Progress 09/01/17 to 08/31/18
Outputs
Target Audience:Our target audience for this reporting period include all of the mentioned audiences in the previous report plusthe greater Bayview community, schools, recreational centers and after school programs that serve youth between the ages of 11-17. As the Growers Market portion of projectbuilds momentum, the staff on the Healthy Bayview project focusedits reach to the entire Bayview community to ultimatelybuild the customer base for the Growers Market. To meet this task, we developed culturally appropriate promotional material to specifically promote the Growers Market. The materials were distributed via fliering the neighborhood, post on social media, and through community networks.Promotion increased the customer base at the Growers Market and in turn, the growers sold thousands of pieces of produce. Within these efforts, we were able to employ 5 youth and 5 TAY via stipend work for assisting in the operations of the Growers Market, provided space for more than 15 community growers to participate, andengagedmore than 150 community members on the weekly basis. Schools, recreational centers and after school programs that servelow income youth between the ages of 11-17 were also target audiences. We targeted these audiencesto engage them with our Healthy Lifestyles curriculum. All participants participated in 10 or moresessionsof the Healthy Lifestyles program and were engaged in various aspects of health and nutrition. To date, we have provided Healthy Lifestyle workshops to more than 30sites and severed more than 1,000 youth participants. Approximately 70% of all participants servedwereAfrican American, 20% Latino, and 10% Asians. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?There are several training opportunities independent of andbuilt within the Healthy Bayview Programand as follows: 1) Youth are trained year-round in urban farming, landscaping, permaculture and pest control, 2) All TAY youth are sent through a 2-week comprehensive training to prepare to present the Healthy Lifestyles curriculum, 3) Growers Market participants are sent through a one day training to prepare to sell at the Growers Market, 4) and all staff are sent to staff development trainings provided through Compass Point. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Results and invites are sent out to the community on the regular basis and as follows: 1) Community Networks and Newsletters, 2) Post on social media pages, 3) Flyering the community with literature, 4) Oral presentations at community events and meetings, 5) Adds in newspapers, 6) and media press release. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?During the next reporting period, we plan to take the following steps to achieve the following goals: Goal 1: 1) Continue to work toward establishing a new community garden, 2) and to recruit residential growers and community gardens to participate in the Growers Market. Goal 3: 1) Continue to recruit residents and youth centers for Somethin Fresh subscriptions. Goal 4: 1) Continue to work toward opening the Get Fresh business.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Hunters Point Family's Environmental Programs Department is pleased to report on the activies and goals outlined in the USDA Healthy Bayview contract and as follows: Goal 1:Increase community food security in BVHP by enhancing capacity of existing community gardens and supporting creation of new community gardens. To date, Hunters Point Family has engaged more than 12local community gardens and the 3 backyard gardensin the BVHP area and have provided them all with some form of technical assistance which includes but not limited to, stipends to support garden workforce, materials - (soil, seeds, wood, shovels, water hoses, plant nutrients)and helping each garden navigate the process of becoming certified Growers in San Francisco. This support enabled each of the 15 gardens to participate in the HPF sponsored Growers Market that takes place every Saturday. Each week, the Grower Market welcomes 150 ormore customers that buys a total of 1,000 - 1,500 pieces of locally grownproduces. In regard to supporting the creation of new community gardens, HPF is a part of a working group that has the sole responsibility toestablish a new garden and green houses in the neighborhood. To date, we are still in the process of reviewing bids. Construction of these new establishments will commence the first quarter of 2019. Goal 2:Increase community knowledge regarding urban farming, food security, nutrition, and healthy food preparation. To date, we have provided on the job readiness soft skills and advance hard skills in urban farming, soil fertility, landscaping, and organic pest control to 50youth and, presented more than 40Healthy Lifestyles workshops that covers health and nutritionto schools, after school programs, recreational centers and