Funding Hunger Free Communities S. Duke Storen USDA Food and Nutrition Service February 2012 1 • • • Community Needs Assessment Public – Private Collaborative • Service Providers • Elected Officials • Executive Branch Leadership • Advocates • Foundations • Private Sector Companies • Volunteer Organizations Plan, Implement, Measure 2 Meals Human Capital Household Resources Admin. Expenses 3 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 4 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/foodpkgallowanc es.HTM) Food packages (The Emergency Food Assistance Program, Commodity Supplemental Food Program, Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations) Other benefit programs (UI, LIHEAP, GA) 5 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) 6 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 7 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 8 Funding Information Outreach Materials Toolkits Program Data Food and Nutrition Assistance Outreach Coalition Program Information Training Library 9