Agency Zone

Michael Truitt – Director of Community Partnerships and Programs
mtruitt@freestorefoodbank.org
513-482-4525

Jessie Fossenkemper – Community Partnership Manager – Ohio Emergency Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens
jfossenkemper@freestorefoodbank.org
513-482-4527

Sergio Mata – Community Partnership Manager – Ohio Non-Emergency Agencies and Spanish Outreach
smata@freestorefoodbank.org
513-357-4810

Amy Heyd – Community Partnership Manager – Kentucky and Indiana Agencies
aheyd@freestorefoodbank.org
513-482-4538

General Contact Information: Help Desk
help@freestorefoodbank.org

Become an agency partner

If you would like to become an agency partner, please fill out these forms and send them to one of the Community Partnership Managers.  They will contact you with next steps.

• Benefits of a partnership flyer
• Agency agreement
• Agency application

Compliance

• Blank site visit form
• Self audit checklist
• ServSafe instructions
• Temp logs

Operations

• Pantry Track training
• Reporting
• Online ordering
• How to make payments
• Kentucky Stop and Shop
• Shelf Stable Guideline info
• Change of contact form
• Ohio Stop and Shop
• Cashback Benefits for Partner Agencies

Freestore Foodbank offers their partnership network several ways for agencies to raise funds for their operations. For more information click here:

• Capacity Grants
  • Capacity Grant flyer
  • VOID Capacity Grant application example
• Hunger Walk
  • Hunger Walk step by step
  • Hunger Walk best practices
• Food Drives
  • Food Drive Flyer

There are 2 different ways that partners can get produce into their communities! As an effort to provide healthier options, produce is free to our agency network!  For  more information click here:

• Produce Popups
  • How to operate a pop up
  • Host agreement
  • Infograph
  • Sign in sheet – No TEFAP
  • Popup flyer – FAQ
  • How to do monthly reports
  • Schedule a pop up
• PUSH Produce
  • As an agency participating in the PUSH Produce program you will automatically have produce added to your order. Each time you have an order placed online, the produce manager compares what you list on the allocation sheet to what is in stock and adds to your order.  If you would like to participate in the program please send the following sheet to your Community Partnership Manager:
    • PUSH Produce allocation sheet

Ohio has more than enough food to feed everyone. Our Direct Retail Pickup program (DRP) ensures that food otherwise wasted reaches our neighbors in need. For more information, click here:

• Meal Connect
• Meal Connect Training
• FA – Food Rescue One Pager
• Shelf stable guidline info
• The-Food-Keeper-2014
• Meal Connect FSFB Donor Receipt

Below is a list of social services we can bring to your agency with specialized Freestore Foodbank staff members. For more information click here:

• SNAP
• Medicaid
• Tax Assistance

• All USDA Programs: “Justice For All Poster”
• Affordable Line Services (Translation Services)
• Civil Rights Training Check-list
• Rights to Refuse Services Policy
• USDA Non-Discrimination Statement
• Discrimination Complaint Form
• Written Notice of Non-Discrimination for Faith-base Organizations – TEFAP
• Written Notice of Non-Discrimination for Faith-base Organizations – CSFP
• ISpeakCards2004
• Civil Rights Training slideshow
• Civil Rights Training Powerpoint
• Civil Rights training sign in sheet

CSFP boxes are designed to meet the nutritional needs of seniors. In addition to nutritious food, boxes contain nutritional education and have important resource information for seniors.

• CSFP Income Guidelines (JFS 04222 Rev. 2.2019 Income)
• CSFP Participant Application (JFS 04220 CSFP Application)
• ODJFS Food Program Manuel
• CSFP Frequently Asked Questions
• CSFP Site Monitoring Form (CSFP Site Visit Assesment)
• All USDA Programs – Justice for All Poster

TEFAP is a government funded program that provides Foodbanks with product that should be passed on to partners at limited / no cost. There are 3 types of TEFAP products. Freestore tries to limit the SMF as much as possible on all TEFAP products.

• Ohio
  • TEFAP – Chinese
  • TEFAP – English
  • TEFAP – Russian
  • TEFAP – Somali
  • TEFAP – Spanish
  • TEFAP – Turkish
  • TEFAP Guidelines – Chinese
  • TEFAP Guidelines – English
  • TEFAP Guidelines – Russian
  • TEFAP Guidelines – Somali
  • TEFAP Guidelines – Spanish
  • TEFAP Guidelines – Turkish
  • TEFAP Agreement FY2020
  • Discrimination Complaint Form
  • Letter of Proxy Example
  • TEFAP Manual

• Kentucky
  • Coming soon
• Indiana
  • Coming soon