clinics located in Bayview Hunters Point. Over the course of the grant, we have engaged more than 1,000 participants with the Healthy Lifestyles curriculum. During these workshop, we spend time discussinghealth and nutrition topic in relation to theirlives and the communities the participants identify with. We also spend a portion of the time preparing and discussing healthy food preparation. We focusitems that areinexpensive, healthy, tasteful and can be prepared by a youth. Goal 3:Improve nutrition for children and youth by distributing seasonal fresh fruits and produce to schools, after-school programs, and recreation centers. To date, we have developed and distributed Somethin Fresh literature to determine the Bayview community's interest in weekly fruit subscription on the monthly basis and in turn, we were able toIncreasethe number of subscriptions to Somethin Fresh residential customers by 60and schools, recreation centers, and clinics by 30. Currenly, we have 110 active customers with weekly fruit subscriptions and delivers produce to 30 youth establishments which includes schools, recreation centers and after school programs. Goal 4:Support entrepreneurial ventures of community residents that increase food security and utilize products harvested from the gardens. To date, we have increased the number of residential growers for the GrowersMarket from 0 to 3. We are still actively trying to recruit residential growers by offering them support through the certifying process, garden technical support and then a space at the Growers Market to sell the goods grown in their home garden. In regard to theGet Fresh project, we have made severalgains, some of such:selected a menu based on seasonal and the availability of locally grown produce, andsourced the needed equipment for a juice bar. We are still in the process selecting a space,getting the necessary permits and inspections to operate such business and finally hiring staff to run the daily operation.
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Progress 09/01/16 to 08/31/17
Outputs
Target Audience:During this reporting period, the Healthy Bayview staff focused its outreach and recruitment efforts toward low income youth and transitional age youth (TAY) of color, living in low income and subsidized housing in the southeast sector of San Francisco. We also focused our outreach and recruitment efforts onneighborhood community gardens and BVHP residents that own fruit trees. Our target audience of youth participants are usually considered "at risk" for drug use, teen pregnancy and gang violence. Whenengaging our target audience of youth, we often gage for an interest in learning about and doing work in the environmental field. Our target community gardens all have a similar focus: to engage youth in environmental literacy and stewardship, while producing fruits and vegetables to be distributed to residents living in Bayview Hunters Point (BVHP) area. When engaging our community garden partners, we engage them with the lens of providing them technical assistance to ultimately enhance their gardens to grow and distribute more food to underserved communities living in BVHP. Our last target audience for this reporting period is residents of BVHP that have fruit trees and are willing to donate their excess fruit from their fruit tree (s)to be sold to the community at a discounted price. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?To date, several opportunities for training and professional development has been provided to both staff and program participants. Training and professional development has been provided in the following ways: • 15transitional age youth (TAY) have been trained to facilitate health, nutrition and environmental workshops, • On the weekly basis, 10youth are trained in different aspects of environmental literacy and stewardship and, • All of the Healthy Bayview staff, including the director receives monthly professional development training. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The Healthy Bayview staff disseminates information to the community through several avenues: • Monthly, the Hunters Point Family agency send out an agency newsletter to over 3,000 community members, employees, community partners, community organizations, city agencies, friends and family, • Quarterly, the environmental programs department produces a department newsletter that highlights recent accomplishments and is received by 600, community partners, community organizations, city agencies, community members, and program participants and, • For program outreach and recruitment, a flyer is produced to inform the community of the different programming opportunities. