AAC - ANSWER Agency Advisory Committee: A committee comprised of
Food Bank member agencies which provided agencies with the opportunity to
play an active role in the development, revision, and evaluation of Food Bank
policies and services. The AAC meets quarterly and is comprised of at least 10
agency members, with at least one but no more than three representatives from
each county served by the Food Bank.
Advocacy 101 - ANSWER A Food Bank training that teaches participants how
to advocate with elected officials.
AIB International - ANSWER Association of International Bankers: An
organization that works with food and beverage supply chain companies to
maintain and improve their food safety standards. The Food Bank is extensively
audited by the AIB every two years.
AmeriCorps - ANSWER Federal volunteer programs similar to the Peace
Corps; however, the volunteers work in the US. The Food Bank and some
member agencies have hosted AmeriCorps members.
BP - ANSWER BackPack Program: Many children who receive free and
reduced-price school meals are left without the nutrition they need on weekends
and holiday breaks when school is not in session. FBST Backpack Program
attempts to reduce the gap by providing children who are at risk of hunger with
a bag of nutritious food each Friday throughout the school year. The program
helps children return to school on Monday ready to learn. Started as a pilot
program with 3 sites in October 2005, the FB has expanded the program to all
41 districts in our six-county service area.
Best Practices - ANSWER The most efficient and effective way of
accomplishing a task based on a repeatable business practices that have proven
themselves over time for large numbers of people.
,BOD - ANSWER Board of Directors: A group of people who manage or direct
a company or organization. FBST board of directors is comprised of community
members representing the 6 counties served by FBST.
BOSS - ANSWER Better Off Saying Something: A suggestion box/forum for
staff to submit suggestions or concerns for the Senior Leadership Team and or
Food Bank Leadership Team to review.
CACFP - ANSWER Child and Adult Care Food Program: A federal program
that provides meals and snacks to children in public or private nonprofit
childcare centers, Head Start programs, and adults in nonresidential adult
daycare centers. The program also provides meals to children residing in
homeless shelters, and snacks through after-school care programs.
CAP - ANSWER Community Advocate Program: A Food Bank program that
builds the leadership skills of people who have experienced financial hardship
and food insecurity so they can raise their voices in the work to end hunger.
CAT - ANSWER Community Advocate Training: A Food Bank program that
provides advocacy training in support of the Community Advocate Program.
CCDOR - ANSWER Catholic Charities Diocese of Rochester: Comprises the
region from its northern boarder on the south shore of Lake Ontario through the
Finger Lakes region to its southern boarder at the NY-PA boarder. FBST is one
of six partner agencies of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester.
CCE - ANSWER Cornell Cooperative Extension: A program administered
through Cornell University which aims to improve NYS communities through
partnerships and university-based research in agricultural and food systems,
youth, and family.
CI - ANSWER Community Impact: A development within the Food Bank that
leads efforts to build and sustain hunger-free communities by developing and
driving strategies that support innovative, data-driven programs and
partnerships across the region. Community Impact's goals are to educate the
community about hunger and food insecurity, mobilized stakeholders around
the public policy priorities that address root causes, ensure equitable access to
, nutritious food, and center the people we serve in our decision-making program
development and resource allocation.
CTFH - ANSWER Circle to Feed Hope: A group of donors who contribute
$1,000 or more annually to the FBST.
CNR - ANSWER Child Nutrition Reauthorization: Formally know as the
Child Nutrition and WIC (Women, Infants, & Children) Reauthorization Act, it
authorizes all the federal child nutrition programs, many of which are school-
based meal programs. These programs help ensure that low-income children
have access to healthy and nutritious foods year-round. To ensure the
continuation of these child nutrition programs, Congress must reauthorize them
every five years.
CDS - ANSWER Client Driven Service: A Food Bank program funded by the
Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) with the goal of improving.
CPO - ANSWER Community Partner Organization: Organizations in our
community with shared goals that partner with the Food Bank.
CSFP - ANSWER Commodity Supplemental Food Program: A federal
nutrition program that provides monthly food assistance to seniors with low
incomes.
D&CE - ANSWER Development & Community Engagement: A department
within the Food Bank responsible for all fundraising and communication
strategies in support of the mission by providing a strong, compelling, and
cohesive public presence for the Food Bank to achieve its annual, capital, and
long-range programmatic fundraising goals.
DEI - ANSWER Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: intricately linked values held
by many organizations working to support different groups of individuals.
Diversity - ANSWER The presence and representation of wide ranging and
differing views, identities, experiences and abilities. We are committed to
recruiting and hiring diverse team members, and collaborating with partners
from many backgrounds, all committed to the mission.
