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Personal questions, high stakes: People-centered screening for exemptions from the SNAP time limit

Anti-Hunger Policy Conference 2023:

This panel will present lessons from Code for America’s research on effective methods states and advocates can use to identify when SNAP participants might qualify for a time limit exemption. We’ll share what we learned from conversations with SNAP participants and caseworkers, a model tool that we developed to help people screen themselves, and how we worked to simplify and humanize the process.

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Place Based Approaches to Improve Food Security: Lessons Learned from Community Accelerator

In 2020, Feeding America launched Community Accelerator, a place-based initiative focused on five communities in the Delta Region, designed to build community-wide capacity to improve food insecurity. In this discussion, pilot pilot participants will share the impact and learning of this work so far, including how a focus on racial equity has impacted the work, how they are building community partnerships, and how they are building their own capacity as leaders.

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Playing a Role in Farm Bill Advocacy: You can be the difference.

Anti-Hunger Policy Conference 2023:

A brief overview of our Anti-Hunger Conference's Farm Bill Priorities and how you can utilize your lived expertise and advocacy to impact change. Attendees will have clear action points as they learn how these policy priorities can address systemic change and work towards reducing hunger.

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Preparing for the Future

Annual Conference 2023 Breakout Session:

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. How are we preparing as a network for the changes that will inevitably come? Learn about some mega trends that could have a significant impact on our work and then hear from some Food Banks that are trying things today that could position them to meet the changing needs, while deepening our impact tomorrow.

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Pride and Progress: Unpacking the Intersections of LGBTQIA+ Identities, Food Insecurity, and Food Bank

Look at the intersections of LGBTQIA+ identities, food insecurity, and food bank in this Pride month webinar.

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Promoting Equity in Education Addressing Hunger among College and University Students

This webinar is about college hunger.

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Protein Power - Unlock Access to More Protein

Come discover what several foodbanks are doing to enable their protein sourcing strategies across retail, local donors, Fedcomm and even purchasing. You will also learn about an existing clean room and regional partnership.

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QPR: Quarterly Pulse Report Changes

Numbers reported from the Quarterly Pulse Report Questionaire (QPR) are used to populate the County Level Compliance in Meals Per Person in Need and Annual Poundage Reports. This report is required by all member food banks and contains seven different sections: Receipts, Distribution, Inventory, Receipts by Category, Distribution by Category, Distribution by County, and Sources of Private Support. This training covers changes made in Q3 of 2021. 

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Quorum Training Recording

Learn about the improved advocacy tracking system that will help the network work better together to advance critical legislation, such as the farm bill.

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Reaching Out: Addressing the Specific Food Access Needs of the LGBTQIA2S+ Community

Join us for an interactive discussion led by a queer, genderfluid Food Banker and researcher! Food insecurity does not affect all communities equally. Although research has been limited to date, food insecurity has been shown to be more pervasive in the USA among the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, agender, asexual, and Two-Spirit (LGBTQIA2S+) community and among university students. Research shows that 29% of adults, or 2.4 million people, in the LGBTQIA2S+ community in the US experience food insecurity each year. This session will offer an introduction to the unique challenges faced by the LGBTQIA2S+ community, explore a case study of LGBTQIA2S+ university students’ experiences with food access, and propose ways food banks can expand EDI practices. Food banks interested in analyzing place-based environmental factors that affect food access or in sharing best practices, gaps, and recommendations for improving food access for the LGBTQIA2S+ community and/or university students will benefit from this session.

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Ready for Launch: Using the NEW Food Bank Health and Nutrition Assessment (FB-HANA)

Is your food bank looking for new ways to incorporate nutrition and cultural considerations into everyday work and practices so as to better meet neighbors' food needs and preferences? Have you already started but want a way to measure your progress toward your goals? View this webinar all about the Food Bank Health and Nutrition Assessment (FB-HANA)! The FB-HANA creation team from University of Illinois SNAP-Ed shared with learners a brief history of how the tool was created and how it has been used. They also taught learners how to complete the FB-HANA and create an action plan based on your results.

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Regional Co-Ops: Bringing Service and Value for Your Food Sourcing Needs

A look at FANO sponsored Co-Ops and the value they bring to our network. We will hear from Denise Sheehan, Member Services Manager for the MARC and 4 Food Bank Supply Chain managers on how the Co-ops positively impact their procurement and acquisition operations

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Regional Cooperative Services and Future Opportunities

Our 7 regional co-ops are now distributing a wide variety of produce, protein, and dairy products. Is your food bank taking advantage of co-op products and services? The co-op model is one way you can get access to more fresh food for your food bank. With pressure on the supply chain, the value added sourcing services co-ops offer have helped provide more resources to the network. Our panel discussion will bring together different perspectives that focus on how to maximize your food bank's ability to access agri foods.

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Reimagining the Workplace of the Future

Have you wondered what your colleagues at other Food Bank and employers in the for-Profit Industry are working on to ensure that their workplaces are successful in the future?  Join us in a panel discussion where 5-7 of your HR Colleagues will discuss key elements that every HR professional should be focusing on in order to be successful in the future.

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Reintroduction to Nutritious Food Revisioning

This session describes the Feeding America network's history with nutrition frameworks and the development and framework specifics of the Healthy Eating Research (HER) guidelines. Gain an understanding of the the opportunities and impacts of implementing the new framework and the role of different food bank departments in support. Explore the value and need for overlaying a community-specific cultural competency lens when adopting and implementing nutrition frameworks.

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Relaxing Meditation

Find a comfortable posture and be guided through a six minute meditation.

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Remarks from Philabundance CEO, Loree Jones

Loree Jones will share the important history and work of Philabundance, her organization's good food policy, and their focus on EDI and employee wellness. Katie Fitzgerald will share reflections, and join in conversation with Loree Jones.

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Research & Data: Map the Meal Gap (2022)

This webinar covers the recent release of Map the Meal Gap 2022 (2020 data): what resources and data are available, key findings form the study, and messaging using data from the study.

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Research & Data: Map the Meal Gap 2023

The Research Team will use this webinar to share information about this year’s Map the Meal Gap study, including an overview of the study, details about the network release of embargoed data, highlights from the network feedback survey the Research Team fielded in late 2022, and information about how we have been considering data equity

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Research & Data: Map the Meal Gap and The State of Senior Hunger 2023 Releases

This webinar provide information about this year’s Map the Meal Gap and The State of Senior Hunger releases. It included an overview of each release, key findings, and deliverables from the studies.