United Way - Smart Stands

Smart Free Stand Software - repository (not open at this point, but you should be able to view) https://github.com/DJGRIMES/PiVision

**Site Visit March 24, 2026** Please tell us about your program/project: What does your program do? - monitors our free stand inventory and activity - Expanding the implementation this spring, we think we can do two more stands with the current funding - We are scouting locations Who does it serve? - people in the community: Lansing, Holt, Grand Ledge, East Lansing, DeWitt - Unhoused neighbors How many people have been served during the grant period? - Approximately 100 people per day - We will be starting random surveys throughout the week and day that incentivizes with special food distribution and small gas cards or bus tokens (working with donors and CATA now) What were the outcomes you achieved? (Please refer to your indicators to respond to this question.) - JERRY NEEDS TO LOOK THIS UP How have you used the UWSCMI grant funding and what other funding have you been able to leverage to run the program/project? - Purchasing technology - Purchasing building material - Paying software developers - Michigan Dairy Farmers What lessons have you learned about serving your population? Ie. What is working? - Security of the technology is difficult - Surveillance is not popular - The kiosk scares people What changes would you make, or have you made? - Hardening the casing and secuity of the equipment - Revising how we think about data tracking v. surveillance - Working on how to delete data after we have extracted the performance data How has your program improved equitable outcomes for the population you serve? (Define equitable outcomes) - Radical Access - Eliminating wasted trips Have you had any challenges in the implementation of your grant program? - Theft and damabe - Seuring the electric and technology How have you addressed them? Is there anything else you would like us to know about your agency, program or the community that will help UWSCMI respond to needs in our community? - we want to expand this to the farm - we are searching for more skills related to hardening the solution - we would like to create a map of the free stnad and show indicators on the map of what is full - we would like to talk about other UW priorities and how regenerative methods can help us