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.”

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“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.”

“Recent snap and child nutrition activities state legislature 2022: - advocated for the codification of the state nutrition action council into the food security council, bringing together a diverse group of stakeholders to improve access to food across the state. - advocated for 500,000 in new funding for community food pantries, ultimately not funded. Administrative advocacy: - met with policy staff to design a plan on how utah would allocate the tanf pandemic emergency assistance fund (peaf). This resulted in a one-time payment to tanf and snap eligible households. - worked with dws to spend administrative funding to redesign the online snap application - wrote a letter to the governor's office to continue snap emergency allotments, utah continues to issue these benefits. - started a community food pantry association consisting of pantries funded with state money. Snap advocacy: - submitted snap policy recommendation the governor's initiative one utah health collaborative. This collaborative has the goal of improving the health and general well-being of all utahns. Increasing access to food will improve health outcomes. - translated snap outreach materials into 7 additional languages beyond spanish and english. College student food access and food insecurity - worked with utah higher education basic needs coalition to develop and implement a college student food security survey on all utah higher education institutions. - worked with utah system of higher education (ushe) and the united way of salt lake to set up a workgroup for campus pantries and basic needs centers. The group will be managed by ushe and the utah conservation corp. - worked with ushe to identify opportunities for collaboration on state/federal policy that impact the basic needs of college students. Child nutrition: - participated in planning meetings with utah's snap and child nutrition agencies on utah's state p-ebt plan. - worked with statewide coalitions to sketch out potential paths to statewide universal meals - outreach at the school board level focused on the overlap of nutrition programs and social and emotional learning. Community outreach/education: - hosted 4 community forums highlighting food insecurity in various communities that otherwise go unheard, and published 4 issue briefs to accompany the community forum topics - hosted 7 stakeholder meetings throughout the state. - facilitated the initial conversations about food choice in food pantries, including; culturally relevant/appropriate food for refugee and immigrant families. Other: - advocated for the submission and implementation of the senior farmers market nutrition assistance program.”