SSP SNAP PARTNER MEETING
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024


>> HELLO. 
AND WELCOME. 
GLAD YOU ALL COULD BE HERE TODAY FOR THE SNAP PARTNER' MEETING. 
THIS IS A VIRTUALLY MEETING OCCURRING MONTHLY AND IT'S A FORUM FOR UPDATES AND FEEDBACK ABOUT FOOD PROGRAMMING AND OTHER SUBJECT MATTER. 
WE OFFER ASL AND CART TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES AND THE MEETING IS RECORDED SO WE CAN SHARE THE MEETING ALONG WITH THE PRESENTATIONS AND MINUTES THOSE PARTNERS UNABLE TO JOIN US TODAY. 
THE FOLLOWUP I'M WITH ALL CORRESPONDING DOCUMENTS AND LINKS WILL BE SENT IN ONE WEEK. 
WE ASK THAT YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF IN THE CHAT. 
INCLUDE YOUR NAME, PRONOUNS, ORGANIZATION AND ROLE. 
THIS IS HELPFUL TO US AND PARTNERS FOR CONNECTION PURPOSES. 
SO I'LL TAKE A MOMENT AND DO THAT MYSELF. 
ALL RIGHT. 
SO TODAY'S AGENDA INCLUDES SOME UPDATES AND INFORMATION ON THE RESTAURANT MEALS PROGRAM. 
AND THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A PARTNER DISCUSSION DURING WHICH TIME WE ACTUALLY WILL TURN THE RECORDING OFF SO THAT FOLKS CAN FEEL FREE TO 
SPEAK INTO SPACE AND NOT BE CONCERNED WITH ANY VIDEO RECORDINGS GOING ON AT THE TIME. 
SO WE'LL TURN IT OFF AT THAT POINT FOR YOU. 
WITH ALL THAT SAID, UP FIRST WE HAVE HEATHER WHO WILL GIVE US SOME REAL IMPORTANT UPDATES TODAY. 
HEATHER, I'LL HAND IT OFF TO YOU NOW. 
>> THANK YOU, MISHA. 
WELCOME, EVERYBODY. 
I KNOW THAT FOR MANY OF US IT'S A SURPRISE JUST IN TERMS OF FALL IS FINALLY HERE. 
I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THEY'RE GOING TO MISS SUMMER. 
AND SO I KNOW THAT WE'RE IN THAT PERIOD OF TRANSITION RIGHT NOW INTO A NEW ERA OF OUR YEAR. 
WE HAVE SOME NEW FEDERAL PROGRAMMING COMING JUST AROUND THE CORNER. 
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS WE NEED TO GO OVER TODAY. 
SO I'LL START WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN ON EVERYBODY'S MINDS THIS WEEK, ESPECIALLY, REALLY IS AROUND THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION AND THE POTENTIAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. 
SO THE MAIN UPDATES WE'VE HAD  AND I'VE LITERALLY COME FROM A CALL FROM OUR NUTRITION PARTNERS AS WELL  EVERYTHING AROUND THE COUNTING RESOLUTION HAS MOVED THROUGH THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND THE WAITING FOR THE .TO SIGN THAT  PRESIDENT SO SIGN THAT RESOLUTION. 
WHAT WE'VE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT IS WHAT KIND OF MONIES ARE THERE, WHAT KIND OF FUNDING CAN CONTINUE FOR THE FOOD PROGRAMS, AND WE NOW KNOW THAT EVERYTHING PUT TO THE PRESIDENT'S DESK REALLY EXTENDS EVERYTHING OUT UNTIL DECEMBER 20TH. 
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A RELIEF FOR ALL OF US. 
I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING ON EVERYBODY'S MINDS. 
WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THAT FINAL CONFIRMATION THROUGH THAT PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATORY COMPONENT, BUT THE FACT THAT IT'S GONE THROUGH THE HOUSE AND SENATE ALREADY IS A REALLY INCREDIBLE FEAT AT THE MOMENT. 
SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR BEING ABLE TO SHARE THAT NEWS WITH YOU ALL TODAY. 
ALSO, KIND OF LINKED TO SOME OF THIS, THIS IS THAT TIME OF YEAR FOR THE SNAP PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE ALSO RENEWING A LOT OF OUR SNAP STATE FUNDS. 
WE'RE STILL IN THOSE FINAL DAYS BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH. 
WHERE WE HAVE A FEW FINAL FEDERAL QUESTIONS COMING OUR WAY. 
WE HAVE HAD SOME STATE PLANS ALREADY APPROVED, LIKE NUTRITION EDUCATION HAS BEEN APPROVED. 
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR SNAP OUTREACH STATE PLAN. 
BUT I THINK WE'RE VERY, VERY CLOSE NOW TO OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS GETTING US THE APPROVAL WE NEED. 
MORE IMPORTANTLY IS SOME OF THAT OVERSIGHT ON THE MAIN PARTS OF THE PROGRAMMING CONTINUING. 
SO WE SHOULD BE HEARING SOMETHING FROM OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS ON THE NEXT DAY OR SO. 
WE'LL THEN BE ABLE TO GIVE OUR CONTRACTORS, WHO ARE ALSO ON THIS CALL AS WELL, SOME OF THOSE CONFIRMATIONS ABOUT WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE AND THAT NEW FEDERAL FUNDING PERIOD THAT BEGINS OCTOBER 1. 
THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER UPDATES WE WANT TO GIVE YOU TODAY. 
I DO ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO'S GOT ANY QUESTIONS TO JUST POP THOSE QUESTIONS IN THE CHAT AT THE SIDE. 
WE'LL DO OUR VERY BEST TO ANSWER THEM FOR YOU AS WE MOVE THROUGH EVERYTHING. 
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE, AS WELL. 
LAST TIME WE MET WAS BACK IN JULY. 
WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR AUGUST MEETING. 
SO WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE MOVED FORWARD SINCE THEN AS WELL. 
AS I THINK EVERYONE ON THIS CALL IS WELL AWARE, WE'RE IN THE PREPOSITION FOR THE UPCOMING OREGON LEGISLATION SESSION. 
PART OF THAT IS THAT WE PUT OUR OWN AGENCY BUDGET AND SOME OF THE POLICY OPTION PACKAGES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SUPPORT IN THAT BUDGET. 
ONE OF THE MAIN ONES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS TEAM WITH FROM A POLICY  POLICY OPTION PACKAGE SIDE, IS THE POP 108, SNAP ELDERLY SIMPLIFIED PROJECT. 
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL SEE IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENTS. 
THAT ONE IS MOVING FORWARD. 
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO DROP IN THE CHAT THE LINK TO WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE FULL BUDGET. 
AND IF YOU LOOK IN THAT LINK, THE POP 108, WHICH IS THE SNAP ESAP POP, THAT ONE IS ON PAGE 42 OF THAT DOCUMENT. 
IT GOES INTO A HIGHLEVEL OVERVIEW OF REALLY WHAT THE SNAP ELDERLY SIMPLIFIED PROJECT IS GOING TO BE. 
WHAT WE SEE FOR THIS ONE FOR FOLKS WHO MAY BE NEW TO THIS PROJECT IS THE POP 108 REALLY HELPS US TO SIMPLIFY THE APPLICATION ITSELF FOR OLDER ADULTS. 
IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO EXTEND THE CERTIFICATION PERIOD FOR SNAP FOR OLDER ADULTS TO THE FULL 36 MONTHS. 
RIGHT NOW IN OREGON, WE DO A 24MONTH CERTIFICATION FOR OLDER ADULTS. 
SO IT WILL ALLOW US TO EXTEND THAT PERIOD OF TIME A LITTLE MORE. 
THAT HELPS US ON A COUPLE OF FRONTS, BUT IT ALSO MOST IMPORTANTLY HELPS OUR CUSTOMERS, AND THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW MANY OF OUR ADVOCATES ON THIS CALL 
MANY OF OUR OTHER STATE AGENCY COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR US TO LOOK AT FOR MANY YEARS. 
FINALLY WE'RE ABLE TO PUSH THIS ONE FORWARD INTO NEXT SESSION FOR CONSIDERATION. 
SO PLEASE KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR POP 108. 
WE'LL KEEP ON BRINGING BACK ANY UPDATES THAT WE HAVE, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THAT LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. 
SO WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER UPDATES THAT WE WANTED TO BRING BEFORE WE MOVE INTO ANOTHER PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY. 
ONE OF THOSE IS REALLY ABOUT SOME OF THOSE OTHER FOOD PROGRAM AREAS OF OUR WORK, AND I'M JUST DOUBLECHECKING TO SEE IF LUCY IS ON THE CALL. 
WE WANTED TO JUST BRING SOME UPDATES AROUND SOME OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM. 
WE'VE HAD A LEVEL OF, WELL, CONCERN AROUND SOME OF THE WAREHOUSING FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS AND FOOD DELIVERY INTO OUR STATE. 
AND LUCY'S GOT SOME GOOD UPDATED INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE'VE HAD FROM OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS. 
LUCY? 

