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Funding Hunger Free Communities

Funding Hunger Free Communities. S. Duke Storen USDA Food and Nutrition Service February 2012. Before the Funding …. Community Needs Assessment Public – Private Collaborative Service Providers Elected Officials Executive Branch Leadership Advocates Foundations

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Funding Hunger Free Communities

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  1. Funding Hunger Free Communities S. Duke Storen USDA Food and Nutrition Service February 2012

  2. Before the Funding … • Community Needs Assessment • Public – Private Collaborative • Service Providers • Elected Officials • Executive Branch Leadership • Advocates • Foundations • Private Sector Companies • Volunteer Organizations • Plan, Implement, Measure

  3. The Funding Puzzle

  4. Strategy • Help families maximize their own resources • Job training (One Stops, SNAP E&T) • Benefit programs (UI, TANF, GA, LIHEAP) • Nutrition programs (SNAP, WIC) • Maximize federal nutrition programs • Fund gaps with private funding sources • Grant writer, VISTAs (raise funds) • Measure impact to increase success in private funding

  5. Household Resources • SNAP Benefits • 46 million participants; 72% participation rate; $134 average per person benefit; particularly low participation among seniors and Latinos • WIC Food Package (http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/benefitsandservices/foodpkgallowances.HTM) • Food packages (The Emergency Food Assistance Program, Commodity Supplemental Food Program, Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations) • Other benefit programs (UI, LIHEAP, GA)

  6. Meal Reimbursement • School Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks, and Dinner (NSLP, SBP, CACFP) • Meals in child care, adult day care, shelter (CACFP) • Meals at after-school programs and weekend programs (CACFP) • Summer Meals for Kids (NSLP, SFSP)

  7. Human Capital • Meal reimbursement for federal programs includes administrative costs • Federal reimbursement for SNAP outreach and application assistance activities • National Service Programs (VISTA, AmeriCorps, Senior Corps) • Hunger Free Community Grants (and other federal grants) • Hunger Free Community Grants in the President’s 2013 Budget ($2.5 million) • Foundation and other private funding

  8. Administrative Expenses • Foundation and other private funding • Federal Grant and Loan Programs • Hunger Free Communities Grants ($2.5 million requested in the President’s budget) • School Equipment Grants ($35 million requested in the President’s budget) • USDA Rural Development Community Facilities Grant Program (http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/cf/brief_cp_grant.htm) • USDA Community Food Project Grants (http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/cfp/cfp.html) • SNAP • 50 percent federal reimbursement for admin. expenditures (requires agreement with State agency and non-federal expenditures) • Grants – Access, other periodic grants

  9. Get Involved (http://www.fns.usda.gov/outreach/getinvolved/) • Funding Information • Outreach Materials • Toolkits • Program Data • Food and Nutrition Assistance Outreach Coalition • Program Information • Training Library

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