronavirus por cada 100 mil habitantes latinos. Por otro lado, por cada 100 mil habitantes blancos que no son latinos, se cuentan mil 463 contagios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Oímos tantas veces cómo este ha sido el peor año para tantas personas. Para nuestras comunidades, cada año ha sido difícil\", dice Alemán.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Hay que tener en cuenta todo cuando enfrentamos la pobreza, ya que estás hablando de la escasez de comida, la inestabilidad de la vivienda, falta de acceso al cuidado de salud. Esto no es algo nuevo\", dijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De la misma manera que estos retos no son nuevos, las soluciones también han existido por mucho tiempo. Alemán señala que a pesar de todo, \"la ayuda mutua no es algo nuevo\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pese a que este término se ha vuelto más popular a lo largo de la pandemia, Alemán recalca que la ayuda mutua (o en inglés, \"mutual aid\") es tan solo un nuevo nombre para la tradición de solidaridad que ha existido dentro de la población inmigrante por décadas. \"'Mutual aid' es algo que existe fuera del idioma inglés\", ella dijo, dando como ejemplo a las redes de ayuda que su madre y otros inmigrantes han formado desde que llegaron a EE.UU.[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Gabriela Alemán\"]'Cuando hablamos de la experiencia de nuestra comunidad en este país, la ayuda mutua ha sido cómo hemos podido sobrevivir.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Cuando hablamos de la experiencia de nuestra comunidad en este país, la ayuda mutua ha sido cómo hemos podido sobrevivir\", dijo Alemán, \"ha sido una parte integral de eso, aunque ahora usemos estos nuevos términos\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esta frase quizás no explica por completo las raíces históricas de este tipo de trabajo social, sin embargo, Alemán y otros líderes comunitarios la aplican cuando solicitan recursos locales para financiar sus organizaciones. Aún así, no es tan fácil convencer a las autoridades que les distribuyan fondos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854383\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11854383\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Un sitio de pruebas de COVID-19 en la plaza de la estación de BART en las calles 24 y Misión en San Francisco el 30 de noviembre de 2020. Este centro es parte de la iniciativa Unidos En Salud, una colaboración entre UCSF y la iniciativa 'Latino Task Force' en respuesta al rápido aumento de casos en la ciudad. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Poder hablar con las autoridades locales, siendo un grupo de ayuda mutua, ha sido algo extremadamente difícil\", dijo Alemán. Ella explica que, \"puede ser algo bonito decir que hay grupos de ayuda mutua en tu comunidad, distrito o vecindario. Pero cuando tienes que pedir fondos y otros tipos de apoyo, se vuelve mucho más difícil\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El pasado mes de septiembre, la alcaldesa London Breed anunció que $28.5 millones habían sido asignados para aumentar las pruebas de coronavirus disponibles en los distritos con una población sustancial de latinos, y también para aliviar los estragos económicos de la pandemia entre esta comunidad. Entre estos fondos, $3.6 millones fueron apartados para apoyar a \u003ca href=\"https://sfmayor.org/article/mayor-london-breed-announces-over-28-million-expanded-covid-19-support-san-franciscos-latino\">bancos y centros de comida\u003c/a> que operan en zonas Latinas como la Misión.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Además, la Ciudad reporta que ya ha otorgado alrededor de $2 millones entre las organizaciones '\u003ca href=\"https://www.missionfoodhub.org/\">Mission Food Hub\u003c/a>' y '\u003ca href=\"https://www.homey-sf.org\">HOMEY\u003c/a>', las cuales también operan en la Misión y realizan distribuciones de comida cada semana. HOMEY recibió $98,800 y un poco más de $1.9 millones fue otorgado a Mission Food Hub.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por su parte, la MMC no ha recibido parte de estos $2 millones. Y esto preocupa Alemán, ya que no quiere que el gobierno de la ciudad pase por alto a grupos de apoyo más pequeños, que quizás no atraen tanta atención de los medios de comunicación pero también atienden a las mismas necesidades de la comunidad.[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Gabriela Ramírez\"]'El support [apoyo] es la fuerza de hacer cualquier cosa, para ayudarse.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Estamos viendo que la ciudad, en particular, y otras dependencias también, le están dando la prioridad a…los mismos espacios\", dijo Alemán.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Señala que la MMC ha desarrollado su propia red de apoyo durante la pandemia, pero quienes hacen donaciones también enfrentan sus propias dificultades financieras y esto, en ocasiones, afecta cuánta ayuda pueden proporcionar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A pesar de todo, el hambre y la escasez no cesan. Tanto Alemán como Ramírez predicen que esta crisis durará por mucho más, incluso hasta después que la vacuna contra el coronavirus sea disponible para el público en general.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Nuestra intención es seguir este trabajo. Poco a poco estamos creciendo y pronto ya no vamos a caber en este espacio entonces esperamos un día tener un hogar permanente aquí en la Misión\", dijo Alemán.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tanto hija como madre comparten el objetivo de establecer una relación entre la comunidad y la MMC que dure más allá de cuando se termine la pandemia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Tenemos que hacer fuerza, de todas maneras, de cada una de ellas, de ver dónde se va a colectar o cómo se va a hacer, pero para que la gente reciba lo que se les pueda ayudar\", Ramírez dijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>¿Quiere saber cómo usted o un ser querido puede acceder a los servicios de la MMC, o quiere apoyar su trabajo usted mismo? Encuentre información \u003ca href=\"https://missionmealscoalition.org/\">en su sitio web\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Cuando la pandemia llegó a San Francisco, Gabriela Alemán y su red de amigos y familaires iniciaron una organización de ayuda mutua para llevar alimentos a quienes los necesitaban. Casi un año después, todavía siguen adelante, a pesar de los desafíos.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1611117982,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":56,"wordCount":3114},"headData":{"title":"'El apoyo es la fuerza': La ayuda mutua impulsa a la Coalición de alimentos de la Misión | KQED","description":"Cuando la pandemia llegó a San Francisco, Gabriela Alemán y su red de amigos y familaires iniciaron una organización de ayuda mutua para llevar alimentos a quienes los necesitaban. Casi un año después, todavía siguen adelante, a pesar de los desafíos.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"'El apoyo es la fuerza': La ayuda mutua impulsa a la Coalición de alimentos de la Misión","datePublished":"2021-01-08T19:16:08.000Z","dateModified":"2021-01-20T04:46:22.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11854353 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11854353","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/01/08/el-apoyo-es-la-fuerza-la-ayuda-mutua-impulsa-a-la-coalicion-de-alimentos-de-la-mision/","disqusTitle":"'El apoyo es la fuerza': La ayuda mutua impulsa a la Coalición de alimentos de la Misión","source":"KQED en Español","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/kqedenespanol","path":"/news/11854353/el-apoyo-es-la-fuerza-la-ayuda-mutua-impulsa-a-la-coalicion-de-alimentos-de-la-mision","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11853703/support-is-the-force-at-family-led-mission-meals-coalition-serving-the-community-runs-deep\">Read in English\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">P\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/span>ara Gabriela Alemán, gran parte de su labor social se encuentra dentro de las cuatro paredes de la tienda de su madre, ubicada en la cuadra de las calles 20 y Misión en San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Esta tienda ha existido por casi el 90% de mi vida\", dijo Alemán.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su madre, Gabriela Ramírez, ha sido la dueña de un pequeño comercio que alquila sillas y mesas desde el 2005. \"Esto lo empezamos bien pequeñitas, caminábamos y veníamos, poniendo flyers en las lavanderías\", recuerda Ramírez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ella caminaba a lo largo del distrito de la Misión junto con sus tres niñas para avisarle a los residentes de la zona sobre su negocio. A medida que la pequeña empresa de Ramírez crecía, más de sus amistades y vecinos la buscaban cuando alguien en la comunidad necesitaba ayuda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahora Alemán, de 26 años, y Ramírez trabajan juntas para llevar a cabo los servicios de la organización 'Mission Meals Coalition' (MCC por sus siglas en inglés o en español, la Coalición de alimentos de la Misión). Este grupo de ayuda mutua \u003ca href=\"https://missionmealscoalition.org/faq\">colabora con voluntarios y pequeños negocios\u003c/a> para proveer comidas e ingredientes frescos a familias, adultos mayores y otras iniciativas de justicia alimentaria por toda el Área de la Bahía.