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Stay Compliant!
Food Safety & Civil Rights trainings were to be
completed last month. If you haven’t completed your free online training, do so
today so you don’t lose ordering privileges!
ERA Partners – Are You Using Your Food Credits Each Month?
FBR is Colorado
Department of Human Services’ (CDHS) authorized Regional Food Bank for
our 30 county service area in Colorado and issues monthly food credits to our participating
and eligible ERA partners (TEFAP & CSFP). We think it’s important for
clients to receive food, in addition to their USDA allotments. The CDHS TEFAP
Policy and Procedure Manual’s non-USDA food clause, while not stipulated by the
USDA, is required for FBR’s ERA partners to ensure food insecure individuals
receive this additional nutrition. And we give our ERA partners a food credit
to help make this possible.
Colorado
Department of Human Services, Food Distribution Program, The Emergency Food
Assistance Program Policy and Procedure Manual (excerpt):
IV.C.3 Regional Food Banks will
consider the following when selecting distribution site and/or congregate meal
feeding sites: h) Ability of the Distribution site to provide food from
non-USDA sources.
IV.C 4 Regional Food Banks will
ensure that all food pantries integrate both TEFAP USDA foods and non-USDA food
into the food package provided to households to the maximum extent possible.
How
Does the Credit Work?
Every month, eligible and
active ERAs receive a $50.00 food credit per program, posted to their FBR
Agency Relations Account, for compliant participation as a sub-agency
distributing CSFP and/or TEFAP.
- Eligible ERAs: FBR Partners with a 501(c)3/Public Charity
status & active FBR Agency Relations account and a properly executed
commodity sub-agency agreement.
Food Credit Guidelines:
- Posted & available the 1st
of each month.
- Covers Agency Support Fee (ASF) for donated
product only on future warehouse orders.
- Credits are not retroactive and will not
cover past due ASF balances.
- Credits will accrue to a maximum of
$150.00 per program. (Note: FBR prefers
partners to use food credits monthly.)
For questions regarding
warehouse ordering, please contact Agency Relations Division relations@foodbankrockies.org.
Partners
who have reached the $150.00 food credit maximum and haven’t ordered additional
FBR food, will be contacted to discuss the importance of staying compliant with
the non-USDA food distribution clause. If
non–compliance continues after being notified, partners risk having their CDHS
& FBR Application and Agreement terminated.
For questions regarding the Issued Food Credit please contact Su-z Moore,
USDA Administrative Supervisor 720-473-6323, ext. 26 or email
smoore@foodbankrockies.org.
Sound
the Alarm and Don’t Go Up in Smoke!
American Red Cross is offering free smoke detectors
and anyone in Colorado or Wyoming may request them! Contact them directly to request
yours today.
303-607-4753
hfpcdenver@redcross.org
https://coloradoredcross1.wufoo.com/forms/fire-safety-appointment-request/
Do you run an afterschool program?
Apply
for CACFP today!
FBR
offers healthy afterschool meals to kids in your neighborhood through the Child
and Adult Care Food Program.
September
5, 2017-May 31, 2018
CLICK
HERE FOR APPLICATION
Questions?
Email: bwebb@foodbankrockies.org
If
you’re a returning Totes of Hope site, please turn in your Renewal Request
ASAP. If you didn’t receive one via email, contact Zach - zkellerman@foodbankrockies.org
Dana Sobel, FBR’s Mobile
Pantry Supervisor, is moving on from FBR to pursue a Master’s Degree at the
Colorado School of Public Health. She’s been with the food bank for almost two
years and has loved helping run the Mobile Pantry program. We wish her all the
best in her future endeavors!
If you have questions about
the mobile pantry, reach out to Maria Esparza, Program Outreach Manager, 303-375-5830
while we’re hiring Dana’s replacement.
Closures (Denver Warehouse)
We’re
closed Friday, September 29.
Inventory, pickups, and the fresh food center will not
be open to agencies. Plan ahead and review the ordering schedule to make sure
you’re prepared.
Here’s
the Ordering Schedule to help you schedule your pick-up time:
FBR Career Opportunities
We are an equal opportunity employer and offer a nourishing work environment with paid time off, health, dental and 401K benefits. We have many available positions, they are posted at the following link:
http://www.foodbankrockies.org/about/careers/
Contact us:
Food Bank of the Rockies
10700 E. 45th Ave.
Denver, CO 80205
877-460-8504
Nondiscrimination Statement
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: https://www.ascr.usda.gov/filing-discriminationcomplaint-usda-customer, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:
(1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
(2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or
(3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
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