Nine months after the Department of Food and Agriculture has issued sufficient grants to evaluate the program established pursuant to this chapter, the department shall submit a report to all appropriate legislative committees. The report shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
- (a) The number of grants issued pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 49020.
- (b) The average amount of grant funds awarded.
- (c) Geographical information for grantees.
- (d) The number of grantees located in a food desert, as defined in Section 49015.
(e) Data for the 12 months prior to the grant’s implementation, if available, and annually thereafter for all of the following metrics:
- (1) The total benefit dollars spent by CalFresh participants per market.
- (2) The average total benefit dollars spent at markets in food deserts and in areas with high CalFresh participation.
- (3) An estimate of the change in EBT use relative to the marketing and outreach efforts of grantees.