Funding Hunger Free Communities
S. Duke Storen
USDA Food and Nutrition Service
February 2012
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Community Needs Assessment
Public – Private Collaborative
• Service Providers
• Elected Officials
• Executive Branch Leadership
• Advocates
• Foundations
• Private Sector Companies
• Volunteer Organizations
Plan, Implement, Measure
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Meals
Human
Capital
Household
Resources
Admin.
Expenses
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Help families maximize their own resources
Job training (One Stops, SNAP E&T)
 Benefit programs (UI, TANF, GA, LIHEAP)
 Nutrition programs (SNAP, WIC)
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Maximize federal nutrition programs
Fund gaps with private funding sources
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Grant writer, VISTAs (raise funds)
Measure impact to increase success in private funding
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Hunger Free Community Grants in the President’s 2013 Budget ($2.5 million)
Foundation and other private funding
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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
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Funding Information
Outreach Materials
Toolkits
Program Data
Food and Nutrition Assistance Outreach Coalition
Program Information
Training Library
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