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Community-Based Food Distribution Capacity and Needs Assessment
This is a 5-minute survey to help the City of Baltimore better understand the needs and capacities of community organizations distributing food during the COVID-19 crisis. We know that some answers may be estimates and that circumstances are changing every day. Please do your best to give us a snapshot of your organization as it's operating now.
Thank you for all of your invaluable work providing food and other services to Baltimore’s residents!
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Organization Name
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Site Address (if none, write 'mobile')
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What types of food are you currently distributing? (Select all that apply)
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Meals (Hot)
Meals (Cold)
Meals (Frozen)
Shelf Stable Food (canned goods, pasta, beans, grains, etc)
Fresh/Perishable Food (fruits, vegetables, etc)
Other:
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Where are you sourcing the food that you're giving away? (Select all that apply)
Maryland Food Bank (purchased)
Maryland Food Bank (donated)
Hungry Harvest (donated)
Grocery stores (purchased)
Donations from a grocer, caterer, or other distributor (please specify who in 'other' section)
Donations from another partner (such as another community organization- please specify who in 'other' section)
Other:
Are you (select all that apply):
Distributing food on-site (to-go meals, pantry bags, food boxes, etc for pick-up)
Distributing food off-site (to the homeless, in a park, using another groups' site, etc)
Providing food for other sites (to smaller food pantries, senior buildings, etc)
Delivering food directly to individuals in their homes
Other:
What days and times are you serving food to the public? Please differentiate between pantry and prepared meal distribution days/times. (*If you are also a DHCD summer meal site for youth, please do not list those distributions).
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Do you have any eligibility criteria for receiving food (ex. city residents only, must bring ID, must sign up in advance, must bring own bag, etc.), and, if so, what are they?
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We want to help neighbors in need locate food nearest them. How can we help share information about your food distributions? (Please select all that apply)
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It's okay to add our location and days/hours of operations to a publicly available map or list on a City website
It's okay to refer neighbors to our food distributions
It's okay to tell neighbors to contact us directly
It's okay to refer house-bound neighbors who need home delivery to us
It's okay to send a volunteer to pick up food from our site to deliver to house-bound neighbors
It's okay to refer neighbors to our sign-up or registration sheet (please include registration information in 'other' section)
It's okay to post about our food distributions/services on social media (if you want us to tag you, please add your social media handle in 'other')
Please don't share our information.
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What populations are you serving? (Select all that apply)
General Food Insecure Public
Children
Teens
Families
Older Adults
Homeless
Immigrants/Refugees
If you are keeping track of who accepts your food, please describe what you are tracking (i.e. name, address, age, race, etc). If none, please write 'none'.
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Please list the neighborhoods/communities you are serving.
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How many people are you helping feed each week, on average? (# people/week)
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How many pounds of food are you distributing each week, on average? (# lbs/week)
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What safety measures do you already have in place? (Select all that apply)
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Masks for food handlers
Gloves for food handlers
Regular hand-washing/hand sanitizer for food handlers
Sanitation of surfaces at distribution site
Social distancing measures for food distributors and those picking up food
Drive-through / curb-side food pick-up
No-contact food delivery (leaving food on front porches, etc)
Police / National Guard presence to help with crowding and social distancing
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What safety measures do you wish you had in place or had more of? (Select all that apply)
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Masks for food handlers
Gloves for food handlers
Regular hand-washing/hand sanitizer for food handlers
Sanitation of surfaces at distribution site
Social distancing measures for food distributors and those picking up food
Drive-through / curb-side food pick-up
No-contact food delivery (leaving food on front porches, etc)
Police or National Guard presence to help with crowding, social distancing, and food distribution
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What other resources do you need in order to sustain or expand your operations? (Select all that apply)
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Volunteers (please estimate how many per day or week in the 'other' section)
Drivers / vehicles (please estimate how many in the 'other' section)
Food to distribute (please estimate how many pounds of food you could accept over the next 30 days in the 'other' section)
Additional storage space (please describe what is needed, i.e. refrigeration, in the 'other' section)
Personal protective equipment (PPE) (please describe in the 'other' section what types and how many)
General funding (please describe in the 'other' section, i.e. for staffing, food purchasing, fuel, utilities, truck rental, refrigeration rental, etc)
No additional resources needed
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What kind of refrigeration do you have at your site? (Select all that apply)
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Regular refrigerator
Industrial refrigerator
Walk-in refrigerator
Regular freezer
Chest freezer
Walk-in freezer
Refrigerated truck
None
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Can your site accommodate deliveries from any of the following? (Select all that apply)
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Tractor Tailer (loading dock, pallet jack, etc)
Box Truck (pallet jack, etc)
SUV
Not Sure
No
Other:
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What security procedures does your facility have in place (locks, gates, motion lighting, security cameras, etc)? Please describe.
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If you have storage space at your site and can accept pallets, roughly how many shelf-stable food boxes could you potentially accommodate (beyond what you are already storing)?
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What other services or forms of assistance, if any, are you providing to your community during this time? If none, please write 'none'.
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Primary Contact Name
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Primary Contact Email
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Primary Contact Phone Number
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Secondary Contact Name, Email, Phone
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Comments/Questions - Anything else you want to share with us or ask?
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