Resources for Freestore Foodbank Member Agencies.
Michael Truitt
Director of Community Partnerships and Programs
mtruitt@freestorefoodbank.org
513-482-4525
Jessie Fossenkemper
Manager Community Partnerships and Programs (Ohio Emergency Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens)
jfossenkemper@freestorefoodbank.org
513-482-4527
Amy Heyd
Agency Relations Coordinator Lead, Community Partnership Manager (Kentucky and Indiana Agencies)
aheyd@freestorefoodbank.org
513-482-4538
Tiffany Brooks
Agency Relations Coordinator, Community Partnerships and Programs (Hamilton County)
tbrooks@freestorefoodbank.org
513-357-4810
Keith Caldwell
Agency Relations Coordinator, Community Partnerships and Program (Rural Ohio and Kentucky Counties)
KCaldwell@FreestoreFoodbank.org
513-482-4512
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.
Compliance
- Blank site visit form
- Self audit checklist
- ServSafe instructions
- Temp log Aggregate form
- Proper Food Storage
- USDA Food Storage Guidelines
- Safe Food Handling Information
- Holding Table Temp Log
- Temp log
Operations
Freestore Foodbank offers their partnership network several ways for agencies to raise funds for their operations. For more information click here:
- Hunger Walk
- Food Drives
- Grant Information
- Grant Session – 2020 Partner Agency Conference
- Resources – 2020 Partner agency conference
- Video of Grant Writing Session at Agency Annual Meeting
- The Cincinnati downtown library has a resource center with a contact person listed on the bottom of the page https://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/services/grc.asp
- They have a free, series of three classes that are recommended in order, but not required in order https://cincinnatilibrary.evanced.info/signup/Calendar?df=calendar&lib=0&et=24
- Intro to finding grants
- Grants research lab
- Intro to proposal writing”
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
- 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:
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:
Below is a list of social services we can bring to your agency with specialized Freestore Foodbank staff members. For more information click here:
- All USDA Programs: “Justice For All Poster”
- 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
- Civil Rights initial forms
- Video of Civil Rights Training Agency Annual Meeting
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.
- Ohio
- ODJFS Food Program Manuel
- CSFP Frequently Asked Questions
- CSFP Site Monitoring Form (CSFP Site Visit Assesment)
- All USDA Programs – Justice for All Poster
- Box Contents
- CSFP Agreement
- Sample Letters – Acceptance
- Sample Letters – Waitlist
- Sample Letters – Denial
- Sample Letters – Termination
- Proxy Information
- POA – Guardianship Information
- Racial Ethnic Report
- CSFP Timeline
- CSFP 2020 income guidlines
- CSFP 2020 participant application
- 2023 – Attachment A – Box Menu Guidlines
- CSFP Monthly Report
- CSFP Nutrition Factsheet
- csfp-program-fact-sheet-2019
- Directions – Online Portal
- JFS-01427 CSFP site visit assessment 8-2017
- Ohio CSFP Site Visit
- Kentucky
- If you are interested in learning more about government commodities and the TEFAP and CSFP programs, please contact Amie Gosser 859-282-2709 at the Northern Kentucky Area Development District.
- Indiana
- CSFP Written Notice of Beneficiary Rights
- CSFP0003 Participant Application English
- CSFP0003 Participant Application Spanish
- CSFP0004 Notice of Eligibility Determination English
- CSFP0005 Proxy Statement English
- CSFP0006 Notice of Removal from Program English
- Optional CSFP Recert Letter
- Optional CSFP Missing Information Letter
- Optional CSFP Activation and Pickup Notice Letter
In order to get the most current version document, please make sure to set your cache to clear on exit. How-to-Clear-Cache-for-All-Major-Browsers.pdf
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
- OH TEFAP Guidelines – English
- OH TEFAP Eligibility Guidelines – Arabic
- OH TEFAP Guidelines – Chinese
- OH TEFAP Guidelines – France
- OH TEFAP Guidelines – Hatian Creole
- OH TEFAP Guidelines – Russian
- OH TEFAP Guidelines – Somali
- OH TEFAP Guidelines – Spanish
- OH TEFAP Guidelines – Turkish
- OH TEFAP Eligibility Form – English
- OH TEFAP Eligibility Form – Arabic
- OH TEFAP Eligibility Form – Chinese
- OH TEFAP Eligibility Form – French
- OH TEFAP Eligibility Form – Hatian Creole
- OH TEFAP Eligibility Form – Russian
- OH TEFAP Eligibility Form – Somali
- OH TEFAP Eligibility Form – Spanish
- OH TEFAP Eligibility Form – Turkish
- “And Justice for All” poster
- USDA Discrimination Complaint Form
- OH TEFAP Manual
- Letter of Proxy Example
- List of Nearby TEFAP Agencies
- OH Monthly Statistics Report
- Kentucky
- If you are interested in learning more about government commodities and the TEFAP and CSFP programs, please contact Amie Gosser 859-282-2709 at the Northern Kentucky Area Development District.
- Indiana
- TEFAP Income Guidelines Poster
- TEFAP Written Notice of Beneficiary Rights Poster Template
- Individual Eligibility Certificate ENGLISH
- Individual Eligibility Certificate SPANISH
- Aggregate Eligibility Certificate ENGLISH
- Aggregate Eligibility Certificate SPANISH
- Proxy Form ENGLISH
- Proxy Form SPANISH
- Mobile Pantry Eligibility Certificate
- IN TEFAP State Manual