Identifying growth potential and service gaps for New York City area food and nutrition services

God’s Love We Deliver, a NYC-based, nonsectarian food and nutrition services nonprofit, is experiencing rapid growth. The organization is considering expanding existing services to new counties and new primary diagnoses, while looking to close gaps in current service areas. At the same time, state Medicaid policy has changed to offer reimbursements for food and nutrition services to certain populations, providing opportunities for further expansion. The Capstone team provided a quantitative estimate of God’s Love’s current gaps and potential growth from two perspectives: healthcare public financing reform and epidemiological trends. The team’s estimates provided a detailed synthesis of publicly available population data by disease category, county, and policy target populations, as well as forecasted growth for each. These numbers will enable God’s Love to leverage its expanded capacity and achieve greater effectiveness.