Technology and Rural Communication Program for West Texas Food Bank
Chihuahuan Desert RC&D Area

The program's financial leveraging is a total of $226,000. Broken down it is $35,000 from Chihuahuan Desert RC&D and $35,000 in-kind computer and office equipment from Chihuahuan Desert RC&D and more than $190,000 from the following sources: America’s Second Harvest-The Nations Food Bank Network, Permian Basin Area Foundation, Hext Family Foundation, and individuals.



The West Texas Food Bank serves more than 170 nonprofits throughout 45,000 sq. miles of West Texas and distributes nearly 6 million pounds of food and non-food items to nonprofit hunger-relief agencies. The food bank serves 22 counties in the Chihuahuan Desert, Pecos Valley, West-Tex, and Big Country Resource Conservation and Development Areas. The Technology and Rural Communication program will increase efficiency of hunger-relief distribution partners by providing access to its services through available technology enhancements such as free and low cost hardware, online inventory systems, and training and support systems. For example they were able to improve employee work stations with at least a Pentium II with 128mg RAM and 10 gig. Hard drive. They also increased the level of service to agencies and streamlined the workload associated with inventory, receipting, and financial management. This was made possible by creating an interconnected network of hunger-relief nonprofits in West Texas and providing technical support through 10 on-site workshops and a website on using our management information systems.

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