>> HEY. 
YEAH, SO THE COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM IS THAT MONTHLY FOOD BOX PROGRAM FOR OLDER ADULTS WE OPERATE IN 13 COUNTIES IN OREGON. 
AND WHAT HAS  WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IS FNS UPDATED THEIR WAREHOUSING CONTRACT  IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, AND THEY WENT WITH A VENDOR CALLED PARIS BROTHERS AND THEY'RE OUT OF KANSAS CITY. 
PARIS BROTHERS ACTUALLY DOES SERVE TWOTHIRDS OF THE NATION. 
IT WAS JUST ADDING IN THE WESTERN REGION SO THE PART WE SERVE, THAT WAS KIND OF THE NEW PART OF THE CONTRACT. 
AND THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND. 
SO WE'VE BEEN SEEING SOME DELAYS IN OUR ORDERING, WHICH MEANS OUR INVENTORY IS GETTING LOW, WHICH HAS KIND OF PUSHED 
OUR DISTRIBUTION SO THAT SOME OF THE DISTRIBUTIONS ARE, LIKE, THE FOOD PACKAGE IS JUST A LITTLE SHORT FOR A MONTH, AND THEN THE NEXT MONTH WE HAVE TO MAKE IT UP. 
SO THEY MAY GET MORE ONE MONTH THAN IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH AS WE'RE TRYING TO STABILIZE THE INVENTORY LEVELS ACROSS THE STATE. 
WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH FNS, THEY'VE BEEN VERY  TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY, AND HAS REALLY BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH US ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS. 
THEY JUST SIGNED AN EMERGENCY CONTRACT WITH ANOTHER WAREHOUSE OUT OF NEW YORK SO THEY'RE HOPING THAT THAT WILL HELP BRING SOME STABILITY TO THE PROGRAM AS THEY'RE ABLE TO KIND OF BRING PARIS BROTHERS UP 
BY GIVING THEM A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA SUPPORT WITH ANOTHER WAREHOUSE. 
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH. 
WE DO HAVE  OREGON DID APPLY FOR WHAT'S CALLED A SITUATION OF DISTRESS, WHICH WAS AN OPTION ALL THE STATES WERE ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR, WHERE WE CAN TAKE  IT BASICALLY GIVES 
FNS, FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, GIVES US PERMISSION TO TAKE COMMODITIES FROM OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE TEFAP, AND TRANSFER THEM TO THE CSFP PROGRAM. 
WE'VE ONLY NEEDED TO DO THAT FOR ONE MONTH TO KIND OF HELP INCREASE THOSE INVENTORY LEVELS, AND MAKE SURE WE'RE SERVING FOLKS THE FOOD THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AND THEY GET EVERY MONTH AND THEY'RE EXPECTING. 
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. 
WE'RE JUST TRACKING IT AND WE HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED A CASE MANAGER SO WE TRACK IT EVERY MONTH AND EVERY WEEK TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING OUR DELIVERIES AND NO  KNOW WHEN FOOD BANKS MIGHT BE SEEING A DELAY, SO WE CAN SUPPORT THEM WITH OTHER FOODS. 

>> AND THERE HAS BEEN A LEVEL OF COORDINATION WITH SOME OF OUR TRIBAL NATION IN OREGON IN TERMS OF REPLACING SOME LIMITED FOODS THEY NEEDED FOR THE FDPIR PROGRAM AS WELL, CORRECT, LUCY? 

>> THAT IS CORRECT. 
WE  I'M TRYING TO THINK OF EXACTLY  WE WORKED WITH THE KLAMATH TRIBES AND WITH THE (INAUDIBLE) TRIBES TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE FDPIR PROGRAMS. 
STATES WERE JUST GRANTED A  ALL OF THIS FOOD IS COMMODITY FOOD YOU HAVE TO BUY FROM A CATALOG SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN GO INTO A STORE AND PURCHASE FOOD. 
FNS GRANTED US SOME SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING THAT CAN BE USED THAT WAY, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THAT SOON. 
I BELIEVE THEY GRANTED THAT TO FPIR AS WELL  SO WE'RE GETTING MONEY WE CAN JUST TAKE INTO A GROCERY STORE AND USE, WHICH IS NICE. 
>> WE WANTED TO MENTION THIS TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS STILL KIND OF A HOT TOPIC FOR A LOT OF OTHER STATES THAT HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT LEVEL OF DISRUPTION STILL TO SOME OF THEIR WAREHOUSING. 
AND OREGON, THANKFULLY HAS NOT EXPERIENCED QUITE THAT SAME LEVEL OF DISRUPTION THAT OTHER STATES HAVE SEEN. 
SO WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE SO FAR, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. 
AND  ON A WEEK BY WEEK BASIS. 
SO I'M GOING TO JUST PAUSE BRIEFLY TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. 
I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING IN THE CHAT. 

