Module 4- Exercise 1

Exercise 1

1. Emergency food assistance facilities have to turn away people. According to the LA

Regional Foodbank, over 30 percent of their food pantries have had to turn clients

away and pantries that don’t turn clients away are providing less food. In 2002, a

food pantry would provide an average of eight to ten different USDA commodities

per distribution. This holiday season, food pantries are providing three USDA

commodities. Food pantries are tasked to serve more clients with the same amount

of resources they had six years ago.

Emergency food assistance facilities have to turn away people. According to the LA

Regional Foodbank, over 30 percent of their food pantries have had to turn clients

away and pantries that don’t turn clients away are providing less food. In 2002, a

food pantry would provide an average of eight to ten different USDA commodities

per distribution. This holiday season, food pantries are providing three USDA

commodities. Food pantries are tasked to serve more clients with the same amount

of resources they had six years ago.

2. Twenty-one percent of the overall demand for emergency food assistance goes unmet.

Pantries report needing an average of 661 additional pounds of food weekly, enough

to distribute 35 more boxes weekly in order to meet the demand for food assistance.

The 500 food pantries served by the Foodbank need an additional 9.8 million pounds

of food annually in order to meet the current demand for food assistance. An

estimated additional 1 million pounds of food is needed [for] soup kitchens and

shelter programs, since some of these programs also report food shortages.

Twenty-one percent of the overall

demand for emergency food assistance

goes unmet. Pantries report needing

an average of 661 additional pounds

of food weekly, enough to distribute 35

more boxes weekly in order to meet the

demand for food assistance. The 500

food pantries served by the Foodbank

need an additional 9.8 million pounds

of food annually in order to meet the

current demand for food assistance. An

estimated additional 1 million pounds

of food is needed [for] soup kitchens and

shelter programs, since some of these programs also report food shortages.

3. That distribution changed in 2001, presumably as a result of the heinous incidents that occurred on September 11. For many offenders, the preformed negative opinion, or bias, was directed toward ethnicity/national origin. Consistent with past data, by bias type, law enforcement reported that most incidents in 2001 were motivated by bias against race. However, crime incidents motivated by bias against ethnicity/national origin were the second most frequently reported bias in 2001, more than doubling the number of incidents, offenses, victims, and known offenders from 2000 data. Additionally, the anti-other ethnicity/national origin category quadrupled in incidents, offenses, victims, and known offenders.