UPDATE: New Get Involved Webpage Launches for FNS Partners!

USDA Food and Nutrition Service sent this bulletin at 11/08/2011 05:07 PM EST

UPDATE: Please see the corrected link.

Dear partner,

 

The USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has launched a new webpage just for you! The “Get Involved” webpage is full of tools your organization can use to improve outreach efforts for food help programs like SNAP, Summer Food, CACFP At-Risk Afterschool Meals, and more. When you visit http://www.fns.usda.gov/outreach/getinvolved, you’ll discover how your organization, or even you as an individual, can dive into FNS outreach.

 

There are a few main sections of the new page that we’d like to draw your attention to:

·         New-to-FNS page:  Visitors to the page are greeted by a section across the top of the page that says, “.” This page offers information for organizations that want to get started and have done limited or no outreach with FNS in the past. It connects them with an overview of FNS food help programs, and it gets them to resources they need to start a meal or outreach program from scratch. 

·         In the News:  If you scroll past this new-to-FNS section, you’ll see the “In the News” section, which features new outreach resources, updates on initiatives and programs, and other highlights.  

·         Outreach and Partnership Resources:  Scroll a little farther, and you’ll see a grid of graphics that represent helpful topic areas. FNS asked its partners what they needed most from its website, and they answered: 

  • How do I order outreach materials?
  • Where do I register for webinars and listen to past webcasts?
  • How can I get funding?
  • Where do I find data and reports?
  • Is there a toolkit for ____________?
  • Where do I find info on Let’s Move, Ending Childhood Hunger, and other initiatives?
  • How do I partner with FNS?
  • Where can I connect with others doing hunger work?

·         FAQ, Contact Info, and Follow Us:  Be sure to stay tuned! FNS will Tweet updates and new resources as they appear on the Get Involved webpage, so follow us on Twitter. We will also send updates to the FNS Outreach Coalition, so please pass on new Get Involved webpage link to your colleagues.  Thanks again for your support of the nations food help and nutrition programs.

 

USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Outreach and Partnerships