Food+ for neighbors
How Does it Work?
Food+ for Neighbors provides access to healthy local emergency food and assistance to improve our neighbor’s food security. Sheboygan County Food Bank accomplishes this by distributing food through its network and coordinating a dignified client intake process at its own Sheboygan Cares Food Pantry and in partnership with partner food pantries.
The client intake process ensures the right amount of food is given to clients and creates an opportunity for personalized support for clients beyond directly providing access to emergency food. In this way, SCFB is expanding from the traditional food bank model by going a step further and connecting our neighbors to community resources and federal nutrition programs that directly help increase their food security.
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Step 1
A client or family representative seeking emergency food begins by calling SCFB's Food Pantry Manager (FPM) to start the intake process.
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Step 2
The FPM asks the client basic questions that have been carefully structured to gather demographic data. Demographic data includes race/ethnicity, household size, age ranges, residence status (homeless, or not homeless), language(s) spoken, and self-declared income.
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Step 3
SCFB then provides a unique card for the client to access food pantries once per week. The card is digitally connected to the intake data collected. When a client visits a food pantry, he or she shares their card with the food pantry representative to be scanned. This ensures that families receive enough food to feed the client's family size.