Use of Other Programs (7.4)
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Clients also reported on other federal nutrition or child care programs they use. Table 7.4.1 shows the results.
Table 7.4.1
USE OF OTHER PROGRAMS
Other Program(s) Clients or Their Families Currently Participate in a |
Pantry Client Households |
Kitchen Client Households |
Shelter Client Households |
All Client Households |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Government Mass Distribution Program or TEFAP (cheese, butter, etc., not from pantries) |
27.0% |
13.2% |
9.5% |
23.4% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) |
37,986 |
10,667 |
4,225 |
52,878 |
Senior nutrition sites, such as senior centers that serve lunch |
16.3% |
32.5% |
34.5% |
18.3% |
Home-delivered meals or meals-on-wheels (usually for seniors or people with disabilities) |
5.1% |
9.8% |
7.9% |
5.7% |
Senior brown-bag programs that give out groceries and produce |
12.2% |
8.5% |
4.6% |
11.7% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) – Households with at least one senior member age 65 or older |
9,541 |
2,087 |
84 |
11,712 |
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) b |
50.4% |
59.8% |
46.6% |
51.0% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) – Households with at least one child ages 0-3 years |
4,547 |
407 |
334 |
5,288 |
Child day care |
21.1% |
16.1% |
36.7% |
21.1% |
Government assistance for child day care among those using child day carec |
45.0% |
61.3% |
45.1% |
46.0% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) – Households with at least one child ages 0-5 years |
7,112 |
644 |
481 |
8,237 |
School lunch program |
62.4% |
59.7% |
53.1% |
62.0% |
School breakfast program |
51.7% |
48.8% |
43.2% |
51.3% |
After-school snack program |
11.5% |
20.7% |
17.1% |
12.4% |
Child care food program, such as meals at subsidized child care centers |
5.2% |
7.6% |
9.4% |
5.5% |
Summer food program providing free lunches for children |
12.9% |
20.3% |
10.7% |
13.4% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) – Households with at least one child younger than age 18 |
15,756 |
1,518 |
745 |
18,019 |
Source:
This table was constructed based on usable responses to
questions 7a, 8, and 41 of the client
survey
.
Notes:
All usable responses were weighted as described in Chapter 3
and in the Technical Appendix
volume to represent all emergency food clients of the A2H National Network. The sample sizes (N) also include missing data.
a Multiple responses were accepted.
b The sample size is 783 for the pantries, 90 for the kitchens, 137 for the shelters, and 1,010 for all.
Among all client households, 23.4% participate in government mass distribution programs or TEFAP. Participation in other programs is as follows:
- Among the households with at least one senior member age 65 or older, 18.3% use senior nutrition sites; 5.7% use home-delivered meals or meals-on-wheels; and 11.7% participate in senior brown-bag programs.
- Among the households with at least one child younger than age 18, 62.0% and 51.3% benefit from the school lunch and the school breakfast program, respectively; 12.4% use an after-school snack program; 5.5% use a child care food program; and 13.4% participate in the summer food program.