The Glades Initiative Inc

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“Program Services Accomplishments 2022-23: Our programs at The Glades Initiative revolve around increasing access to health and human services by removing the barriers that both residents and providers encounter within the system of care. We do this through increasing communication, collaboration, and by connecting residents to services. Our mission is to improve the coordination and effectiveness of the health and human service in the Glades area of Palm Beach County. With 7,736 people signing in at our front desk this past year, and 6,679 residents receiving food from the back pantry, we continue to provide vital safety net services in our community. Connecting the Glades : Our bilingual Navigators assisted over 5,072 uninsured and underserved Glades residents with access to various health and human services. We assisted 3,566 of our low-income residents with the online application process for DCF Services such as: Medicaid/Medicare, SNAP (Food Stamps). Most of the residents served at The Glades Initiative (95%)face barriers receiving services because of limited English language skills, low literacy levels and lack of access to computers and internet. We also provided hundreds of residents with enrollment assistance for Health Care District programs and Kid Care. With services turning online, our clients, continue to face challenges to complete applications. More than 2,944 other services and referrals were provided for translation, interpretation, Emergency Utility payment applications & PBC Human Services. Our clients this year received well over $3 million of SNAP (Food Stamps) dollars, which totals almost $4.7 million in Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The USDA calculates that each SNAP dollar generates GDP @ $1.54. With health coverage and hundreds of visits to the doctor covered by Medicaid, Palm Beach County Health Care District or Kid Care health insurance applications processed by our bilingual staff at The Glades Initiative, we have assisted our clients in accessing services valuing over $17.2 million. The Glades Initative staff participated in over 69 outreaches and events to more than 3,854 of our most vulnerable residents to provide them with information about local services. Food Security: Our strategies involve numerous community partners working collectively to address food security issues in the Glades and develop and implement solutions to these issues. The Glades Area Food Bank: Our Glades Area Food Bank is targeted to serve Glades food insecure families. This past year, The Glades Area Food Bank served 8 partner agencies. The 7 food pantries fed 168,649 extended family members (duplicated) with 58,102 food bags to Glades area households. In addition, our two prepared meal partners served 75,019 meals (totaling 133,121 food services). We distributed food valued at $1,294,346. CHOICE Food Pantry at The Glades Initiative We fed 103,716 food insecure residents (dup) from our Food Pantrys weekly distribution this past year. The need for food dramatically increased in our community again this past year. We distributed 834,002 pounds of food this past year to 34,468 households (dup). We served an average of 676 households each week and distributed an average of 16,353 lbs. of food weekly. This year, 6,679 unique people in 2,015 households received food from our weekly distribution this past year. The past three years, our CHOICE pantry has served 10,483 unique residents, 35% of the total population of our community. Thats one in every 3 people! Womens Health Program Our Womens Health Navigator helped women access health screenings and services while identifying resources to cover the associated expenses. We navigated 101 women who received mammograms & PAP smears and other health services with 275 educated this year. Senior Support Program Caring for 61 of our vulnerable seniors, who have limited family support and need some attention and healthy food delivered weekly to their homes, aging in place with dignity. An”