I INVITE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO COME OFF MUTE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS, THIS IS A QUICK TIME WHERE YOU CAN DO THAT. 


THE UNCOMFORTABLE SILENCE, SO WE'LL KEEP MOVING FORWARD. 
IF AT ANY POINT YOU DO THINK OF ANYTHING, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DROP YOUR QUESTIONS INTO THE CHAT ON THE SIDE, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET TO ANSWER THOSE TOWARDS THE END OF THE MEETING. 
SO NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA, MISHA, I THINK IS THE RESTAURANT MEAL PROGRAM. 

>> YES, IT IS!  
>> FANTASTIC. 
AND WE HAVE THE FABULOUS TRACI MILLER TO BE ABLE TO WALK US ALL THROUGH THE NEW RESTAURANT MEALS PROGRAM WE'RE BRINGING TO OREGON. 
THIS IS ALSO PART OF A SENATE BILL THAT CAME THROUGH DURING OUR LAST SHORT SESSION. 
AND WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER A RESTAURANT MEALS PROGRAM TASK FORCE, HIRING A COUPLE OF NEW STAFF THAT'S GOING TO HELP US WITH THAT TASK FORCE. 
YOU'LL GET TO MEET THEM TODAY. 
AND REALLY ENGAGING WITH SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND SOME OF OUR ADVOCATES, BUSINESS PARTNERS AND OTHERS, AND TO COME ALONGSIDE US IN THE JOURNEY OF CREATING THIS NEW PROGRAM FOR OREGON. 
TRACI, OVER TO YOU. 

>> HI, EVERYONE. 
MY NAME IS TRACI MILLER AND I'M A RESTAURANT MEAL PROGRAM ANALYST WITH THE SNAP POLICY TEAM. 
AND I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RESTAURANT MEAL PROGRAM AND GIVE SOME TIME TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS. 
MISHA, I THINK YOU CAN OR WHO IS EVER LEADING THE  THERE WE GO. 
OKAY. 

(LAUGHS)
SO WHAT IS THE SENATE BILL 1585? 
AS HEATHER MENTIONED, THIS BILL WAS A GIFT TO US FROM LEGISLATOR LAST YEAR. 
IT'S SOMETHING OUR TEAM HAD BEEN REQUESTING FOR MULTIPLE YEARS AND WORKING VERY HARD TO GET THE RESTAURANT MEAL PROGRAM IN OREGON ONCE IT BECAME AVAILABLE THROUGH FNS. 
SO THE SENATE BILL WAS TO CREATE A TASK FORCE SO THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING OR INCREASING THE FOOD CHOICES FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM. 
SO THE TASK FORCE DOES HAVE SOME  WE'RE AT VERY BEGINNING STAGES. 
WE'VE HAD TWO TASK FORCE MEETINGS. 
WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING IT. 
SO IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. 
WE ARE TASKED, THE GROUP IS TASKED WITH DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND SPECIFICALLY FOR A PILOTED AREA. 
WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PILOT AND THEN WHAT WE'LL DO FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION. 
THEN WE HAVE A REPORT, TASK FORCE HAS A REPORT DUE TO LEGISLATURE BY THE END OF JANUARY. 
YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
ALL RIGHT. 
SO SOME MIGHT BE ASKING WHAT'S THE RESTAURANT MEAL PROGRAM. 
IT WILL ALLOW ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE MEALS AT A RESTAURANT OR PREPARED FOODS AT A GROCERY STORE WITH THEIR SNAP BENEFITS. 
TO BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, THEY HAVE TO BE ELDERLY, OVER THE AGE OF 60, DISABILITY RECEIVING DISABILITY OR BLINDNESS PAYMENTS OR RECEIVE DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS FROM THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY, SO MEETING THE SNAP DEFINITION OF DISABLED. 
OR HOUSE  HOUSELESS INDIVIDUALS. 
AS WELL AS IF THEY'RE A SPOUSE OF ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM, THEN THEY CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE. 
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
SO WHAT DOES A RESTAURANT NEED TO DO TO PARTICIPATE THIS? 
SO THEY HAVE TO BE IN OREGON. 
SO THEY HAVE TO BE AN OREGON RESTAURANT. 
OR ANOTHER STATE THAT ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTS A  OTHER STATE TAKES CARE OF THAT. 
THEY HAVE TO RECEIVE APPROVAL THROUGH A SATE AGENCY, SO WE'LL BE CREATING MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING WITH RESTAURANTS. 
THEY SEND THE SIGNED AGREEMENT TO US, FNS, AND FNS WILL DETERMINE IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO BE A RETAILER, AND THEN THEY'LL BE AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT SNAP BENEFITS FOR THOSE ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS. 
SO WE ACTUALLY  OREGON IS THE TENTH STATE, TENTH STATE TO BE IMPLEMENTING THIS PROGRAM. 
WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MULTIPLE OTHER STATES TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED, LEARNED THEIR LESSONS LEARNED, AND REALLY GLEANING WHAT WE CAN FROM THEM, BECAUSE SOME STATES HAVE BEEN DOING IT A WHILE. 
SINCE IT'S BEEN AN OPTION, THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT, SO WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED AND TRY NOT TO MAKE THOSE MISTAKES. 
ALL RIGHT. 
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE MONTH OF AUGUST. 
OUR RESTAURANT MEAL POPULATION COMPARED TO OUR TOTAL SNAP POPULATION. 
WE'RE STILL DOING DATA ANALYSIS AND GATHERING DATA FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME. 
SO THAT WE KNOW, AS WE ALL KNOW OUR CASELOADS EBB AND FLOW, SO THERE'S TIMES OF YEAR THEY MIGHT BE HIGHER OR LOWER, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE 
 AND WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS DATA TO DETERMINE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PILOT AND THEN HOW WE'LL IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM FULLY. 
ALL RIGHT. 
SO THAT'S JUST THAT. 
THEN THIS IS JUST ANOTHER VISUAL OF THE SAME EXACT DATA. 
IT'S JUST BROKEN UP BY EACH POPULATION. 
AND EACH AREA OF THE STATE HAS A DIFFERENT VISUAL. 
WE ALSO ARE WORKING IN OUR TASK FORCE, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS  OH, MY GOODNESS. 
RESTAURANTS. 
PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE GROCER, RETAILER BUSINESS AS WELL AS RESTAURANTS ARE  WE'RE PARTNERING WITH ORLA, SO OREGON RESTAURANTS AND LODGING ASSOCIATION. 
AND THEY HAVE A  THEY'RE REALLY INTEGRATED WITH THE RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE STATE OF OREGON AND SO  WHERE RESTAURANTS ARE THAT WILL HELP SUPPORT THE DETERMINATION OF WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE (INAUDIBLE). 
YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE. 
I THINK THIS IS JUST THIS IS QUESTIONS. 
ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS THEY WANT TO COME OFF CHAT OR YOU CAN PUT THEM IN CHAT. 
COME OFF MUTE. 
OH, MY GOODNESS. 
COME OFF MUTE OR  
(CHUCKLES)
 COME  YOU CAN PUT THEM IN CHAT. 

