UC Global Food Initiative Campus Food Access and Security Plan Subject Area: Campus: Campus Lead(s): Student Food Access and Security UC Santa Cruz Nancy N. Chen, Director of the Blum Center and Faculty, nchenucsc@gmail.com, nchen@ucsc.edu Overview Our Working Group Objectives include efforts to: Create visibility for existing programs and scale up operations Offer campus wide awareness of issues concerning student food insecurity Offer internships to enroll students in CARE & CalFresh services as well as develop campus nutrition ambassadors Address summer gap for students who do not have sufficient access over the summer Utilize Matching Funds and In Kind Support: from campus sources such as Measure 43 and partnerships across academic and operational facets of campus as well as local non profits Set up Food Insecurity Research Hub to map food insecurity for both on and off campus students The UCSC GFI subcommittee will plan to meet once a month (about three times per quarter) during Fall 2015 Spring 2016 in addition to sub project focused meetings and activities of members within our working group and their affiliates. Challenges Challenges currently include a lack of infrastructure and location for a main campus based site for our future Community Food Development Center. We also have transitions in leadership within our dining partners this summer and will be engaging interim leadership on their support and contributions during the process of selecting and hiring a new director. Summer also is a time of transition for student government leadership so we will be engaging incoming and outgoing leadership. We are looking to bring on a 50% FTE and hosting it in an interim location within Social Sciences and CASFS while the capacity and coordination of the FTE will be further developed for the long term placement in our campus structure. Timeline & Milestones [List events, milestones, and deliverables planned to be achieved with funding between now and June 2016; under Resource Responsible please note whether the funding for this line item is based on the UCOP GFI funds and/or matching support from your campus please be specific as to the campus funding source] 1 Spring 2015
Task / Event/ Milestone Targeted Completion Date % Complete Resource(s) Responsible Comments Establish EBT/WIC language in all campus retail food site contracts Develop Swipes program at UCSC Establish quarterly meal ticket program (500 tickets per quarter) for Summer 2015, Fall 2015, and Winter 2016 Develop reduced dining meal program for students who qualify for Cal Fresh ($5 per meal voucher system) Develop communications and marketing plan and materials for ongoing resources and programs for supporting students Create staff position to further develop, link, and promote resources for students Spring 2016 0% Campus Staff time in kind Winter 2016 in progress UCSC Dining and Student Meal Plan Holders Winter 2016 in progress UCOP Funds Fall 2015 0% In kind staff time UCSC October 2015 0% Plan staff time (UCOP and Measure 43?); Materials could be covered 50/50 as well around $2,500 from UCOP Funds and $2500 from campus sources (Student Affairs?) August 2015 in progress 25% FTE M43, 25% UCOP (50% FTE to start) Create two year long student work study positions to support efforts September 2015 0% UCOP Funds 2 Spring 2015
Establish Central Venue on Campus for Support Services Grow more food for student food access Implement pilot produce and food Pop Up program at sister colleges Develop infrastructure for new central venue Develop nutrition promotion workshops and engagement Advance Cal Fresh Assistance Establish campus food access and support volunteer network program Develop SMART data and mapping on food access and insecurity on and off campus students Set up Food Insecurity Research Hub Fall 2015 in progress Campus Funds/Site Support Fall 2015 in progress CASFS/Soc Sci Fall 2015 0% UCSC Staff and students UCOP Funds and M43; Second Harvest? Fall 2015 in progress UCOP Funds, Campus based Measure 43 Fall 2015 0% Campus (CSC & M43) Fall 2015 in progress CARE Program, Student Affairs Spring 2016 0% UCOP Funds, Campus Measure 43 (staff and student time) Spring 2016 0% UCSC Blum Center (GSR) in kind Winter 2016 0% UCSC Blum Center, CASFS, & Second Harvest Key: % Complete 0% - Not Started 50% - Half Complete 100% - Complete 3 Spring 2015
