Mathematica Reference No.: 06521-600

UNGER IN

MERICA

2010Virginia (9946) State Report

Final Report

January 2010 James Mabli Rhoda Cohen Frank Potter Zhanyun Zhao

Submitted to:Feeding America35 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 2000Chicago, IL 60601George Braley

Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Public Policy

Maura Daly

Vice President of Government Relations and Advocacy

Elaine Waxman

Director of Research and Analysis

Emily Engelhard

Manager of Social Policy Research and Analysis

Submitted by:Mathematica Policy ResearchP.O. Box 2393Princeton, NJ 08543-2393(609) 799-3535Rhoda Cohen

Project Director

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We would like to acknowledge the strong support and vision of the staff at FeedingAmerica, George Braley, Maura Daly, Elaine Waxman, Emily Engelhard, and Lindsey Baker,who provided strong support throughout the research process. The quality of the product wasalso much improved through sound advice from the Technical Advisory Group: John Cook, JimOhls, Rob Santos, Chris Gundersen, Beth Osborne Daponte, and Steve Carlson. We alsoacknowledge the contributions of the Member Advisory Committee, Mariann Guinn, KarenJoyner, Jeff Dronkers, Nicholas Saccaro, Erin Rockhill, JC Dwyer and Kristen Yandora, in thereview of the data collection instruments and procedures.Also, a number of staff from Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (MPR) made importantcontributions, which contributed to the success of the project. Frank Potter, working withZhanyun Zhao, developed and implemented the sampling plan and developed the analysisweights for the project, with the assistance of Yuhong Zheng, Cathy Lu and Shinu Verghese.MPR internal advisors, including Laura Castner and John Hall, made many importantsuggestions for the analysis and reports.On the survey side, Marcia Comly and Laurie Bach spent long hours obtaining thesample frames from the food banks and providing feedback to them throughout the samplingprocess. The data they obtained were placed in a comprehensive computer tracking databasedeveloped by Shilpa Khambati and Roland Scurato. David Eden worked tirelessly to update andproduce the training video for affiliates to use in training large numbers of field interviewers.Andrea Smith made significant contributions to the series of webinars supporting thedevelopment of the sample frame and the in-person training sessions for the Hunger StudyCoordinators. Andrea Sleeper provided on-going support for the distribution of data collectionmaterials to the food banks.Marcia Tobias, Pat Barta, Cynthia Campbell, Cheryl Lichtenstein, Leslie Randall,Lorraine Davis, Linda Warren, and Brandon Wentworth, under the supervision of AeSengmavong, Season Bedell-Boyle and Marcia Tobias provided guidance to the food banks’Hunger Study Coordinators. Jessica Boehm played a key role in reviewing and preparing thecompleted client questionnaires for shipment to Questar for electronic data capture.Jeffrey Holt, Ira Nichols-Barrer, and Elizabeth Petraglia provided critical and advancedprogramming and analysis skills needed to produce the report. Carlo Caci offered extraordinarycomputer skills in enhancing and implementing a system to expeditiously generate national,local, state, and special analysis database. Dawn Patterson provided exceptional secretarialsupport throughout the process. The competency and flexibility demonstrated by all involvedwere key factors in the success of the project.