Section 7.4.1

7.4.1 - Use of Other Programs

Clients also responded as to what 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 ¹	Pantry Client Households	Kitchen Client Households	Shelter Client Households	All Client Households
Government Mass Distribution Program or TEFAP (Cheese, butter, etc., not from pantries)	23.1%	15.0%	5.1%	21.1%
Senior nutrition sites, such as senior centers that serve lunch	18.1%	46.0%	48.3%	20.8%
Home-delivered meals or meals-on-wheels (Usually for seniors or people with disabilities)	5.6%	19.1%	5.1%	6.8%
Senior brown bag programs that give out groceries and produce	25.5%	13.8%	31.3%	24.5%
SAMPLE SIZE (N) - Households with at least one senior member age 65 or older	5,431	1,093	156	6,680
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)	53.0%	51.4%	36.9%	52.5%
Child day care	21.9%	28.4%	32.6%	22.5%
Government assistance for child day care among those using child day care ²	44.6%	44.4%	73.4%	45.5%
SAMPLE SIZE (N) - Households with at least one child age 0-5 years	4,842	307	354	5,503
School lunch program	64.3%	53.4%	40.9%	63.2%
School breakfast program	50.8%	40.4%	34.3%	49.9%
After-school snack program	10.0%	10.4%	9.1%	10.0%
Child care food program, such as meals at subsidized child care centers	5.4%	8.7%	17.5%	5.8%
Summer food program providing free lunches for children	13.7%	15.8%	19.0%	14.0%
SAMPLE SIZE (N) - Households with at least one child younger than age 18	11,329	812	589	12,730

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 network. The sample sizes (N) also include missing data.

1. The sample size is 1,030 for the pantries, 86 for the kitchens, 124 for the shelters, and 1,240 for all.

2. Multiple responses were accepted.

Among all client households, 21.1% 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, 20.8% use senior nutrition sites; 6.8% use home-delivered meals or meals-on-wheels; and 24.5% participate in senior brown bag programs.
Among the households with at least one child age 0-5 years, 52.5% participate in the WIC program, and 45.5% of those using child day care benefit from government assistance for child day care.
Among the households with at least one child younger than age 18, 63.2% and 49.9% benefit from the school lunch and the school breakfast program, respectively; 10.0% use an after-school snack program; 5.8% use a child care food program; and 14.0% participate in the summer food program.