(CHUCKLES)

>> SUSAN HAS A QUESTION IN THE CHAT. 
I'VE ANSWERED IT A LITTLE BIT AND, TRACI, AS YOU KNOW SUSAN, ADDRESSING STUDENT HUNGER IS ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES AS A PROGRAM AREA AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN EXPLORING. 
IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO A COUPLE OF ELEMENTS REALLY. 
AND THAT FINAL DECISION IS STILL WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNER. 
BUT IT WILL DEPEND ON WHERE WE'RE PILOTING THE PROGRAM INITIALLY, IT WILL ALSO DEPEND A LITTLE BIT ON 
THE DEMOGRAPHIC PORTION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN TAKE THAT POINT OF SALE DEVICE FOR THOSE EBT CARDS AND THE WAY  IN THE WAY THEY'LL NEED TO DO FOR FNS RETAIL DIVISION. 
BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY WANTING TO INCLUDE THEIR INFORMATION, EXPERIENCE, INPUT IN THIS PROCESS. 
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THEM BEFORE, AND WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN BEING ABLE TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO SERVE STUDENTS IN OUR STATE IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 
LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU KEEP ON HIGHLIGHTING THIS BECAUSE IT'S  IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF HOW WE CAN GROW THIS PROGRAM IN THE RIGHT WAYS. 
SO, WOW, BETH, I KNEW YOU'D COME UP WITH A REALLY AWESOME QUESTION. 

(LAUGHS)
SO I THINK IT COMES BACK TO THE BASE CRITERIA FOR THE PROGRAM. 
I DON'T  I DON'T THINK WE CAN KNOW FOR SURE WHETHER OR NOT IT CAN SUPPORT IN QUITE THAT WAY. 
I THINK WHEN THE  THEY'RE LOOKING AT, LIKE, HOMELESS CRITERIA OR OLDER ADULT CRITERIA SPECIFICALLY, THAT WON'T NECESSARILY GET TO THE POPULATION THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. 
BUT HOSPITAL CAFETERIAS IN GENERAL, I'M HONESTLY NOT SURE. 
I THINK THAT'S, AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTING FOR US TO EXPLORE AND TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S THAT VOLUME AND ABILITY FOR US TO SERVE FOLKS IN THOSE SPACES. 
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD KIND OF LIKE A SENSE FROM ANY HOSPITALS SPECIFICALLY IN ANY PARTICULAR AREAS THAT COULD HELP FOCUS IN SOME OF THAT RESEARCH FOR US. 


>> I  I DO AND I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE MAYBE AT A LATER TIME. 
AND, YES, I WAS, I REALIZED THIS DIDN'T FIT INTO YOUR CURRENT CATEGORIES BUT I WAS JUST MAYBE PLANTING A SEED FOR A POSSIBLE FUTURE CATEGORY OF  I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE RELATIVELY SMALL, A SMALL POPULATION, BUT AT A REALLY CRITICAL TIME FOR PEOPLE. 
SO  BUT YEAH, HEATHER, I'M HAPPY TO CHAT NEXT TIME. 
IT'S JUST ONE IN PARTICULAR, LIKE THE DOERNBECHER HOSPITAL IS WHERE A LOT OF KIDS END UP GOING. 
AND IT'S REALLY  IT'S  AS ANYBODY FROM THE PORTLAND AREA KNOWS OR IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE, IT'S REALLY ISOLATED. 
THERE'S NO GROCERY STORE TO WALK TO SO PEOPLE ARE STUCK WHEN THEY'RE THERE. 

>> I LOVE, I LOVE KIND OF THE SEEDS OF IDEAS AS WELL AS YOU PUT IT, BETH, BECAUSE THAT REALLY DOES HELP US THINK AROUND THIS TOPIC REALLY DIFFERENTLY. 
AND REALLY APPRECIATE THAT VIEWPOINT. 
AS SOON AS YOU SAID THAT, DOERNBECHER ABSOLUTELY CAME TO MY MIND AS WELL. 
I WONDERED IF THAT'S WHO WERE TALKING ABOUT. 

>> SOMEBODY PUT SHRINER'S IN THERE. 
I FEEL REMISS, I JUST JUMPED INTO A SUGGESTION BUT I SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH AN APPRECIATION BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE FOLKS IN OREGON WORKING TOWARDS THIS. 
I KNOW WE'RE NOT THERE YET. 
THIS IS STILL A TASK FORCE. 
BUT ESPECIALLY FOR  FOR OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE UNHOUSED, BEING ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING WARM OR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THEIR CARS WHO REALLY DON'T HAVE A WAY TO COOK. 
THIS REALLY  THIS ISN'T TRIVIAL AT ALL. 
IT CAN LITERALLY BE A LIFESAVING MEASURE SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'RE PUTTING INTO IT. 

>> I THINK IT'S THE MOST EXCITEMENT I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY WORK ON THIS TOGETHER. 
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN  EVEN THOUGH WE MAY START SMALLER THAN WE'D LIKE, IT ABSOLUTELY IS THE INTENTION OF THIS TEAM TO GROW THIS PROGRAM AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 
YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WE ALSO KNOW THAT FOLKS ARE GOING TO NEED. 
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ON THE CALL ALREADY WHO ARE PART OF THE TASK FORCE, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED AND WERE VERY YOUNG, HAD A SECOND MEETING WAS JUST THIS WEEK. 
SO WE ARE YOUNG BUT WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THIS WORK PRETTY RAPIDLY IN TERMS OF TRYING TO MEET THAT JANUARY DEADLINE. 
BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE THE WORK WILL STOP. 
THE TEAM AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT BEYOND THAT JANUARY REPORT TIME, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT  IS OUR FIRST DEADLINE IN TERMS OF CONVERSATION WITH THE LEGISLATURE ON THIS TASK FORCE, 
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT FULLER IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND DEEPENING THOSE CONNECTIONS IN PILOT AREAS THAT IDENTIFIED FOR INITIAL ROLLOUTS. 
AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS ALONG THE WAY, IN THOSE AREAS, TO REALLY START TO BUILD OUT THIS COLLABORATION SPACE TOGETHER. 
THAT ALSO INCLUDES BUSINESSES AND NONTRADITIONAL BUSINESSES, WE'RE SEEING IN THE CHAT HERE. 
THANK YOU, BETH, AND TRYSTA. 
THESE ARE REALLY GREAT SUGGESTIONS. 
LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN APPROACH THIS WORK AND HOW WE CAN ELEVATE THE NEED FOR OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE CAN SERVE FOLKS DIFFERENTLY. 
AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE STRENGTH OF ALL OF YOU ON THIS CALL, HELPING US TO ARTICULATE THE WHERE AS WELL AS THE WHO. 
IN SOME OF THIS WORK. 
AND JUST REALLY ALLOWING OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROGRAM CAN SUPPORT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT NONTRADITIONAL WAYS. 
SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO DO SOME OF THAT, TOO. 
JUST TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANY HANDS UP. 

