{"id":16015,"date":"2021-05-27T20:17:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T20:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/?p=16015"},"modified":"2021-06-24T22:27:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T22:27:04","slug":"member-factsheet-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/zh\/blog\/member-factsheet-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"\u52a0\u5dde\u98df\u7269\u94f6\u884c\u4e0e COVID-19 \u75ab\u60c5"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE IMPACT, THE CHALLENGES,
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In 2020, the California Association of Food Banks\u2019 41 member food banks responded to an unprecedented demand <\/strong><\/span>for food by rapidly redesigning <\/strong><\/span>their program delivery models <\/strong><\/span>in order to safely increase food distribution and adjust to necessary safety measures<\/strong><\/span>. Still, food donations and staffing resources were vastly outpaced by increased demand<\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u7684 total food<\/strong><\/span> distributed by CAFB member food banks increased by 74%<\/strong><\/span> between 2019 and 2020. Direct distribution doubled<\/strong><\/span> (101%) between 2019 and 2020.<\/p>\n

All member food banks provided direct distribution in 2020, including food banks that were not previously providing direct distribution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Food donations decreased<\/strong><\/span> in 2020. Community food drives and retail donations decreased for more than half<\/strong><\/span> of food banks while nearly all significantly increased<\/strong><\/span> food purchases.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Even while paid staff increased by 13%<\/strong><\/span>\u548c volunteer hours increased by 63%<\/strong><\/span> (including state assets such as the National Guard), increases in paid staff and volunteers were still outpaced by increases in food distribution<\/span><\/strong>. In order to reach the 1.1 billion pounds of food, or about 917 million meals<\/strong><\/span> delivered by CAFB member food banks, operating costs also rose<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Areas with the largest cost increase were 1) Food Purchasing<\/strong><\/span>, 2)<\/strong> Packaging Materials<\/strong><\/span>\u548c 3) Cleaning\/Sanitation Supplies<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Populations most commonly given targeted support were children<\/strong>\/families<\/strong><\/span> with children, older adults<\/strong><\/span>, unhoused people<\/strong><\/span>\u548c college students<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n

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Drive-thru <\/strong><\/span>\u548c home delivery <\/strong><\/span>distributions became commonplace \u2014 often meaning decreased opportunity for client choice<\/strong><\/span>. In order to meet the moment, food banks had to find ways to distribute food while also ensuring the safety of staff<\/span><\/strong>, \u4e49\u5de5<\/span><\/strong>\u548c clients<\/strong><\/span>. No longer an option due to COVID-19 safety precautions, farmers market-style \u201cshopping\u201d gave way to pre-packaged boxes <\/strong><\/span>of food, and custom online food orders shifted towards a fixed list of items<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Food banks anticipate the effects of COVID-19 on food insecurity to outlast the pandemic<\/strong><\/span>, keeping demand dramatically elevated for a long time to come<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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71% of food banks<\/strong><\/span> expect that their programming and operations will remain changed <\/strong><\/span>in some way beyond the COVID-19 crisis<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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After the Great Recession, it took nearly 10 years <\/strong><\/span>(until 2018) for food insecurity to return to pre-recession <\/strong><\/span>levels.<\/p>\n

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