Catholic Charities Program Accelerator 2019€¦ · CATALYST KITCHENS • 2018 Cohort Results •1 Program Launched •1 Program Scaled •2 Programs readied to launch •Lessons

Catholic Charities

Program Accelerator 2019

CATALYST KITCHENS • WWW.CATALYSTKITCHENS.ORG

CATALYST KITCHENS IS

A network of members

A consultancy

A catalyst for change

Syrena, Liberty’s Kitchen trainee

THE PROBLEM

More than 1 in 7 Americans live in poverty - a cycle

that is complex, generational and self-reinforcing

Many current solutions do not provide

a pathway out of poverty.



Stronger together,

we make a collective impact

on poverty, joblessness, and hunger.

We support programs

that empower individuals

to escape the cycle of poverty

through job training rooted in

food service social enterprise.

THE SOLUTION


THE OPPORTUNITY: FOOD SERVICE

• Low barrier to entry

• Immediate, tangible results and

opportunities for success

• Increasing demand for labor

• Excellent field to apply soft skills

• Food creates community, connecting

clients and patrons alike


OUR MODEL

Sustainability through

Social Enterprise

Empowerment through

Job Training

Community Service through

Food Service

A pathway out of poverty

through foodservice and soft

skills training, and targeted

job placement.

Program sustainability

by self-generating revenues

through social enterprise(s).

Preparing nutritious meals

for disadvantaged

populations allowing a

broad community impact.

Catalyst Kitchens impacts the cycle of poverty by incubating, launching

and scaling a proven food service social enterprise model.


CATALYST KITCHENS IS FARESTART’S

NATIONAL PROGRAM

Training

• Adult Culinary

• Adult Apprenticeship, FOH and BOH

• Youth Culinary

• Youth Barista

Social Enterprises

• Contract: School and community

meals

• Two restaurants

• Three fast-casual dining facilities

• Three cafes

• Catering

OUR HOME: FARESTART


3,000 community meals served daily

Annual Enrollment: 469 students

(Adult & Youth)

Annual Graduates: 283 graduates

(Adult and Youth)

Average starting wage: $14.64

(Adult)

School credits: 52.9 credits earned

by 56 youth

Job placement: 273 placed in 2017

Upon program completion: Over

90% job placement

Job retention: 85% at 6 monthsJames Beard

Award Winner

FARESTART’S IMPACT

http://www.farestart.org/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etoljb51vHY&feature=player_embedded


HOW WE WORK

We Incubate & Launch Programs

with Catalyst Consulting

We Support & Scale Member Impact

through Network Membership

We Measure our Impact

CK MEMBERSHIP


Types of Members:

soup kitchens

gospel & rescue missions

community action agencies

faith-based organizations

human services agencies

food banks

members of affiliated networks: Feeding America

Trainees Served:

opportunity youth

adults

in recovery

homeless

lack of education

developmentally disabled

re-entry

veterans

new americans

Businesses Operated:

restaurants

cafes

catering

community kitchens

bakeries

contract meals

food trucks

food manufacturing (e.g., tortillas, truffles)

