Explanation of Monthly Service Report Questions

1. Food Pantries
   1. Number of Households served during the last month
      How many households received food boxes from your agency?
   2. Number of persons served during the past month
      What is the total number of people in those households?
   3. Number of children served during the past month
      How many children were in those households?
   4. Number of senior citizens served during the past month
      How many seniors were in those households?
   5. Total number of pounds distributed during the past month
      To determine total pounds, weigh the boxes you give out and add up the weights.
2. 1. On premise/Congregate feeding programs
      1. Number of individuals fed during the past month In a community kitchen setting with large numbers of individuals, estimate the number of people who came during the month, counting them only once if possible. If you do not know who repeated during the month, enter the number of people served. Ex:100 people were served a breakfast every (4) Saturday during the month. The individuals served would be 400 and breakfast meals served would also be 400.
   2. On premise/Congregate feeding programs
      1. Number of breakfasts served
         Add the total individual meals each day. For example, 8 people who received breakfast for 30 days would constitute 240 breakfasts - type in "240."
      2. Lunches - same as above, except "Lunches."
      3. Dinners - same as above, except "Dinners."
      4. Snacks - Same as above, except "Snacks."
      5. Number of home delivered meals.
         Add the total individual meals each day. For example, 8 people who received home delivered meals for 30 days would constitute 240 delivered meals- type in "240."
      6.
      6. Number of brown-bag meals provided.
         Number of packaged meals you give out that are eaten somewhere other than at your distribution site.
3. USDA Foods
   USDA distributed by food pantries
   1. Number of households -------
   2. Total # of persons -------
   USDA used in On Premise-------
   3. Number of meals using ------
      A meal containing even one USDA item is a USDA meal. A USDA meal served to 20 people would count as 20 meals.