Feeding America's Return on Investment Calculation for FY11
Baseline Assumptions Based on FA Network Average
Cost of outreach worker - salary plus benefits
$36,000
Number of approved applications generated per outreach worker
50 per month or 600 annually
Average monthly household benefit (Iowa)
$258.11
6 months (conservative estimate); 9 months is
national average
Average duration of benefit receipt
Economic benefit to community
$1.80 for every $1 in SNAP benefits received
Outreach worker x 1
COST
Outreach worker x 1 x 600 approved applications
Multiplied by average national household benefit
MONTHLY BENEFIT
Multiplied by average duration of benefit receipt
ANNUAL BENEFIT
Multiplied by economic benefit to community
ANNUAL LOCAL ECONOMIC BENEFIT
$36,000
$36,000
600
$258.11
$154,866
6
$929,196
$1.80
$1,672,553
N.B., The annual benefit calculated in this model is based on a one year functioning return dependent on successful applications approved from
the date an outreach worker is hired NOT the date of grant disbursement.