SENIOR-MEALS-PROGRAM.PDF

Last updated: 04/03/2018
General information
Organization Arizona YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix
Contact First name Nikki
Contact Last name Eancheff
Contact e-mail nikki.eancheff@yahoo.com
Contact phone number 602-677-9397
Address
Street 2999 N. 44th St. #250
City Phoenix
State AZ
ZIP Code 85018
From what tribe is the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
organization requesting the
grant?
Total grant amount request 25000
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2018 Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Grant Request Narrative
Submitted by Arizona YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix
Organization Information:
Arizona YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix
2999 N. 44th St. #250
Phoenix, AZ 85018
Main Contact: Regina Edwards, Executive Director
Office: (602) 258-0990
Email: regina.edwards@ywcaaz.org
1. The proposed program or project, and whether it is a new or continuing project.
Arizona YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix requests $25,000 for our Valley West Senior Center that
provides congregate meals, social activities, companionship, and transportation to 1,200 low-
income senior and disabled adults in the Glendale area. YWCA coordinates services among
four locations to provide nutritionally balanced hot meals at noon, educational opportunities,
self-improvement activities, health screenings, health fairs, activities, and outings to engage
and support clients. YWCA delivers meals and companionship to clients who are homebound
and provides other transportation as needed. Home meal delivery also serves as a social visit
and wellness check. These visits often loneliness, isolation, and mental health status checks.
The Centers also provide pet food for client animal companions through our We Feed Four
Feet program. All YWCA program staff are trained and undergo background checks.
Program Goal:
1) Seniors and/or disabled adults eat at least one nutritious meal each week day.
Objectives:
1) Provide 36,000 congregate meals to seniors and disabled adults in the Glendale area at one
of four multi-cultural centers.
2) Deliver 67,000 hot, nutritious meals to homes of seniors and disabled adults unable to visit
one of our Centers.
Activities:
1) Serve one hot, nutritious meal each weekday at one of three senior center locations and
once a month at an additional senior center.
2) Registered dietitian approves all meal menus.
3) Provide transportation to and from each senior center location for congregate lunch
participants.
4) Provide meal delivery for homebound participants.
5) Schedule Health and Wellness presentations at two centers twice a month.
6) Provide socialization activities, special events, community resources, supplemental food
programs, health fairs, and health screenings to address loneliness and isolation.
The YWCA is proud of our program accomplishments in 2016-17. We served 1,068
unduplicated seniors and disabled adults through our Senior Meals program, serving 95,475
meals and providing 10,562 rides.
2. The purpose of the program or project and how it meets one or more of Fort
McDowell’s funding priorities (i.e., education, public safety, health, environment, and
economic and community development)
This program serves the public by providing nutritious hot meals, disease prevention, wellness
activities, recreational activities that promote physical fitness, nutrition in seniors and
disabled adults.

2018 Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Grant Request Narrative
Submitted by Arizona YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix
3. The need that the program or project aims to fulfill, the population targeted, and the
estimated number of people who will be served by the grant.
In 2014, one in five Arizonans (19.2%) said that there were times in the past 12 months that
they didn’t have enough money to buy food that they or their families needed. This ranks
Arizona 13th worst in the country in food hardship rate. Glendale reports that it's fastest
growing population segment is baby boomers ages 55 to 64. This age group is most at risk for
senior hunger according to Meals on Wheels Association of America Foundation. St. Mary's
Food Bank reports that 1 in 7 Arizona seniors live in poverty, and Arizona's hunger rates are
higher than national averages: 17.8% compared to 15.9% nationally. The US Senate Committee
on Education and Labor maintains that proper nutrition extends seniors' lives and helps them
maintain independence when combined with recreation, socialization and education.
Nutrition programs prevent or delay placement of seniors in nursing homes and help people
manage chronic health conditions. The YWCA works to nourish and support seniors in Glendale
and El Mirage. The target population is low-income seniors and disabled adults in Glendale AZ
and surrounding communities. Key findings include that 57% of participants report their meal
from YWCA as their main meal and 47% report as their only meal of the day. This program will
serve approximately 1,200 low-income disabled adults and seniors in Glendale aged 55 years
and older.
4. The partners in the program or project, and other entities providing funding and
support (please indicate whether the organization will be submitting applications to any
other tribes).
The YWCA collaborates and shares resource with several agencies in the west Valley with a
goal to eliminate elderly hunger, and the only organization that delivers meals to the elderly
in the West Valley. The Valley West Senior Center coordinates meal service and delivery
among three other multi-cultural centers including Glendale Community Center, Glendale
Adult Center, and the Japanese Senior Center. The City of Glendale provides recreation and
socialization activities. St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance shares maintenance food and supply
items, and stocks our food pantry with take home items. Gleaners Brown Bag Program
supplies free food products out of the Valley West Senior Center weekly and Waste Not
provides excess food products. The YWCA Center also collaborates with the Area Agency on
Aging to develop, coordinate, and deliver services to seniors. For more than 10 years, the
YWCA Center also provides free use of our facility and multi-passenger van during off hours to
the DEFAP and Fiesta Mexicana Dance Company, nonprofit whose mission is to reduce teenage
drug abuse. YWCA will submit applications to Tohono Oodham and Gila River Indian
Community.
5. Timetable for implementation of your program or project. This is a year round program
with a fiscal year ending on June 30th.

Arizona YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix
FY2017-2018
Senior Meals Programs
REVENUES
Foundations/Corporations $ 203,500.00
Individual Contributions $ 16,538.22
Area Agency $ 448,519.00
Membership Dues $ -
United Way $ 98,958.00
City Of Glendale $ -
Glendale-CDBG $ 60,000.00
Government Grants
Senior Fees $ 40,500.00
Net Revenue $ 868,015.22
GENERAL & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Communications-Phones $ 2,764.08
Depreciation $ 8,179.81
Employee Benefits $ 26,900.76
Food-Raw $ 231,840.00
Food-Packaging $ 29,160.00
Insurance $ 9,000.00
Occupancy-Bldg-Permits $ 46,891.20
Operational Exp $ 21,650.16
Payroll Taxes $ 36,158.42
Postage $ 540.00
Printing $ 1,140.00
Professional Services $ 10,734.00
Salaries $ 395,174.01
Specific Assistance- Dial a Ride $ 12,000.00
Supplies-Office $ 4,832.78
Transportation $ 26,730.00
Vehicle Fuel & Repair $ 4,320.00
TOTAL GENERAL & ADMIN EXPENSES $ 868,015.22
NET $ 0.00