Utahns Against Hunger

“The executive director reviews the form 990 before it is filed. In addition, the form 990 is provided to all members of the board of directors for review prior to filing.”

“Compensation for officers is determined by the board of directors, independent of the executive director. The organization uses market data for similar positions in the region to establish a reasonable level of compensation. The deliberation and determination of compensation for officers id documented in the board minutes.”

“Governing documents and financial statements are made available to the public upon request.”

“Our mission is to increase access to food across utah through advocacy, outreach, and education. Utahns against hunger is utahs only state-wide anti-hunger non-profit organization working on public policy and advocacy for federal nutrition programs.”

“- uah provided assistance to markets who were impacted by the shutdown of the novo dia group, the largest supplier of snap payment processing equipment to farmers markets in the country. Uah communicated with markets throughout the process and helped them identify solutions as they looked for other resources to provide services to their customers. Snap outreach - uah's snap outreach manager added three additional outreach sites between october 1, 2017-november 30, 2018. These new sites are located in three rural counties, we are partnering with the association of local governments, they also house the community action agency. - between december 1, 2017-november 30, 2018, utah's outreach sites helped 114 households apply for snap. Snap demographic data: 23% were seniors, 1% reported having members with disabilities, and 57% identified as having limited english proficiency, 72% were adults with no children, and 1% were at risk of being homeless. - in 2017, uah staff conducted 14 snap trainings for community partners, which included information about the eligibility process and how to navigate the online application, client's rights under the civil rights act, and how agencies can help their clients meet the requirements for both abawd participation and employment and training. - uah outreach staff developed a project with salt lake community college to reach out to potentially eligible students. Staff also developed a student specific outreach brochure, outlining the requirements for students to participate in snap. Child nutrition: summer food service program - uah staff fielded 250 phone calls from parents asking for more information about summer food and assisted these individuals with locating summer food sites in their community. - uah promoted summer food on social media, provided a searchable map on www.uah.org , emailed resources to more than 200 community partners. School breakfast program - uah coordinated the utah school breakfast week and released the report starting the day right ii: best practices for increasing school breakfast participation in utah schools with the utah breakfast expansion team, bringing much needed attention to this underutilized program. Governor herbert signed a proclamation supporting the role that school breakfast plays in helping children learn. - together with no kid hungry met with governor herbert to enlist his support for school breakfast. While he did not offer or commit to supporting school breakfast, he committed to continue the conversation about how to increase participation. Federal: farm bill: - uah worked with a network of local and national organizations to successfully defeat efforts to cut or weaken the supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap, formerly known as food stamps) in the 2018 farm bill. We worked to educate our federal congressional delegation about the importance of snap and urged them to support a farm bill that protects this vital program which benefited over 80,000 utah households in fy 2018. In june we received the support of senator hatch in opposing proposed amendments in the senate version of the farm bill that would have made it more difficult for families to receive benefits. - enlisted 30 non-profits to sign onto a letter opposing h.r. 2 the agriculture and nutrition act of 2018. The letter was delivered to house members. - in september, 2018 uah executive director had an op-ed published in the salt lake tribune titled food aid matters to thousands of utah households. - issued a statement opposing the passage of h.r. 2. - issued a statement supporting the passage of the senate farm bill, s.3042: agriculture improvement act of 2018. Public charge: uah took a leadership role in the advocacy community to generate opposition to a proposed federal rule that would make it more difficult for legal immigrants to access snap and other vital assistance programs (such as medicaid, medicare part d low income subsidy, and housing assistance). - facilitated an”