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hunger relief advocates and organizations working in
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provides access
to information about hunger, hunger relief issues, and available resources;
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improves
communication between hunger relief groups;
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reduces
duplication of efforts; and
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facilitates the coordination to maximum impact.
Although we believe these
sites provide additional resources on issues of concern to
Format Outline
I.
General Assistance and Referral
II.
Nutrition and Program Information
A. Nutrition Education and Food Assistance
(including food stamps, WIC)
1. General
2. Commodity Distribution
3.
4. Farmers Markets
5. Food Banks
6.
Food Recovery
C. Services for Children and Elderly
1. School and Summer Food Service
2. Delivered Meals
3. Organizations for the Aging/Elderly
E. Colleges or University Programs
III.
Advocacy and Legislative Groups
A. National
B. Texas
V.
Funding Sources and
Opportunities
VI.
Research
I. General Assistance and Referral
This website offers you secure online access to
Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) benefits including Medicaid, Food
Stamps, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Children's Health
Insurance, and nursing home care and other services for people who are elderly
or have disabilities. For example, it will assist an individual to
determine if they may be eligible for state food assistance and if so, what
steps to take.
The Texas Information and
Referral Network was designated the Texas Health and Human Services Commission
as a statewide information and referral network. For example, it provides information about
programs offering food assistance.
United Way of
Internet site provides
information on services and contacts to local
American Dietetic Association (
The
Better
Living
The Better Living for Texans program provides
nutrition education limited income families and individuals acquire the
knowledge, skills and behavior necessary to maximize resources, have
nutritional sound diets and improve self-sufficiency. Internet site provides
program information and contacts to resources throughout
Department of State Health Services - WIC Central - http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/wichd/default.shtm
Department of State Health Services Women, Infants,
and Children (WIC) site provides comprehensive information on the WIC program
in
Expanded
Nutrition Program (ENP) – http://enp.tamu.edu/
Expanded
Nutrition Program (ENP) helps
Produce for Better Health Foundation - http://www.pbhfoundation.org
The Produce for Better Health Foundation
strives to create a healthier
TEXCAP
supplements the diets of low-income Americans by providing emergency food and
nutrition assistance at no cost.
Food and nutrition information put together by Family
and Consumer Sciences including food resource management, food safety,
nutrition throughout the life cycle, etc.
Internet
site provides answers to questions regarding food stamp application,
eligibility, deductions, and allocations.
Internet
site provides basic information regarding the program, eligibility (residence,
citizenship, employment services, work requirement, resources, income, social security) computation of a sample food stamp
household.
TDHS
Special Nutrition Programs include Child and Adult Care Food Program, National
School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Special Mile Program, Summer
Food Service Program, Nutrition Education and Training, Texas Commodity Assistance
Program, Commodity Supplemental Food Program, and Food Distribution Program.
Internet site provides program information.
http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/providers/LoneStar/EBT/EBThowto.html
Lone Star card (Electronic Benefit Transfer - EBT)
Frequently Asked Questions and other information about Texas Food Stamp and
TANF recipients.
USDA Food, Nutrition, & Consumer Services - http://www.fns.usda.gov/cga/Contacts/FieldOffices/Texas.htm
The Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services provide
food assistance and nutrition education. Internet site links to the field
offices in
USDA
Food Stamp Program - http://www.fns.usda.gov/OANE/SNAP/Contacts/Texas.htm
Official federal Food Stamp Program Site. Link
provides information on the state contact person for the Food Stamp Program.
USDA WIC page - http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/Contacts/ContactsMenu.HTM
USDA Women, Infants, and Children
(WIC) site. This link will connect to
II. Nutrition and Program
Information
B.
Food Provision
1. General
http://www.ams.usda.gov/statesummaries/TX/TXhome.htm
Agricultural Marketing Services provides state
marketing profiles are broken down into several categories. For
2. Commodity Distribution
ACDA strives to strengthen USDA’s Commodity Food
Program by providing food to specific programs, centers and populations.
Internet site provides legislative information and news regarding commodity
distribution.
3.
