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Hunger Relief Resources
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Key links | Food Bank Certification Course | Resource Manuals | Good Samaritan Act Protections | Food Safety & Food Security | Service Providers
Key Links
Agencies
Washington State Department of Health
WSU Extension
King County Health Services (food worker cards)
WSDA - WSDA Agency HUB
USDA
Other organizations/topics
Meals Partnership Coalition
Summer meal planning
End Hunger in America website
Why Hunger website
Working With Farmers (2014): PowerPoint | Recording
Food Purchasing Guide (2016)
Site Monitor Self Prep Sheet
Food Bank Certification Course
The Food Bank Certification Course is a series of six videos supported by a workbook. The videos are interactive in how they interweave information with quizzes and opportunities for reflection. Grab a pen or pencil and be ready to write down your answers. While each video is around 30 minutes, be prepared to pause a video to give yourself more time to engage with the information.
You can access the videos by visiting the Food Bank Certification course on YouTube. You can watch individual videos by clicking on the links below. While you can watch them in any order, there are occasional references to information presented in prior videos.
Welcome (2:38)
Nonprofit essentials (32 minutes)
Food banking (22 minutes)
Volunteers (24 minutes)
Food safety (29 minutes)
Forms (32 minutes)
Download the workbook. Once you have completed the videos, take time to review your workbook before taking the exam. The exam will be sent to you on request.
WFC Food Bank Resource Manuals
These popular manuals give you information and innovations designed to help you run your hunger relief program. They can be ordered by emailing WFC.
- Best practices
- Food Banking 101
- Food Banking
- Food Safety
- Special Dietary Needs
Good Samaritan Act Protections
This is a legal document laying out information about the Good Samaritan Act protects donors and what limitations it has. This is a great handout to share with donors and farmers. Click here to download this resource.
Food Safety & Food Security
WSDA Food Safety Program
USDA Meat & Poultry Hotline, Food safety questions? They have answers. 1-888-674-6854
Service Providers
Columbia Legal Services, nonprofit organization employing lawyers and legal workers who provide legal assistance to low-income and special needs people and organizations in Washington. www.columbialegal.org
WithinReach, statewide organization providing resources for maternal, child, and family health. Operates several toll-free information and referral lines. www.withinreachwa.org
Washington Connection, online portal where clients can find out what services and benefits are available to their family. www.washingtonconnection.org
Citrine Health, Citrine Health is a non-profit agency in Snohomish County that helps individuals and families apply for food assistance and state health insurance programs over the phone and in person. www.citrinehealth.org
Babblefish, listing of online language translators. www.babblefish.com
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Our work is generously supported in part by the Washington State Department of Agriculture, Food Assistance programs. In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, the Washington Food Coalition as an institution is prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability or age.