Food Insecurity: Partner with Capital Area Food Bank.

Capital Area Food Bank is responding to COVID-19. 

See the latest information and updates here.

·        HUNGER IN OUR REGION

 

·        HUNGER REPORT 2020

 

 

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Become a Partner

The Capital Area Food Bank is taking hunger off the map.

There are nearly a half million people in the Washington metropolitan area who often aren’t sure where their next meal will come from. Working with its network of 450+ food assistance partners, the Capital Area Food Bank provides meals to 10 percent of the region’s mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, and grandparents. Our partners provide food and other services directly to those in need. 

What exactly are Food Assistance Partners?

Food assistance partners are not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organizations that are passionate and prepared to serve the community. Partners receive food and health education materials from the food bank and distribute them through the Washington metropolitan area to help create access to good, healthy food in every community. There are all types of food assistance partners. They include organizations that offer food-related services like meal and grocery programs, along with organizations that focus on job training and housing assistance. The food bank supplies the food so that these organizations can focus their resources on other services.

Learn More How We Work

Are you interested in becoming a partner of the Capital Area Food Bank?

Here are a few questions to consider:

• Are you a 501(c)(3)?
• Do you have an operating budget?
• Do you want to provide food to the community for no charge on a regular basis?
• Do you have a safe, clean and secure place to store food?
• Do you have access to an e-mail account that you check regularly?
• Are you prepared to emphasize dignity and respect as you provide food in your community?

If you can confirm all of the above, scroll down to Get Started! If not, learn about other ways you can help. 

Get Started!

Contact us and a member of our team will follow up and send you further details on:

• completing the application packet, including an operating budget and a business plan;
• setting up a site visit to see your space; and
• scheduling in-person trainings at the Capital Area Food Bank.

Maryland – Jeo Paz | jpaz@capitalareafoodbank.org

Northern Virginia – Johnnie Dunlap | jdunlap@capitalareafoodbank.org

Washington, DC – Elvis Paz | epaz@capitalareafoodbank.org

Food Insecurity. Capital Area Food Bank has convened its first Client Leadership Council (CLC).

Welcome the 2020 Client Leadership Council

 

To amplify the voices of those it serves, the Capital Area Food Bank has convened its first Client Leadership Council (CLC). The CLC brings together 20 people from across the region with an array of perspectives and experiences. Participants will take part in a ten-month advocacy training program aimed at empowering them to serve as effective agents of change in their communities. On October 6th, the CLC came together for its first in-person (socially distant) meeting, where councilmembers shared their stories, heard from speakers and CAFB staff, and began their journey with advocacy basics. Stay tuned for more from this inspiring group of individuals. Click here to learn more about the Capital Area Food Bank

After School Program Begins - Pickney Time Story Time. Program 1 – October 28, 2020

 

Calling all Children, Parents, Caregivers, Librarians Pickney Time Story Time Caribbean Children’s Afterschool Program Program 1 – October 28, 2020   Co-Hosted by Andrew Sharpe & Miranda Alexander Theme: “Accessibility Matters” Disabilities Month | Kweyol Heritage Month | Calypso History Month Disability Featured - Visual or Sensory Impairment – Blindness.           Register to Attend

Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 Transforms Field of Emergency Management

In the face of COVID-19 many have forgotten.

We haven't.

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Communities, and States increased involvement and management.

 

(Click to access PDF file:   FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 )   Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 Transforms Field of Emergency Management   The Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 into law as part of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018. With the economic disruption and the cost of disasters on the rise nationwide, the Federal Emergency Management Agency worked closely with Congress over the past year as they considered, and ultimately passed, important reforms to federal disaster programs.   Outlined below are key highlights of the DRRA:   60 individual provisions included in the DRRA DRRA authorizes a National Public Infrastructure Pre-Disaster Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. -Previously, the funding for pre-disaster mitigation grants relied on uncertain funding from Congress. -The updated program will now be funded through the Disaster Relief Fund as a six percent set aside from disaster expenses. With a more reliable stream of sufficient funding, communities will be able to plan and execute mitigation programs to help reduce disaster risk. -This change contributes greatly to building a culture of preparedness - Goal 1 of the FEMA Strategic Plan. The legislation authorizes FEMA to appoint Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery employees (COREs) who have been with the agency for three continuous years to full-time positions. This change will allow FEMA to retain and promote experienced, talented emergency managers.  DRRA also increases a state’s management capability to manage its own recovery by increasing administrative cost reimbursement rates for state, local and tribal partners. It raises the rates for both the Public Assistance and the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. The law also helps applicants with disabilities by allowing accessibility repairs to be funded outside of the individual maximum disaster grant award. This change will increase the amount of assistance available to certain households affected by disasters.    You can learn more about the DRRA by viewing the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018.   There are roughly.    FEMA Administrator will designate a senior FEMA official to ensure projet management of the staff level for DRRA implementation.

 

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Vaccine Distribution

 

Vaccine Distribution

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released a vaccine distribution strategy and an interim playbook for jurisdiction operations. Resources include: Strategy for Distributing a COVID-19 Vaccine – PDF COVID-19 Vaccination Program Interim Playbook – PDF COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Process Infographic - PDF