California Association of Food Banks Responding to Threats to the Food Safety Net

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With the changed political landscape, the safety net programs that millions of Californians rely on for nutrition and health may come under increased threat of cuts, including SNAP, School Lunch, TEFAP and the Child Nutrition Act, along with programs like the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and SSI that also lift Americans out of poverty.

CAFB has a strong advocacy program in place to protect these programs, including our statewide network of food banks, strong partnerships with other anti-hunger and social service nonprofits, and longstanding relationships with key government agencies at the state and county levels.

Mobilizing food banks for a broad-based response

CAFB intends to fully leverage the capacity of our network and its political, geographic and demographic diversity to oppose any threats to the food safety net. Collectively, our 41 members reach over two million low income Californians annually and have built strong community partnerships with over 6,000 churches, schools, charities, and businesses.

Many of our members have advocacy programs that include relationships on both sides of the aisle. Since the election, CAFB has been enhancing our advocacy capacity building for individual food banks by:

Holding a network-wide public policy call post-election to discuss threats to the food safety net
Providing information, tools and technical assistance to help our members educate their elected officials about hunger-related policy issues
Working with members to host elected officials for site visits at food banks and food distribution sites
Collecting stories to put a human face on CalFresh, especially during the holiday season when so many organizations, businesses, and the public are thinking about food banks and those in need

Strengthening our network of county-based CalFresh advocates

As part of the Alliance to Transform CalFresh, CAFB has built a corps of nearly 100 CalFresh advocates in 17 key counties who are trained to work with county administrators to strengthen federal nutrition programs.

Gathering information and strategizing with allies

In the weeks since the election, our Director of Government Affairs has been on the road, collecting and sharing information and developing an analysis of threats to the food safety net, including:

Convening with hunger leaders in DC the week following the election
Meeting with our Congressional delegation, especially leadership who will be central to protecting federal nutrition programs
Meeting with agricultural partners to build support for our Farm Bill agenda
Participating in the Western Region Anti-Hunger Conference
Delivering a presentation on threats to SNAP/CalFresh to a gathering of advocates from the statewide Health & Human Services Network
Presenting at the national SNAP conference sponsored by the Center for Budget & Policy Priorities

Coalition Building

Coalition work with be essential to protecting the food safety net. In the months ahead, CAFB will strengthen our partnerships in multiple sectors – federal, state and local government; agricultural businesses and associations; faith-based organizations; environmental groups; and the philanthropic and corporate sectors.

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