This presentation highlights the Latin America and the Caribbean Region’s (LACR) work with Citizen Voice and Action (CVA), a local-level social accountability methodology, which I gave in Nairobi, Kenya at a Global CVA Conference. It showcases how LACR has been … Read more
A Primer on the Restaurant Meals Program in California, Preventing Hunger Among the Elderly, Disabled & Homeless in the Golden State
A Primer on the Restaurant Meals Program in California, Preventing Hunger Among the Elderly, Disabled & Homeless in the Golden State is a report that aims to improve the understanding and implementation of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) restaurant meals … Read more
Closing the Gap: Enhancing the Client Experience at Food Banks
Closing the Gap: Enhancing the Client Experience at Food Banks is a toolkit that provides best practices and recommendations to help Food Banks in Arizona ensure their programs and services are inclusive, welcoming and accessible to underserved communities, with a focus … Read more
The Homeless Nutrition Education Toolkit
The Homeless Nutrition Education Toolkit provides homeless service agencies with best practices and lesson plans for nutrition education courses specifically targeted to homeless populations.
How Much Does it Cost to Eat Healthy?
How Much Does it Cost to Eat Healthy? analyzes the cost of healthy groceries in the District of Columbia’s grocery stores. The report includes quantitative analysis of USDA’s Thrifty Food Plan and local and federal policy recommendations.
Room to Grow: A Guide to School Gardening in Illinois
Room to Grow: A Guide to School Gardening in Illinois is a comprehensive guide for teachers that includes tools and information for planning, developing, and maintaining school gardens. It also includes garden-based curriculum that are linked to Illinois state education standards.
Education Works: Strengthening Vocational Education and Training in Mississippi’s TANF Program
Education Works: Strengthening Vocational Education and Training in Mississippi’s TANF Program offers recommendations for policy changes aimed at expanding access, encouraging participation, and improving credential attainment and long-term employment outcomes for TANF recipients in vocational education and training activities.
SNAP Outreach Initiative in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
SNAP Outreach Initiative in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is a best practices report for anti-hunger advocates in Pittsburgh to utilize undersubscribed government programs for underserved communities.
SNAP Into Action: Idaho’s SNAP Outreach Plan by The Idaho SNAP Advisory Network
SNAP Into Action: Idaho’s SNAP Outreach Plan by The Idaho SNAP Advisory Network provides a framework for partner organizations throughout Idaho to unite around a cohesive SNAP outreach strategy. The plan details the need for outreach, best practices from other … Read more
Midtown Senior Health Assessment and Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Meal, Health and Wellness Program
Midtown Senior Health Assessment and Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Meal, Health and Wellness Program conducts an assessment of poverty, food access and health of seniors in the Midtown community and creates a step-by-step guide to a creating a Meal, … Read more
The Cultivate Idaho Community Food System and Food Security Training
The Cultivate Idaho Community Food System and Food Security Training is a comprehensive training providing a forum for information sharing, facilitated discussion and community asset mapping to communities participating in the Cultivate Idaho Initiative. The toolkit includes a facilitator guide … Read more
Building the Base: Grassroots Organizing for the Immigrant Rights Campaign
Building the Base: Grassroots Organizing for the Immigrant Rights Campaign is a guide to a successful community organizing model used by Causa Justa::Just Cause that includes best practices to build community leadership on immigrant rights. This guide includes an overview … Read more