The results of a three-year study published this spring in the Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition are a reminder that even as pantries focus on distributing emergency food during the pandemic, there is value in connecting clients to social services that go beyond food. The study of 484 people…
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Following a three-year pilot, the Kelly Center for Hunger Relief in El Paso, Texas, is moving full steam ahead on a program to help clients decrease their reliance on charitable food and move toward greater self-sufficiency. With many moving parts, the program represents a large commitment of resources and time…
Working with community partners like hospitals and government agencies has become increasingly standard for food banks as they seek to address the many causes of hunger. Now there’s a tool to help them turbo-charge those collaborative efforts. The Urban Institute last month released an interactive map of the United States…
Food banks today feel pressure to address root causes of hunger like poverty and inequity, while still solving day-to-day food insecurity. So the question of how non-profits should participate in the food justice movement was a pertinent one, when Suzanne Babb of WhyHunger asked it of two keynote panelists at…
When Houston Food Bank set out to address root causes of hunger, ranging from poor health to unemployment, it knew it needed to partner with hospitals, schools and clinics. It didn’t realize that getting these community organizations on board would require it to develop a nutrition policy. Now two years…
It took a small army of volunteers and years of outreach, but the Ohio Association of Foodbanks has reached a remarkable milestone in its ongoing effort to connect people to government benefits and tax credits they are due. After more than 12 years, the association can point to nearly $2…