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?For the next reporting period, the Healthy Bayview staff fully intends to meet the goals outlined in the project proposal. To do so, the Healthy Bayview staff plans to build on our successes reported in this reporting period. Specifically, for each goal: Goal 1, continue to provide technical assistance to each of the gardens currently in the database and open the database up to new gardens in need of support. Continue to monitor the construction of new Hunters Point Family garden. Goal 2, continue to recruit youth to be trained in environmental literacy and stewardship. Continue to outreach to afterschool programs, schools, recreation centers, youth centers and clinics to administer health and nutrition training/workshops. Goal 3, continue to develop marketing techniques to ultimately increase the number of fruit subscriptions to Somethin Fresh. Goal 4, continue to work towards opening the Gardeners Market and doing so by increasing the number of growers both residents and community gardens and getting the permits approved by the city. Continue to implement pieces of the Get Fresh Business plan.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Goal 1:Increase community food security in BVHP by enhancing capacity of existing community gardens and supporting creation of new community gardens. To date, the Healthy Bayview staff hasachieved the following: Provided technical assistance to 4gardens in database by providing them with training in landscaping:organic pest control, beneficial pest control, soil fertility, beneficial air filtering plantsand funds to grow their youth garden teamsand, Got permits approved by city building department to start construction of new garden. Goal 2:Increase community knowledge regarding urban farming, food security, nutrition, and healthy food preparation. To date, the Healthy Bayview staff has achieved the following: Provided on the job readiness soft skills andadvance hard skills in urban farming, soil fertility, landscaping, and organic pest control to 10 youth and, Delivered 20 health and nutrition workshops to schools, after school programs, rec centers and clinics located in Bayview Hunters Point. Goal 3:Improve nutrition for children and youth by distributing seasonal fresh fruits and produce to schools, after-school programs, and recreation centers. To date, the Healthy Bayview staff has achieved the following: Developed and distributed Somethin Fresh literature to determine the Bayview community's interest in weekly fruit subscription and, Increased the number of subscriptions to Somethin Fresh residential customers by 10 and schools, recreation centers, and clinics by 20. Goal 4:Support entrepreneurial ventures of community residents that increase food security and utilize products harvested from the gardens. To date, the Healthy Bayview staff has achieved the following: Increased the number of residential growers for the Gardeners Market, Working with the City's Environmental Department to getcommunity gardensfarm stand certified in preparation for the Growers Market, Began implementing pieces of the updated Get Fresh business plan. Goal 1:Increase community food security in BVHP by enhancing capacity of existing community gardens and supporting creation of new community gardens. To date, the Healthy Bayview staff hasachieved the following: Provided technical assistance to 4gardens in database by providing them with training in landscaping:organic pest control, beneficial pest control, soil fertility, beneficial air filtering plantsand funds to grow their youth garden teamsand, Got permits approved by city building department to start construction of new garden. Goal 2:Increase community knowledge regarding urban farming, food security, nutrition, and healthy food preparation. To date, the Healthy Bayview staff has achieved the following: Provided on the job readiness soft skills andadvance hard skills in urban farming, soil fertility, landscaping, and organic pest control to 10 youth and, Delivered 20 health and nutrition workshops to schools, after school programs, rec centers and clinics located in Bayview Hunters Point. Goal 3:Improve nutrition for children and youth by distributing seasonal fresh fruits and produce to schools, after-school programs, and recreation centers. To date, the Healthy Bayview staff has achieved the following: Developed and distributed Somethin Fresh literature to determine the Bayview community's interest in weekly fruit subscription and, Increased the number of subscriptions to Somethin Fresh residential customers by 10 and schools, recreation centers, and clinics by 20. Goal 4:Support entrepreneurial ventures of community residents that increase food security and utilize products harvested from the gardens. To date, the Healthy Bayview staff has achieved the following: Increased the number of residential growers for the Gardeners Market, Working with the City's Environmental Department to getcommunity gardensfarm stand certified in preparation for the Growers Market, Began implementing pieces of the updated Get Fresh business plan.