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mientras tanto, el local de Ramírez se ha convertido en el hogar de uno de los servicios más ambiciosos de la MMC para ayudar con las necesidades del vecindario: una nevera comunitaria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854382\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11854382\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabriela Ramírez, madre de Gabriela Alemán, forma parte de la MMC y ha sido un vínculo entre la organización y la comunidad inmigrante en el distrito de la Misión. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Conectando con 'la refri'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Repleto de frutas y verduras frescas, leche, huevos y harina, esta nevera (la cual lleva el apodo de 'la refri') le ha dado de comer a cientos de residentes desde que apareció por primera vez en las calles de la Misión el verano pasado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://missionmealscoalition.org/\">\u003cstrong>Información sobre cómo acceder a los servicios de 'Mission Meals Coalition' o \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>cómo apoyar a la organización.\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Anteriormente la nevera se encontraba afuera de la \u003ca href=\"http://www.adobebooks.com/\">librería Adobe\u003c/a> en la calle 24 pero Alemán decidió cambiar el sitio al negocio de su madre luego de que la ciudad experimentara varias semanas de pésima calidad de aire y la llegada de la temporada de lluvias.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cualquier persona puede pasar para tomar lo que necesite durante los siete días de la semana. No hay un límite de la cantidad de comida que se puede tomar y está disponible para cualquier persona, sin importar dónde vive o su estatus migratorio, en la dirección 2390 Mission Street. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11847820","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alemán, junto con las otras cofundadoras de la MMC, su hermana Xiomara y su amiga María Castro Noboa, cuidan de la nevera. Pero 'la refri' es tan solo uno de la gran cantidad de apoyos ofrecidos por la MMC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La organización primero comenzó en marzo de 2020, regalando platillos preparados y despensas al inicio de la pandemia. Entre 400 a 700 personas reciben alimentos cada semana, los cuales pueden ser recogidos en la tienda de Ramírez o entregados a domicilio. En los fines de semana, la MMC distribuye entre 100 a 200 platillos de comida caliente, todos preparados por pequeños negocios.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/qW9yCPmJRn4'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/qW9yCPmJRn4'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Cuando llegó la hora de abrir 'la refri' por primera vez, Alemán sabía que no podían hacer aparecer la nevera como por arte de magia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"¿Qué dirías tú si vieras una nevera de repente en tu comunidad? ¿Qué dirían los miembros de tu comunidad y tus amistades?\" cuestionó Alemán.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Para saber la respuesta a estas preguntas, Alemán analizó la situación junto a su madre, quien sugirió que regresaran a los mismos lugares donde ella formó su propia red de apoyo: las lavanderías y los grupos de WhatsApp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"En verdad todo esto se debe al hecho de que tenemos con nosotros los mayores de nuestra comunidad, quienes son nuestras anclas e impulsan las conexiones con nuestra comunidad y promueven una conocimiento cultural. De esta manera, las personas no sienten cómo que tienen que pedir comida o que están mendigando\", Alemán dijo .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No es caridad\", agregó. \"Tratamos a quienes ayudamos como si fueran nuestros vecinos\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854377\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11854377\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136714286_825198988044498_6448379546138488440_n-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136714286_825198988044498_6448379546138488440_n-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136714286_825198988044498_6448379546138488440_n-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136714286_825198988044498_6448379546138488440_n-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136714286_825198988044498_6448379546138488440_n-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136714286_825198988044498_6448379546138488440_n-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136714286_825198988044498_6448379546138488440_n-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">En los 27 años que ha vivido en San Francisco, Gabriela Ramírez ha mantenido una profunda relación con su familia y amigos en El Salvador, su país de origen. Siempre que puede, les envía cajas con comida o ropa, algo que motivó a sus hijas a formar la MMC. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>'Un granito para que nazca'\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Durante su infancia, Alemán vio como Ramírez transformaba su local en un espacio para recaudar ayuda para su familia y amigos que vivían lejos de la ciudad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Cuando ya comenzamos a trabajar con el negocio, y yo de lo que ganábamos para esto mismo recolectaba como dinero para poder comprar de todo para mandar a El Salvador, a la comunidad de mi familia y ellos lo compartían con las demás personas que necesitaban\", explica Ramírez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ella hacía sus envíos por uno de los muchos negocios en la calle Misión que ofrecen mandar cajas llenas de ropa, juguetes o comida enlatada al país originario de un migrante. Pedacitos de una nueva vida logran cruzar fronteras y océanos, formando una red de ayuda.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'No es caridad, tratamos a quienes ayudamos como si fueran nuestros vecinos.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Gabriela Alemán, cofundadora de la Coalición de alimentos de la Misión","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estas cajas no sólo beneficiaban a su familia en El Salvador. También les llegaban a sus amistades, vecinos y hasta a gente que nunca había conocido. Le llenaba de alegría poder ayudar a seres queridos incluso cuando tenía muy poco a su nombre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854378\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11854378\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-1-800x545.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-1-800x545.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-1-1020x695.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-1-160x109.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-1-1536x1047.png 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabriela Ramírez entrega una bolsa de alimentos de la MMC a un miembro de la comunidad. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Vienen naciendo más ideas, como cuando uno pone un granito para que nazca, vienen otros y otros detrás y pienso que vino esto\", dijo Ramírez, haciendo referencia a la nevera de la MMC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>'El conocimiento cultural no sólo es algo que decimos'\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Algunas de las despensas que la MMC regala fueron compradas por la organización pero la gran parte son donaciones. Los integrantes de la MMC inspeccionan cada artículo de comida que llega, asegurándose que no sólo sea seguro para comer pero que también sea apto para las cocinas de los beneficiarios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Hay tantas diferencias entre la diáspora latina. Tenemos aquí miembros de la comunidad que vienen de Sudamérica, Centroamérica y Norteamérica, todos juntos\", aclara Alemán.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apoyando a una comunidad tan extensa como la de la Misión requiere conocimiento y educación sobre los múltiples platillos y tradiciones culinarias que existen a lo largo de Latinoamérica.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'Trabajamos mucho para asegurarnos que el conocimiento cultural no sólo es algo que decimos pero algo que practicamos de manera consistente.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Gabriela Alemán","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tomemos como ejemplo el frijol. Alemán explica que al ser criada en un hogar centroamericano, ella se acostumbró a un tipo específico de frijoles en sus platillos. Pese a que son similares, estos frijoles y la manera en que se cocinan, son distintos a los que se usan en cocinas mexicanas y sudamericanas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tomando en cuenta estas distinciones gastronómicas forma parte de lo que Alemán considera el conocimiento cultural de la MMC. \"Trabajamos mucho para asegurarnos que el conocimiento cultural no sólo es algo que decimos pero algo que practicamos de manera consistente\", dijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854379\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11854379\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1-1920x1282.