>> I DON'T SEE ANY, HEATHER. 
SO THE LAST SLIDE IS JUST OUR CONTACT INFORMATION THAT WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU FOR THE RESTAURANT MEAL PROGRAM. 
YOU CAN REACH OUT TO US IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. 
OR WE'RE AVAILABLE. 
WE'RE, LIKE, LIKE HEATHER SAID, WE'RE GROWING, RIGHT? 
WE'RE  WE'RE SMALL TEAM AND HOPEFULLY FIGURE THIS  GROW THIS PROJECT AND PROGRAM INTO SOMETHING THAT'S SUPER BENEFICIAL TO THE ELIGIBLE POPULATIONS. 
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 

>> JUST AS A REASSURANCE POINT FOR YOU ALL, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE MAKE THIS TOPIC BACK AS WE MOVE THROUGH THINGS WITH THE TASK FORCE. 
WE'LL GIVE YOU UPDATES IN THIS SPACE HERE. 
WE'LL MAKE SURE, AGAIN, TO INCLUDE YOUR IDEAS IN THESE CONVERSATIONS BACK TO THE TASK FORCE AS WELL. 
SO SOME OF THE GREAT SEEDS OF IDEAS, KERNELS WE HAVE, WE'LL TALK THROUGH WITH THE TASK FORCE. 
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION AS WE DEVELOP THINGS OUT AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU ON THIS CALL A LITTLE BIT MORE DEEPLY IN THIS ARENA OF THE WORK. 
SO I THINK WE'RE AT THAT HALFWAY POINT IN TODAY'S CALL AND PROBABLY TRANSITIONING TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM? 



>> YES.  THANK YOU. 
WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO RIGHT NOW IS TAKE SOME TIME TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL. 
OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, NOT LAST MONTH BECAUSE WE CANCELLED OUR MEETING BUT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL ON WHAT YOU'D LIKE DO AND SPACE YOU'D LIKE AVAILABLE DURING THE MEETING. 
BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THIS  
>> RECORDING IN PROGRESS. 
>> SUSY CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND STOP RECORDING IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO  
>> RECORDING STOPPED. 
>> THERE WE GO. 
MAYBE A LITTLE FEAR TO SPEAK. 
WE'D JUST LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 
THERE'S A FEW PROMPTS ON THE SCREEN ON IDEAS OF WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE. 
IS THERE SOMETHING YOU'RE HEARING OR SEEING FROM THE FOLKS YOU'RE WORKING WITH OR DO YOU HAVE SOME CONCERNS OR NEEDS YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE OR QUESTIONS? 
THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 
SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO START US OFF WITH?  CHAT, I SEE  IN CHAT I SEE BETH HAS A QUESTION FOR US. 
CAN WE GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT OREGON'S THINKING ABOUT THE SNAP THEFT REPLACEMENT BENEFITS. 
I UNDERSTAND IT'S IN THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION FEDERALLY. 

>> ABSOLUTELY. 
SO AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, IT DOES LOOK AS THOUGH THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE EXTENDED INTO THE DECEMBER PERIOD, BETH, SO AS PART OF THAT CR WITH FNS, WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT FINAL PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATURE AT THIS POINT. 
THEN WE'LL GET PROBABLY SOME ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE FROM OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS AROUND IT. 
EVERYTHING WE'RE HEARING AT THE MOMENT SEEMS TO BE, AT LEAST FOR NOW, A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING WITH OUR PROGRAM HERE IN OREGON TO EXTEND IT TO THAT DECEMBER 20TH DEADLINE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. 
WHAT WE KNOW ALSO IS A LOT OF OUR ADVOCATES, LIKE YOURSELVES, ARE WORKING WITH CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUING THIS AND HAVING A PROVISION OF THIS NATURE, PROBABLY MOVE ITS WAY INTO ANY FARM BILL CONSIDERATION. 
THAT'S STILL  THIS IS A DIFFICULT PART WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. 
THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION IS GREAT IN TERMS OF THAT FUNDING, TEMPORARY FUNDING PORTION OF WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH WITH THE PROGRAMS. 
BUT WHAT IT'S REALLY DOING IS ALSO PUSHING OR KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD FOR THE FARM BILL REAUTHORIZATION. 
AND I KNOW THE  THIS PART OF IT IS REALLY WHAT A LOT OF OUR ADVOCATES AND CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS AND SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON IS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE PROGRAM CAN SUSTAIN LONG TIME. 
IF IT CAN, ARE THERE ANY OTHER THINGS STATES CAN BE EXPLORING THAT WOULD HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THESE ISSUES. 
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING STILL IS WE HAVE SEVERAL WORK GROUPS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, AGAIN, LEARN AS WE GO. 
AROUND THE EVOLVING NATURE OF SOME OF THE THEFT THAT'S OCCURRING AROUND EBT CARDS. 
WE'RE WATCHING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TERMS OF WHAT CALIFORNIA IS DEVELOPING, WITH ITS CHIP AND PIN TECHNOLOGY. 
WHILE THAT'S GOING QUITE WELL FOR CALIFORNIA, THEY HAVEN'T LAUNCHED THAT YET. 
THEY'RE STILL AT A POINT WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RETAILERS MEETING THE THRESHOLD TO KIND OF PUT IT INTO ACTION AT THIS POINT. 
AND THAT'S THE OTHER PART OF THE CHIP AND PIN CONVERSATION IS EVEN IF YOU HAVE THAT TECHNOLOGY, YOU HAVE SMALL, GENERALLY SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES, HAVE TO CHANGE SOME OF THEIR POINT OF SALE DEVICE STRUCTURE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS THE REQUESTS FOR THE CHIP AND PIN CARD. 
SOME OF THOSE SMALLER BUSINESSES AND FARMER ES MARKETS AND OTHERS OF THAT NATURE THAT TAKE EBT CARDS DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT TECHNOLOGY NOW. 
AND THAT COST TO ACTUALLY CHANGE INTO THAT IS A THING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE KIND OF TRYING TO SEE WHERE IS THAT INFORMATION, WHERE IS THAT  WHERE ARE THOSE DOLLARS GOING TO COME FROM. 
BECAUSE RITE NOW THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THERE'S AN INDICATION THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FEDERAL MATCH AROUND ANY OF THAT. 
THAT'S PART OF WHAT THOSE CONSIDERATIONS ARE. 
AS AN INTERIM, WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST INTO A GOOD PORTION OF DECEMBER. 
BUT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES AND WITH OUR TEAMS TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER AT THAT POINT IN TIME. 
WE'LL KEEP EVERYONE UPDATED AS SOON AS WE KNOW. 
LET'S SEE. 
I HOPE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. 

