FOOD ACCESS TOOLKIT
How to Normalize Conversations About Nutritional Security in your Clinic and Community
You know people are hungry. Now you can find out why—and take action.
In the world's most prosperous nation, it's a shocking truth that 1 in 8 households are faced with food insecurity. And, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this number is now even higher.
Yet social stigma and a lack of awareness about food assistance options mean that hunger often stays hidden, even from trusted resource providers and health professionals.
That’s why we’re excited to offer the Food Access Toolkit. Download your copy now and get the tools you need to dive deeper on the hunger problem.
How to use the Food Access Toolkit
Other resources teach you how to screen for nutritional insecurity. But the Food Access Toolkit will help you dig deeper into the risk factors and coping strategies surrounding hunger where other tools don't. Instead of just finding out that people are food insecure, you’ll also discover the barriers that stop them from getting the types of food they need for a healthy life. And as a result, you can understand their problems, get to the heart of their challenges, and help them in a way that’s candid and compassionate.
The toolkit contains a wealth of resources to help you assess hunger in your clients and connect them with the dignified assistance they deserve, so they won’t walk away thinking “What do we do now?”
Here’s what’s inside:
Health Risks Associated with Food and Nutritional Insecurity cheatsheet: This informative document will help you understand how people choose between food and other necessities and recognize the health risks that come with nutritional insecurity.
Nutrition ACCESSment assessment tool: Take the guesswork out of assessing food insecurity—and know exactly what to do after you’ve diagnosed it.
Major Food Assistance Programs & Eligibility quick guide: Use this handy chart to quickly determine which food assistance programs the person you’re talking to is eligible for.
Food Assistance Checklists: Help someone apply for food assistance with this comprehensive checklist of program details and eligibility requirements.
Healthy Food Prescriptions handout: Share this to give people information about the nutrition programs and services you suggest.
Food Dignity® Action Guide: Simple steps you can take to improve food access for everyone in your community.
Food Access Barriers List: This massive list details nearly 5 dozen barriers that get in the way of food access.
Engaging Conversation Starters Addressing Nutritional Insecurity: Powerful prompts to start the important conversations about nutritional insecurity in clinics and communities.
Food and Nutritional Insecurity Reference List: A wide-reaching list of articles and other materials you can read at your leisure to learn more about food and nutritional insecurity.
Asking about food insecurity can be a challenge, but this easy-to-use, wide-ranging toolkit will prove invaluable on the hunger “frontlines.”
Download your copy using the form below and start addressing the hunger problem in your community.