25% - In Progress 75% - Significant progress made but not complete Campus Working Group Stakeholders/Constituencies (List key constituents, partners, and representatives of your campus working group) Name Unit/Org Affiliation Title Email Tim Galarneau CASFS/Soc Sci Education & Research Specialist tgalarne@ucsc.edu Crystal Owings CASFS/GFI Fellow GFI Fellow cowings@ucsc.edu Liz Milazzo CASFS CSA and Field Manager emilazzo@ucsc.edu Rosalinda Gallegos Student Affairs/ CARE Programs Student CARE Program Coordinator rgalleg2@ucsc.edu Justin McClendon Student Affairs/CARE Programs Dean of Students Peer Advisor and Special Projects Intern jcmcclend@ucsc.edu Allen Van der Pass Family Student Housing Family and Graduate Services Coordinator John Steele ITS Holiday Food Drive chair / SAB chair and CUCSA delegate. alanv@ucsc.edu moriarti@ucsc.edu Scott Berlin (retiring June 2015) UCSC Dining Services Dining Director sberlin@ucsc.edu Bill Prime UCSC Dining Services Interim Director (As of July 1st) wdprime@ucsc.edu Justin Lardinois SUA Chair SUA Chair 2014-2015 suachair@ucsc.edu Julie Foster SUA Chair SUA Chair for 2015-2016 jrfoster@ucsc.edu ( until July 2015 then email above ) Nadia Roche and Jennifer Teschler GSA Chairs GSA Co-Chairs 2014-2015 gsachair@ucsc.edu Stacey Philpott Environmental Studies Professor CASFS Interim Director (2015-2016), PICA sphilpott@ucsc.edu 4 Spring 2015
Flora Lu Environmental Studies Professor College 9/10 Provost floralu@ucsc.edu Faye Crosby Psychology Professor Cowell College Provost fjcrosby@ucsc.edu Willy Elliot McCrea Second Harvest Food Bank CEO willy@foodbank.org Lisa Nishioka UCSC Blum Center Program Manager blumcenter@ucsc.edu Nancy N. Chen Anthropology Professor UCSC Blum Center Director & Working Group Chair nchen@ucsc.edu Funding and Resource Budget Outline (Please include a clear budget outline for the $75,000 provided by GFI and UCOP. It is important to note that the $75,000 is to be used specifically for food access & security efforts as outlined in the letter from President Napolitano. In addition, please identify any other campus based matching resources to leverage your impact between now and June 2016) Activity /Resource / Description Amount Needed Funding Source(s) Line Item Meal Ticket Program Limited appointment 50% FTE for 2015-2016 500 Quarterly Meal Tickets for 3 quarters (Summer, Fall, Winter) Central coordination and committee project implementation facilitator of food access efforts at UCSC $7500 UCOP Funds $45,000 UCOP Funds Student Interns for 2015-2016 Support staff position and committee on implementation. 6 interns in pilot program @ 10 hours per week per intern at $10 per hour $9,600 (UCOP Funds) $9,600 (UCSC Measure 43) 50/50 UCOP Funds and Measure 43 (Campus Fee Measure) Central Campus Venue Site for storage, distribution, education and Cal Fresh enrollment In-kind UCSC campus facilities and Measure 43 for phone, mail stop, and other administrative fees 5 Spring 2015
Infrastructure, materials, and food supplies for Central Venue Purchase food supplies, storage racks, refrigerator/freezer, fresh prep and vacuum sealing/packaging equipment, reusable to-go containers, client totes, etc... $5,750 (UCOP Funds) $5,750 (Measure 43) 50/50 UCOP Funds and Measure 43 (Campus Fee Measure) Organic fruit and vegetable production year round plant, harvest, and deliver organic fruits and vegetables to central venue to distribution events on campus $10,000 (staff time and materials) UCSC--CASFS Funds CARE Program Enhancement Provide intake and resource support for UCSC students from retail gift cards and emergency Fin Aid alallotments, to Cal Fresh registration and crisis support $15,000 (Dean of Students) $6500 (UCOP Funds) Dean of Students Office and UCOP Funds Participate and develop pilot Nutrition Ambassador Program UCSC student interns will participate in Second Harvest s award winning nutrition education and training program to bring the curriculum and process back to UCSC for further development and application $500 (travel and related costs) UCOP Funds Food Insecurity Research Hub collect smart data and conduct mapping on food insecurity and access for on and off campus students In-kind site and staffing/leadership UCSC Blum Center UCSC Staff Advisory Role Project mentorship support and oversight to new 50% FTE position to support ongoing project implementation in-kind 10% FTE=$8,800 CASFS, UCSC UCSC Faculty Advisory Role Project mentorship support and oversight to interns; campus coordination in-kind UCSC Blum Center 6 Spring 2015
UCOP Funds Requested $75000 Campus Matching and In-kind Contributions: Evaluation & Outcomes: Please describe your evaluation plan and how you will capture qualitative and quantitative data (i.e., number of students served, events and programs supported, etc...) We are requesting $75000 from UCOP. We are matching 100% in kind. We have specific goals for each quarter as follows: Summer 2015 Commence pilot program for meal ticket program Select staff and summer interns determine data to be collected Fall 2015 Develop Swipes program Set up Food Insecurity Research Hub Purchase infrastructure and materials expand internship program with additional recruitment train students in Nutrition Ambassador program CARE enrollment Winter 2016 Commence mapping project and smart data collection continue CARE enrollment Spring 2016 review data determine objectives for summer 2016 Our overall objectives for Working Group We plan to hold monthly meetings 3 per quarter to focus on the following goals visibility, coordination, and enhanced provision of resources to students both on and off campus. 7 Spring 2015