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Let's Talk Mental Health: What You Need to Know About Anxiety and Depression

During this informative session, Dr. Dawn Kroencke, a licensed clinical psychologist, will discuss the signs and symptoms, causes and treatment options for anxiety and depression and how you can support a colleague or loved one who has anxiety or depression.

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Leveraging Neighbor Data to Transform Your Food Bank

Neighbor data is the cornerstone of transforming your food bank across all departments and essential for strategic planning that leads to a direct impact on the lives of the neighbors we serve. In this session we’ll explore the ways that food banks can utilize intake data to impact operations and decision making across the entire organization, leading to a data and impact driven culture.

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Leveraging Relationships with Partner State Associations (PSAs) and Regional Cooperatives to Increase Agri Pounds

Learn how local relationships coordinated with Partner State Associations (PSAs) and regional cooperatives can grow donations and increase pounds within the network.

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Leveraging Technology and Data for More Targeted Disaster Relief Efforts

This session will highlight ways that food banks and the Feeding America National Office are striving to use data and technology to more effectively connect individuals and communities most in need of assistance to organizations with access to disaster relief supplies. The use of incident management software and shared GIS-based platforms provide the ability to more effectively plan during “blue skies” and to share situational awareness and resources during “gray skies”. 

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Link2Feed Tech User Group: Agency Engagement & Survey Results

The Link2Feed Technology User Group is a learning and problem-solving group open to all food banks currently or interested in contracting with Link2Feed for Service Insights implementation. The December 2022 Meeting reviews the group’s signup survey results and has open topic discussion.

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Link2Feed Tech User Group: Best Practices for Supporting Link2Feed Partners

The Link2Feed Technology User Group is a learning and problem-solving group open to all food banks currently or interested in contracting with Link2Feed for Service Insights implementation. The June 2022 Meeting discusses best practices for supporting Link2Feed Partners.

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Link2Feed Tech User Group: Best Practices for Training New Agencies & Roadmap of Link2Feed Release

The Link2Feed Tech User Group discusses best practices for training new agencies on Link2Feed. Additionally it presents a roadmap of a Link2Feed onboarding.

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Link2Feed Tech User Group: Data Collection to Meet Your Food Bank Goals

The Link2Feed Tech User Group discusses the question: “Are you capturing the information your food bank needs to reach its goals?”. 

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Link2Feed Tech User Group: Engaging Volunteers

The Link2Feed Tech User Group discusses best practices for volunteer engagement. 

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Literally Growing Agri Pounds: Food Bank Production Farms and Gardening Initiatives

Learn about food banks in the network that grow their own produce, manage and support community gardening initiatives and run ag education programs.

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Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program Discussion

The Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) Cooperative Agreement Program provides funding for state, tribal and territorial governments to purchase foods produced within the state or within 400 miles of the delivery destination to help support local, regional and underserved producers. The food serves feeding programs, including food banks, schools and organizations that reach underserved communities. This webinar will review the ways in which the Feeding America network is engaged in LFPA programming across the country and highlight some initial member experiences with this new program.

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Looking Ahead: Optimizing Protein Sourcing in a New Normal...Food boxes to Bulk donations

By looking at meat boxes, what did we learn?  Is this a model for the future? We will look back at the protein supply chain to see what we did wrong and what we did right. Where did we get our protein?  How do we get more?  Is pre-cooked the answer? We have just seen our supply chain challenged. How do we move forward strategically and equitably in the next critical 18 months? 

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Looking Ahead: Produce

Discussion about produce in a post Covid world, adapting to new challenges, Fresh to Go! boxes and the impact of the pandemic on the produce supply chain.

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Lunch Plenary with Stacy Dean

Anti-Hunger Policy Conference 2023:

USDA Deputy Under Secretary Stacy Dean joins President & CEO of Connecticut Foodshare Jason Jakubowski and Maryland Hunger Solutions Director Michael J. Wilson to discuss USDA’s commitment to lead with equity while continuing to expand summer meals, WIC enrollment, and SNAP access.

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Lunch Plenary: Community Conversations: The Power of Lived Experience

Anti-Hunger Policy Conference 2023:

Coalition on Human Needs Executive Director Debbie Weinstein kicks off the session with an analysis of the current political climate and its impact on social safety net programs. Anti-hunger advocates Jimmieka Mills, Tori Overton, Lawson Picasso, and Crys Riles then discuss the vital importance of centering experts with lived and living experience with hunger and poverty in conversation with Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot. 

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Lunch'n Learn - What You Need to Know About Seasonal Affective Disorder

During this informative session, Dr. Dawn Kroencke, a licensed clinical psychologist, will discuss the signs, symptoms, risk factors, causes, and treatments for Seasonal Affective Disorder.  She will also share tips for how we can all maintain a positive mood and motivation as we head into winter this year.

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Making SNAP Equitable: Dismantling Systemic & Structural Racist Policies That Make SNAP Unattainable for Communities of Color

Anti-Hunger Policy Conference 2023:

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), despite its overall success in reducing food insecurity, has both historic and present-day policies that hinder access to several marginalized populations. The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), also known as welfare reform, introduced several policies limiting SNAP access. These policies directly include communities of color, immigrants, underemployed individuals, and those with prior convictions. Since then, advocates have worked to dismantle these harmful policies rooted in racism. In this session, advocates will learn about the history of these policies, how they negatively impact marginalized groups, and what can be done to make SNAP equitable for all.

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March 2023 Choice Capacity Institute: Offering Choice Trainings to Support Sites

 March’s CCI call discusses the importance and impact of trainings on neighbors and volunteers, while spotlighting four different opportunities to provide training or support for sites seeking to offer more Choice. Network spotlights from the Food Bank of Northern Nevada and Lowcountry Food Bank highlighted the trainings they’re currently offering around Choice.

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May 2023 Government Relations Webinar

The monthly government relations webinar covers policy updates and priorities.

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ME is First in Member

Learn how to take care of "me" and others to support a culture of staff wellness. Learn tips and techniques to counteract employee burnout and stress in the workplace.