Looking to become more neighbor-centered, but don’t want to start from scratch?
Let us help you reach your goals faster with our neighbor-centered services. We partner with food banks to create customized plans for meeting the diverse needs of neighbors.
What does a partnership with us look like?
We desire to honor each neighbor’s time
Each neighbor’s time is valuable, we take every opportunity to use information they give us to improve your offerings.
We include your network of partners in the process
The SWIM Network Assessment© is a tool completed by over 1,000 agencies from 6 food banks that provides insights into the readiness and willingness of agencies to implement neighbor centered practices.
We work with you vs. handing you a cookie-cutter product
You will be involved every step of the way to align neighbor needs and your organizational plans and strategies.
Avoid missing an opportunity to put your neighbors and network at the center of your plans with SWIM.
We are proud that since SWIM’s founding, food banks have been our core customers.
Currently, we work with:
6 member food banks,
one non-member food bank, and
one Partner State Association.
Two Paths to Activating Change by Meeting NEW Feeding America Standards
To meet the standards of the Feeding America agreement AND create a customized plan to address barriers for your neighbors.
What is the SWIM Network Assessment©?
What has the SWIM Network Assessment© taught us?
⇨ Which agencies are ready to grow and/or expand and the resources they need from the food bank.
⇨ What neighbors do agencies see now, and how willing are they to change practices to serve neighbors they might be missing.
⇨ How much trust agencies have with their food bank, and how they view their leadership.
How does the SWIM Network Assessment© deepen the impact of meeting the new Feeding America standards?
Service Area Assessment: Identify agencies well positioned to meet the disparities identified in the service area assessment.
Neighbor Engagements: Immediately using insights from neighbor engagements in assessing agency willingness and readiness to address the barriers to access identified.
SWIM Network Assessment©
Operational Plan: Including the network of partners that are instrumental in implementing the operational plan in the process of creating the plan.
“We have used data from our [SWIM Network Assessment] to better understand our network’s readiness to adopt Neighbor Centered Practices and what are the barriers that may prevent this from happening. Through capacity building grants and agency cohorts, we have been able to address these barriers with our agencies and make meaningful progress towards meeting the needs and wants of our neighbors seeking help.”
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