About This Webinar
Military families are among millions of households in the U.S. rely on the charitable food system to fill gaps in their food needs. Recent efforts have sought to redesign food pantries to create a less stigmatizing experience for clients where they can access healthy food. Attend this webinar to learn about innovative organizational practices that are aimed at meeting the diverse health and social needs of those relying on food pantries.
Learning Objectives
- Describe how the charitable food system can fill gaps in food needs for households facing food insecurity.
- Illustrate examples of resources, approaches, and collaborative partnerships aimed at changing organizational practices in the charitable food system.
- Consider the diverse health and social needs of people who rely on the charitable food system.
Presenter:
Caitlin Caspi, PhD
Dr. Caspi is an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut (UConn) Department of Allied Health Sciences. At UConn, she also serves as the Director of Food Insecurity Initiatives at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health, and as the Associate Director of the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy. Her research evaluates policies and interventions related to food insecurity, diet quality, and weight outcomes. In her work, she has partnered extensively with charitable food system partners, including food banks and food pantries. She has also led several qualitative and quantitative studies aimed at understanding how social and economic policies affect food insecurity and other health outcomes among households with lower incomes.
Continuing education credit is available.
Register: https://oneop.org/learn/160068/
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