>> YOU DID. 
I JUST WONDER IF THIS IS  IT'S UNFAIR TO ASK IT NOW BUT MAYBE FOR THE NEXT MEETING. 
I'D LOVE SO HEAR SOME DATA ON HOW OREGON IS DOING WITH REPLACEMENT. 
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR IT AND BEING APPROVED. 
AND ONE QUESTION IN PARTICULAR, I'VE BEEN WONDERING ABOUT, SINCE THE BEGINNING I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IF SOMEONE'S VICTIM OF THEFT MORE THAN ONE TIME, WOULD THEY GET REPLACEMENT MORE THAN ONE TIME. 
I WASN'T SURE ABOUT THE ANSWER AND I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT  AGAIN, I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT NOW. 
WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AT THE NEXT ONE OF THESE MEETINGS. 
>> WE CAN DEFINITELY GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL AT THE NEXT ONE FOR YOU BUT WE CAN ALSO SEND INFORMATION OUT TO THIS GROUP IN BETWEEN AS WELL. 
IT'S LIMITED ON THE FEDERAL SIDE, FOR SNAP AT LEAST, FOR TWO TIMES IN THE PERIOD OF TIME IN THAT CALENDAR YEAR. 
HONESTLY, THERE IS THAT KIND OF LIKE FEDERAL LIMITATION ON THINGS. 
BUT I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF THAT'S CHANGING IN THIS CR EXTENSION. 
I THINK IT'S ALL STAYING THE SAME IN TERMS OF THINGS IN TERMS OF IT'S JUST EXTENDING THE FUNDING PERIOD. 
BUT IF THAT CHANGES OR  OR SOMETHING ELSE IS IN THAT, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR YOU. 
I KNOW THE TEAM'S TAKING A NOTE RIGHT NOW THAT WE CAN BRING SOME OF THE DATA BACK AND HAVE A FULLER CONVERSATION NEXT TIME AROUND. 
WE'D LOVE TO DO THAT. 

>> SO I DO SEE THAT WE HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS SUBJECT BEFORE WE MOVE TO A DIFFERENT SUBJECT. 
ALL RIGHT. 
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. 
SO WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM KAYLA. 
AROUND COFA. 
OH, I HAVE HELPED COFA CITIZENS GETTING SNAP BENEFITS AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD GET BENEFITS RETRO BACK TO THE SIGN IT WAS SIGN  BACK TO WHEN IT WAS SIGNED IN 2024. 
BUT I DON'T SEE IT DEPOSITED ON THEIR CARDS. 
IS THERE SOMETHING THEY SHOULD DO OR WE HAVE TO LET DHS DO ON THEIR PART? 
CAN WE GET SOME MORE INFORMATION AROUND THAT? 

>> I CAN  HEATHER, I CAN ANSWER THIS ONE. 

(LAUGHS)
SO FOR COFA INDIVIDUALS FOR SNAP, WE HAD  WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GO AUTOMATICALLY BACK TO THE GUIDANCE WE WERE RECEIVED FROM FNS. 
WE WERE NOT AUTOMATICALLY ELIGIBLE ABLE TO GO BACK AND MAKE INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FROM THE DATE THAT AMENDMENT WAS MADE. 
THEY HAD TO HAVE REQUESTED BENEFITS AFTER THAT  SO IF THEY REQUESTED BENEFITS FROM THE TIME IT WAS SIGNED TO WHEN WE GOT OUR GUIDANCE, 
AND THEY WERE DENIED, THEY WOULD HAVE TO ASK FOR A HEARING AND THEN THE HEARINGS PROCESS TAKES EFFECT. 
IT WAS NOT AUTOMATIC. 
I KNOW THAT OTHER PROGRAMS WERE ABLE TO GO BACK AUTOMATICALLY BUT FOR SNAP WE WERE NOT ABLE TO. 
SO IF THEY HAD REQUESTED BENEFITS FROM THE TIME IT WAS SIGNED TO WHEN WE GOT OUR GUIDANCE, THEY CAN CONTACT THE OFFICE AND ASK HOW THEY CAN REQUEST THAT  THAT ORIGINAL REQUEST TO BE REEVALUATED. 

>> OKAY. 
KAYLA, DID THAT COVER IT FOR YOU? 
 DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? 


OKAY. 
I THINK WE'RE ALL RIGHT. 
SHE SAYS THANK YOU. 
ALL RIGHT. 
SO WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM SUSAN. 
WILL OUR CAMPUS CAFETERIA BE ALLOWED TO TAKE EBT CARDS FROM HOUSELESS STUDENTS? 
WE HAVE NO MEAL PLAN HERE SINCE WE ARE A COMMUNITY COLLEGE. 
AND HAVE NO HOUSING PROGRAM OR MEAL PLAN BUT WE DO  OH, I THINK THAT WAS THE EARLIER COMMENT. 
I'M SORRY. 
THAT WAS SOMEONE FROM EARLIER. 
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 
IF NOT QUESTIONS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE SOMETHING YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE FOLKS YOU'RE WORKING WITH, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT AS WELL. 
OKAY, WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION IN CHAT REGARDING COFA. 
I HAVE A MOTHER WHO APPLIED FOR SNAP BENEFITS AND IS A COFA CITIZEN. 
HOWEVER WHEN SHE RECEIVED HER BENEFITS SHE RECEIVED ONLY $10. 
THIS IS BASED ON INCOME OR A SLIDING SCALE? 

>> YOU WANT ME TO, I CAN ANSWER, HEATHER. 
>> I WAS JUST COMING OFF MUTE AS WELL. 

