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Walmart Foundation SNAP Education and Outreach Grant

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Funding Amount

$5,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Walmart Foundation SNAP Education and Outreach Grant

Funder: Walmart Foundation

Amount: $5,000

Focus Areas:

  • SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) application assistance

  • SNAP education and outreach

  • Reducing barriers to SNAP enrollment

  • Senior SNAP enrollment emphasis

    • Geographic Scope: 27-county service area in central Pennsylvania

    Program Details:

  • Scales access to SNAP among eligible households with particular emphasis on seniors

  • Addresses fact that more than 15% of Americans eligible for SNAP do not receive benefits

  • Seniors disproportionately affected: 58% of eligible seniors not enrolled in SNAP

  • SNAP reduces health care costs and improves food security

  • Enables purchase of healthier foods and frees household resources for preventative services and medical care

    • Implementation:

  • Food Bank team of SNAP experts provides assistance

  • Help individuals determine eligibility for SNAP benefits

  • Assist in application process

  • Bi-lingual Food Stamps Helpline: 1-877-999-5964

    • Walmart Support:

  • Provides donations of both food and funds to Feeding America network of 200 food banks nationwide

  • Annual "Fight Hunger, Spark Change" campaign

  • Walmart and Sam's Club stores donated over 4 million pounds of food to Food Bank (equates to 3.6 million meals)

    • Food Bank Programs:

  • ElderShare

  • MilitaryShare

  • Fresh Express

  • BackPack

  • Kids Café

  • Summer Pantries

  • Summer Feeding

  • Services 136,000+ individuals monthly

  • Last year provided 45 million meals

  • Distributed 11+ million pounds of produce from two healthy hub locations (Harrisburg and Williamsport)

    • Contact Information:

  • Harrisburg: 3908 Corey Road, Harrisburg, PA 17109 | (717)-564-1700

  • Williamsport: 3301 Wahoo Drive, Williamsport, PA 17701 | (570)-321-8023

  • Hollidaysburg: 811 Scotch Valley Road, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648 | (814)-646-5075

  • Email: info@centralpafoodbank.org

  • EIN: 23-2202250

    • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    food-securitynutritionseniorsnonprofits

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