食物储藏室计划
教务长, 学生活动总监, 社会工作者, Vice President of Finance 和 Facilities
National 和 local data indicate student basic needs, 包括粮食不安全, continue to be a barrier to student success. 2021年秋天, M State data from the HOPE Center survey showed: 44% (n=195) of all students selected it was ‘often true’ or ‘sometimes true’ that they worried about 食物 running out before getting money to buy more in the last 30 days (92% of SOC, n=13; 35 SOC did not answer this question) 和 51% (n=104) indicated cutting the size of their meals or skipping meals because there wasn’t enough money for 食物 (62% of SOC, n=13).
The purpose of the 食物 pantries project is to establish/streamline the distribution of 食物 to students on each campus to alleviate stress associated with short term 食物 不安全感 和 other financial constraints to effectively reduce hunger 和 support educational success.
- Create a Food Pantry Operational Proposal for review 和 approval by Cabinet to secure funding 和 support for the project.
- Establish dedicated locations on each campus that allows the pantries to function as a central receptacle for 食物 donations, 存储, 装配和食品分配. The first will open in the fall of 2022 on the 费格斯瀑布 campus with the other three campus 食物 pantries to follow 2023年春天.
- Utilize the pantries as a hub to connect students to community resources.
- Create processes for inventory, ordering, staffing 和 other operations.
- Use the Client Choice Model to allow students to participate in selecting items from the pantry.
在范围
- Identification of 食物 resources, equipment 和 physical space
- Development of a distribution plan, assessment plan, tracking plan 和 operational plan
- Development 和 request of startup 和 ongoing budgetary needs
- Identification of partners to support 食物 acquisition
超出范围
- Hiring additional staff other than student employees (funding to be included in budget request)
项目目标
Reduction of 食物 不安全感 in the M State student body.
Key Performance Indicators/Metrics
- Successful opening of a 食物 pantry on each M State campus
- The college will utilize a system to count visits/uses of the 食物 pantry
- Surveys to collect 和 review data for continued improvements regarding students’ overall satisfaction, 使用频率, communications regarding the availability of the resource, 等.
Metrics Collection 和 Review Timeline
- Pounds of 食物 distributed (measured monthly)
- Student use – to be collected through self-reporting survey provided to student via email
报告结果
College social workers will report results, initiate a survey 和 share data with 学生活动总监 和 Dean of Student Office each semester.
- Availability of physical spaces for 食物 pantries
- Food Pantry staff outside of student employees
- 负担得起的食物供应选择
While there is an expense to operate the 食物 pantry, research indicates the investment in students is returned through increased persistence 和 completion rates, which would result in increased tuition 和 fee revenue.
The 食物 pantry on the 费格斯瀑布 campus opened fall 2022 和 pantries on the 底特律的湖泊 和 Wadena campuses opened spring 2023. The 学习 campus 食物 pantry is on track to finish construction by the end of spring 2023.
2021年秋季, the student advocacy group Lead MN recognized M State as a Hunger Free Campus after the announcement of the college's plans to construct 食物 pantries to better help students facing 食物 不安全感. 2022年秋季, the 费格斯瀑布 campus 食物 pantry was the first to open, 主要由150美元资助,000 donation from the Fergus Area College Foundation (FACF) 和 the remaining $25,由学院资助. Ongoing support for the 费格斯瀑布 campus 食物 pantry will come from the college, a $300 monthly commitment from FACF, 和 食物 drives to help keep the pantry stocked. 参见M State News文章 FACF Supports Exp和ed 费格斯瀑布 Campus Food Pantry 和 费格斯瀑布 recognized as Hunger Free Campus 了解更多信息.
KPI更新
费格斯瀑布校园柜(8月. 2022年3月22日- 2023年3月2日)
- 2,301 lbs 食物 和 supplies purchased 和 weighed into inventory
- 2,080 lbs 食物 weighed out 和 put onto shelves 和 refrigeration
- Approximately 99 students visited the cupboard 和 selected at least one item
调查数据
- T他计划管理学院er the Boynton Student Health Survey spring 2023, which will include 的问题 食物 不安全感. Data from the survey will be shared with the Hunger Free Campus Team 和 used to inform future 食物 pantry operation decisions 所有校园.
This project is now college practice 和 has been institutionalized.