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SNAP: Town Hall - COVID and Beyond

Identifying best and emerging COVID practices for SNAP application assistance. 

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SNAP: Town Hall - Emerging Best Practices

Identifying best and emerging practices for SNAP application assistance and other benefits. 

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SNAP: Town Hall - Racial Equity

Identifying methods to reach underserved populations in SNAP and other benefits through a Racial Equity Lens.

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Sowing & Harvesting with a Successful Product Sourcing Plan

Much like sowing seeds results in a bountiful harvest, having a dynamic Product Sourcing Plan is essential to achieving our vision of a hunger-free America.  The new Partner Agreement requires every food bank to create a Product Sourcing Plan by FY26, and there are resources to help you develop actionable, measurable, and sustainable strategies. 

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Staff Mental Health & Wellbeing - COVID-19 Response and Beyond

We take care of so many others.  How do we pause and take time for ourselves, our teams, staff, and disaster-relief workers who may face burnout and exhaustion?  Tips for the soul, mind, heart, and body. 

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State Advocacy for Farm Bill Priorities

Anti-Hunger Policy Conference 2023:

As the 2023 Farm Bill reauthorization is in progress, advocates are calling for Congress to strengthen SNAP by prioritizing benefit adequacy and program equity. In this session, attendees will learn about strategies they can use to influence your state’s government officials and agencies to prioritize improvements to benefits and equity in the Farm Bill.

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State of Food in The Charitable Food System

A panel conversation to do what we do best as a network: share and build on the learnings of each other. Provoke some new thinking to help us confront our new normal as we come through this pandemic.  Set the stage on plans for maximizing food sourcing and sharing as a network and how Feeding America is supporting these actions.

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State of Public Benefits Access: Findings from a National Landscape Assessment

Through a multi-pronged approach that includes policy change, enrollment assistance, and improving perceptions, Feeding America aims to increase access to and participation in SNAP and other public benefits. In this session, hear about key learnings and opportunities for deeper engagement identified through Feeding America’s SNAP and Other Benefits Landscape Assessment in partnership with Koné Consulting.

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State SNAP Policy Training Series: SNAP Call Centers: Opportunities and Challenges

This training will cover basic SNAP call center definitions and processes, and options such as telephonic signatures and on-demand interview waivers.

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State SNAP Policy Training Series: SNAP Eligibility Basics

Being an effective SNAP advocate begins with a foundational understanding who benefits from SNAP and who doesn’t. The goal of this training is to explore SNAP eligibility policy through a historical lens to better understand how the program is structured today and how it could be more inclusive in the future. Through concrete examples and a focus on racial equity, this training will provide information and inspiration for SNAP advocates to explore ways to make SNAP the first line of defense for everyone experiencing food insecurity in our country

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Statewide and Regional Disaster Planning & Response Collaborations

Hear how network members have facilitated mutual aid among food banks in their state or region and access tools and resources to get you started in building your own preparedness and response plans. 

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Store Donation Best Practices

In this 20 minute video you will hear from other network food sourcers sharing best practices for making store visits and conecting with store managers and directors.

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Strategic Investments That Align with Food Bank Vision

Feeding America and partner accounting and investment firms provide a 101-crash course in fundamental steps and best practices centered on financial statement presentation and investment reserves and tools.  

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Strategic Planning: Refresh, Re-start, or Re-do

The pandemic experience has positioned food bank boards, CEOs, and staff to think in new and potentially innovative ways about their strategic plans, with many Members refreshing their existing work.

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Strengthening Leadership Skills Through Mindfulness

Over the past year and a half of volatility and uncertainty, the words “mindfulness” and “emotional intelligence” have gained popularity as we seek ways to better care for ourselves and each other. In this session, we’ll explain what these buzzwords mean, and how training in these skills transforms our leadership capabilities, and ultimately, our lives. 

 Megan Whitney and Fred Wasiak will offer ideas for how we can leverage self-awareness techniques to get off autopilot and become more resourceful. Despite common misconceptions, mindfulness is not about turning off our thoughts or forcing positivity when we feel difficult emotions. It’s simply about being aware. By noticing what is happening in our minds, bodies, and external environment from a place of curiosity and kindness, we can respond to life’s challenges with greater compassion for ourselves and each other.

 Since the best way to practice mindfulness is to do it, we’ll practice short, simple breathing techniques that have a big impact - especially during moments of stress. Then we’ll share how to integrate these skills into our daily lives and organizational culture, including joining Feeding America’s Mindfulness Community and participating in Search Inside Yourself, a leadership training for network members.

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Strengthening TEFAP: An Advocacy Framework for State-Based Reform

Anti-Hunger Policy Conference 2023:

USDA foods – namely, The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) – serve as the cornerstone for Feeding America network food bank’s food supply. This session walks through how an innovative survey of multi-state food banks laid the foundation for food banks and state associations of food banks to create state-based TEFAP reform in anticipation of federal regulatory change and Farm Bill reform.

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Stretch Break

Stand up, get moving and be guided through a four minute stretch break.

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Stronger Together: The Vision of Sharing Data in a Feeding America Data Warehouse

A brief overview of the FA Data Warehouse and a look at some of the potential benefits of Food Banks sharing data in a central repository. This will include both operational gains (QPR, Blue Receipting) and analytical possibilities. 

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Succession Planning for Member Agencies: Identifying & Onboarding Leaders

Succession planning includes the process of identifying potential leaders and training them to fill key positions in the future. This training and accompanying workbook can help agency relations teams work with partner agencies to identify, assess and onboard new leaders.

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Summer 2020 Meal Policy Rescission Update

This session provides an update on the rescinded USDA Summer Food Service Program policy waivers and what it means for summer 2020.  It also discusses which flexibilities are affected by the rescission and offers an overview of the waiver submission timeline. The session closes with next steps for working with state agencies throughout the process to ensure minimal impact on children and families. Speakers include:

• Corey Malone-Smolla, Policy Specialist, Feeding America
• Derrick Lambert, Senior Manager, No Kid Hungry campaign by Share Our Strength
• Clarissa Hayes, Senior Child Nutrition Policy Analyst, FRAC