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INTRODUCING STOCKBOX

Federal Nutrition ProgramsCritical Tools for Preventing Hunger

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, part of our federal government, provides critical food assistance to low-income Americans in the form of a series of Federal Nutrition programs.

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Free Food for Low-Income SeniorsSTOCKBOX

The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)

The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (or CSFP) is one of these programs. CSFP is a Federal Nutrition program administered locally by Hunger Task Force. Locally, Hunger Task Force calls this program Stockbox, and through it supplies more than 9200 low-income seniors with a 30 pound box of food every month.2

WHAT IS STOCKBOX ?Free box of nutritious foodDelivered monthlyTo low-income:

Senior citizensWIC graduates (children 5 years old and mothers)www.hungertaskforce.org

Stockbox participants receive a free box of nutritious food every month.

Although most Stockbox recipients are low income seniors, it also is available to low-income mothers and children under that are not receiving WIC. (For more information on WIC, check out the Women, Infants & Children slide show on this website.)

Participating in Stockbox does not affect eligibility for other federal nutrition programs like Food Share (food stamps) or Free/Reduced price school meals.3

ELIGIBLITY Milwaukee, Jefferson, Ozaukee, Rock, Washington or Waukesha County residents who are:

Low-income

60 years of age or older

Low-income children up to age six who arenot receiving WIC

Low-income women 712 months postpartum who are not receiving WIC

www.hungertaskforce.org

To receive the Stockbox, participants must BE4

Low Income Means? Household income at or below 130% of Federal Poverty level

Household SizeIncome at or below1 Person $1,180 per month2 People$1,593 per month3 People$2,007 per month

For each additional person in the household add $414 per month


Only those that live in households with an income that is at or below 130% of the Federal Poverty Level are eligible for the senior stockbox.

In dollars and cents this means:

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WHATs IN A STOCKBOX?


Nutritious Foods that help stretch tight food budgets!Cereal

Peanut butter

Rice, dried beans or pasta

Canned meat or fishFruit juice and shelf stable fluid milk

Canned vegetables & fruit

Cheese

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HOW IS STOCKBOX DELIVERED? Stockboxes are delivered by Hunger Task Force at 99 distribution sites: Senior centersSenior residencesFood pantries

Participants or proxies pick up the box monthly


Hunger Task Force has identified 98 locations, including senior centers, senior residences and food pantries to serve as the monthly distribution sites for the Stockbox.

Multiple distribution sites ensures that seniors have a convenient location near where they live where they can receive the box.

Seniors that are shut-ins or that have limited mobility can designate up to two people, (a family member, friend or neighbor) to pick up the box for them. This person is called a proxy.7

Improved nutrition

Convenient delivery, especially for the homebound

Helps seniors make ends meet by supplementing tight food budgets BENEFITS OF STOCKBOX


Stockbox has multiple benefits for the seniors that participate . . . 8

Hunger Task Force authorized to distribute 9,400 Stockboxes every month

For information on how to receive Stockbox, call:

211/IMPACT (dial 211 on your phone)-OR- Hunger Task Force (414-777-0483)STOCKBOX IS ENROLLING NEW PARTICIPANTS!


Currently, Hunger Task Force is able to sign up new participants for Stockbox. There is no waiting list!

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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick LewandowskiCSFP MonitorHunger Task Force201 S. Hawley CourtMilwaukee, WI [email protected]


U.S. Department of Agriculture CSFP Informationwww.fns.usda.gov/fdd/programs/csfp/

For more information you can contact Hunger Task Force, or the US Department of Agriculture: 10

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