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Erie Family Health Center October 5 , 2011

Food Insecurity. Erie Family Health Center October 5 , 2011. Food Benefit Resource Flow . SNAP (Food Stamps) Therapeutic Diet Allowance GA-TA ( What is this? ) Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program (WIC) SNAP (Food Stamps) Therapeutic Diet Allowance.

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Erie Family Health Center October 5 , 2011

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  1. Food Insecurity Erie Family Health Center October 5, 2011

  2. Food Benefit Resource Flow SNAP (Food Stamps) Therapeutic Diet Allowance GA-TA (What is this?) Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program (WIC) SNAP (Food Stamps) Therapeutic Diet Allowance

  3. Therapeutic Diet Allowance: Medical Determinations Adults

  4. Therapeutic Diet Allowance: Medical Determinations • Children:

  5. Instructions for Therapeutic Diet Allowance Applications: Your Patient Needs You! • Physician’s Letter • DHS Form 146 • Look in your folder for • these resources!

  6. How to apply for these programs • For first time applicants: • In person: DHS Family Comm. Resource Ctr. (2753 W North Ave) • By mail: 2753 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647 • By fax: 773.265.7829 • Online: http://fspp.dhs.state.il.us/register/wb/wbHomePre.do • For denials, reductions, or termination of benefits: • Refer to Health Justice Project

  7. Other Sources of Assistance • Food Banks: • Greater Chicago Food Depository: chicagofoodbank.org • America's Second Harvest: feedingamerica.org • Illinois Food Bank Association: www.illinoisfoodbanks.org • Supplemental Food for Children and Elderly Individuals: • Low-income pregnant women, women with a child under one year of age, children under 6, and senior citizens (60 and older) • Monthly food packages • Contact Eliu Irizarry 773-378-6643 at Catholic Charities.

  8. Social Causes of Food Insecurity • Heat vs. Eat – Energy insecurity relates to food insecurity • Food Deserts • Poverty • Low education, Low or no income • Social Inequity • Housing Insecurity

  9. Review • Be sure to screen your patients for food insecurity • Encourage first time applicants to contact DHS • For denials or reductions in benefits, refer to HJP • Use the Internal Referral System via EMR or • Contact Us: • (Toll Free) 1-800-424-4839 • (Local) 312-915-6470 • (Fax) 312-915-6588 • E-mail: healthjustice@luc.edu

  10. Health Justice Project “In the Health Justice Project, doctors, social workers, lawyers and students of each profession are partnering to address the social and environmental causes — like unhealthy housing conditions and improperly denied food stamps — at the root of poor health.” • Emily A. Benfer, clinical professor of law, director of the Health Justice Project, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Beazley Institute for Health Law & Policy • Chicago Tribune, October 5, 2011

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