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.
Compliance
- Blank site visit form
- Self audit checklist
- ServSafe instructions
- Temp logs
- Proper Food Storage
- USDA Food Storage Guidelines
- Safe Food Handling Information
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
- 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.
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 – Arabic
- TEFAP – Chinese
- TEFAP – English
- TEFAP – French
- TEFAP – Hatian Creole
- 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 FY2021
- Discrimination Complaint Form
- Letter of Proxy Example
- TEFAP Manual
- TEFAP LD Agreeement FFY2021
- Household Eligibility Guidelines – English
- Household Eligibility Guidelines 2021
- Individual Eligibility Form – FY2021
- 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