4/23/2015. Food Funders Presentation

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1 Food Funders Presentation

2 Hunger in San Diego County: Systemic and Severe 451,710 San Diegans are food insecure 15% of total population 163,780 children are food insecure 25% of all children 72% of food assistance recipients plan to receive food on a regular basis 70% of households seeking food assistance have incomes below 100% of the Federal Poverty Level

3 The Changing Face of Hunger Students Working Families Military

4 HAN s Theory of Change Increased access to advocacy resources will increase stakeholder advocacy. Legislative advocacy by local stakeholders will influence choices made by legislators. Legislators will support antihunger policies. Incremental state-level policy changes will reduce food insecurity in San Diego.

5 Give me a lever long enough and I alone can move the world. The highest impact non-profits use the power of leverage to create change. In physics, leverage is defined as the mechanical advantage gained from using a lever. In business, it means using a proportionately small initial investment to gain a high return. --Stanford Social Innovation Review The concept of leverage captures what high-impact nonprofits do, and why HAN works to address hunger through collective advocacy. Like a person lifting a boulder three times their weight with a lever and fulcrum, HAN is able to achieve greater social change than our mere size would suggest.

6 HAN s Mission To achieve a long-term, systemic reduction in food insecurity in San Diego by shaping state policy.

7 Who We Are

8 Statewide Partners

9 How HAN Uses Advocacy Legislative, administrative, and budget advocacy allows HAN Partners to affect root causes of widespread social issues, which can t be done through direct service alone. HAN Partners frontline work informs the Network s advocacy work, making legislation more responsive to specific food security needs of San Diegans.

10 So What Exactly is Advocacy? Any attempt to influence the decisions of any institutional elite on behalf of a collective interest. -Jenkins, J. Craig. Nonprofit Organizations and Policy Advocacy. In The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook, edited by Walter W. Powell, p. 297, New Haven: Yale University Press, When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist. - Helder Camara, Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Brazil ( )

11 How We Advocate Legislative Events Meetings with Elected Officials

12 How We Advocate Education Opportunities Awareness Raising

13 How We Advocate Letters of Support & Resources Trainings

14 2015 Advocacy Priorities Increasing school breakfast participation Reducing food waste and increasing food donations Increasing SSI/SSP benefits for seniors and people with disabilities Addressing military food insecurity Exploring nutrition guidelines for emergency federal food assistance programs in San Diego

15 2015 Policy Agenda Directed by our priorities Informed by our local and statewide Partners Shaped by opportunities See handout for specifics!

16 Spotlight: Military Hunger Several military food distributions in San Diego Listening sessions Policy solutions identified with local and statewide Partners Because of HAN s advocacy, Senator Hueso introduces No Hunger for Heroes Act in 2013! 4/23/15

17 Spotlight: Military Hunger Military represents 10% of households seeking food assistance from Feeding America SD More internal consultations, research & statewide discussions Local survey Re-engaged state elected officials Federal engagement HAN continues to coordinate state & federal legislative advocacy to address this issue. 4/23/15

18 What s Next? Building on policy successes - Ongoing campaigns Success & What s Needed Expanding Network 2015 Evaluation New strategies to engage diverse partners Overcome advocacy barriers Civic engagement

19 THANK YOU!