During the fall, FRESA hosted language justice training in partnership with Rooted Language Services. “When we talk about food access we are not only talking about supporting programs like CalFresh, but also language justice and providing culturally relevant food. Food…
FRESA crafted a mission statement, created materials, logos, and published their survey analysis. The working group developed infographics to communicate and present their findings to funders, organizations, and community members.
The Santa Barbara County CalFresh Healthy Living program allocated around $25,000 to support the work of FRESA.
FRESA closed their community surveys and began analyzing the data. By then, they had received over 500 responses and had a number of languages represented including English, Mixteco dialects, Zapoteco, Tagalog, Spanish, Chinese, Zapoteco, and Ni.
The Fund for Santa Barbara awarded the SBCFAN working group $6,000 which allowed FRESA to hire paid language interpreters at each meeting.
From December 2020 to the spring of 2021, FRESA surveyed food-insecure families at Santa Barbara County FoodBank distribution sites to learn how they could better serve residents and improve food access.
In the fall of 2020, FRESA drafted a community survey to ensure their next steps and strategies were informed by the community. Their goal was to find out how comfortable community members felt going to a Farmers’ Market, what time…
Throughout the summer of 2020, the working group conducted outreach to raise awareness about the economic benefits of increasing access to CalFresh, and of making it possible to spend CalFresh benefits at the Farmers Market. These programs not only support…
A coalition of organizations (including the Community Environmental Council, Route One Farmers Market, Rooted Language Services, SBC-Public Health Dept., Fund for Santa Barbara, FSA-Little House by the Park, FoodBank of Santa Barbara County, Dept. Social Services- SBC, community advocates, and…
After attending a CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE - County of San Luis Obispo event in which they shared the economic impact of CalFresh food access programs, local food advocate Alhan Diaz-Correa began to ask the question: do opportunities exist for…
