Ohio Association Of Foodbanks

Through $20,059,172 in remaining funding from the coronavirus state and local fiscal recovery (slfr)/american rescue plan act (arpa) two-year appropriation granted by the state of ohio, the ohio association of foodbanks purchased 21 million pounds of ohio-produced protein items, shelf-stable foods, produce, and personal and household care products for ohio's foodbanks to serve people in need, at an average cost of $0.80 per pound. In addition, the program provided funding to ohio's foodbanks toward the cost of safely, efficiently, and equitably storing and distributing food and non-food items throughout all of ohio's 88 counties. The funds were fully expended prior to june 30, 2024.

The ohio can (community agriculture and nutrition) project is funded by a u.s. Department of agriculture local food purchase assistance program (lfpa) cooperative agreement and operated in partnership with the ohio departments of job and family services and agriculture. Through ohio can, with $8,512,834, the ohio association of foodbanks purchased 4.6 million pounds of in-demand food products wholly grown, produced, and minimally processed by local, historically underserved farmers, producers, and suppliers and distributed those foods to underserved ohioans in partnership with ohio's foodbanks. In total, more than 150 local farmers, growers, and suppliers participated in ohio can and the association also partnered with six statewide food hubs and aggregators to procure foods from historically underserved local vendors and support a resilient local food supply chain. Ohio can supplied more than 3.8 million wholesome meals to food insecure ohioans.

The ohio association of foodbanks operates two health care outreach and enrollment programs funded through cooperative agreements with the centers for medicare and medicaid services, the affordable care act (aca) navigator program and the connecting kids to coverage (ckc) program. Trained, licensed, and certified navigators and ckc application counselors help to connect ohioans with affordable health care coverage. The get covered ohio campaign raises awareness about available health coverage options and navigator and ckc services.