Accomplishments
Selected Policy Accomplishments

In the policy work of past years, National Hunger Fellows have:

• Designed a Transportation Equity Scorecard for the Center for Community Change to highlight the lack of public transportation available in low-income neighborhoods nation-wide.
  
  
• Conducted interviews with small family farmers and wrote their stories in the Rural Coalition's monthly publication, Food and Faces.
  
  
• Researched and wrote a report on the role of micro-enterprise in welfare reform for the Corporation for Enterprise Development.
  
  
• Drafted, finalized, and disseminated a nationwide survey of state policy choices in the federal nutrition programs, and analyzed Food Stamp Program caseload while with the Food Research and Action Center.
  
  
• Co-authored A Guide to Federal Resources, which provided communities affiliated with the U.S. Department of Justice Weed and Seed Program with hunger and nutrition resources.
  
  
• Developed a Civil Rights newsletter, assisted with the development of a report on Police Best Practice programs addressing homeless issues, and documented hate crimes and the criminalization of homeless individuals for the National Coalition for the Homeless.
  
  
• Created a database of state and local employment, economic, and program data to support national efforts and field activities on TANF and workforce issues, and established an on-line clearinghouse of innovative workforce advocacy information for the Workforce Alliance.
  
  
• Surveyed state WIC associations to assess their capacity for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
  
  
• Assisted in editing and writing sections of Bread for the World's Annual Hunger Reports.
  
  
• Organized a conference for Hispanic lay ministers to learn about federal programs for immigrants for the United Methodist Church's General Board of Church and Society.
  
  
• Surveyed Head Start programs in migrant communities to analyze their nutritional component for the Academy for Educational Development.
  
  
• Organized a national conference of street newspapers for the National Coalition for the Homeless.
  
  
• Researched and wrote a report highlighting model after-school programs that include federal nutrition programs for the Food Research and Action Center.
  
  
• Created a fresh produce distribution program for Indian reservations through the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
  
  
• Researched the effects of welfare reform for the Urban Institute.
  
  
• Wrote speeches and press articles for the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.
  
  
• Coordinated a Congressional roundtable discussion on Hunger in Latino Communities that brought several Latino leaders on hunger to Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Assisted in organizing the National Association of Community Action Agencies" National Dialogue on Poverty, a series of meetings across the country that focused on innovative efforts to combat poverty.
  
  
• Organized two annual conferences for Share Our Strength's Community Partners that provided a forum for grantee agencies to share sustainable solutions to hunger.