>> YEAH, I WAS LIKE WHO  
(LAUGHS)
IT'S BASED ON INCOME, AND THERE'S A WHOLE CALCULATION, FINANCIAL CALCULATION THAT WE DO. 
SO DEPENDING ON HER INCOME AND EXPENSES, AND HER SITUATION, EVERYBODY'S SITUATION IS DIFFERENT. 
THAT ALSO COULD HAVE BEEN A PRORATED AMOUNT FOR THE FIRST MONTH, IN WHICH SHE APPLIED. 
THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO DETERMINING THAT. 
BUT THE MINIMUM ALLOTMENT FOR A SINGLE PERSON IS ACTUALLY $23. 
SO I SUSPECT THAT IT WAS A PRORATION AMOUNT? 
THAT SHE WAS ELIGIBLE FOR? 
BUT WITHOUT KNOWING, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE CASE, I COULDN'T TELL YOU, BUT IT'S BASED ON INCOME, EXPENSES, IF THE INDIVIDUAL HAS 
CHILD SUPPORT COSTS OR IF THEY HAVE MEDICAL DEDUCTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
SO EACH  EACH CASE IS DIFFERENT. 

>> THANKS, TRACI. 
I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THAT IF FOLKS ARE WONDERING WHY THEY GET THE AMOUNT THEY DO FOR SNAP THEY ASK  DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK QUESTIONS. 
IT'S GOOD TO ASK QUESTIONS, RIGHT? 
SO WHEN YOU'RE CHATTING WITH THE ELIGIBILITY PERSON, ASK THEM. 
YOU KNOW, WHY? 
AND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP EXPLAIN IT SO THAT YOU HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND THEN OF COURSE IF THERE'S CONCERN OR WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS MAYBE DONE CORRECT, RIGHT, THERE'S  THERE'S A PROCESS FOR THAT, TOO. 
SO THAT IT CAN GET  WE CAN CHECK AND MAKE SURE IT WASN'T SOME SORT OF ERROR DONE THERE. 
ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. 
NEVER A BAD  NEVER BAD IDEA. 

>> ONE MORE THING. 
I  MY TEAMMATE POPPED ME UP ON THE SIDE AND SAID MAYBE IT'S JPI THEY RECEIVED IF THEY WERE WORKING ALSO SO THEY MAY ONLY BE RECEIVING THE JOB PARTICIPATION INCENTIVE. 
SO  BECAUSE $10 IS  IS KIND OF A UNIQUE NUMBER. 
AND IT IS $10 FOR THE JPI SO THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER REASON. 

>> THANKS, TRACI, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
SO I SEE THAT BETH HAS A FOLLOWUP QUESTION HERE. 
WE USE THE FOOD STAMP CALCULATOR TO ESTIMATE HOW MUCH SOMEBODY COULD GET. 
IS THERE ONE THAT ODHS RECOMMENDS? 

>> OOH, GOSH, THAT'S A HARD QUESTION  
(CHUCKLES)
 TO BE HONEST, BEST. 
THERE'S A FEW THINGS OUT THERE IN TERMS OF CALCULATORS THAT FOLKS CAN USE. 
AND IT'S  IT'S  SOMETIMES IT'S A GOOD TOOL JUST IN GENERAL TO USE. 
HOWEVER, WHAT WE HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED SOMETIMES IS THAT PEOPLE SCREEN THEMSELVES OUT. 
IT'S SUCH A NUANCED COMPONENT TO WALK WITH SOMEBODY THROUGH THAT PERSONAL SITUATION THAT WE NEVER  WE NEVER WANT TO PROMOTE ONE PARTICULAR WAY OF USING A PARTICULAR CALCULATOR IN QUITE THAT WAY BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUND THAT FOLKS SCREEN THEMSELVES OUT OF EVEN APPLYING. 
SO I'D STILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO APPLY AND SEE. 
BUT THERE'S, YEAH, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS OUT THERE. 
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHETHER OR NOT OUR ONE HAS BEEN UPDATED FULLY YET. 
I DON'T THINK SO. 
I'M JUST LOOKING TO THE TEAM. 
FOR A MINUTE  HAS OUR CALCULATOR BEEN UPDATED YET? 

>> THE REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE BUT I DO NOT THINK IT WILL BE UPDATED UNTIL THAT 10/1. 
>> OKAY. 
YEAH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER FINANCIAL CHANGES GOING THROUGH AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEW FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR. 
10/1. 
SO THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT AS WELL. 
LET'S SEE. 
AND ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN HERE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, BETH YOU MADE THE REQUEST FOR US TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SNAP STOLEN BENEFITS AND GO THROUGH SOME OF THE DATA PIECES NEXT TIME AROUND. 
I WANTED TO SEE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER TOPICS YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO BE LOOKING AT OR CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE NEXT TIME WE COME TOGETHER AS A TEAM? 

>> ARE YOU ASKING ME, HEATHER? 
OR WERE YOU ASKING EVERYBODY? 

>> EVERYBODY. 
IF YOU HAVE OTHER IDEAS, BETH, I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO HEAR THEM. 

>> WELL, I ACTUALLY REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION IN THE CHAT. 
MEORAH STARTED IT ABOUT REMINDING PEOPLE OF REQUESTING A HEARING IF THEY THINK ANYTHING AT ALL IS WRONG WITH THEIR FOOD STAMP AMOUNT OR BEING DENIED OR SOMETHING. 
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD THING TO TALK ABOUT, JUST LIKE GIVE EVERYBODY A REMINDER. 
AND JUST LIKE SHARE THAT IT'S NOT VERY HARD TO DO, AND IT'S  I THINK IT'S SCARY TO PEOPLE, SO 
THAT  I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD THING TO TALK ABOUT. 
I  I GUESS THE ONLY THING ON MY MIND, WELL, RIGHT NOW THE THING ON MY MIND ARE THE REPLACEMENT BENEFITS BUT ALSO ANY OF THE NEW PROGRAMS, LIKE I KNOW IT'S TOO EARLY TO TALK ABOUT SUMMER EBT NOW. 
BUT IT WON'T BE THAT LONG BEFORE IT IS BEING TALKED ABOUT, AND SO JUST  I THINK GETTING INPUT FROM THE PEOPLE ON THIS GROUP ABOUT WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN'T WORK AND HOW LANGUAGE ACCESS WENT AND WHETHER 211 WAS, LIKE, WHETHER THEY WERE BETTING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY WERE GOING TO GET, ET CETERA, WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. 
LIKE A CHANCE TO HEAR SOME ON THE GROUND STUFF FROM FOLKS. 
THOSE ARE MY IDEAS. 
I'D LOVE TO HEAR OTHER PEOPLE'S IDEAS ON THIS CALL. 

>> RACHEL, SHE'S PUT IN THE CHAT SHE'D LIKE UPDATES ON LEGISLATIVE WORK AND THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT AS WELL. 
BUT YEAH, WE CAN MAKE SURE WE INVITE OUR SEBT COLLEAGUES BACK TO NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. 
I KNOW THEY'VE PROBABLY ALREADY GOT SOME MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON THEIR CALENDAR AS WELL. 
SO I'LL CHECK IN WITH THAT TEAM AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER SPACES WHERE SOME OF THAT WORK'S BEING TALKED ABOUT, TOO. 
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT OUT INTO OUR LISTSERV. 

