Section 13.2.1

13.2.1 - Staff and Volunteer Resources During Previous Week

Agencies were asked how many paid staff and volunteers they had and how many volunteer hours they had received during the previous week. Table 13.2.1 presents the results.

Table 13.2.1

STAFF AND VOLUNTEER RESOURCES DURING PREVIOUS WEEK

	Pantry Programs	Kitchen Programs	Shelter Programs
Number of Paid Staff
None	66.6%	45.0%	11.6%
1	15.8%	16.9%	6.6%
2	7.7%	11.7%	6.3%
3	3.6%	6.5%	4.9%
4	1.7%	5.2%	5.8%
5	1.2%	2.9%	4.9%
6-10	2.2%	6.5%	25.1%
More than 10	1.1%	5.3%	34.8%
TOTAL	100%	100%	100%

Average number of paid staff among valid responses	1	3	10
Number of Volunteers
None	8.8%	7.6%	24.2%
1	6.0%	2.6%	7.8%
2-3	21.5%	11.4%	18.5%
4-6	24.0%	19.7%	17.3%
7-10	18.1%	18.6%	10.7%
11-20	14.0%	20.2%	9.8%
21-50	6.2%	13.2%	7.3%
More than 50	1.3%	6.8%	4.3%
TOTAL	100%	100%	100%

Average number of volunteers among valid responses	8	16	10
Median number of volunteers among valid responses	5	9	3

Number of Volunteer Hours
None	10.6%	9.0%	27.2%
1-5	19.0%	11.7%	7.1%
6-10	15.5%	11.1%	9.4%
11-25	21.9%	17.3%	16.4%
26-50	15.3%	17.0%	14.0%
51-100	10.3%	14.4%	10.9%
More than 100	7.3%	19.6%	14.9%
TOTAL	100%	100%	100%

Average number of volunteer hours among valid responses (hours)	41	65	55
Median number of volunteer hours among valid responses (hours)	15	30	20
Median number of paid among valid responses	0	1	7
SAMPLE SIZE (N)	12,468	2,853	2,131

Source
This table was constructed based on usable responses to Questions 15 and 16 of the agency survey.

Notes
The percentages presented in this table are based only on usable responses, excluding missing, don't know, and refusal responses. All usable responses were weighted as described in Chapter 3 and in the Technical Appendix volume to represent all emergency food programs of the A2H network. The sample sizes (N) also include missing data.

For number of paid staff, missing, don't know, and refusal responses combined are 9.9% for pantry programs, 18.1% for kitchen programs, and 14.3% for shelter programs.

For number of volunteers, missing, don't know, and refusal responses combined are 5.2% for pantry programs, 13.4% for kitchen programs, and 16.8% for shelter programs.

For number of volunteer hours, missing, don't know, and refusal responses combined are 17.2% for pantry programs, 23.4% for kitchen programs, and 24.6% for shelter programs.

As Table 13.2.1 shows, 66.6% of the pantries, 45.0% of the kitchens, and 11.6% of the shelters had no paid staff in their workforce during the week prior to this study. The median number of paid staff was zero for the pantries, one for the kitchens, and seven for the shelters. More results include:

The median number of volunteers in a week was five for the pantries, nine for the kitchens, and three for the shelters.
The median number of volunteer hours during the previous week of this study was 15 for the pantries, 30 for the kitchens, and 20 for the shelters.
8.8% of the pantries, 7.6% of the kitchens, and 8.8% of the shelters had no volunteers in their workforce during the previous week of this study.