12-week Distribution Components
NTFB’s 12-week F4H distributions consisted of weekly, 2-hour open house sessions that allowed clients to come in and out within a 2-hour window in 5-7 minute blocks. Each client received a nutritious handout (5-7 minute nutrition session), recipes (2), cooking incentives, and bonus food items along with a box and bag of fresh produce.
While your agency may not have staff available to facilitate the education session, all of the other components of the 12-week distribution can be easily replicated. Please see below for the processes that we used to govern our 12-week distributions.
Before your 1st Distribution:
• Ensure every participating client has signed a waiver
• Collect any necessary intake information
• If desired, utilize an attendance sheet to track weekly attendance
• Create fliers listing all the dates of the future distributions
• If tracking, collect Health Marker Data on each client to track changes at
the beginning and end of the program
Distributions 1-11:
• Print a MyPlate 10 Tips Sheet Handout
for each client
• Print recipes (2) for each client
• Recipes are selected based on
the produce provided
• Ensure that produce and boxes
are staged and ready before clients
arrive
• If applicable, ensure incentives and
bonus items are staged and ready
before clients arrive