New York Common Pantry

Program two: choice pantry manhattanchoice pantry manhattan distributes a variety of wholesome and healthy foods via 'pantry packages' available to any low-income new yorker. These foods are accessed through bulk purchasing, food donations by food banks, and nycp's food rescue team, which picks up from wholesalers and warehouses, restaurants, supermarkets, and our food drive partners across the city. Pantry screening, enrollment, and emergency food provision are open seven days a week, 365 days a year, with shortened hours on sundays and holidays. Regular choice pantry manhattan distribution days are wednesday through saturday. The program served 2,557,848 meals (17% increase) to 140,533 visitors in fy24. The choice pantry program is integrated with the help 365 resource screening program, which facilitates and accesses other resources (tax assistance, snap, and health benefits) to reduce food insecurity. The cost per meal at choice pantry manhattan was $1.05 in fy24, down 22 cents per meal from fy23. Choice pantry manhattan is located at 8 east 109th street, new york, ny 10029.

Program three: mobile pantry mobile pantry partnered with 69 regular distribution sites in fy24. Choice pantry mobile provided 2,045,505 meals (up 5% from fy23) to 136,022 visitors in fy24 (up 6% from fy23). The cost per meal was $.95 (down 15 cents per meal from fy23).

Choice pantry bronx:choice pantry bronx distributes a variety of wholesome and healthy foods via 'pantry packages' to any low-income new yorker, emphasizing those residing in the bronx. In fy24, the program operated on a tuesday-to-saturday schedule for enrollment and emergency packages and distributed regular pantry packages from thursday to saturday. In fy24, the program served 1,565,056 meals (a 23% increase from fy23) to 118,489 visitors (an increase of 22% from fy23). The cost per meal at choice pantry bronx was $0.88, down 10 cents from fy23.total expenses: $1,390,487help 365:helped 365 bronx, manhattan, and mobile programs screened and accessed resources for 16,543 low-income new yorkers in fy24, up 19% from fy23. The program comprises help 365 bronx, help 365 manhattan, and the help 365 mobile team. The mobile team focuses on snap benefits and travels to communities where data indicates there is underutilization of the snap benefit. Together, these three help 365 programs cost $1,211,481 and directly accessed $10,791,476 for those served(an increase of 52% over fy23), a return on investment (roi) of $8.91 (an increase of $2.10 from fy23).total expenses: $1,211,481live healthy!:the live healthy! Delivers nutrition education and interventions to snap-eligible populations at risk for food insecurity. The program serves new yorkers across all boroughs, providing resources for partner organizations through print and virtual efforts. The live healthy program hosts nutrition education workshops virtually and at partner sites throughout the communities served. Over 336 workshops were offered in fy24, serving 4,165 visitors. Live healthy program also leads food equity initiatives: foodmd, a fruit and vegetable prescription program, and farm share, a community-supported agriculture model. Foodmd works with federally qualified health centers and other clinical community partners to screen and refer patients experiencing food-related chronic disease and food insecurity within the household. 29 unique participants visitors participated in foodmd workshops in fy24. The farm share initiative provided over 45,900 lbs. Of food to 189 unique individuals in fy24. All told, live healthy! Served 22,102 visitors in fy24, up 107% from fy23. The cost per visitor was $49.48. Total expenses: $1,093,631hot meals:the hot meal program primarily serves the homeless and those unable to provide food in their homes for themselves. In fy24, it operated over 250 lunch events and served 64,437 meals, an increase of over 20% from fy23. The brown bag service (food distributed on days when the hot meal program was not administered) served 27,678 meals, up 19% from fy23. The cost per meal for brown bags and hot meals in fy24 was $7.30, up 44 cents from fy23.total expenses: $672,105project dignity:project dignity provides various critical services to the homeless, including showers, haircuts, laundry, mail, psychiatric support, and housing referral and placement. In fy23, the program provided 1,693 showers (up 1%), helped 361 guests use nycp as their mailing address(up 102%), referred/assisted 33 people to/with telehealth psychiatric services(up 14%), and completed 47 housing applications (up 24%). The program accessed $1,178,691 in resources for homeless guests(up 66% from fy23), with a return on investment (roi) of $5.80 for every $1 spent on the program. Total expenses: $203,289