ICM FOOD & CLOTHING BANK - TOHONO OODHAM 2017.PDF

Last updated: 05/09/2017
General information
Organization ICM Food & Clothing Bank
Contact First name Jacque
Contact Last name Ahrenberg
Contact e-mail jahrenberg@therayvangroup.com
Contact phone number 6024994089
Address
Street PO Box 2225
City Phoenix
State Arizona
ZIP Code 85002
From what tribe is the Tohono O’odham Nation
organization requesting the
grant?
Total grant amount request 10000
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ICM Food & Clothing Bank has been an integral part of the community since
1983, with the mission of providing an immediate response to basic human needs
for the working poor, elderly, families, children, nearly homeless and disabled in
Central Phoenix. We offer services of emergency food and clothing, toiletries,
medical services and resource referrals that focus on helping those in need to
become self-sufficient and prevent homelessness. Please consider the funding
request for $10,000 for the Children’s Program.
a) Unmet Need:
How hungry are the clients of ICM?
A recent survey of clients reveled the following 57% of families go to bed hungry
at night several times a week, and 59% don’t have enough food for the family to
eat at least once a week. Mothers have told volunteers that they have watered
down the baby formula to make it last longer. Many of us don’t think twice about
where our next meal will come from, or if we’ll have shelter or health needs met.
But the people ICM serves grapple daily with these realities. On average 57%
have had to choose between paying for basic utilities and buying food; 43% have
had to choose between paying for housing or buying food; and 41% percent have
had to decide whether to pay for food or medicine/health care.
How poor are the clients of ICM?
Statistics show that most Americans are only a few missed paychecks from being
homeless and in need. According to the Arizona Department of Economic
Security, the poverty level is $24,500 for a family of 4. Our average clients report
making around $12,000 a year; elderly less than that with Social Security
payments only. Most of our families are one paycheck away from being homeless,
much less able to purchase food regularly. The day-to-day existence and
struggles of many of our area's low paid workforce and seniors on very tiny
incomes are sometimes heartbreaking and usually hidden.
By surveying and researching our families and the economy of South Phoenix, we
are able to determine that ICM clients are in the lowest income bracket. Though
the economy is getting better, conventional wisdom is that the poorest populations
will not recover economically like other Americans. This group is stuck and
getting poorer with food cost increases. Yes, ICM’s clients have many unmet
needs: food insecurity, affordable housing, employment assistance, financial
literacy classes, computer training, counseling and after-school programming, etc.
But the most serious and the common thread is hunger. Without food in the
refrigerator, finding, and holding a job and keeping a roof over your head is not
possible. Additionally, the immediate need for food thankfully can be easily
resolved. Then one can work on the other unmet needs.

All Services
Provided all under one roof, services are defined by five key areas: Emergency Food Assistance,
Clothing and Basic Needs, Children’s Corner, Medical Services and Service Referral. Each area
is a crucial element in the transition of dependence on assistance to self-reliance for the working
poor, families, children, physically and/or mentally challenged, and the elderly on very small
fixed incomes. Each service allows the very poor families to redirect income from food,
clothing, or toiletries to other important expenses such as housing, and transportation, etc.
Proposal Focus: The goal of Children's Corner is to respond to the special needs of the children
for whom we provide basic needs. This project supports economically disadvantaged children
whose families are considered low income, or the working poor. Volunteers organize and run
the “Children’s Corner store” where all nutritional food items, clothes and educational toys and
books are free. In the first year of operation in 2008, the Children's Corner, a separate room,
served over 5,500 children under 12 years of age from 1,800 families during nine months. The
numbers have increased every year, but we were astounded that in 2014 our Children's Corner
reached 25,480 children from 11,360 families. The increase in numbers has forced staff and
volunteers to seek clothing new and used, from all possible sources. Besides clothing, diapers,
books, and educational toys, the Children's Corner provides baby food and formula for infants
and toddlers for a nutritional start in life. In 2015, ICM expects to provide these basic needs for
up to 30,000 children, which will impact the economic status of 10,000+ families.
Shelby, a young single mother, had to take unpaid maternity leave with her colicky newborn. To
get through the four weeks' leave, she came to ICM for food and baby supplies. We found a
stroller for Shelby and a support group for new moms.
b) Who We Serve:
During the Great Recession, with businesses closing, people were laid off from their jobs and
bills mounted. Unfortunately, this segment of our population has not rebounded with the better
economy. ICM is still seeing those who were once contributors to the agency now becoming
clients instead and a continued increase in the demand for food. This increase highlights the
hunger struggle in our large urban areas, where high poverty, unemployment and food deserts
conspire to give residents fewer options to feed their families.
Our clients range from newborn to over 90; individuals to single parents to entire families;
working, unable to work and unable to find work. Of those benefiting from our receiving basic
essentials, 55% are children under 18 years old, 65% are working or needy poor, 5% are
disabled, and 20% are elderly on fixed income (many grandparents raising grandchildren).
Ethnicities served are 54% Hispanic, 33% White, 9% African American, 3% Native American
and 1% Asian.

c)Budget:
Financial Projections (cash basis)
For the FY 2019 Budget
Children and Families Program
Budget FY19
Income
Individual Contributions $48,094
Corporate/Foundation Restricted $84,000
Tohono O'odham - $10,000
Government Grants $5,000
Special Event Fundraising $15,470
Total Income $152,564
Expenses
Salaries $56,422
Employee Benefits $5,642
Auto expenses $2,950
Building Maintenance $7,500
Computer Expenses $375
Office Supplies $5,00
Postage/printing $5,725
Telephone/internet $5,250
Utilities $11,500
Volunteer Recognition $3,000
Other $200
Direct client purchases (food, formula, $40,000
diapers, shoes, clothes, jackets,
backpack, school supplies, etc)
Total Expenses $152,564
In-Kind Support from ICM (Food, $1,484,452
Clothes, and Toiletries)
TOTAL Program cost $1,637,016
d)Other Corporation and Foundation Funding:
Donor Amount Status
Arizona Republic 12 News $5,000 Secured
Season for Sharing
Larry H Miller $10,000 Pending
Sundt Foundation $2,000 Pending
Steele Foundation $5,000 Pending
WalMart Foundation $67,000 Pending

John F Long Foundation $2,000 Pending
Phoenix Suns Charities $5,000 Pending
AZ Coyotes Foundation $10,000 Pending
Arizona Cardinals $5,000 Pending
e)12% Distribution:
Tribe Amount Date Secured
Fort McDowell Yavapai $5,000 12/2013
Nation
Gila River Indian Community $60,000 over three years 6/2014
Gila River Indian Community $60,000 over three years Pending
f)Contacts:
ICM Food & Clothing Bank, PO Box 2225, Phoenix, AZ 85002, fax 602-257-1837
Brandie Reiner, 605-323-8325, brandie@icmaz.org
Renea Gentry, MC, 602-254-7450 x3, renea@icmaz.org
g)Priority Area:
ICM and the Children’s Program falls under Children Advocacy as 55% of our clients are under
18 years of age.
h)Local Government Entity:
Maricopa County, Melody Henderson, (602) 506-4485, nasha001@mail.maricopa.gov