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SFHIP Faith - based Liaisons Closing the Hunger Gap Logo from program/Coalition Food Security Task Force Meeting April 4, 2018 1 Background on the Coalition: In 2016 seventeen Pastors met with G.L. Hodge and I to learn that

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“SFHIP Faith-based Liaisons” Closing the Hunger Gap

Food Security Task Force Meeting April 4, 2018

Logo from program/Coalition

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THE STORY

Background on the Coalition:

 In 2016 seventeen Pastor’s met with G.L. Hodge and I to learn that there was a huge gap connecting the faith community with health and wellness services city-wide. They agreed to identify one representative from each congregation to learn and inform their congregations how to close the gap.  The Faith-Based Liaisons Team is a health and wellness collaborative of presently 22 local churches in San

Francisco. They are primarily African American

congregations committed to advocating for the needs of the underserved African-American community in the Bayview, District 10 community and city-wide.

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SFHIP Priorities: Healthy eating + physical activity

The Pastor’s shared that that many of their members lacked enough food to sustain themselves month to month…

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Preventable hospitalizations among African American and residents from the Tenderloin, SOMA and Bayview due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions

…In addition they need info to address:

 Heart disease  Hypertension  All cancers  Diabetes  Mental Health, HIV

issues and more

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What we learned through building this Collaborative that we didn’t know before about our community’s health?

 The Median Income in S.F. is $81,000 whereas the median income for African Americans is $29,000.  We have very little food resources for our communities  Families in our own congregations are hungry and facing multiple challenges “in silence” to live each day.  Faith based Liaisons have trusted relationships with congregants and can assist them with other health issues  Each faith community is facing similar health issues within their congregations in isolation.  FAITH + RELATIONSHIPS = HOPE

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Next Steps

 Continue to fill the gaps around hunger  Pastors aligning to impact health & wellness in a collective method  Liaisons seeking training on how to interface better between community and the public sector  Secure funding that will continue to support this effort

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SFHIP Faith Based Liaison Community

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 Providence Baptist Church  Double Rock Baptist Church  Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church  Olivet Baptist Church  Calvary Hill Community Church  St. John Missionary Baptist Church  St. Marks Institutional Missionary Baptist Church  All Hallows & Our Lady of Lourdes  St. Paul of the Shipwreck  Tabernacle of Faith  New Life Fellowship Church  Mt Zion Missionary Baptist Church  True Hope Church of God in Christ  New Providence Baptist Church  United House of Prayer  Grace Tabernacle Community Church  Without Walls Christian Fellowship  St Paul’s Tabernacle Baptist Church  * Glide Memorial Methodist  *Jones United Methodist  *3rd Baptist Church  *Neighborhood Baptist

 *Joined the effort in January, 2018:

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In the Beginning…. November, 2016

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Liaisons, working at monthly meetings

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Celebration, December 2, 2017

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Pastor’s Re- Convening, February 22, 2018

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