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Desde marzo de 2020, la MMC ha alimentado a cientos de familias en todo el Área de la Bahía, utilizando un modelo de ayuda mutua para realizar este trabajo. Una de las fundadoras de la MMC, Xiomara Alemán se prepara para una distribución de comida. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\"Si uno quiere, uno puede\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A medida que crece que la MMC, Alemán tiene que decidir con mucho cuidado cómo invertir el recurso más útil del grupo: el tiempo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Para poder proveer más despensas, ella ha tenido que reducir el número de horas disponibles para recibir donaciones. \"Antes lo hacíamos los siete días de la semana. Ahora lo recortamos a dos días, o algunas veces hasta a uno, para que tengamos suficiente tiempo para preparar la comida porque la fila [para la despensas] puede llegar a…50 hasta 200 personas\", ella dijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>También se ha hecho más diligente en cómo usa su propio tiempo, asegurándose de conservar su energía. Como muchos otros, ella nunca se imaginó que la pandemia duraría tanto tiempo.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11851195","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Al hacer este trabajo que se enfoca mucho en lo colectivo, es tan importante apartar tiempo para ser un individuo\", explicó Alemán. \"Hay que apartar tiempo para leer o quizás hasta para dormir un poco. Tener estructura para mi horario y yo misma ha sido algo muy útil para cuidarme\", dijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mientras que Alemán describe los retos que conlleva esta labor social, su madre la escucha, sentada a su lado. Ramírez conoce bien el sentimiento cuando se acerca la hora de comer y no tienes nada en la casa para alimentar a tu familia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antes de comenzar su negocio, Ramírez ganaba muy poco para poder pagar la renta y tener lo suficiente para comprar comida, incluso cuando tenía múltiples empleos. Sin embargo, ella afirma, \"Yo siempre, siempre he tenido una fuerza \".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Les he dicho a ellas, a veces uno cree que algo es difícil yo siempre les digo, si uno quiere, uno puede\", agregó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramírez también sabe que sin el apoyo de sus amistades, familiares y organizaciones comunitarias que la aconsejaron, su negocio no hubiera podido desarrollarse. Ella dice, \"el \u003cem>support\u003c/em> [apoyo] es la fuerza de hacer cualquier cosa, para ayudarse\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A cualquier mujer, yo le doy fuerza y le digo usted puede. Si usted quiere, puede llegar hasta donde usted quiera'. Porque Dios nos ha dado tanto al hombre, con mucho respeto, tanto al hombre como a la mujer, las dos manos y uno puede\", dijo Ramírez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854380\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11854380 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00417-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00417-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00417-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00417-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00417-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00417-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00417-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cuando la MMC distribuye despensas, le otorga a los beneficiarios un menú de opciones para elegir de lo que está disponible. Xiomara Alemán le explica a un beneficiario lo que se ofrece ese día. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>'La ayuda mutua ha sido cómo hemos podido sobrevivir'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>En San Francisco, la probabilidad que un residente Latino contraiga el COVID-19 es cinco veces más alta que la de un residente que no es Latino, de acuerdo con \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2020/12/covid-19-san-franciscos-latinos-are-infected-at-higher-rates-than-latinos-in-even-harder-hit-cities/\">Mission Local\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esta diferencia es aún mayor cuando comparamos específicamente a la población Latina con la población blanca (que no se considera Latina). Entre los Latinos de la ciudad, se registran 8 mil 665 casos de coronavirus por cada 100 mil habitantes latinos. Por otro lado, por cada 100 mil habitantes blancos que no son latinos, se cuentan mil 463 contagios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Oímos tantas veces cómo este ha sido el peor año para tantas personas. Para nuestras comunidades, cada año ha sido difícil\", dice Alemán.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Hay que tener en cuenta todo cuando enfrentamos la pobreza, ya que estás hablando de la escasez de comida, la inestabilidad de la vivienda, falta de acceso al cuidado de salud. Esto no es algo nuevo\", dijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De la misma manera que estos retos no son nuevos, las soluciones también han existido por mucho tiempo. Alemán señala que a pesar de todo, \"la ayuda mutua no es algo nuevo\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pese a que este término se ha vuelto más popular a lo largo de la pandemia, Alemán recalca que la ayuda mutua (o en inglés, \"mutual aid\") es tan solo un nuevo nombre para la tradición de solidaridad que ha existido dentro de la población inmigrante por décadas. \"'Mutual aid' es algo que existe fuera del idioma inglés\", ella dijo, dando como ejemplo a las redes de ayuda que su madre y otros inmigrantes han formado desde que llegaron a EE.UU.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'Cuando hablamos de la experiencia de nuestra comunidad en este país, la ayuda mutua ha sido cómo hemos podido sobrevivir.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Gabriela Alemán","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Cuando hablamos de la experiencia de nuestra comunidad en este país, la ayuda mutua ha sido cómo hemos podido sobrevivir\", dijo Alemán, \"ha sido una parte integral de eso, aunque ahora usemos estos nuevos términos\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esta frase quizás no explica por completo las raíces históricas de este tipo de trabajo social, sin embargo, Alemán y otros líderes comunitarios la aplican cuando solicitan recursos locales para financiar sus organizaciones. Aún así, no es tan fácil convencer a las autoridades que les distribuyan fondos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854383\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11854383\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Un sitio de pruebas de COVID-19 en la plaza de la estación de BART en las calles 24 y Misión en San Francisco el 30 de noviembre de 2020. Este centro es parte de la iniciativa Unidos En Salud, una colaboración entre UCSF y la iniciativa 'Latino Task Force' en respuesta al rápido aumento de casos en la ciudad. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Poder hablar con las autoridades locales, siendo un grupo de ayuda mutua, ha sido algo extremadamente difícil\", dijo Alemán. Ella explica que, \"puede ser algo bonito decir que hay grupos de ayuda mutua en tu comunidad, distrito o vecindario. Pero cuando tienes que pedir fondos y otros tipos de apoyo, se vuelve mucho más difícil\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El pasado mes de septiembre, la alcaldesa London Breed anunció que $28.5 millones habían sido asignados para aumentar las pruebas de coronavirus disponibles en los distritos con una población sustancial de latinos, y también para aliviar los estragos económicos de la pandemia entre esta comunidad. Entre estos fondos, $3.6 millones fueron apartados para apoyar a \u003ca href=\"https://sfmayor.org/article/mayor-london-breed-announces-over-28-million-expanded-covid-19-support-san-franciscos-latino\">bancos y centros de comida\u003c/a> que operan en zonas Latinas como la Misión.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Además, la Ciudad reporta que ya ha otorgado alrededor de $2 millones entre las organizaciones '\u003ca href=\"https://www.missionfoodhub.org/\">Mission Food Hub\u003c/a>' y '\u003ca href=\"https://www.homey-sf.org\">HOMEY\u003c/a>', las cuales también operan en la Misión y realizan distribuciones de comida cada semana. HOMEY recibió $98,800 y un poco más de $1.9 millones fue otorgado a Mission Food Hub.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por su parte, la MMC no ha recibido parte de estos $2 millones. Y esto preocupa Alemán, ya que no quiere que el gobierno de la ciudad pase por alto a grupos de apoyo más pequeños, que quizás no atraen tanta atención de los medios de comunicación pero también atienden a las mismas necesidades de la comunidad.