Statewide
American Community Gardening Association - http://www.communitygarden.org
The American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) is a
national nonprofit membership organization of professionals, volunteers and supporters
of community greening in urban and rural communities. The Association supports community gardening
through facilitating the formation and expansion of state and regional
community gardening networks; developing resources in support of community
gardening; encouraging research and conducting educational programs. Internet site provides organizational
information and community gardening events.
National Gardening - http://www.garden.org/
NGA is focused primarily on children and the ways that gardening enhances education and helps build environmentally responsible adults. Primary efforts include the website http://www.Kidsgardening.com
a place where teachers, parents, and community
organizers can find gardening resources; GrowLab:
Activities For Growing Minds, a curriculum utilized in classrooms across the
country to help students learn about science and the environment; Gardening
With Kids catalog; and Youth Garden Grants. Internet site features articles,
30,000 FAQs, growing guides, an events calendar, a
plant dictionary, and much more. The NGA Garden Shop offers easy online
shopping for quality plants, bulbs, and gardening supplies, and all profits
support NGA's educational mission.
Coppell:
4. Farmers
Markets
AMS
Texas Farmers Markets -
http://www.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/states/state06.pdf/texas.pdf
List
of Agriculture Marketing Farmer's Markets in
The Local Harvest map makes it easy to find family
farms, farmers markets and other sources of food grown in your area. For information in
National
Association of Farmers' Market Nutrition Programs http://www.nafmnp.org/stateprograms.aspx?myVal=TX
The
Association is a national advocate for the FMNP, voicing the concerns of
farmers and WIC participants in meetings, hearings, conferences, and other
forums. Internet site provides links to legislation activities affecting
farmers' markets currently under consideration in Congress, development
resources and association information.
Pick
5. Food Banks
Association
of Second Harvest Food Banks - http://www.secondharvest.org/
TASHFB works to be a single voice uniting all food
banks in Texas, fostering and facilitating cooperation between food banks
themselves as well as statewide resources; particularly state government. Click on your county to find the food bank in
your community.
Brazos Food Bank (Bryan) -
http://www.brazosfoodbank.org/
Capital Area Food Bank (Austin) - http://www.austinfoodbank.org/
Food Bank of the
Concho Valley Regional Food Bank (
Food Bank of
Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley, Inc. (
Food Bank of West Central Texas (
High Plains Food Bank (
Houston Food Bank
-
www.houstonfoodbank.org
North Texas Food Bank (Dallas) - www.ntxfoodbank.org
Regional East Texas Food Bank (Tyler) - www.etexfoodbank.org
San Antonio Food Bank - http://www.safoodbank.org/
South Plains Food Bank (Lubbock) - http://www.spfb.org
South Texas Food Bank (
Southeast Texas Food Bank (Beaumont) - http://www.setxfoodbank.org/
Tarrant Area Food Bank - http://www.tafb.org/
West Texas Food Bank (
Wichita
Falls Area Food Bank -
http://www.wfareafoodbank.com/
6. Food Recovery
Society
of
The
Society of St. Andrew is an ecumenical Christian ministry that feeds the hungry
all year long by saving fresh produce that would otherwise go to waste and
giving it to the needy. Internet site provides program information, gleaning
and hunger facts and information, opportunities to help.
TACAA
Share Our Surplus and Hunters for the Hungry- www.tacaa.org
Texas
Association of Community Action Agencies, Inc., is a
private nonprofit corporation created to provide a unified voice for Community
Action Agencies in advocacy, policy, programmatic and legislative issues
affecting families and communities in the State of
The
Texas Gleaning Network operates across much of the state (
II. Nutrition and Program Information
C.
Sources for Youth and Elderly Services
1. School and Summer Food Service Information
and Sites
Action
for Healthy Kids - http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/state_profile.php?state=TX
A public-private partnership of more than
50 national organizations and government agencies representing education,
health, fitness and nutrition, Action for Healthy Kids addresses the epidemic
of overweight, sedentary, and undernourished youth by focusing on changes in
schools. State
specific contacts and action.
ASFSA
site provides program information, child nutrition information and resources,
nutrition news and links to related sites.
