What is the
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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. Commodity Distribution
2.
3. Farmers Markets
4. Food Banks
5. 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 basic information regarding the program, eligibility (residence,
citizenship, employment services, work requirement, resources, income, social security) computation of a sample food stamp
household.
Texas
Department of Agriculture 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
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.
2.
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:
3. 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
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
4. Food Banks
Feeding
America - http://www.feedingamerica.org/
TFBN 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/
5. 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
Hunger Relief Programs - 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/in-your-state/
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.
TDA
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/services/contact.cfm
or National Association of Area Agencies on Aging - www.n4a.org
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.
Center
for Science in the Public Interest - http://www.cspinet.org/
Internet
site provides a nutrition action "healthletter,"
health and nutrition information, and food safety issues.
Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities - http://www.cbpp.org/pubs/fa.htm
A nonpartisan research organization and policy
institute that conducts research and analysis on a range of government policies
and programs, with an emphasis on those affecting low- and moderate-income
people. Internet site provides
information on news and legislative issues.
Coalition
on Human Needs - http://www.chn.org
The
Coalition on Human Needs is an alliance of national organizations working
together to promote public policies that address the needs of low-income
populations. CHN shares information, enabling organizations to work together to
raise awareness about issues affecting vulnerable populations of our country.
Internet site provides a newsletter on national policy issues affecting
low-income and vulnerable populations, federal analyses, new reports, and other
breaking information, as well as information on children's issues, employment,
food and nutrition, health, housing and community development, immigrant
issues, welfare and social security.
ELCA World Hunger works with governmental and
corporate advocacy leaders to build grassroots networks and advocate with and
for the poor and hungry people of the
Food
First: Institute for Food and Development Policy - http://www.foodfirst.org/
The
Institute for Food and Development Policy better known as Food First produces
books, reports, articles, films, electronic media, and curricula, plus
interviews, lectures, workshops and academic courses for the public, policy
makers, activists, the media, students, educators and researchers; participates
in activist coalitions and furnishes analyses, arguments and action plans; and
runs numerous domestic and international programs. Internet site is a
comprehensive resource for legislative issues and news relating to hunger. Also
provides program information, information on trade, agriculture, biotechnology,
alternative food systems and much more.
Food
Research and
The
Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is a leading national organization
working to improve public policies to eradicate hunger and under nutrition in
the
RESULTS - http://www.results.org/
RESULTS is a nonprofit grassroots advocacy
organization, committed to creating the political will to end hunger and the
worst aspects of poverty. RESULTS
Educational Fund is committed to educating the public, the media, and leaders
about issues related to poverty and hunger in the
Sin Fronteras Border Agricultural Workers Project - http://www.farmworkers.org/bawppage.html
Sin
Fronteras is a union, organizing workers to gain
power in negotiations with labor contractors, growers and food producers; it is
also a multiple-purpose agency prepared to do whatever needs to be done to
support the farm workers, from feeding them and finding them a place to sleep
during the growing season to advocating for their rights and providing a range
of assistance from immigration work to tax advice. This is a page of the main
site providing information about the project and contact information.
World
Hunger Education, Advocacy and Training (WHEAT) – http://www.hungerhurts.org/index2.htm
WHEAT supports self-help projects and other
activities and policies that help eliminate the causes of hunger.
B.
Center
for Public Policy Priorities - http://www.cppp.org/
The
Center for Public Policy Priorities is a non-partisan, non-profit policy research
organization committed to improving public policies and private practices that
influence the economic and social prospects and conditions of individuals,
families, and communities in
Texas Dietetic Association (TDA) promotes optimal
nutrition and well-being for people by advocating for its members. The purpose
of the website is to assist members by providing current, comprehensive
information on nutrition professionals and health topics.
Action
for Healthy Kids - http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/in-your-state/
Statistics
comparing
Center
for Public Policy Priorities- http://www.cppp.org/
The center focuses on health care
access, immigrants' access to services, food and nutrition, the state's
eligibility and enrollment system, and TANF.
End
Hunger Network - http://www.endhunger.com
End
Hunger Network works to end childhood hunger in the
Website
allows the user to compile data to compare benefits and statistics across
federal programs and state statistics including state policy data, state
demographics, family resource simulator, and income converter.
USDA
– Economic Research Service - Food Stamp Program Map Machine - http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/Foodstamps/
Illustrates program participation and benefit levels
at national, state and county levels.
USDA
– Economic Research Service - Summer Food Service Map Machine - http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/sfsp/
Shows the program participation at national, state
and county levels.
USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),
formerly the Food Stamp Program - http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/snapmain.htm
Official federal Food Stamp Program Site. Link provides data on the Food
Stamp Program participation by state, over time.
USDA WIC page - http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/wicmain.htm
USDA Women, Infants, and Children
(WIC) site. Link provides data on the WIC Program
participation by state, over time.
Provides links to a wide variety of funding
opportunities in areas of community development, agriculture, small business
development, and similar issues.
Searchable database of bid and
procurement opportunities for the State of
Federal Register - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
The Federal Register is the official daily
publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and
organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents and
funding opportunities.
Fundsnet (General) - http://www.fundsnetservices.com/foundb.htm
Provides links to private sources of funding for
various social service programs.
The Texas Register contains emergency, proposed, and
adopted rules; notices of withdrawn and repealed rules; notices of rule review
and other information submitted by state agencies for publication. Issues contain the current grant solicitation
notices issued by state agencies in the "In Addition" section of the
issue.
Agricultural
Research Service – Southern Plains Area -
http://www.spa.ars.usda.gov
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the
principal in-house research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
and includes research in nutrition. The
Southern Plans Area has eight locations in
Children's
Children's Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) is one of
six federally funded human nutrition research centers in the nation and the
first to conduct scientific investigations into the role of maternal, infant
and child nutrition in optimal health, development, and growth. It is operated by Baylor College of Medicine
in cooperation with Texas Children's Hospital and the Agricultural Research
Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA/ARS).
Center for Human Nutrition - http://outside.utsouthwestern.edu/chn/index.htm
or http://www8.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept27717/files/127092.html
Center for Human Nutrition was established at The University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center to develop a program to "place the entire
field of nutrition on a firm scientific foundation."
The Agriculture and Food Policy Center,
The Agricultural and Food Policy Center (AFPC)
conducts analyses of the impacts of government policy proposals and/or
implementation procedures on farmers, agribusiness's, taxpayers, and consumers.