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'El support [apoyo] es la fuerza de hacer cualquier cosa, para ayudarse.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Gabriela Ramírez","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Estamos viendo que la ciudad, en particular, y otras dependencias también, le están dando la prioridad a…los mismos espacios\", dijo Alemán.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Señala que la MMC ha desarrollado su propia red de apoyo durante la pandemia, pero quienes hacen donaciones también enfrentan sus propias dificultades financieras y esto, en ocasiones, afecta cuánta ayuda pueden proporcionar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A pesar de todo, el hambre y la escasez no cesan. Tanto Alemán como Ramírez predicen que esta crisis durará por mucho más, incluso hasta después que la vacuna contra el coronavirus sea disponible para el público en general.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Nuestra intención es seguir este trabajo. Poco a poco estamos creciendo y pronto ya no vamos a caber en este espacio entonces esperamos un día tener un hogar permanente aquí en la Misión\", dijo Alemán.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tanto hija como madre comparten el objetivo de establecer una relación entre la comunidad y la MMC que dure más allá de cuando se termine la pandemia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Tenemos que hacer fuerza, de todas maneras, de cada una de ellas, de ver dónde se va a colectar o cómo se va a hacer, pero para que la gente reciba lo que se les pueda ayudar\", Ramírez dijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>¿Quiere saber cómo usted o un ser querido puede acceder a los servicios de la MMC, o quiere apoyar su trabajo usted mismo? Encuentre información \u003ca href=\"https://missionmealscoalition.org/\">en su sitio web\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11854353/el-apoyo-es-la-fuerza-la-ayuda-mutua-impulsa-a-la-coalicion-de-alimentos-de-la-mision","authors":["11708"],"categories":["news_28523"],"tags":["news_28997","news_28816","news_28996","news_28586","news_20337","news_27775","news_28444","news_28998","news_5270","news_28994","news_28995"],"featImg":"news_11854363","label":"source_news_11854353"},"news_11853703":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11853703","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11853703","score":null,"sort":[1610127022000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"support-is-the-force-at-family-led-mission-meals-coalition-serving-the-community-runs-deep","title":"'Support Is the Force': At Family-Led Mission Meals Coalition, Serving the Community Runs Deep","publishDate":1610127022,"format":"image","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11854353/el-apoyo-es-la-fuerza-la-ayuda-mutua-impulsa-a-la-coalicion-de-alimentos-de-la-mision\">Leer en español\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[dropcap]F[/dropcap]\u003c/span>or Gabriela Alemán, much of her life's work can be traced back to her mom's shop on the corner of 20th and Mission streets in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been around 90% of my life,” Alemán said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her mother, Gabriela Ramírez, has owned this small chair and table rental business since 2005. “We started this so small. There we were walking around, placing flyers in laundromats,” Ramírez remembers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She recalls walking through the Mission District in those early days, bringing along her three small daughters, to let residents know about her business. And as Ramírez’s business grew, more and more friends and neighbors in the community began to seek her out when someone close was in need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Years later, Alemán — now 26 — and Ramírez are now united in their work for Mission Meals Coalition, a mutual aid group that \u003ca href=\"https://missionmealscoalition.org/faq\">partners with community volunteers and small businesses\u003c/a> to provide warm meals and fresh ingredients to families, seniors and other food justice organizations across the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Ramírez’s shop is now home to one of MMC's offerings to residents fighting to get through the pandemic: a community fridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/hcINqeLO6B4\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Bringing Out La Refri\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Stocked with fresh fruit and vegetables, milk, eggs and flour, this single fridge — about the size of one you might find in somebody's home — has fed hundreds of residents since it \u003ca href=\"https://48hills.org/2020/08/a-free-fridge-opens-in-the-mission/\">first showed up\u003c/a> in the streets of the Mission last summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://missionmealscoalition.org/\">\u003cstrong>Information about how to access Mission Meals Coalition's services, or support their work yourself\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Initially placed outside of \u003ca href=\"http://www.adobebooks.com/\">Adobe Books\u003c/a> on 24th Street, the fridge was later transferred to Ramírez’s business — after weeks of bad air quality during the fall and the start of the rainy season convinced Alemán to move the fridge indoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone can pass by and take what they need during the day, seven days a week. There's no limit on how much food someone can take, and anyone can come in, regardless of where they live or immigration status, to the fridge's home at 2390 Mission St.[aside postID=\"news_11847203\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alemán and her MMC co-founders — her sister Xiomara and friend María Castro Noboa — maintain the fridge. But the fridge, known as la refri to the community, is just one service offered by MMC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mission Meals Coalition began as a grocery and hot meal delivery service back in March 2020 as a response to the start of the pandemic. Each week, between 400 to 700 people still receive groceries from MMC — which recipients can either pick up in boxes from Ramírez’s shop or have them delivered to their home. On the weekends, the coalition delivers between 100 to 200 hot meals, all prepared by small businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854075\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11854075\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1710\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabriela Ramírez, mother of Gabriela Alemán, forms part of MMC and has served as the link between MMC and the immigrant community in the Mission District. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When it came to adding the fridge to MMC's services, Alemán knew it wasn't as simple as making it just \u003cem>appear\u003c/em> one day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What would you do if you saw a random fridge in the community? What would your community members and friends say about that?” said Alemán.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To answer these questions, Alemán sought out her mom’s advice, who suggested they return to the places where she formed her own network: laundromats and WhatsApp groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really because we have our elders, our anchors, who drive community engagement and who drive the cultural humility that we are able to do this work in a way that people don’t feel like they’re asking for food or that they’re begging for anything,” Alemán said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not charity,” she added. “We treat them just like we would treat any other neighbor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854068\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11854068 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00377-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00377-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00377-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00377-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00377-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00377-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00377-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the 27 years she's lived in San Francisco, Gabriela Ramírez has kept a close relationship with her family and friends back in El Salvador, her country of origin. Whenever she can, she sends boxes with food or clothing back to them, something that motivated her daughters to set up MMC. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>'A Small Seed'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Growing up, Alemán saw how Ramírez would use her shop as a space to gather support for her family and friends from afar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We started to make a little bit of money and from this, I would set aside a small amount to buy many things to send to El Salvador, to my family’s community,\" Ramírez explains. \"And they would share what I sent with other people, based on what they needed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramírez sent her deliveries through one of the several businesses up and down Mission Street that offer a way to send boxes full of clothes, toys or dry food to a migrant’s community back in their country of origin. Bits and pieces of a new life in the U.S., moving across oceans and national borders.[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Gabriela Alemán, co-founder of Mission Meals Coalition\"]'It’s not charity. We treat them just like we would treat any other neighbor.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These boxes wouldn’t just go to her family in El Salvador, Ramírez notes. Friends, neighbors and even people she hadn’t met would get a bit of what she sent. She was happy that she could help her loved ones even when she had very little.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854178\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11854178\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1309\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-800x545.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-1020x695.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-160x109.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-1536x1047.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabriela Ramírez gives a bag of Mission Meals Coalition food supplies to a community member. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This gave light to more ideas, the same way that one plants a small seed, many more come after,” Ramírez said, referencing the MMC community fridge standing next to her in her shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>'Cultural Competency Isn’t Just Something We Say'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While the Mission Meals Coalition buys some of the groceries it gives away, most of what comes in are donations. Alemán and other MMC members inspect every item that comes in, making sure that it’s not just safe to eat but also something that will be recognized and welcomed by the recipients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Latinx diaspora is so nuanced. We have South American, Central American and North American community members together,” Alemán points out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serving a community as expansive as the Mission requires awareness and knowledge of the multiple palates and culinary ingredients present across Latin America.[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Gabriela Alemán\"]'Cultural competency isn’t just something we say but something that we do.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take the bean for example. Alemán explained that growing up in a Central American household, she grew accustomed to a specific set of beans in her cuisine. While similar, these beans, and the way they are cooked, are distinct from those used in Mexican and South American kitchens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Respecting each culinary tradition forms part of what Alemán refers to as the 'cultural competency' of MMC's work. “We do a really strong, centralized effort to ensure that cultural competency isn’t just something we say but something that we do consistently,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854061\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11854061\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1367\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Since its inception in March of 2020, the Mission Meals Coalition has fed hundreds of families throughout the Bay Area, relying on a model of mutual aid to support their work. One of the founders of MMC, Xiomara Alemán prepares for a food distribution at her mother's shop in San Francisco's Mission District. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>'If You Want It, You Can Do It'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As the impact of Mission Meals Coalition grows, Alemán finds herself faced with decisions over how to use one of the coalition’s most precious resources: time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In order to serve more groceries, she’s had to cut back on the hours to receive donations. “We used to be seven days a week. We’ve now minimized it to two, or sometimes to one day, so we have enough time to source enough food because the line [for groceries] will sometimes be ... from 50 to 200 people,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s also become more selective with her own time, making sure to carefully ration her energy. Like so many others, she had no idea that the pandemic would last this long.[aside postID=\"news_11847820\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In doing work that is so collective, finding times to be an individual is so important,” Alemán explained. “Finding times to read and literally to just nap, to have structure for myself has been the most helpful to take care of myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Alemán describes the challenges that come with doing food work, her mom listens next to her. Ramírez knows well the feeling of not knowing whether she’ll have something to give her family when dinner time rolls around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before starting her business, Ramírez struggled to make enough money, even when she worked several jobs at the same time, to cover rent and have enough left over to bring food home. Yet, “I always, always have had a certain strength,\" she said. \"And I tell them, my daughters, that sometimes you may think something is hard. If you want it, you can do it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramírez also knows that without the support of her friends, family and community organizations that provided mentoring, Ramírez’s business would not have taken off, she said. “Support is the force needed to do anything, to help oneself,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To any woman, I give her strength and I tell her, 'You can do it. If you want to, you can go as far as you want to.' Because God has given both men and women the same two hands. One can do it,” Ramírez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854078\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11854078\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136676434_132569911931782_5086078437904190575_n-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136676434_132569911931782_5086078437904190575_n-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136676434_132569911931782_5086078437904190575_n-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136676434_132569911931782_5086078437904190575_n-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136676434_132569911931782_5086078437904190575_n-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136676434_132569911931782_5086078437904190575_n-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136676434_132569911931782_5086078437904190575_n-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'We do a really strong, centralized effort to ensure that cultural competency isn’t just something we say but something that we do consistently,' Gabriela Alemán says. During its food distributions, MMC allows recipients to choose what they would like to receive from a menu of options. Xiomara Alemán, shown, explains to a recipient what is available at the moment. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>'Mutual Aid Is How We’ve Been Able to Survive'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the probability for a Latino resident to contract COVID-19 is five times higher than non-Latino residents, according to data compiled by \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2020/12/covid-19-san-franciscos-latinos-are-infected-at-higher-rates-than-latinos-in-even-harder-hit-cities/\">Mission Local\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That number is even more stark when you compare Latinos with white people who are not Latinos. There have been 8,665 recorded COVID-19 cases in San Francisco per 100,000 Latino residents. While there have been 1,463 recorded COVID-19 cases per 100,000 white, non-Latino residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We keep hearing how this has been the worst year of so many people’s lives. And for our communities it’s more like every year sucks,” Alemán asserts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In so many ways when you’re dealing with poverty and you’re dealing with food insecurity, housing instability, no access to health care. It’s not new in any other way,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And just like the challenges to her community are not new, neither are the solutions. After all, as Alemán said, \"Mutual aid isn’t new.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The term has become more mainstream during the pandemic, but Alemán reminds us that mutual aid is just a new term for a tradition of solidarity within immigrant populations that has existed for decades. “Mutual aid exists outside of the English language,” she adds, and references the circles of support her mother and other immigrants organize to help those that have just arrived in the U.S.