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

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

3. Meals Household Resources Human Capital Admin. Expenses 3

4.  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

5.  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)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

6.  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

7.  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

8.  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)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)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

9.  Funding Information  Outreach Materials  Toolkits  Program Data  Food and Nutrition Assistance Outreach Coalition  Program Information  Training Library 9