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ARPA‑funded food programs report outcomes: local nonprofits say funding expanded capacity and reach
Summary
Recipients of Solano County ARPA emergency‑food and capacity grants reported reaching tens of thousands of residents, buying local produce, expanding refrigerated delivery and creating client‑choice pantries. Agencies asked the board to consider modest reallocations to cover changed needs as federal and state pandemic relief winds down.
FAIRFIELD — Four nonprofit and county partners presented results May 7 from ARPA awards intended to expand emergency food provision and nonprofit capacity across Solano County.
Anne Putney of the county administrator's office summarized the ARPA awards distributed for emergency food and capacity building. She said the county provided $2 million for direct emergency food and $3 million for capacity investments and noted contracts expire June 30 for many recipients.
Catholic Charities of Yolo‑Solano (Whitney Galindo) described 55 mobile pop‑ups reaching roughly 1,500 households and expanding a client‑choice pantry model in Vallejo that emphasizes dignity and culturally relevant food. "All 55 of our pop ups have also layered on CalFresh EBT benefit information,"…
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