[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Gabriela Alemán\"]'In our community’s experiences in this country, mutual aid is how we’ve been able to survive throughout our time here and experiences here.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In our community’s experiences in this country, mutual aid is how we’ve been able to survive throughout our time here and experiences here,\" Alemán said. \"It’s been an integral part of that, although it is new in using this language.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the phrase may not fully acknowledge the historical roots of this type of social work, it can, however, lend itself to Alemán and other organizers as a recognizable term when asking local and state authorities to finance this type of organizing. Which isn't to say that obtaining this kind of support is simple.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11849488\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11849488\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pop-up COVID-19 testing site near the BART station on 24th and Mission streets in San Francisco on Nov. 30, 2020. The site is part of the Unidos En Salud initiative, a collaboration between UCSF and the city's Latino Task Force, in response to the city's rapidly rising case rates. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Getting our local officials to listen to us, as mutual aid groups, has been incredibly difficult,” Alemán said. “Mainly because on paper, it’s great to say that you have mutual aid groups in your community, district or neighborhood. But when it comes to putting funding and support into that, it’s really, really hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last September, Mayor London Breed announced $28.5 million to improve testing access and alleviate the economic impacts of the pandemic for the city’s Latino population. And $3.6 million was originally \u003ca href=\"https://sfmayor.org/article/mayor-london-breed-announces-over-28-million-expanded-covid-19-support-san-franciscos-latino\">designated to go to food banks and hubs operating in predominantly Latino neighborhoods\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, the city reports that it allocated a separate fund of approximately $2 million between the \u003ca href=\"https://www.missionfoodhub.org/\">Mission Food Hub\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.homey-sf.org/\">HOMEY\u003c/a>, two other Mission-based organizations that carry out weekly food distributions. (HOMEY received $98,800, and $1.9 million went to the Mission Food Hub.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mission Meals Coalition has not received any part of this $2 million. And Alemán worries that city authorities are overlooking smaller collectives that don’t attract a lot of media attention, but still do a lot of the heavy lifting in providing food to residents.[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Gabriela Ramírez\"]'Support is the force needed to do anything, to help oneself.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are seeing that the city, in particular, and other larger agencies are just funneling a lot of resources into ... the same spaces,” Alemán said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She points out that while MMC has built a network of community support throughout the pandemic, those who are making and routing donations face their own financial difficulties, which trickles down to the organizations they receive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But throughout it all, the need for food doesn’t stop. And both Alemán and Ramírez predict it will continue far into the future, even after the COVID-19 vaccine has been made widely available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We plan to continue this work. We are currently slowly outgrowing this space so we hope to have a permanent home one day here in the Mission,” Alemán said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the objectives she and her mom share is to firmly establish the relationship between MMC and the community it serves so that it outlasts the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to be strong, regardless of other things. Each of the girls has to keep looking for support or ways we can make this happen. But we have to keep helping the people,” Ramírez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Want to find out how you or a loved one can access the services of the Mission Meals Coalition, or want to support their work yourself? Find information on \u003ca href=\"https://missionmealscoalition.org/\">their website\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"When the pandemic hit San Francisco, Gabriela Alemán and her network started a mutual aid organization bringing food to those who needed it. Almost a year on, they're still going strong — but not without challenges.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1611117924,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":55,"wordCount":2749},"headData":{"title":"'Support Is the Force': At Family-Led Mission Meals Coalition, Serving the Community Runs Deep | KQED","description":"When the pandemic hit San Francisco, Gabriela Alemán and her network started a mutual aid organization bringing food to those who needed it.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"'Support Is the Force': At Family-Led Mission Meals Coalition, Serving the Community Runs Deep","datePublished":"2021-01-08T17:30:22.000Z","dateModified":"2021-01-20T04:45:24.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11853703 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11853703","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/01/08/support-is-the-force-at-family-led-mission-meals-coalition-serving-the-community-runs-deep/","disqusTitle":"'Support Is the Force': At Family-Led Mission Meals Coalition, Serving the Community Runs Deep","path":"/news/11853703/support-is-the-force-at-family-led-mission-meals-coalition-serving-the-community-runs-deep","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11854353/el-apoyo-es-la-fuerza-la-ayuda-mutua-impulsa-a-la-coalicion-de-alimentos-de-la-mision\">Leer en español\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">F\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/span>or Gabriela Alemán, much of her life's work can be traced back to her mom's shop on the corner of 20th and Mission streets in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been around 90% of my life,” Alemán said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her mother, Gabriela Ramírez, has owned this small chair and table rental business since 2005. “We started this so small. There we were walking around, placing flyers in laundromats,” Ramírez remembers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She recalls walking through the Mission District in those early days, bringing along her three small daughters, to let residents know about her business. And as Ramírez’s business grew, more and more friends and neighbors in the community began to seek her out when someone close was in need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Years later, Alemán — now 26 — and Ramírez are now united in their work for Mission Meals Coalition, a mutual aid group that \u003ca href=\"https://missionmealscoalition.org/faq\">partners with community volunteers and small businesses\u003c/a> to provide warm meals and fresh ingredients to families, seniors and other food justice organizations across the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Ramírez’s shop is now home to one of MMC's offerings to residents fighting to get through the pandemic: a community fridge.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/hcINqeLO6B4'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/hcINqeLO6B4'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch3>Bringing Out La Refri\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Stocked with fresh fruit and vegetables, milk, eggs and flour, this single fridge — about the size of one you might find in somebody's home — has fed hundreds of residents since it \u003ca href=\"https://48hills.org/2020/08/a-free-fridge-opens-in-the-mission/\">first showed up\u003c/a> in the streets of the Mission last summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://missionmealscoalition.org/\">\u003cstrong>Information about how to access Mission Meals Coalition's services, or support their work yourself\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Initially placed outside of \u003ca href=\"http://www.adobebooks.com/\">Adobe Books\u003c/a> on 24th Street, the fridge was later transferred to Ramírez’s business — after weeks of bad air quality during the fall and the start of the rainy season convinced Alemán to move the fridge indoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone can pass by and take what they need during the day, seven days a week. There's no limit on how much food someone can take, and anyone can come in, regardless of where they live or immigration status, to the fridge's home at 2390 Mission St.