Food Security within Immigrant Communties in Georgia illustrates the challenges immigrants face in accessing emergency food and provides recommendations for Food Bank outreach to the growing immigrant population in Georgia
Closing New Mexico’s Food Gap
Closing New Mexico’s Food Gap describes options for increasing access to affordable and nutritious foods in rural and underserved areas of New Mexico and promotes grocery stores as a means of economic development.
Hunger Crisis in Allegheny County: Increasing Access to the Federal Food Stamp Program
Hunger Crisis in Allegheny County: Increasing Access to the Federal Food Stamp Program is a 10-minutes outreach video that addresses the myths and barriers surrounding the Federal Food Stamp Program and provides the information about local programs working to dismantle … Read more
Untangling the Lines: Using Phone-Based Assistance to Increase Access to Food Stamps
Untangling the Lines: Using Phone-Based Assistance to Increase Access to Food Stamps documents efforts throughout the nation to improve access to food stamps using phone-based assistance. The report examines potential opportunities for future phone-based food stamp applications and case management … Read more
Expanding the EITC’s Effect
Expanding the EITC’s Effect outlines the supportive services needed prior to tax season to increase the impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). The report presents a case study of the Center for Economic Progress’ pilot program, Chicago Supports … Read more
Identifying Best Practices in Diabetes Prevention
Identifying Best Practices in Diabetes Prevention is a comprehensive toolkit that forms the foundation for Food & Friends’ potential involvement in primary diabetes prevention. The toolkit’s five modules draw upon health sciences literature and two original studies to offer specific … Read more
Energy Clinic: A Toolbox for Helping Families Heat and Eat
Energy Clinic: A Toolbox for Helping Families Heat and Eat outlines the need for both food and fuel assistance in combating food insecurity. The report is being used to encourage replication of the Energy Clinic Model in Medical-Legal partnerships nation-wide.
Drake University and the Congressional Hunger Center’s Presidential Voter Education Guide on Hunger Issues
Drake University and the Congressional Hunger Center’s Presidential Voter Education Guide on Hunger Issues outlines the hunger and food security platform of six of the 2008 Presidential candidates.
Bridging the Gap Between Capacity and Coverage: An Analysis of the Emergency Food System in Connecticut
Bridging the Gap Between Capacity and Coverage: An Analysis of the Emergency Food System in Connecticut provides an up-to-date geographical overview of the Food Bank’s service area and the capacity of its 600 partner programs to serve their communities.
McAuliffe Elementary: Breakfast in the Classroom
McAuliffe Elementary: Breakfast in the Classroom is a video documentary of McAuliffe Elementary School’s implementation of the Chicago Public Schools’ pilot program for universal breakfast in the classroom. The film captures the experiences and thoughts of teachers, parents, administrators, and … Read more
Documenting Vulnerability: Food Insecurity Among Indigenous Mexican Migrants in California’s Central Valley
Documenting Vulnerability: Food Insecurity Among Indigenous Mexican Migrants in California’s Central Valley provides an overview of food insecurity in the Mixtec community, an indigenous Mexican group in Fresno and Medera, CA, and outlines their experience with the emergency food system, … Read more
Food Stamps and Immigrant Families: How Health Care Workers Can Improve Child Health
Food Stamps and Immigrant Families: How Health Care Workers Can Improve Child Health makes the case for food stamps as a tool to improve the health of immigrant children, providing medical professionals with facts and culturally appropriate information to encourage … Read more