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A community nutrition program coordinated through the Mayor's Office health and human-services function under executive authority.
The problem
Food assistance too often means whatever's cheapest and easiest to hand out — not what a family would actually choose to feed their kids. Dignity means groceries you'd pick yourself, not leftovers you're handed.
The plan
Curated food boxes deliver real groceries — fresh produce, staples, culturally familiar foods — to families who need them, through trusted community distribution points.
A scoped pilot with published stage labels proves quality and reach in the first year before any scale decision.
How you’ll know it’s working
- Box program design published
- Distribution partnerships established
- Families served tracked
- Nutritional quality standards met
From the Blueprint
- 'Tampa To Go' boxes pack local veggies with recipes printed on the box and SNAP incentives built in.
- 500 boxes assembled weekly at a central site with school volunteers; TaskTampa delivers boxes going over 5 miles.
- Label printer adds recipe cards and QR feedback codes to every box.
- Timeline: Months 1-4 test with 200 residents; Months 5-8 scale to 1,000 boxes/month.
- Operations cost $75,000; funded by philanthropy and kit sales.
Sources and research conditions
S01 pp. 276-280
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