Other Services or Facilities Provided in Addition to Food Distribution (10.5)
Agencies were provided with a list of additional possible services and asked which services their programs provide to their clients. Table 10.5.1 shows what percentage of food programs supply the services listed.
Table 10.5.1
OTHER SERVICES OR FACILITIES AGENCIES OR PROGRAMS PROVIDE
IN ADDITION TO FOOD DISTRIBUTION, BY PROGRAM TYPE
> See Also, Number of Additional Services, By Program Type (Table 10.5.2)
|
|
Pantry Programs |
Kitchen Programs |
Shelter Programs |
|---|---|---|---|
Food-Related Support |
|
|
|
Nutrition counseling |
22.7% |
32.4% |
40.7% |
Eligibility counseling for WIC |
13.1% |
7.2% |
24.8% |
Eligibility counseling for food stamps |
19.2% |
12.7% |
36.5% |
Soup kitchen meals |
13.4% |
n.a. |
22.8% |
Food pantry bags |
n.a. |
24.2% |
21.2% |
Client Training |
|
|
|
Employment training |
8.6% |
21.1% |
38.0% |
Supported employment (Welfare to Work or job training) |
5.1% |
8.4% |
15.2% |
Retraining physically disabled |
1.6% |
4.6% |
5.0% |
Retraining mentally ill/challenged |
2.5% |
8.4% |
9.7% |
Other Assistance |
|
|
|
Eligibility counseling for other government programs |
8.7% |
13.9% |
24.0% |
Legal services |
3.5% |
5.4% |
22.1% |
Tax preparation help (Earned Income Tax Credit) |
5.8% |
6.2% |
11.9% |
Utility bill assistance (Low-Income Heating and Energy Assistance Programs) |
20.3% |
8.2% |
13.0% |
Short-term financial assistance |
14.2% |
6.4% |
18.6% |
Budget and credit counseling |
10.7% |
7.2% |
37.7% |
Consumer protection |
2.5% |
4.0% |
6.7% |
Information and referral |
39.2% |
33.7% |
65.8% |
Language translation |
10.3% |
8.6% |
19.5% |
Housing Services |
|
|
|
Short-term shelter |
7.7% |
6.6% |
80.1% |
Subsidized housing assistance |
6.2% |
4.3% |
18.7% |
Housing rehabilitation or repair |
3.4% |
2.6% |
4.8% |
Health and Other Services |
|
|
|
Health services or health clinics |
9.3% |
19.0% |
34.7% |
Transportation |
16.3% |
23.4% |
64.4% |
Clothing |
46.6% |
36.6% |
76.7% |
Furniture |
21.4% |
11.3% |
40.3% |
Senior programs |
12.0% |
15.2% |
6.5% |
|
|
|
|
No additional services |
25.1% |
17.3% |
1.9% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) |
18,436 |
4,514 |
2,704 |
Source:
This table was constructed based on usable responses to
Question 4 of the agency survey
.
Notes:
All usable responses were weighted as described in Chapter 3
and in the Technical Appendix
volume to represent all emergency food programs of the A2H National Network. The sample sizes (N) also include missing data.
Missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 10.8% for pantry programs, 20.0% for kitchen programs, and 7.7% for shelter programs.
n.a. = not applicable.
13.1% of pantries and 24.8% of shelters provide counseling for WIC. Other services provided by the programs or the agencies include:
- 19.2% of the pantries, 12.7% of the kitchens, and 36.5% of the shelters provide eligibility counseling for food stamps.
- 24.0% of the shelters provide counseling for other government programs.
- 20.3% of the pantries provide utility bill assistance.
- 39.2% of the pantries, 33.7% of the kitchens, and 65.8% of the shelters provide information and referral services.
- 38.0% of the shelters provide employment training.
- 9.3% of the pantries, 19.0% of the kitchens, and 34.7% of the shelters provide health services or health clinics.
- 64.4% of the shelters provide transportation.
- 46.6% of the pantries, 36.6% of the kitchens, and 76.7% of the shelters provide clothing.