Integrated Food Security, Survivor Support, and Trauma-Informed Advocacy
The Making A Difference Foundation (MADF) combines Eloise’s Cooking Pot (ECP) Food Bank, Tacoma Dome large-scale food distribution, and partnerships with service providers to support low-income and BIPOC survivors of crime in Pierce and South King Counties.
This program recognizes that food insecurity, housing instability, transportation barriers, and trauma are deeply interconnected for survivors of crime, particularly survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and community violence.
MADF’s approach directly responds to these realities by:
- Meeting survivors at the point of need (food distribution sites)
- Reducing access barriers through culturally responsive, low-threshold services
- Integrating trauma-informed advocacy into essential services, rather than requiring survivors to navigate multiple disconnected systems
This integrated model ensures survivors do not have to choose between safety, dignity, and basic survival.
