Food Funders Presentation 4/23/2015

Hunger in San Diego County:

Systemic and Severe

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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

The Changing Face of Hunger

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Military Working Families Students

HAN’s Theory of Change

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Increased access to advocacy

resources will increase

stakeholder advocacy.

Legislative advocacy by

local stakeholders will influence choices made by legislators.

Legislators will support anti-

hunger policies.

Incremental state-level policy changes will

reduce food insecurity in San Diego.

“Give me a lever long enough

and I alone can move the world.”

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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.

HAN’s Mission

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To achieve a long-term, systemic

reduction in food insecurity in San

Diego by shaping state policy.

Who We Are

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Statewide Partners

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How HAN Uses Advocacy

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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.

So…What Exactly is Advocacy?

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“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, 1987.

“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 (1909-1999)

How We Advocate

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Meetings with Elected Officials Legislative Events

How We Advocate

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Awareness Raising Education Opportunities

How We Advocate

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Trainings Letters of Support & Resources

2015 Advocacy Priorities

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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

2015 Policy Agenda

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Directed by our priorities

Informed by our local and statewide Partners

Shaped by opportunities

See handout for specifics!

Spotlight: Military Hunger

Several military food

distributions in San Diego

Listening sessions

Policy solutions identified

with local and statewide

Partners

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Because of HAN’s advocacy, Senator Hueso

introduces No Hunger for Heroes Act in 2013!

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.

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What’s Next?

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Success

&

What’s

Needed

Building on policy successes - Ongoing campaigns

Expanding Network

2015 Evaluation

New strategies to engage diverse partners

Overcome advocacy barriers

Civic engagement

THANK YOU!