Assessing the Impacts of a Helping Hand

Findings of the Project Understanding Food Pantry Clients' Survey

Authors

  • Christina Cabral California State University, Channel Islands
  • Brenda Gallegos California State University, Channel Islands
  • Ciara Gross California State University, Channel Islands
  • Dennis Downey

Abstract

This research study was conducted by students in the Sociology Program at CSU Channel Islands as a service-learning project for the senior capstone course. Research consists of 34 qualitative interviews conducted in a one month period at Project Understanding (in both English and Spanish). Findings address the following areas: demographics of clients; patterns of public assistance; circumstances leading to pantry use; sharing of food with community members; components of respondents’ food supply; preferences regarding supplies at pantry; and impacts of the pantry on clients and the community.

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Published

2019-05-06

How to Cite

Cabral, C., Gallegos, B., Gross, C., & Downey, D. (2019). Assessing the Impacts of a Helping Hand: Findings of the Project Understanding Food Pantry Clients’ Survey. CBR@CSUCI: An Annual Volume of Community-Based Research, 1. Retrieved from https://journals.calstate.edu/cbrci/article/view/2925

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Social & Behavioral Sciences