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Progress 09/01/15 to 08/31/16
Outputs
Target Audience:During this reporting period, the Healthy Bayview staff focused its outreach and recruitment efforts toward low income youth and transistional age youth (TAY)of color, living in low income and subsidized housing. Most of these youth fall in the age range of 12-24. The 12-18 age rangecurrently has 15 program participants that represent theAfrican American(90%), and Somoan American(10%) communities. The 15 participants are primirily male representing (90%) and female representing (10%) of all participants in this age range. 70% of this age range are in middle school and the remaining 30% are in high school. All of the participants in this age range lives in low in come hosuing and are economically disadvantage. The 19 - 24 age range currently has 10 propgram participants that represent the African American (100%) commmunity. The 10 program participants represent 70% male and 30% female. All of the participants in this age range have completed high school. Most come economically disadvantage backgrounds. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?To date, several opportunities for training and professional development has been provided to both staff and program participants. Training and professional development has been provided in the following ways: 10 transitional age youth (TAY) have been trained to facilitate health, nutrtion and environmental workshops, On the weekly basis, 15 youth are trained in different aspects of environmental stewardship, The director of the program has gone through several management trainings and, All of the Healthy Bayview staff have been trained to facilitate Roots to Success Environmental job readiness curriculum. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The Healthy Bayview staffdisseminates information to the community through several avenues: Monthly, the Hunters Point Family agency send out an agency newsletter to over 3,000 community members, employees, community partners, community organizations, city agencies, friends and family, Quarterly, the environmental programs departmentproduces a department newsletter that highlights recent accomplishments and isreceived by 600, community partners, community organizations, city agencies,community members, and program participants and, For program outreach and recruitment, a flyer is produce to inform community of the different programming opportunities. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?For the next reporting period, the Healthy Bayview staff fully intends to meet the goals outlined in the project proposal. To do so, the Healthy Bayview staff plans to build on our successes reported in this reporting period. Specifically, for Goal1, we will continue to work with the construction contracting company and community partners to establish a new garden at Bret Harteand continue to provide technical support to the existing gardens. For Goal 2, we will continue to recruit and train youth in environmental stewardship, health, nutrition and healthy food preparation. For Goal 3, we will continue to develop and distribute promotional materials to the community to increase the customer base for Somethin' Fresh and hire more transitional age youth to deliver the produce. For Goal 4, we will continue to work through the logistics of getting the Gardeners Market established and approved by the city. The Healthy Bayview is in alignment to achieve all these goals outlined in the project proposal.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The impact of the Healthy Bayview Project has been tremendous. Since the onset of the grant, we've recruited25 youth and transitional age youth (TAY)from low income housing and economically disadvantage backgroundsto be trained inenvironmental stewardship and remediation and are providingthem all with stipend work opportunities.Having the resources to train and employ some of the community's hardest to reach youth has resulted in communitybeautification enhancements. Most of the recruited youth have been providing their environmental stewardship expertise to our Adam Rodgers Garden and since, thefollowinghas beenestablished: 10 garden planter boxes, a chicken coop, beehive and a worm bed. These enhancements have uniquely positioned our Adam Rodgers Garden to produce and distribute more healthy produce to the surrounding families living in the low income housing units. The training the youth receivewill enable them to gain unsubsidized employment once they term out of the program. Having the youth in the programs takes them away from the normal community dynamics of drugs, violence, and teen pregnancy. Goals Goal 1:Increase community food security in BVHP by enhancing capacity of existing community gardens and supporting creation of new community gardens. To date, we haveachieved the following: Engaged 15 community gardens with a garden needs survey, Developed a garden needs techinical assistance database, Developed an implementation schedule, Established locationfor new HPF garden, Met with contruction contracting companyto explore designs and, Held a community imput session on garden designs. Goal 2:Increase community knowledge regarding urban farming, food security, nutrition, and healthy food preparation. To date we have achieved the following: Provided on the job readiness soft skills and advance hard skills in urban farming, soil fertility and harvesting to 15 youth, Selected a curriculum to train youth to facilitate workshops. Recruited 10 participants to be trained as community Health Guardians and, Developed schedule to deliver workshops throughout the community. Goal 3:Improve nutrition for children and youth by distributing seasonal fresh fruits and produce to schools, after-school programs, and recreation centers. To date, we have achieved the following: Developed and distributed promotional materials throughout the community to determine interest in weekly fruitsubscription, Increased the customer base of Somethin' Fresh by 10 customers and, Hired 1 transitional age youth to deliver fruit to growing customerbase. Goal 4:Support entrepreneurial ventures of community residents that increase food security and utilize products harvested from the gardens. To date, we have achieved the following: Developed and distributed promotional materials throughout the community to determine interest in weekly fruitsubscription, Developed a database of all community gardens/resident gardens, growing capacity, annual yields and types of crops available for distribution, Selected location for Gardeners Market, Worked with community partners to have Gardener Marketstand constructed, Worked with City departments to get Gardner's Market approved by City and, Updated the Business and Marketing plan for "Get Fresh."
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