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11847203","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alemán and her MMC co-founders — her sister Xiomara and friend María Castro Noboa — maintain the fridge. But the fridge, known as la refri to the community, is just one service offered by MMC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mission Meals Coalition began as a grocery and hot meal delivery service back in March 2020 as a response to the start of the pandemic. Each week, between 400 to 700 people still receive groceries from MMC — which recipients can either pick up in boxes from Ramírez’s shop or have them delivered to their home. On the weekends, the coalition delivers between 100 to 200 hot meals, all prepared by small businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854075\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11854075\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1710\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00449-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabriela Ramírez, mother of Gabriela Alemán, forms part of MMC and has served as the link between MMC and the immigrant community in the Mission District. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When it came to adding the fridge to MMC's services, Alemán knew it wasn't as simple as making it just \u003cem>appear\u003c/em> one day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What would you do if you saw a random fridge in the community? What would your community members and friends say about that?” said Alemán.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To answer these questions, Alemán sought out her mom’s advice, who suggested they return to the places where she formed her own network: laundromats and WhatsApp groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really because we have our elders, our anchors, who drive community engagement and who drive the cultural humility that we are able to do this work in a way that people don’t feel like they’re asking for food or that they’re begging for anything,” Alemán said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not charity,” she added. “We treat them just like we would treat any other neighbor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854068\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11854068 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00377-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00377-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00377-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00377-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00377-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00377-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/20201220-DSC00377-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the 27 years she's lived in San Francisco, Gabriela Ramírez has kept a close relationship with her family and friends back in El Salvador, her country of origin. Whenever she can, she sends boxes with food or clothing back to them, something that motivated her daughters to set up MMC. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>'A Small Seed'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Growing up, Alemán saw how Ramírez would use her shop as a space to gather support for her family and friends from afar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We started to make a little bit of money and from this, I would set aside a small amount to buy many things to send to El Salvador, to my family’s community,\" Ramírez explains. \"And they would share what I sent with other people, based on what they needed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramírez sent her deliveries through one of the several businesses up and down Mission Street that offer a way to send boxes full of clothes, toys or dry food to a migrant’s community back in their country of origin. Bits and pieces of a new life in the U.S., moving across oceans and national borders.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'It’s not charity. We treat them just like we would treat any other neighbor.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Gabriela Alemán, co-founder of Mission Meals Coalition","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These boxes wouldn’t just go to her family in El Salvador, Ramírez notes. Friends, neighbors and even people she hadn’t met would get a bit of what she sent. She was happy that she could help her loved ones even when she had very little.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854178\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11854178\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1309\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-800x545.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-1020x695.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-160x109.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/mission-meals2-1536x1047.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabriela Ramírez gives a bag of Mission Meals Coalition food supplies to a community member. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This gave light to more ideas, the same way that one plants a small seed, many more come after,” Ramírez said, referencing the MMC community fridge standing next to her in her shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>'Cultural Competency Isn’t Just Something We Say'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While the Mission Meals Coalition buys some of the groceries it gives away, most of what comes in are donations. Alemán and other MMC members inspect every item that comes in, making sure that it’s not just safe to eat but also something that will be recognized and welcomed by the recipients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Latinx diaspora is so nuanced. We have South American, Central American and North American community members together,” Alemán points out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serving a community as expansive as the Mission requires awareness and knowledge of the multiple palates and culinary ingredients present across Latin America.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'Cultural competency isn’t just something we say but something that we do.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Gabriela Alemán","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take the bean for example. Alemán explained that growing up in a Central American household, she grew accustomed to a specific set of beans in her cuisine. While similar, these beans, and the way they are cooked, are distinct from those used in Mexican and South American kitchens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Respecting each culinary tradition forms part of what Alemán refers to as the 'cultural competency' of MMC's work. “We do a really strong, centralized effort to ensure that cultural competency isn’t just something we say but something that we do consistently,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854061\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11854061\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1367\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136489745_116326796944130_1507411534381827309_n-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Since its inception in March of 2020, the Mission Meals Coalition has fed hundreds of families throughout the Bay Area, relying on a model of mutual aid to support their work. One of the founders of MMC, Xiomara Alemán prepares for a food distribution at her mother's shop in San Francisco's Mission District. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>'If You Want It, You Can Do It'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As the impact of Mission Meals Coalition grows, Alemán finds herself faced with decisions over how to use one of the coalition’s most precious resources: time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In order to serve more groceries, she’s had to cut back on the hours to receive donations. “We used to be seven days a week. We’ve now minimized it to two, or sometimes to one day, so we have enough time to source enough food because the line [for groceries] will sometimes be ... from 50 to 200 people,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s also become more selective with her own time, making sure to carefully ration her energy. Like so many others, she had no idea that the pandemic would last this long.