Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

Product acquisitions department works with donors to identify surplus food to be picked up by the food bank's fleet of trucks, and extra helpings is a food recovery program linking agencies with food donation sources. Extra helpings was originally developed to facilitate the contribution of food from restaurants, hotels, and the hospitality industry to agencies, and has expanded to include donations from retail grocery stores and other food sources. "grants" relate to food distributions to charitable agencies through the extra helpings program.

The emergency food assistance program (tefap) provides emergency food assistance to residents of los angeles county individually and through qualified agencies and is partially funded by the united states department of agriculture (usda) through its agent, the californiadepartment of social services. "grants" relate to food distributions to charitable agencies through tefap.

Produce and perishables program distributes a variety of fresh, nutritious, and healthy produce donated through local and regional produce distributors and growers to its agencies. The produce and perishable foods are distributed to agencies and through food bank programs. "grants" relate to food distributions to charitable organizations. Expenses: $22,919,297 grants: $22,919,297 revenue: $0usda commodity supplemental food program (csfp) allows the food bank to distribute supplemental food to low-income seniors age 60 and older who are especially vulnerable to health problems resulting from general and continued hunger due to insufficient foods. Csfp is partially funded by the usda through its agent, the california department of social services. "grants" relate to direct food distribution to individuals. Expenses: $14,252,740 grants: $11,404,126 revenue: $0the after-school meal program, partially funded by the usda child and adult care food program (cacfp) serves children at food bank agency sites throughout los angeles county. Children in the after-school meal program typically receive tutoring assistance, participate in sports, and benefit from mentoring. Participating agencies include after-school programs, day care centers, community centers, and youth centers. Cacfp funding offsets some of the meal and other costs incurred by the children receiving meals at after-school meal program sites. Funding of other after-school meal program-related expenses is provided by grants and community support. "grants" relate to meals provided to children.expenses: $267,828 grants: $185,504 revenue: $0senior nutrition/brown bag program provides agencies serving seniors the opportunity to receive and distribute fresh fruits, vegetables, and other foods to low-income elderly persons on a weekly basis. "grants" relate to food distributions to charitable agencies.expenses: $118,572 grants: $162,453 revenue: $0usda summer food service program (sfsp) provides nutritious meals to needy children in a safe and nurturing setting. The sfsp is designed to provide funding for a nutritious breakfast and lunch when children are on their summer recess. The sfsp is funded by the usda and administered by the california department of education. "grants" relate to meals provided to children.expenses: $178,043 grants: $106,004 revenue: $0the food rescue program is designed to sort salvage donations from local retailers. Products from the food rescue program are distributed to food bank agencies and to other feeding america food banks. Food salvaged is part of the general food distribution "grant" number.expenses: $424,909 grants: $0 revenue: $0the emergency food and shelter national board/federal emergency management agency program (fema) are federal funds that are allocated to the food bank through the los angeles county emergency food and shelter board. The funds are utilized for the purchase of food for distribution to qualified agencies. "grants" relate to food distributions to charitable agencies.expenses: $62,500 grants: $0 revenue: $0calfresh outreach program is partially funded by the usda through its agent, california department of social services and california association of food banks. Calfresh outreach work includes identifying low-income families and individuals who are eligible but not receiving calfresh benefits and, when necessary, helping the family or individual with the application process, as well as educating food bank agencies and the general public about the calfresh program.expenses: $515,996 grants: $0 revenue: $0recycling programs: the recycle program reflects financial activity related to new waste prevention and rescue grant programs. These programs included the department of resources recycling and recovery (calrecycle), waste management (recycla), and los angeles county sanitation district.expenses: $0 grants: $0 revenue: $41,870nutrition education supports the efforts of the la regional food bank to distribute high quality, nutritious and culturally appropriate food. Our goal is not only to end hunger, but to provide wellness, nourishment, and strength for our communities. The nutrition services team is committed to guiding and empowering families and individuals to make the best nutritional choices possible as an effort to improve health and reduce the risk of chronic disease.we address nutrition education needs and food insecurity by using materials and guidelines from the usda and the california department of public health to achieve nutritional goals with work that includes calfresh promotion, nutrition pantry program, nutrition education, food demos, academic clerkships, food prescription program, worksite wellness and calfresh healthy living.expenses: $101,147 grants: $0 revenue: $0the children's nutrition programs include several programs focused on providing nutritious meals for school-aged children. They include the backpack program, which provides a package of healthy, nutritious food for eligible school-aged children every week during the school year to target hunger experienced by children during the weekend. Each package contains enough food for six meals to include breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The children's breakfast program distributes nutritious meal kits to school aged children every week throughout the year. Mobile school pantry delivers meal kits to school sites for children and their families. These programs are privately funded. "grants" relate to direct food distribution to children.expenses: $962,356 grants: $573,812 revenue: $0the calfresh healthy living program improves food insecure individuals' access to rescued produce, thereby alleviating hunger, reducing food waste and improving community health. The food bank utilizes our fleet of refrigerated vehicles and food bank staff to distribute fresh produce at distribution sites throughout los angeles county. The calfresh healthy living program staff coordinate the distributions along with produce pick-up events at local parks. By providing fresh produce to families and individuals living in communities with limited access to produce, the food bank improves the health of people served in these communities while increasing the likelihood that the people served will make healthy food choices in the future. "grants" relate to direct food distribution to program participantsexpenses: $1,517,599 grants: $816,522 revenue: $0the local food purchase assistance program (lfpa), provides locally sourced food products purchased from regional farmers, aggregators, and food hubs. The program is designed to support small- and mid-sized agricultural producers while enhancing access to fresh, culturally relevant foods for underserved communities. Food acquired through lfpa is distributed via the food bank's agency network and direct service programs. The usda funds the program through its agent, the california department of social services (cdss). Vendor qualification and procurement are managed by the california association of food banks (cafb) on behalf of participating food banks. "grants" relate to distributions via the food bank's agency network and direct service programs.expenses: $1,126,697 grants: $1,126,697 revenue: $0total for all other programs (as explained above):