For Municipalities

Manage Food Recovery Programs Across Your Jurisdiction

Careit helps cities, counties, and regional agencies connect local businesses with food recovery partners, monitor activity by geozone, document compliance work, and report community-wide impact.

Trusted by Cities, Counties, and Regional Agencies
Barron County, WI
City of Anaheim
City of Ceres
City of Corona
City of Glendale
City of Los Angeles
City of Modesto
City of Palmdale
City of Portland, OR
City of Riverside
City of San Bernardino
City of San Juan Capistrano
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Torrance
City of Tustin
Clean Memphis
Fresno County
Monterey County
San Mateo County
Santa Cruz County
SGVCOG
Sonoma County
Ventura County
WRCOG
Barron County, WI
City of Anaheim
City of Ceres
City of Corona
City of Glendale
City of Los Angeles
City of Modesto
City of Palmdale
City of Portland, OR
City of Riverside
City of San Bernardino
City of San Juan Capistrano
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Torrance
City of Tustin
Clean Memphis
Fresno County
Monterey County
San Mateo County
Santa Cruz County
SGVCOG
Sonoma County
Ventura County
WRCOG
Municipal Program Challenges

Food recovery work gets complex fast

A jurisdiction-wide program touches public works, sustainability, enforcement, nonprofits, businesses, and residents. Careit gives each team a clearer shared operating view.

Program data lives in too many places

Generator lists, nonprofit partners, inspections, outreach notes, and donation records are hard to manage when every team keeps a separate system.

Jurisdiction-wide impact is difficult to explain

Cities and counties need to know what happened inside each boundary, what entered the area, what left it, and where recovery capacity still needs support.

Compliance work needs a clean paper trail

Inspections, complaints, contact logs, notices, penalties, and recovery documentation need to stay connected to the right organization.

Data needs to connect to city systems

Careit can support API integrations and structured exports so donation, inspection, geozone, and partner data can flow into municipal reporting, GIS, CRM, and compliance tools.

Executive dashboard
Charlotte service-area view - sample data
Sample data only
Illustrative dashboard sample. Figures shown are not actual municipal results.
All donation sources

3.8M

lbs
Internal donations

1.9M

lbs
Incoming donations

940K

lbs
Outgoing donations

980K

lbs
Geozone boundary map
City boundary view connected to municipal program activity
Charlotte
Charlotte city geozone
Active municipal boundary
Map data (c) Google
Dashboard views
Geozone-aware tools for the municipal dashboard
Geozones
Organizations
Inspections
Reports
NOVs
Scheduling
Why Careit?

One operating view for local food recovery

Careit is not just a public-facing donation app. Municipal accounts include the executive tools needed to manage jurisdictions, organizations, inspections, reports, and compliance follow-up.

Executive DashboardStep 1 of 4

01

See donation activity by geozone and source

Careit gives municipal teams a central view of food recovery activity across selected geozones, with donation categories that match how jurisdictions need to evaluate movement.

Filter activity by active geozones and service areas.

Track all donation sources, internal donations, incoming donations, and outgoing donations.

View food weight, donation counts, GHG emissions avoided, and water footprint reduction.

Organization ManagementStep 2 of 4

02

Keep businesses and food recovery organizations organized

Create and maintain organization records, view participants in table or map views, manage tags, and review onboarding requests from partner organizations.

Manage food donors, nonprofits, food recovery organizations, and services.

Review onboarding intake requests and connect them to the right compliance profile.

Use geozone-aware organization views to see where participation is active or missing.

Compliance OperationsStep 3 of 4

03

Run inspections, complaints, notices, and penalties in one place

Support SB 1383 program operations with inspection lists, incomplete inspection views, FRO and EFG forms, complaint tracking, contact logs, NOVs, and penalty workflows.

Schedule and document FRO and EFG inspections.

Track complaints, incomplete items, contact summaries, and activity logs.

Prepare recommended and issued NOV reports and penalty records.

Reports & StakeholdersStep 4 of 4

04

Give staff, leadership, and regulators cleaner exports

Careit keeps recovery, inspection, complaint, NOV, and penalty records connected so teams can prepare reports without rebuilding the story by hand.

Export donation reports by selected area and donation source.

Prepare FRO, EFG, complaint, NOV, and penalty reports.

Share clearer updates with sustainability, public works, enforcement, and leadership teams.

Executive Dashboard

See the operating view in action

Watch how Careit helps local government teams monitor food recovery activity, selected geozones, organization records, inspections, and impact reporting from one dashboard.

Schedule a Dashboard Walkthrough
Executive dashboard walkthrough
Watch video
Success Stories

Municipal programs with measurable results

Cities and counties use Careit to keep food recovery activity, compliance records, and public impact easier to see.

Fresno County
California County
Fresno County

The geographic mapping and organization management features give us complete visibility into food rescue activity across our entire county. Compliance tracking has never been easier.

1.2K+

Businesses Onboarded

650K+

Lbs Recovered Annually (2024)
City of Riverside
California Municipality
City of Riverside

Partnering with Careit allowed us to rapidly scale our food recovery program. The platform connected us with local nonprofits we didn't even know existed, creating a stronger community network.

240+

Businesses Onboarded

20M+

Lbs Recovered Annually (2024)
SB 1383 and Program Documentation

Keep the work connected to the record

For California jurisdictions, food recovery programs are not only about moving food. Teams also need documentation, follow-up, and reporting that can stand up to review.

View SB 1383 Guide
Generator and partner records

Track participating businesses, food recovery organizations, food recovery services, nonprofit partners, and location details.

Recovery documentation

Keep donation activity, food weight, recipient details, dates, and source categories organized for review.

FRO and EFG inspections

Manage inspection forms, incomplete inspections, inspection history, and inspection reports.

NOVs and penalties

Track recommended notices, issued notices, penalties, and related reports from one compliance workflow.

Contact and outreach logs

Document communications with organizations so follow-up history does not disappear into individual inboxes.

Annual reporting support

Use structured exports and impact metrics to support local reporting, public updates, and program evaluation.

A clearer path from setup to reporting

Build the program structure once, then keep organizations, inspections, donation activity, and reports connected as the work grows.

Step 1
Define service areas

Set up geozones, organization categories, and the views your team needs to monitor.

Step 2
Add organizations

Bring in food donors, recovery organizations, services, nonprofits, and internal staff.

Step 3
Run compliance work

Schedule inspections, document outreach, track complaints, and manage follow-up.

Step 4
Report outcomes

Review donation totals, environmental impact, program participation, and compliance exports.

Municipal Program Support

Ready to modernize your food recovery program?

Whether you are building a new program, expanding SB 1383 operations, or improving the reports your team already prepares, Careit can help map the right implementation path.

We Can Support

Executive dashboard walkthroughs

Jurisdiction and geozone setup support

SB 1383 workflow configuration

Implementation and staff training

Procurement and RFP response support

Ongoing program optimization