>> YES, I'M GOING TO THROW OUT THERE REALLY QUICK, IT IS KIND OF PENCILLED IN ON THE PLANNING. 
IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO CIRCLE BACK TO THIS GROUP. 
BUT I'VE ALSO GIVEN ACCESS TO OUR LISTSERV TO THEIR  THEIR ENGAGEMENT PERSON WITH SEBT, KATHRYN, SO YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED A COUPLE OF EMAILS COME FROM HER SPECIFICALLY. 
SO I THINK WHEN THEY DO CREATE THE SPACE, WE'LL FIND OUT ABOUT IT BECAUSE SHE IS USING THIS LISTSERV, TOO, BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THAT IT'S OF INTEREST TO ALL OF YOU. 
SO YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THAT LISTSERV, YOU MAY GET AN EMAIL FROM MYSELF OR JAMES, BUT YOU MAY ALSO GET SOMETHING FROM KATHRYN FROM THE SEBT TEAM. 

AND I'M TAKING NOTES, SO NO WORRIES. 
WE'LL DEFINITELY TRY TO GET THESE THINGS ON THE AGENDA FOR YOU OR COME BACK WITH THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE REQUESTED. 
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS FOLKS ARE HAVING OR FEEDBACK YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE? 

>> (INAUDIBLE) TREATING EVERYONE WELL? 

>> I SEE THAT SMILE, JAMES. 
WOO, NO COMMENT, NO COMMENT. 

(LAUGHS)
THAT'S AWESOME, THOUGH. 
YES, AND I THINK I HEARD JAMES, DID YOU SAY THAT WE WERE  IT'S GOING TO BE A QUARTERLY MEETING YEAR ONE OFFICE HOURS? 
WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION OUT PRETTY SOON. 
YOU JUST HAD ONE LAST MONTH? 

>> YEAH, THANKS, A FEW OF YOU WERE AT THE LAST ONE OFFICE HOUR. 
AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE SO YOU AT LEAST KNOW WHEN THEY'RE COMING. 
BUT IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS LIKE THIS. 
BUT ALSO LITTLE MORE PRESENTATIONS, BUT WE'LL THEM QUARTERLY I THINK, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. 
BUT IT WILL BE GOOD TO HEAR PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES AS WE CREATE MORE MATERIALS TO HELP YOU HELP YOUR CLIENTS WITH THEIR APPLICATIONS OR UPDATES, AND TALK MORE ABOUT THE MOBILE APP, THINGS LIKE THAT. 

>> THANKS, JAMES. 

>> AND I  
>> JUST NOTING  
>>  TOPIC, BETH, AROUND IPVs AS WELL. 
THAT'S A GREAT TOPIC. 
WE CAN CERTAINLY  WITH SOME OF OUR TEAM TO BRING FORWARD SOME OF THAT SO THEY CAN HEAR FEEDBACK THERE GROUP. 
I'D CERTAINLY BE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE, IF YOU'RE WILLING, BETH, TO CONNECT OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING. 
BECAUSE IT SOUND LIKE YOU'RE HEARING SOME THINGS  
(CHUCKLES)
 THAT WE MAY NEED TO START TAKING A LOOK AT. 

>> I'M HAPPY TO REACH OUT. 
THANKS, HEATHER. 
>> THANK YOU, BETH. 
SO WE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING INTO, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, SOME LEGISLATIVE PERIODS. 
AND AS WE KIND OF APPROACH THOSE TIMES, IT'S GOING TO GET  THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF DATA REQUESTS COMING THROUGH AND A LOT OF ANALYSIS WORK COMING THROUGH. 
AS WE APPROACH THAT FULL SESSION NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE QUITE A FEW TOPICS THAT WE'RE LIKELY GOING TO BE BRINGING TO THIS  TO THIS TEAM AS WELL TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THINGS. 
AND TO GET YOUR INPUT. 
WE DEFINITELY, LIKE I SAID, WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE KNAPP PART THAT'S  SNAP PART THAT'S STILL MAKING ITS WAY ON THROUGH. 
WE ALSO KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL KIND OF FOODRELATED SENATE BILLS OR HOUSE BILLS THAT ARE INTRODUCED BY SOME OF OUR ADVOCATES AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE'RE  WE'LL BE BRINGING FOLKS FROM OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM IN TO REALLY HELP ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY AS WELL. 
WE ALSO KNOW, AGAIN, THINGS MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY. 
THERE'S A LOT OF THE WORK WE DO THAT INTERSECTS WITH A LOT OF THE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT ARE OUT THERE. 
SO WE'RE DOING OUR VERY BEST TO COORDINATE EVERYTHING AS WE MOVE ON THROUGH. 
BUT, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE HEARING THINGS, OR HEARING OF THINGS THAT YOU THINK WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF, WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO GET THE HEADSUP FROM YOU ALL. 
AND IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO GATHER INFORMATION THAT MAY BE NEEDED. 
IT DOES TAKE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO GATHER DATA FROM OUR NEW SYSTEM THAN IT DID FROM OUR OLD SYSTEM, OUR OLD LEGACY SYSTEM. 
SO AS MUCH ADVANCE WARNING WE CAN GET FOR SOME OF THOSE THINGS, THE BETTER FOR OUR TEAMS. 
JAMES HAS ASKED A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. 
WHAT DO PARTNERS HEAR ABOUT LEGISLATIVE SESSION? 

>> NOT SEEING ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. 
BECAUSE MY COMPUTER'S SLOW. 
THAT'S OKAY. 
MORE TIME. 
TO COME AND HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS. 
WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR MEETING. 
THERE'S ONE MORE SLIDE I BELIEVE. 
CAN YOU ADVANCE FORWARD? 
THERE WE GO. 
SO WE SHARED THESE AT THE SELFSUFFICIENCY PARTNER MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO. 
BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE MORE TRANSLATIONS AVAILABLE THAN WE DID AT THAT TIME. 
SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOLKS HAD LAST MONTH, SO I'LL SEND THESE LINKS OUT WITH THE FOLLOWUP FOR SNAP AND THEY'LL BE IN THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL. 
BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOLKS HAD ACCESS TO THE ADDITIONAL TRANSLATIONS AND IF YOU MISSED THE COMMUNICATION AND WHAT WENT OUT FOR OUR PARTNER MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO, YOU'LL WANT ALL THESE I THINK. 
WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD THAT INFORMATION. 
BUT AS HEATHER SAID, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US IF YOU'RE HEARING THINGS, NEED STUFF, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU GET WHAT YOU NEED. 
AND SO ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT. 
WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL SAY GOOD AFTERNOON, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN NEXT MONTH. 
THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 



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