Bronx Impact Reports
2020-2021
Bronx Impact Alliance - Community District 6: Collective Impact for Food Justice Baseline Report
This Baseline Report, published in November of 2021, presents an overview of the initial work that BIA-CD6, anchored by backbone organization Phipps Neighborhoods, has accomplished since its launch in December 2019. It serves as a baseline to justify the strategies of the BIA-CD6. It may also serve as a stimulus for other organizations, as it illustrates the BIA-CD6 model of collective impact in action, and demonstrates the methods employed by the Bronx Impact Food Access Collective (BIFAC) to promote food justice.
Bronx Impact 2020 Update Report
Who we are and how we’re supporting the Bronx. Learn about our strategy, impact, and goals for the South Bronx.
Bronx Impact Food Access Collective Recommendations
Bronx Impact’s Food Access Collective and over 20 community partners submitted a plan to increase equitable food access in the Bronx and across New York City. After the COVID-19 lockdown, Bronx unemployment became the highest in the city while the number of Bronx food pantries decreased by half, leaving more families with fewer options to find temporary assistance. Bronx Impact’s joint recommendations call for innovative solutions to address the persistent gaps in our food system today and beyond the city’s pandemic recovery tomorrow.
Bronx Impact’s joint letter and proposal was presented to The Mayor’s Office for Food Policy which is bound by law to codify a 10-year Food Plan for the City by January 2021.
Bronx Impact calls on the City to increase their investment in proven community engagement and collective impact approaches which promote just, equitable food access for all Bronx residents. Our proposals were created over the past five months by collaborating with more than 50 cross-sector organizations, community members, advocates, religious institutions, and policy experts who gathered bi-weekly to collectively envision a policy platform. Partners include the NYC Comptroller’s Office, Children’s Aid, GrowNYC, World Central Kitchen, Muslims Against Hunger and more.
Proposed solutions include increasing acceptance EBT, SNAP, and other food assistance programs via black, brown, and other minority-owned business such as Green Carts to promote the availability and affordability of fresh and culturally relevant food products. Eighteen additional policy recommendations were submitted.
COVID-19 in the South Bronx: What we’ve learned and how we move forward
In October 2020, SBRT developed a common needs assessment in partnership with education advocates representing students in the South Bronx. The purpose of this report is to more fully understand the barriers students and their families have faced during the COVID-19 public health crisis. This analysis focuses on responses from families living in zip codes that overlap with Bronx Community District 3. Analytic support was provided by our partners at the Citizens' Committee for Children. The policy recommendations in this report were developed by SBRT partners with expertise in each associated content area and reflect ongoing state and local advocacy efforts.