1. A Best Practices Webinar
SNAP Innovations
A Best Practices Webinar

2. CalFresh (SNAP) in a Day
Simon
CalFresh (SNAP) in a Day

3. Inspiration Pilot CalFresh in a Day program with HSA
Wu Yee Children’s Center hosted two eligibility workers on site to help clients receive SNAP benefits in a day
CalFresh Outreach Coalition
Outreach video
Discussion
Collaboration
Chinese Newcomers, SF-Marin Food Bank, Chinese Christian Mission

4. Prep Work with the SF-Marin Food Bank Two in-person meetings
communication, telephone—6 hours per week
Planning since February up until event in late May
Difficult to figure out scheduling and establish a common, accessible spreadsheet

5. Outreach External: newspaper, radio, ads Flyers
Organized by partner agencies
Day before and day off, media still running the ads
Free advertisements, other organizations used connections with media outlets
Flyers
Created jointly with Food Bank and other partner organizations
Found a translator
Took 1.5 weeks to put the flyers together, including design and translation
Internal: spreading the word
Wu Yee colleagues passed out flyers at other events
Participated in community events, handed out flyers
E.g. food drive event at local high school, handed out 60 flyers

7. Logistics Set-up 10 EW Workers, brought own laptops Volunteer EWs
Youth volunteers for front desk
Drop-in area

8. Follow-Up Follow-Up Future collaboration with HSA
Drop-in cases  missing documentation
Future collaboration with HSA
EW will come in to Wu Yee weekly
Timeline to set up: 3 months

9. Tips
Communicate early on with the county, and get to know the unit supervisors
Do a site visit at the agency and show them your work
Use Single Stop’s name to give you credibility
Plan ahead for networking and creating coalitions with community agencies

10. Kathleen
Food Pantries

11. System Integrated financial aid-Single Stop system SNAP applications
Students apply to SNAP online
Kathleen access info through secured online portal
SNAP applications
1 pm on Wednesday set aside for SNAP interviews
Use SNAP as a hook to get students for other services
Intake form used

12. Supplemental Food
Provide supplemental food for all students going through office
Not advertised
Donations
$25 gift cards to Stop & Shop
Builds good will with students  direct results
Bread from Panera donated
Media
Boston Globe article featuring the collaboration with Greater Boston Food Bank attracted attention of private donor  now supporting the small food pantry + gift cards + extra bread donations from Panera with monthly donations

13. Large-Scale Food Pantry
Created in May 2012
Once a month 12:30 – 1:15pm
Students sign up with Kathleen for the service
Greater Boston Food Bank brings food in truck  unloads it onto table  Kathleen + volunteer corps of faculty + staff package the food  Food for Free takes leftovers and donates to another food bank
Alert all students receiving SNAP
Average 140 students + veterans
Community members access other community food banks

14. Contact Simon: simon.thai@wuyee.org Kathleen: kboneill@bhcc.mass.edu
Lee: