Note: Information on this page is subject to change. Applicants should always refer to the performance measure instructions published with the NOFO. Grantees should refer to the performance measure instructions for the grant year in which they were funded.
Number of individuals receiving emergency food from food banks, food pantries, or other nonprofit organizations.
Goal 1: Healthy Futures: Obesity and Food
Definition of Key Terms
Emergency food: "Emergency" food assistance is not meant to designate routine help in meeting a family's needs. The emergency may be experienced by the family personally, such as their house burning down, or it may be experienced by the community more broadly, such as a natural disaster.
How to Calculate/ Measure/ Collect Data
Count of unduplicated individuals for whom the distributed food is intended. Should only be counted the first time they are served.
All members of a family should be counted. For example, if the food is given to an individual to bring home to a family of "4" including the individual, then the count is "4" rather than "1".
Client tracking database or tracking form.
- Sample Instrument (PDF)
- More information: 2013 AmeriCorps National Performance Measures Instructions – Healthy Futures Focus Area (PDF)
- More information: Senior Corps National Performance Measures Instructions (PDF)