Clearinghouse Connection Archive

The Clearinghouse Connection facilitates the exchange of information, resources and ideas among emergency food providers.

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October 2014

Survey: Emergency Food Providers and Advocacy
Closing the Hunger Gap: Cultivating Food Justice
Why Wages Matter in the Fight Against Hunger
Nutrition Assistance In Farmers Markets: Understanding the Shopping Patterns of SNAP Participants
Healthy Incentives Pilot: Final Evalution Report
WhyHunger’s Community Learning Project
Letters From Our Readers

September 2014

Survey– Moving Beyond Charity: Who’s at the Table and What’s on the Table
WhyHunger’s Community Learning Project
What We’re Reading Now: Racial Justice
Help for Seniors and People with Disabilities through SNAP’s Excess Medical Expense Deduction
National Hunger Data Released: WhyHunger Calls for Long-Term Change
SNAP Employment and Training Program

August 2014

What We’re Reading Now: Three Steps to Solve Poverty
WhyHunger Launches Storytelling Site
Race and the Food System Reports

July 2014

WhyHunger’s Community Learning Project
Community Voices
Under the Mango Tree: New Documentary
Why Movement Building is Necessary in the Fight Against Hunger

June 2014

Bruce Springsteen Kicks Off Summer Meals Rock For Kids Campaign with WhyHunger
Beyond Bread: Healthy Food Sourcing in Emergency Food Programs
Good and Cheap: Eat Well on $4/day
Senior Hunger on the Rise in America: Annual Report

May 2014

WhyHunger Launches Beyond Bread
WhyHunger Launches New Online Resource
Where Do SNAP Dollars Go?
Map the Meal Gap Report

April 2014

Summer Meals App: Range
Closing the Hunger Gap Report
Hunger and Health: Access to Good Food as Preventive Medicine
College and University Food Bank Alliance
School Grants for Healthy Kids

March 2014

New Study Reveals Hunger Makes Seniors Sick
LGBT People are Disproportionately Food
Peer-to-Peer Learning: Nourishing Connections
Getting to Grocery: Tools for Attracting Healthy Food Retail to Underserved Neighborhoods
Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life and Times of Katrina Gilbert
Hunger Seder
Lenten Resource: 40 Days for Food Justice

February 2014

Community Building in Austin (site visits to The Sustainable Food Center, Mobile Loaves and Fishes, and the One World Everybody Eats Summit)
Gearing up for Summer Meals
Oregon Food Bank’s Community Food Systems Presentation
Let’s Cook Healthy School Meals Cookbook from Peoject Bread
The National Diaper Bank Network
Summer Meals Grants

January 2014

Shriver Report on Financial Insecurity Among American Women and Children
Vermont FEED New School Cookbook
Doctors Say Cutting Food Stamps Could Backfire
US Conference of Mayors Hunger & Homelessness Report

December 2013

Ten Ways to Help End Hunger
Millions Struggle to Eat While Congress Considers More SNAP Cuts
The Ingredients for Change: Elijah’s Promise
Healthy Food Donation Initiative Resources
The Healthy Food Financing Handbook
Study Shows Strong Nutrition Education Can Lead to Healthier Food Choices by SNAP Recipients

November 2013

“The Fundraising Letter I’d Like to Receive” by Mark Winne
Beyond Emergency Food: Thoughts from Both Sides of the Border
EatFresh: Healthy Living on a Budget
Community Impact Analysis: SNAP Cuts by County and State
Healthy Food Bank Hub
Edible Education Resources from the Edible Schoolyard Project

October 2013

Building Resilience After a Hurricane: The Shore Soup Project and Rockaway Rescue Alliance
What We’re Reading Now: The Stop: How the Fight for Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement by Nick Saul and Andrea Curtis
Closing the Hunger Gap Conference Materials: Information and Presentations
Amplifying Social Media: Thunderclap
FoodBank Manager Database Software
SuperFood Drive: PDF Resources for Hosting a Healthy Food Drive

September 2013

Roots and Remedies Gathering
What We’re Reading Now: Eat, Drink, Vote: An Illustrated Guide to Food Politics by Marion Nestle
Share Our Strength – Put School Breakfast on the Map
New Organizing Institute Tip of the Day
USDA Report Shows No Change in Levels of Food Insecurity
Grassroots Fundraising Tips and Other Resources

August 2013

SNAP Advocacy Resource Roundup, including SNAP Myths and 1 in 24 Bags of Food Infographic
The Pod Knowledge Exchange, Community Food Centres Canada’s Online Learning Network
Food and Nutrition Coalition Launches New Website: MyFNC.org
Wage and Income Inequality Interactive Website from the Economic Policy Institute
Ten Tips Nutrition Education Materials
USDA FNCS Recipe Box – Hundreds of Low-Cost Recipes in One Location

