Nutrition

Council Resources

• Nutrition and Diabetes Guide: How Medical Nutrition Therapy Can Improve Diabetes Management (2019) | National Health Care for the Homeless Council
• Nutrition and Diabetes: How Medical Nutrition Therapy Can Improve Diabetes Management (February 2019) | National Health Care for the Homeless Council
• Nutrition and Diabetes: Special Considerations for Clients who Are Unstably Housed (November 2017) | National Health Care for the Homeless Council
• Promoting Healthy Habits: Innovative Nutrition Education & Physical Activity Programs for Homeless Children & Families (2013) | Hosted by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council
• No Place at the Table: Hunger and Homelessness (2011) | Healing Hands, National Health Care for the Homeless Council

Programs, Organizations & Resources

• Hunger and homelessness survey: A status report on hunger and homelessness in America’s cities (2016) | United States Conference of Mayors
• Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs
  • Child and Adult Care Food Program
  • Food Assistance for Disaster Relief
  • School Meals, including Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and Special Milk Program.
  • Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program
  • Summer Food Service Program
  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
• Federal Food Distribution Programs
  • Commodity Processing
  • Commodity Supplemental Food Program
  • Nutrition Services Incentive Program
  • Schools/Child Nutrition Commodity Programs
  • Emergency Food Assistance Program
• Hunger and Food Security
• Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
• Feeding America
• Food Research and Action Center
• Migrant Clinicians Network | Patient Education Materials in English and Spanish
• Nutritional Assessment of Free Meal Programs in San Francisco (2013) | CDC study explaining how soup kitchen meals are more fattening than nutritious.
• Feeding America’s Healthy Food Bank Hub. This website provides many education tools and resources related to healthy food distribution and nutrition education. The Hub is a product of Feeding America’s collaborative with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the National Dairy Council to promote health while fighting hunger.
• EatFresh: Tasty Recipes on Your Budget from the San Francisco County Human Services Agency offers SNAP participants and other low-income families resources with budget-friendly nutrition information. It has many great recipes, tips for healthy living, and much more.