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Service Insights on MealConnect – Food Bank Administrator Training Library

In order to best use our resources as a network and work toward meeting our collective needs of having more timely neighbor insights now and into the future, a no-cost Service Insights platform is now available as an option to all network members.  This training library is intended to help food bank administrators as they configure their Service Insights- Meal Connect (SI-MC) environments for their networks.

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Strategic Collaboration Fundamentals

This course explores the fundamentals of Strategic Collaboration. Strategic Collaborations are collaborative ventures between two or more partner food banks that transcend historical service area boundaries to catalyze transformative opportunities. You will learn the basics of Strategic Collaboration and be pointed to resources for technical guidance.

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Choice Visual Library

The Choice Visual Library is a collection of visual examples of choice distribution models submitted by Network Food Banks and their partners. This resource was created to support network members working to increase the amount of Choice offered to families with children.
All network food banks were invited to participate in the Choice Visual Library and 16 food banks selected 38 sites (partner agencies, school pantries, mobile distributions, and/or food bank-operated sites) to participate in the library. Participating sites received a stipend to compensate neighbors, site staff, and/or volunteers for their time in capturing the footage and organizing the materials needed to create the library. 
Each site submitted videos on four topics: a virtual site tour, neighbor intake, a site staff/volunteer/neighbor interview, and another topic of their choice. The videos are organized by the type of site, then by the level of Choice offered at that site. The size of the site (small, medium, large) is listed beside the site’s name.

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Food Sourcing Fundamentals

Explore essential steps to food sourcing. You’ll learn tips and glean ideas about how to ensure safe products are available for donation. There are downloadable resources linked throughout the module to make sure you have the tools you need when you need them. 

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Hunger Fundamentals

Develop hunger fluency and understand the complex relationships between hunger, food security, health, equity, poverty and employment. 

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Rural Mobile Pantry Learning Summary

Mobile pantries are as diverse as the communities they serve, and no two rural areas are the same. Still, dimensions of services such as physical access, stigma, awareness and individual experience are shared concerns. This guide provides lessons learned around five themes: racial equity and equitable access, partnerships, operations, preferred foods, and evaluation.