WHO WE ARE: CURRENT MEMBERS

Model Members Members


OUR IMPACT 2011-2017: MEMBERSHIP

19,597Individuals

Trained

57.7 MNutritious

Meals Served

$227.1 MRevenue

Generated

10,075Job Placements


EVALUATE

PLAN

PREPARE

RESTRUCTURE

LaunchSCALE LAUNCH

CATALYST CONSULTING


OUR IMPACT THROUGH 2017: CONSULTING

130

Feasibility

Evaluated

111Programs

Incubated

56Programs

Launched

32Programs

Scaled

2018 Work and Cohort


2018 Cohort Members


2018 Cohort Process

•4 total site visits

• Kickoff in Seattle

• Enterprise Feasibility in Las Vegas

• Program Planning in Rochester

• Program Launch and Assessment in Louisville

•15 months

•Deliverables

• Feasibility and outcomes evaluation

• Curriculum and customized program structures

• Enterprise planning and evaluation tools and templates

• Custom Program schedules and structures

• Assessment and evaluation tools

• 1 year free membership in Catalyst Kitchens network


2018 Cohort Results

•1 Program Launched

•1 Program Scaled

•2 Programs readied to launch

•Lessons learned for 2019

•Changing approach to organizational readiness

•More individualized work to craft programs

•Greater emphasis on top-down buy-in and understanding

Program Accelerator:Process

1. What is our business?

3. Who are we training?2. What are our goals?

ROAD MAP FOR

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

4. What is our program structure?

Model Inputs

Program

Enterprise


Program Accelerator:Timeline and Deliverables

ESTIMATED TIMELINE

CCUSA and CK RFP

Distributed and

Circulated

Northwest Regional

Workshop

December 2018

January 9th, 2019

RFP is Due

4 sites selected for Accelerator

January 18th, 2018

February 27-28

2019

Model Immersion Workshop

Affiliate Site Visit

April 2019

May 2019



June 2019

July 2019


Cohort Kickoff: Model Discovery & Immersion Workshop

Deliverables

• Exposure to the Catalyst Kitchens Model at FareStart

• Guided tour of FareStart’s multiple relevant social enterprises

• Observation of student integration and applied learning

• Facilitated discussion with key FareStart staff and leadership

• Deeper dive into CK Roadmap for business & program

development

• Capacity audit: key roles & responsibilities, staffing models

• Financial & funding models

• Additional opportunity for affiliate applicants to pitch participating

org readiness to adopt CK Model for subsequent cohort selection

Location: FareStart, Seattle - WA

Participation: Selected agencies from Northeast workshop plus other non-

workshop affiliates with readiness for social enterprise and program expansion.

Affiliate leadership encouraged to join

IMMERSION WORKSHOP DELIVERABLES

Social Enterprise Deliverables • Facility assessment • Key stakeholder alignment (leadership & industry partners)• Social enterprise business feasibility• High level business planning support • Marketing food service social enterprise• Follow-up reporting with supporting documentations • Timelines and action plans

Program Development Deliverables:• Program visioning • Key community stakeholder alignment (leadership, hiring managers &

social service partners)• Training staffing & fundraising plan reviews• Facilitated training program design modelling: program lengths,

structures & schedules• Curriculum materials: lesson plans, handouts, assessment resources• Key program metrics & estimated impact• Timelines and action plans• Readiness assessment for program launch

INDIVIDUAL SITE VISIT MILESTONE

General Tips:Accelerator Preparedness


What Are We Looking For?

• Culture of Training

• Current operating programs and productions are mission and client-centered

• Agencies are willing to put in due diligence to train, onboard, and acculturate new staff for new programs

• Building it right over building it too fast

• Foodservice Stability for Sustainability

• Understand the work before you train someone to do it

• Core program site will have stable production and enterprise for the training environment

• Break-even or sustainable, ongoing stream of funding for production

• Commitment

• Long-term support for program side

• 3-5 year vision for program impact

• Buy-in from executive and board leadership


What Are We Looking For?

•Timelines•What internal timelines will affect your readiness?

• Fit with fiscal year budget

• Fit with seasonality in need/trainee population

• Fit with schedule of enterprise or production

• Fit with readiness of the organizational strategic plans

•Resources• Funding to cover for program and enterprise staff

•Community and industry buy-in, history of consensus building and partnership

•History of successful program launches, understanding of financial side of expanding

Program Accelerator:Request for Proposal


Enterprises/Production

•How do we define an enterprise or production?

•What degree of information are we seeking?

•What if we don’t keep P&L’s?

•What are the best routes to take for new enterprise?


Programs and Training

•What kinds of programming can apply?

•What if you don’t define our program by demographics or populations served?

•What if you have outside agency program partners?


Contacts

•Why we need a wide variety of contacts?

•What are we looking for in terms of buy-in at each position/level?

•What’s expected of the agency and staff during the accelerator?

For any and all questions, reach out to us

at [email protected], or learn

more about our work at:

www.CatalystKitchens.org


mailto:[email protected]

http://www.catalystkitchens.org/

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Catholic Charities Program Accelerator 2019€¦ · CATALYST KITCHENS • 2018 Cohort Results •1 Program Launched •1 Program Scaled •2 Programs readied to launch •Lessons