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11847820","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In doing work that is so collective, finding times to be an individual is so important,” Alemán explained. “Finding times to read and literally to just nap, to have structure for myself has been the most helpful to take care of myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Alemán describes the challenges that come with doing food work, her mom listens next to her. Ramírez knows well the feeling of not knowing whether she’ll have something to give her family when dinner time rolls around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before starting her business, Ramírez struggled to make enough money, even when she worked several jobs at the same time, to cover rent and have enough left over to bring food home. Yet, “I always, always have had a certain strength,\" she said. \"And I tell them, my daughters, that sometimes you may think something is hard. If you want it, you can do it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramírez also knows that without the support of her friends, family and community organizations that provided mentoring, Ramírez’s business would not have taken off, she said. “Support is the force needed to do anything, to help oneself,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To any woman, I give her strength and I tell her, 'You can do it. If you want to, you can go as far as you want to.' Because God has given both men and women the same two hands. One can do it,” Ramírez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11854078\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11854078\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136676434_132569911931782_5086078437904190575_n-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136676434_132569911931782_5086078437904190575_n-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136676434_132569911931782_5086078437904190575_n-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136676434_132569911931782_5086078437904190575_n-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136676434_132569911931782_5086078437904190575_n-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136676434_132569911931782_5086078437904190575_n-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/136676434_132569911931782_5086078437904190575_n-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'We do a really strong, centralized effort to ensure that cultural competency isn’t just something we say but something that we do consistently,' Gabriela Alemán says. During its food distributions, MMC allows recipients to choose what they would like to receive from a menu of options. Xiomara Alemán, shown, explains to a recipient what is available at the moment. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>'Mutual Aid Is How We’ve Been Able to Survive'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the probability for a Latino resident to contract COVID-19 is five times higher than non-Latino residents, according to data compiled by \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2020/12/covid-19-san-franciscos-latinos-are-infected-at-higher-rates-than-latinos-in-even-harder-hit-cities/\">Mission Local\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That number is even more stark when you compare Latinos with white people who are not Latinos. There have been 8,665 recorded COVID-19 cases in San Francisco per 100,000 Latino residents. While there have been 1,463 recorded COVID-19 cases per 100,000 white, non-Latino residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We keep hearing how this has been the worst year of so many people’s lives. And for our communities it’s more like every year sucks,” Alemán asserts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In so many ways when you’re dealing with poverty and you’re dealing with food insecurity, housing instability, no access to health care. It’s not new in any other way,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And just like the challenges to her community are not new, neither are the solutions. After all, as Alemán said, \"Mutual aid isn’t new.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The term has become more mainstream during the pandemic, but Alemán reminds us that mutual aid is just a new term for a tradition of solidarity within immigrant populations that has existed for decades. “Mutual aid exists outside of the English language,” she adds, and references the circles of support her mother and other immigrants organize to help those that have just arrived in the U.S.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'In our community’s experiences in this country, mutual aid is how we’ve been able to survive throughout our time here and experiences here.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Gabriela Alemán","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In our community’s experiences in this country, mutual aid is how we’ve been able to survive throughout our time here and experiences here,\" Alemán said. \"It’s been an integral part of that, although it is new in using this language.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the phrase may not fully acknowledge the historical roots of this type of social work, it can, however, lend itself to Alemán and other organizers as a recognizable term when asking local and state authorities to finance this type of organizing. Which isn't to say that obtaining this kind of support is simple.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11849488\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11849488\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46154_063_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_11302020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pop-up COVID-19 testing site near the BART station on 24th and Mission streets in San Francisco on Nov. 30, 2020. The site is part of the Unidos En Salud initiative, a collaboration between UCSF and the city's Latino Task Force, in response to the city's rapidly rising case rates. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Getting our local officials to listen to us, as mutual aid groups, has been incredibly difficult,” Alemán said. “Mainly because on paper, it’s great to say that you have mutual aid groups in your community, district or neighborhood. But when it comes to putting funding and support into that, it’s really, really hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last September, Mayor London Breed announced $28.5 million to improve testing access and alleviate the economic impacts of the pandemic for the city’s Latino population. And $3.6 million was originally \u003ca href=\"https://sfmayor.org/article/mayor-london-breed-announces-over-28-million-expanded-covid-19-support-san-franciscos-latino\">designated to go to food banks and hubs operating in predominantly Latino neighborhoods\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, the city reports that it allocated a separate fund of approximately $2 million between the \u003ca href=\"https://www.missionfoodhub.org/\">Mission Food Hub\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.homey-sf.org/\">HOMEY\u003c/a>, two other Mission-based organizations that carry out weekly food distributions. (HOMEY received $98,800, and $1.9 million went to the Mission Food Hub.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mission Meals Coalition has not received any part of this $2 million. And Alemán worries that city authorities are overlooking smaller collectives that don’t attract a lot of media attention, but still do a lot of the heavy lifting in providing food to residents.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'Support is the force needed to do anything, to help oneself.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Gabriela Ramírez","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are seeing that the city, in particular, and other larger agencies are just funneling a lot of resources into ... the same spaces,” Alemán said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She points out that while MMC has built a network of community support throughout the pandemic, those who are making and routing donations face their own financial difficulties, which trickles down to the organizations they receive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But throughout it all, the need for food doesn’t stop. And both Alemán and Ramírez predict it will continue far into the future, even after the COVID-19 vaccine has been made widely available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We plan to continue this work. We are currently slowly outgrowing this space so we hope to have a permanent home one day here in the Mission,” Alemán said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the objectives she and her mom share is to firmly establish the relationship between MMC and the community it serves so that it outlasts the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to be strong, regardless of other things. Each of the girls has to keep looking for support or ways we can make this happen. But we have to keep helping the people,” Ramírez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Want to find out how you or a loved one can access the services of the Mission Meals Coalition, or want to support their work yourself? Find information on \u003ca href=\"https://missionmealscoalition.org/\">their website\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11853703/support-is-the-force-at-family-led-mission-meals-coalition-serving-the-community-runs-deep","authors":["11708"],"categories":["news_24114","news_457","news_8"],"tags":["news_28978","news_27626","news_20337","news_28977","news_5270","news_28508","news_38"],"featImg":"news_11854077","label":"news"}},"programsReducer":{"possible":{"id":"possible","title":"Possible","info":"Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. 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