July 2013

High in the Sky: Rooftop Farming in Hell’s Kitchen
A History of the Emergency Food in the US Prezi
Sesame Workshop Educational Toolkits: Food for Thought: Healthy Eating on a Budget and Healthy Habits for Life

June 2013

A History of the Emergency Food in the US Prezi
2013 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award Winners Video
World Hunger Fact Sheet
Nourishing Change: Fulfilling the Right to Food in the United States, a report from the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at the NYU School of Law
Materials from the California Association of Food Banks Conference

May 2013

Video of Food Pantry Volunteers Union Singing “50 Ways to Close the Food Bank”
Filemaker Bento Client Data Management Software
Bridges Out of Poverty Training to Address and Reduce Poverty in a Comprehensive Way

April 2013

National Helping Individuals with Criminal Records Re-Enter Through Employment (H.I.R.E.) Network
Share Our Strength Summer Meals Survey Findings
Facilitating Change in the Food Justice Movement – Recommendations for Grassroots Solutions
Evaluation of “Healthy Options, Healthy Meals Initiative,” a collaboration among MAZON, Kaiser Permanente, the Atkins Center, and 12 Food Banks
What We’re Reading Now: Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss

March 2013

Food Sovereignty for All: Overhauling the Food System with Faith-Based Initiatives
Come to the Table: How People of Faith Can Relieve Hunger and Sustain Local Farms in North Carolina
Race and the Food System Food Security Learning Center Topic
The Directors of A Place at the Table on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Fighting Hunger in the Capital: DC Central Kitchen and Capital Area Food Bank

February 2013

SNAP and Public Health: The Role of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Improving the Health and Well-Being of Americans, FRAC
Best Practices in Gardening and Mental Health Module from Community Food Centres Canada
National Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging Online Resource Library
Supporting Restaurant Workers

January 2013

Fighting Hunger or Causing Hunger: A Mid-term Look at Wal-Mart’s $2 Billion Commitment by Andy Fisher
Nutrition & Wellness Tips for Young Children: Provider Handbook for the Child and Adult Care Food Program
Fighting Hunger Through Health Care: a Seamless Solution from Share Our Strength
Nutrition Education for Improved Health – Case Study from Share Our Strength

December 2012

What We’re Reading Now: Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It) by Robert Lupton
Rotary First Harvest Produce Recovery Resource Guide
Georgia Avenue Food Cooperative Video
The Road to Shared Prosperity, data and stories about human needs programs from Half in Ten

November 2012

Good Samaritan Food Donations Act Fact Sheet
Understanding D-SNAP
Food Safety in Case of Emergency Guide
On the Front Lines – Every Day (East Coast EFPs Respond to Hurricane Sandy)

October 2012

Shelf Life Guide
Beyond the Food Drive: Ending Hunger Through Citizen Service from NYCCAH
Smarter Lunchrooms Movement
Fitter Body, Fitter Brains Let’s Move! Infographic

September 2012

Community FEAST (Food, Education, Agriculture Solutions Together) Program Evaluation and Planning Manual
Vermont Fresh: A Fruit and Vegetable Handbook
How to Get Food Help Pamphlet
Sesame Workshop Tool Kits for Parents

August 2012

Reflections on the Closing of the Community Food Security Coalition by WhyHunger’s Alison Cohen
Homegrown Solutions to Hunger – Fresh Produce Programs at Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
ACF Guide to Resources and Funding for Community and Faith-based Organizations

July 2012

Cooking Up Community: Nutrition Education in Emergency Food Programs
Good Food and Good Jobs for All: Challenges and Opportunities to Advance Racial and Economic Equity in the Food System from Colorlines
The Stop Community Food Centre’s Learning Network

June 2012

Food Stamps, Follow the Money: Are Corporations Profiting from Hungry Americans? by Michelle Simon
The Hands That Feed Us: Challenges and Opportunities for Workers Along the Food Chain from Food Chain Workers Alliance
Food Policy Councils: An Effective Way to Change the Food System

May 2012

Meals On Wheels Senior Hunger Report Card
From Hunger to Health, a Blog from Erik Talkin, CEO of the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
Five Themes from the Feeding America Unity 2012 Conference

April 2012

Your Federal Taxpayer Receipt
How to get Your Local Radio Station to Play a Summer Meals PSA

March 2012

Let’s Move! Faith and Communities Toolkit
Contradictions in the Anti-Hunger Movement by Andy Fisher
The Impact of WIC Food Package Changes on Access to Healthful Food
National Council on Aging Center for Benefits Access
The Foundation Center

February 2012

WhyHunger’s Letter to the Editor in Response to the Wall Street Journal Article “Food Stamp Nation”
“It’s Dinnertime” – A Report on Low-Income Families’ Efforts to Plan, Shop for, and Cook Healthy Meals
Letters of Interest for Everybody at the Table for Health (EAT4Health)
USDA Latino Outreach