Network Stories
Featured
South Plains Hunger Solutions facilitates the Kids Farmer's Market by giving children who come along with their parents to the pop-up farmer’s market $5 vouchers to buy produce of their own choosing.
Kids Crockin provides elementary aged students with lessons on how to make healthy, affordable meals utilizing a crock pot and provides them with a free crock pot.
Dr. Valerie Smith, a founder of the Smith County Food Security Council, identifies the Community Coalition Action Theory and Coalition Effectiveness Inventory as key tools to establishing the groundwork for effective and sustainable coalition work.
The Dallas Coalition for Hunger Solutions supports For Oak Cliff in establishing a meal distribution site working to close the meal gap for the residents of the 75216 Superblock area in Dallas, Texas.
The Sun City Hunger Coalition develops a clearly defined leadership system to guide the projects of the nine action teams with a focus on effective collaboration and communication.
Marina reflects on her experience as an AmeriCorps VISTA leader, supporting other VISTAs and efforts to strengthen coalitions.
Danielle reflects on her year as a VISTA supporting existing coalitions and building a coalition from the ground up in Hays County/San Marcos using the steps outlined in the HFCC Toolkit.
Jen reflects on her time as a VISTA developing Hunger Free Community Coalitions on college campuses and supporting the Tom Green County Hunger coalition.
Nat reflects on her work to address student food insecurity at Baylor University and building a coalition from the ground up in Bell County using the steps outlined in the HFCC Toolkit.
The Abilene Hunger Coalition shifts the Free Summer Meals Program to curbside operations amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, doubling the total number of meals served from the previous summer.
The Tom Green County Hunger Coalition facilitates the Kids Eat Free program with adaptations for COVID-19 protocols, serving over 22,000 meals to children and families during the 5-week summer meal gap in which San Angelo ISD does not provide meals to children.
Collaborative efforts between organizations in Washington County support volunteer needs for food distribution sites amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
HFCC Network members adapt to challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic by adjusting service operations and establishing new partnerships with organizations to enhance resource access.
The Johnson County Hunger Alliance works with the Tarrant Area Food Bank to establish 10 new mobile sites providing monthly access to fresh produce, dairy, and proteins for food insecure seniors in the county.
The Sun City Hunger Coalition focuses on cohesive regional messaging through infographics and a resource calendar.
The Abilene Hunger Coalition coordinates 14 new locations for the Summer Meals Program, serving over 4,000 meals during the 3-week program period.
The McKinney Hunger Free Coalition convenes to share resources and information, develops a partner information booklet to easily communicate between agencies, and assesses the barriers and needs for summer feeding sites.
The Boerne Community Coalition collaborates with community members and organizations to identify areas of high need for child hunger support, especially during the summer months.
The Dallas Coalition for Hunger Solutions Senior Hunger Action Team develops a task force for conducting a month-long community assessment among the older adult population of Dallas County in coordination with over 30 organizational partners, the coalition collects more than 1500 surveys and coordinates 5 focus groups to understand the barriers and needs the community is facing.
With a $10,000 grant from the Garden Club of Houston, the OST/South Union Health Improvement Partnership (OHIP) worked with GO Neighborhoods to establish a backyard and community gardening program in the Southeast Houston area with roughly 50 garden beds in total as of June 2019.
The Hunger Free Communities - Bastrop County coalition conducts a year long community assessment with a client-centered approach through focus groups and listening sessions, as well as through data-driven methods in mapping the location and quality of existing food resources.
The Hunger Free Communities - Bastrop County coalition utilizes the results of their community assessment to inform their development and areas of focus.
Tom Green County Hunger Coalition develops a privately funded comprehensive summer meal program for children and families through partnership with multiple local organizations such as Texas Parks and Wildlife, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council of the Concho Valley, and the San Angelo Diabetes Coalition.
The Smith County Food Security Council gathers for their first community wide meeting to discuss the state of food insecurity in the county, bringing together leaders from school districts, healthcare and faith based institutions, as well as non-profit and government funded food security organizations.
Through both private donations and a matching grant from a local foundation, the Burnet County Hunger Alliance secures over $7,500 to effectively implement three new summer meals sites across the two Burnet County School districts, serving school-aged children and up to 500 paid meals for parents and other adults.
The Senior Hunger Action Team of the Dallas Coalition for Hunger Solutions works with District 12 Commissioner Marlene Cohen to develop a program for seniors to learn how to maximize the economic and nutritional benefits of the SNAP program.