Website provides nutrition news for children
including research opportunities, kids energy
calculator, and nutrition news.
TDHS
main Summer Food Site. Internet site provides program information,
reimbursement rates, food alerts, meal patterns,
income eligibility guidelines, frequently asked questions, and information for
contractors.
TSFSA
is a professional organization for all levels of school food service employees
established to provide resources that enhance and promote non-profit child
nutrition programs for the benefit of schoolchildren. Internet site provides
information on certification and education and employment opportunities.
Texas
Department of Agriculture - http://www.squaremeals.org/
Texas
Department of Agriculture – Pick
Website
with information for children under Kid’s Corner including cool facts, get
cooking, and test your knowledge.
USDA
Summer Food Page - http://www.summerfood.usda.gov/States/outreach_initiative.html
Official site of USDA Summer Food Service Program, a
Federal resource available for local sponsors to combine a feeding program with
a summer activity program.
Internet site provides program and administration information, eligibility
guidelines, best practices, sponsors and local state agency contact information.
2. Delivered meals
Elder
Options of
Elder
Options of Texas makes it easier for caregivers, healthcare professionals, and
seniors to locate housing options, elder care resources, and community support
services. Internet site provides a searchable database of senior programs,
articles on a multitude of issues, specifically meal programs and nutrition
links and a calendar of events.
Meals
on Wheels Association of
The
Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) is the
oldest and largest organization in the
MealCall - http://www.mealcall.org/meals-on-wheels/tx/
Lists meal organizations by city in
3. Aging/Elderly Issues
Area Agencies on Aging – directory at Texas
Department of Aging and Disability Services
http://www.dads.state.tx.us/contact/combined.cfm
or National Association of Area Agencies on Aging - http://www.n4a.org/links.cfm#TX
The
agencies provide information on benefits counseling, home-delivered meals,
congregate meals, transportation, ombudsman, care coordination and caregiver
support.
Texas
Department on Aging and Disability Services - http://www.dads.state.tx.us/
Texas Department on Aging and Disability Services
home page. Internet site provides
links to services and resources, basic benefits, nursing and long-term care
resources, documents and publications, and department information.
II. Nutrition and Program Information
D.
General Aid Organizations
Catholic
Charities
Catholic
Charities USA is a membership organization based in
Community
Resource Groups - http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/crcg/crcg.htm
Community
Resource Coordination Groups (known as CRCGs) are
local interagency groups, comprised of public and private providers who come
together to develop individual services plans for children, youth, and adults
whose needs can be met only through interagency coordination and cooperation.
Internet site provides information on CRCGs and links
to individual offices by county.
Goodwill
- http://www.goodwill.org/
Goodwill
Industries International is a network of 208 community-based, autonomous member
organizations that serve people with workplace disadvantages and disabilities
by providing job training and employment services, as well as job placement
opportunities and post-employment support.
Internet site provides information on Goodwill programs and services and
a searchable database of Goodwill sites by zip code.
Salvation
Army
The Salvation Army provides food pantries, soup
kitchens, homeless shelters, emergency rent and utility assistance, substance
abuse treatment, clothing and household goods, job counseling and training,
youth programs, senior citizen’s programs, and Christmas assistance. Internet
site provides program information and locations.
Programs are listed without description.
When possible, the link directly connects to the dietetic or nutrition
page.)
Sam
Houston State University, Huntsville,
Texas
State University – San Marcos, San Marcos,
Stephen
F. Austin State University, Nagodoches,
Tarleton State University, Stephenville,
Texas A & M University,
College Stations,
Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas Women’s University, Denton and Houston,
University of the Incarnate Word,
A. National
Information
Action
Against Hunger - http://www.aah-usa.org/
Action
Against Hunger directly delivers emergency aid and
longer-term assistance to people suffering from the dire consequences of
natural disaster or man-made crisis. Internet site provides news, hunger FAQs, research, events, publications, links to anti-hunger
resources and a section on how to help.
Bread
for the World – www.bread.org/
Bread for the World utilizes elected officials to influence
legislation that affects people who are hungry.
The focus of the organization is to use power held by citizens to
support policies that address the root causes of hunger and poverty.