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Collaborating for Clients 2014 National Poverty Summit April 2, 2014
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About Feeding America
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MISSION: To feed America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger.
VISION: A Hunger-Free America
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The Feeding America Network
202 Community Food Banks
61,000 Agencies
37,000,000 Americans Served
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Food Insecurity Overview
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Primary Drivers of Food Insecurity
Food Insecurity
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Needs Don’t Exist in Isolation
Food
Housing
Health
Work/ Income
Families
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Collaborating for Clients Initiative Overview
MOTIVATING QUESTION:
How can Feeding America leverage its core service of food provision and also build partnerships to help clients achieve more stable and self-sufficient lives?
Structuring the Initiative
TARGET POPULATION Households with Children
PRIORITY NEEDS Food • Housing • Health Employment/Income
APPROACH
• Support local planning initiatives, rather then implementation of specific models
• National collaborative providing the framework and resources to support specific needs of interconnected, local efforts.
Community Collective
• Common agenda and vision • Shared outcomes and data
collection • Evidence based decision
making • Implement mutually
reinforcing activities • Agreed upon ways of
working together • Mobilize resource and
investments
Housing Authority
Food Bank
Health Clinics
Legal Aid
Workforce Dev. Org
Chamber of
Commerce
ILLUSTRATIVE
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Next Steps
High Level Next Steps • Continue to engage national partners to:
• Collectively develop a draft national outcomes
framework
• Collectively create a framework and benchmarks for community collaborations
• Collectively develop a plan to build capacity in local communities and support local collaborations
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Questions
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For Questions, Please Contact… Email: [email protected] Jessica Jelinski Director of Partnerships, Collaborating for Clients 312-641-6819
Eileen Hyde Director of Network Engagement, Collaborating for Clients 312-641-5675
