State/Local SNAP Agencies Outreach Toolkit
The State/Local SNAP Agencies
Outreach Toolkit provides a
comprehensive overview of how program
offices can work with community and
faith-based organizations to increase
awareness of SNAP benefits. When reviewing your toolkit, don’t forget to check out our new cultural competency or disaster outreach materials
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How to Milk This Toolkit for All It’s Worth!
Your introduction to the toolkit, it includes statistics, facts and figures about the
SNAP, key messages and talking points. It also lays the groundwork for how State and local
SNAP offices can work with community and faith-based organizations.
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Hook ‘Em, Then Reel Them In
Step-by-step instructions and examples of how to maximize outreach efforts by developing partnerships, including suggestions for different types of partners, activities for potential outreach, and ideas to gain community involvement.
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Cultural Competency: A Dash of Diversity, a Medley of Outreach Ideas
Find practical explanations as to the importance of effective
SNAP outreach across cultures. This section also
includes tips and tools for getting to know those in
your community as well as resources for working
effectively with minority media to increase awareness of
SNAP.
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Plant the Seeds, Reap the Benefits
An overview of promising practices with real life examples. Provides a system to submit your agency’s lessons learned, what your organization has tried, what worked and what didn’t.
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Disaster Outreach: The Heat Is On – Reaching Out After a Disaster
Learn about the Disaster SNAP and how it differs from the regular
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Review 10 easy steps to help your organization plan for outreach before a disaster strikes as well as 10 tips for increasing awareness of, and delivering, food stamp benefits in the wake of a disaster
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A Bundle of Resources and Information
Learn about free FNS resources including the Community Hunger Champions DVD. Also includes lists of regional FNS contacts, in case you need additional technical assistance.
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To download the complete State/Local SNAP Agencies Outreach Toolkit please click here
Video: “Community Hunger Champions: Helping People Eat Right When Money’s Tight
This 7-minute film will show you how community-based organizations and
SNAP offices can work as a team to increase
SNAP participation.
You can use this video in many different ways. For example, use it to introduce
a project idea to a new partner. Use it as a motivator in staff meetings. Use it
to explain your work to potential supporters.
Templates
The toolkit contains a number of ready-to-use
templates to customize for your
outreach activities.
Download These Additional Pieces to Complete Your Toolkit:
Last modified:
11/13/2008
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