References and Resources: Food Insecurity

Local Organizations and Programs Cascade Harvest Coalition: http://www.cascadeharvest.org/ Food Lifeline: www.foodlifeline.org Fresh Bucks (nutrition incentive program that doubles the purchasing power for lowincome Seattle residents who use their federal food stamp benefits to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at Farmers Markets): www.farmfresh.org/markets/freshbucks.php Hunger Intervention Program (HIP): www.hungerintervention.org Meals Partnership Coalition: www.mealspartnership.org Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance: www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org/markets North Helpline, Emergency Services and Food Bank: www.northhelpline.org Northwest Harvest: www.northwestharvest.org P-Patch Community Gardens: https://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/ppatch/ o Garden Locations: http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/ppatch/locations.htm Puget Sound Fresh: www.pugetsoundfresh.org Seattle Emergency Food: http://www.seattle.gov/humanservices/emergencyservices/emergencyfood.htm Seattle Food Bank Directory: http://www.seattle.gov/humanservices/emergencyservices/docs/FoodBanksSeattleKingCoun ty.pdf Seattle Tilth: www.seattletilth.org Second Harvest: www.2-harvest.org Solid Ground: www.solid-ground.org/Pages/Default.aspx o Lettuce Link: www.solid-ground.org/Programs/Nutrition/Lettuce o Community Fruit Tree Harvest: http://www.solidground.org/programs/nutrition/fruittree/pages/default.aspx o Marra Farm: http://www.solidground.org/Programs/Nutrition/Marra/Pages/default.aspx Sound Food Network: www.soundfood.org WSDA Farm to School: http://www.wafarmtoschool.org/ Local Advocacy and Education Anti-Hunger & Nutrition Coalition, Emergency Food Assistance Program (EFAP): http://www.wsahnc.org/ Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: www.cbpp.org City of Seattle Food Action Plan: www.seattle.gov/food Communities Count (Social and Health Indicators Across King County): http://www.communitiescount.org/uploads/pdf/Data%20Updates/Adequate%20Food_CC% 20Early%20Release_Feb2012.pdf Community Food Security Coalition Recommendations for Seattle 2011: http://www.hungerfreecommunities.org/wpcontent/uploads/2012/05/FoodSystemPolicyRecommendations-Seattle.pdf Resolution 31019: http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~archives/Resolutions/Resn_31019.pdf Seattle Human Services Department/Youth and Family Empowerment: www.seattle.gov/humanservices/children_families/nutrition/heal.htm Seattles Unhealthiest Neighborhoods Dubbed Food Deserts (article): http://www.seattlemag.com/article/seattles-unhealthiest-neighborhoods-dubbed-food-deserts

Strategic Plan to End Childhood Hunger in Washington, Childrens Alliance: www.childrensalliance.org and http://www.childrensalliance.org/sites/default/files/Plan_to_ECHWA_FINAL.pdf Within Reach (Making Connections for Healthy Families): www.withinreachwa.org

National Organizations and Programs Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/care Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP): www.fns.usda.gov/fmnp Feeding America: www.feedingamerica.com o Food Bank Locator: www.feedingamerica.org/foodbank-results.aspx Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: www.fns.usda.gov/fdd/programs/fdpir Food Help for Disaster Relief: www.fns.usda.gov/disaster-assistance School Meals: www.fns.usda.gov/fmnp Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP): www.fns.usda.gov/sfmnp Summer Food Service Program (SFSP): www.fns.usda.gov/summer-food-service-programsfsp Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap The Emergency Food Assistance Program: www.fns.usda.gov/fdd/programs/tefap/about_tefap.htm WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP): www.fns.usda.gov/fmnp Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic o Shopping guide: http://www.doh.wa.gov/portals/1/Documents/Pubs/960-278ShoppingGuide.pdf National Advocacy and Education Bread for the World: www.takepart.com/sites/default/files/APATT_Bread_Toolkit.pdf Food Access Research Atlas: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-researchatlas.aspx#.UaZSSevZd6M Food Policy Action Network: www.foodpolicyaction.org Take Part: www.takepart.com/food Why Hunger: www.whyhunger.org/findfood Videos / Documentaries A Place at the Table: http://www.takepart.com/place-at-the-table http://www.magpictures.com/aplaceatthetable/ Farmageddon (2011)* Food, Inc. (2008) Food Matters (2008)* Food Stamped (2010) Forks Over Knives (2011)* Fresh (2009) Hungry for Change (2012)* King Corn (2007) * *Available on Netflix Homeless Shelters and Emergency Food Assistance for Young Adults ROOTS Young Adult Homeless Shelter and Friday Feast: www.rootsinfo.org YouthCare: www.youthcare.org