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.”

“Snap: farmers markets - in fy 2019, uah continued doing out reach for farmer's markets that accept snap, we worked with the utah department of health on those outreach efforts. Uah updated the searchable map, and posted outreach materials on our web-site. The farmers market page experienced 37,701 hits during the market season and uah fielded over 300 calls from snap customers looking for information about using their benefits at a farmers market. - uah provided technical assistance to the utah department of health & urban food connections as they implemented double up food bucks throughout the state. The technical assistance included participating on the utah produce incentive coalition, writing some standard procedures for new markets and assisting in the development of a tracking system snap outreach - uah's snap outreach manager added one additional outreach site between october 1, 2018-may 2019. The outreach manager resigned in may due to some family health issues. The executive director provided support and additional training to 3 community partner organizations. - between october 1, 2018 -september 20119, utah's outreach sites helped 58 households apply for snap. - during this same period community partners conducted 490 hours of outreach activities and referred 148 households to the utah department of workforce services. - in fy209, uah staff conducted 10 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. - worked with dws to write, edit and submit the state outreach plan for fy 2020. Child nutrition: summer food service program - uah staff fielded 125 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. Our summer food page had 23,778 hits during the summer food period. School breakfast program uah worked with the utah state board of education's child nutrition staff to develop a plan to increase breakfast participation, this included: - attending 3 conferences focused on school breakfast participation and strategies to work with community stakeholders. - uah participated on the utah breakfast expansion team and assisted in the development of two pieces of legislation that will expand access to school breakfast. - uah participated on a committee to identify and work directly with schools to identify barriers to the implementation of alternative breakfast models. Federal: rule making: - uah responded to 3 separate rulemaking efforts by the trump administration to make it more difficult for low-income families to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program: - the elimination of categorical eligibility - curbing the ability of states to apply for and receive a waiver from the abawd work requirements, - significantly changing the standard utility allowance public charge uah continued our leadership role in the advocacy community to educate and do outreach regarding the rule changes to public charge. Facilitated an information meeting with seven community organizations about the potential impacts of the proposed public charge rule. Local/community level: - worked with lorna koci in the development of a state wide food pantry association. - uah participated as a member of the salt lake city food policy task force, and chaired the food access and policy/institutions subcommittees. Uah provided task force members with regular updates on federal nutrition programs and policies, and we offered technical support on local food access policies and initiatives. - participated on the state's local food advisory council's policy”