Food Bank member agencies which provided agencies with the opportunity to
play an active role in the development, revision, and evaluation of Food Bank
policies and services. The AAC meets quarterly and is comprised of at least 10
agency members, with at least one but no more than three representatives from
each county served by the Food Bank.
Advocacy 101 - ANSWER A Food Bank training that teaches participants how
to advocate with elected officials.
AIB International - ANSWER Association of International Bankers: An
organization that works with food and beverage supply chain companies to
maintain and improve their food safety standards. The Food Bank is extensively
audited by the AIB every two years.
AmeriCorps - ANSWER Federal volunteer programs similar to the Peace
Corps; however, the volunteers work in the US. The Food Bank and some
member agencies have hosted AmeriCorps members.
BP - ANSWER BackPack Program: Many children who receive free and
reduced-price school meals are left without the nutrition they need on weekends
and holiday breaks when school is not in session. FBST Backpack Program
attempts to reduce the gap by providing children who are at risk of hunger with
a bag of nutritious food each Friday throughout the school year. The program
helps children return to school on Monday ready to learn. Started as a pilot
program with 3 sites in October 2005, the FB has expanded the program to all
41 districts in our six-county service area.
Best Practices - ANSWER The most efficient and effective way of
accomplishing a task based on a repeatable business practices that have proven
themselves over time for large numbers of people.
,BOD - ANSWER Board of Directors: A group of people who manage or direct
a company or organization. FBST board of directors is comprised of community
members representing the 6 counties served by FBST.
BOSS - ANSWER Better Off Saying Something: A suggestion box/forum for
staff to submit suggestions or concerns for the Senior Leadership Team and or
Food Bank Leadership Team to review.
CACFP - ANSWER Child and Adult Care Food Program: A federal program
that provides meals and snacks to children in public or private nonprofit
childcare centers, Head Start programs, and adults in nonresidential adult
daycare centers. The program also provides meals to children residing in
homeless shelters, and snacks through after-school care programs.
CAP - ANSWER Community Advocate Program: A Food Bank program that
builds the leadership skills of people who have experienced financial hardship
and food insecurity so they can raise their voices in the work to end hunger.
CAT - ANSWER Community Advocate Training: A Food Bank program that
provides advocacy training in support of the Community Advocate Program.
CCDOR - ANSWER Catholic Charities Diocese of Rochester: Comprises the
region from its northern boarder on the south shore of Lake Ontario through the
Finger Lakes region to its southern boarder at the NY-PA boarder. FBST is one
of six partner agencies of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester.
CCE - ANSWER Cornell Cooperative Extension: A program administered
through Cornell University which aims to improve NYS communities through
partnerships and university-based research in agricultural and food systems,
youth, and family.
CI - ANSWER Community Impact: A development within the Food Bank that
leads efforts to build and sustain hunger-free communities by developing and
driving strategies that support innovative, data-driven programs and
partnerships across the region. Community Impact's goals are to educate the
community about hunger and food insecurity, mobilized stakeholders around
the public policy priorities that address root causes, ensure equitable access to
, nutritious food, and center the people we serve in our decision-making program
development and resource allocation.
CTFH - ANSWER Circle to Feed Hope: A group of donors who contribute
$1,000 or more annually to the FBST.
CNR - ANSWER Child Nutrition Reauthorization: Formally know as the
Child Nutrition and WIC (Women, Infants, & Children) Reauthorization Act, it
authorizes all the federal child nutrition programs, many of which are school-
based meal programs. These programs help ensure that low-income children
have access to healthy and nutritious foods year-round. To ensure the
continuation of these child nutrition programs, Congress must reauthorize them
every five years.
CDS - ANSWER Client Driven Service: A Food Bank program funded by the
Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) with the goal of improving.
CPO - ANSWER Community Partner Organization: Organizations in our
community with shared goals that partner with the Food Bank.
CSFP - ANSWER Commodity Supplemental Food Program: A federal
nutrition program that provides monthly food assistance to seniors with low
incomes.
D&CE - ANSWER Development & Community Engagement: A department
within the Food Bank responsible for all fundraising and communication
strategies in support of the mission by providing a strong, compelling, and
cohesive public presence for the Food Bank to achieve its annual, capital, and
long-range programmatic fundraising goals.
DEI - ANSWER Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: intricately linked values held
by many organizations working to support different groups of individuals.
Diversity - ANSWER The presence and representation of wide ranging and
differing views, identities, experiences and abilities. We are committed to
recruiting and hiring diverse team members, and collaborating with partners
from many backgrounds, all committed to the mission.
