Abuela Mamá y Yo

Resources and Access to Food

Community Health Workers and Community partners:

As a response to COVID-19, Familias en Acción through our Nutrition and Food Equity program collaborated with Hunger Free Oregon, 211, Women, Children and Infant (WIC), and Oregon Food Bank (OFB) to share with our communities food resources available for the Latino/x/e Community.

Download poster HERE in English & Spanish.

1 in 8 people in Oregon suffer from food insecurity
1 in 5 children living in Oregon are at risk of having food insecurity

Know Your Rights

They cannot deny food to your children.

Everyone up to the age of 18 is entitled to meals.

The application is confidential. This is not part of public charge.

School Meals

To apply to School Meals, contact the school your child attends.

Two ways to submit a complaint:

  • Complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) or call (866) 632-9992
  • Write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form
    • Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410
    • Fax: (202) 690-7442
    • E-mail: program.intake@usda.gov

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

To apply: https://oregonhunger.org/apply-for-snap/

Oregon law requires Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) employees to treat customers “in a courteous, fair, and dignified manner.” You have the right to file a complaint. For example:

  • If they speak to you in English even when you asked for services in your language
  • Insults you or speaks rudely to you
  • Asks you to provide information not required by law
  • not return your calls
  • Doesn’t take the time to answer your questions

To submit a complaint:
Form: Instructions for submitting complaints for customer service or privacy issues, or complaints of discrimination

 

Oregon Food Banks

Food Pantries

Find food pantry locations HERE

To submit a complaint:

  • Call the Oregon Food Bank directly at 503-282-0555
  • File your complaint directly with the pantry where the incident occurred
  • All agencies must report incidents to the Oregon Food Bank
  • File your complaint with the Department of Human Services (DHS) by calling their Civil Rights line 1-800-442-5238

Double Up Food Bucks

  • Buy $1 SNAP, Get $1 Free in DUFB
  • Up to $10 per day at grocery stores
  • Up to $10 a day at farmers markets
  • Earn up to $200 toward the cost of a farm share

Learn more at https://doubleuporegon.org/ 
Connect with Mason Durfee, DUFB coordinator at mdurfee@oregonfoodbank.org o 971.233.3358

Women, Infant, and Children – WIC

Apply for WIC HERE

To submit a complaint:

  • Complaint Form
  • For more questions, connect with Cenaida at WIC, 971-413-2724

OHP – Plan de Salud de Oregon

  • Niños y adolescentes hasta 19 años
  • No importa el estatus migratorio
  • Llame al 503-746-1220 y 971-535-9051

If you believe you have been discriminated against or treated unfairly, contact this free service:

Phone: 1-800-520-5292

To find an immigration attorney: Oregonimmigrationresource.org

Mondays: 1-4pm

Tuesdays: 9:30am-12:00pm

Wednesdays: 9:30am-12:30pm

Thursdays: 1-4pm

Closed on Fridays

Closed state and federal holidays

Webinars

We would like to invite you to join one of our webinars, to learn together how to access food during this pandemic. Check our Training & Community Classes page for more information.

For more information and to register: contact Alejandra Gurrola at alejandra@familiasenaccion.org

Conoce Tus Derechos

Acceso a Alimentos Durante una Pandemia en Oregon COVID-19

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Featured Recipe: Sautéed Multicolor Squash by María Segura, Fall 2019

As our Abuela, Mamá, y Yo (AMY) program has grown and expanded in the last few months, we would like to introduce a new series of featured recipes that will be shared by various people throughout the Latino + Latinx communities of Oregon who are involved in the AMY program.

Photo courtesy of: The Spruce Eats

Interview by Rebeca Márquez

María recognizes that times are hard. “Our mental state is not easy, what with racism, discrimination, and the need to be forever alert, wondering how we look to others, how our ethnicity goes over.” Her dream is for the Latino community to feel proud of who we are and also knowledgeable of how to take care of ourselves. She would like us to make exercise a part of our everyday lives and to modify traditional recipes to make them healthier. She has been delighted to form part of “Abuela, Mamá y Yo” and likes to imagine a future in which we are healthy and strong. She understands that to get there, we must take action now. 

I would like to tell you a little about María Segura. She is from Mexico and arrived in the U.S. eleven years ago. For the past five years, she has been actively involved in the programs that Familias en Acción offers. After taking leadership seminars and thorough training, she now facilitates several of our health education programs: Abuela, Mamá y Yo, “Tomando Control de su Salud”, “Manejo Personal de su Diabetes”, “Camine con Gusto”, “Siembra la Cena” and ”Empoderate”. What she likes best about our “Abuela, Mamá y Yo” nutrition and Food Equity program is that it’s focus on healthy eating, something not always easy to achieve. “It teaches you about serving moderate portions, modifying traditional recipes, and something even more important: breaking bread with family, friends, and your community.” She considers an openness to learning new things as an attribute of the Latino community. However, she adds that “…we need more educational programs that help us promote our health, prevent diseases, and set a good example for our kids.” She also mentions how important traditions are and how proud she is that they are passed down from one generation to the next. She is a model for her children and her community, as well as an inspiration due to her work with us. María would like to share one of her favorite recipes with you. Enjoy!

Multicolor Squash

Ingredients:

  • 3 yellow squash
  • 3 green squash
  • 1 green pepper
  • 1 yellow or orange pepper
  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 finely chopped onion
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • Garlic salt
  • Jalapeño, serrano, or habanero chile
  • 2 tablespoons of olive oil

 Procedure:

Chop up onion and garlic. Cut vegetables in julienne strips. Stir fry onion and garlic, add squash and peppers, cook on low heat for seven minutes. Season to taste. Enjoy!

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Familias en Acción at the Oregon Hunger Response Day

Familias en Acción, through our Abuela, Mamá y Yo Community Council visited the Capitol last Thursday April 11. We participated in the Oregon Hunger Response Day, because we consider this a priority for the Latino Community and we need to learn more, to be informed and be capable of sharing this in our communities. We all know that Latino families struggle to access healthy nutritious food, sometimes because of lack of transportation and or food deserts, sometimes because of fear that we might be targeted if we apply for food assistance services, etc.

The goal of our Community Council is to learn more about health and food policy and become advocates for our families’ health.

Familias en Acción supporting the work of The Oregon Food Bank to end hunger by: ensuring access to affordable housing, securing funding for food banks, increasing SNAP match dollars at farmers markets and rural grocery stores across the state, raising the age for WIC to 6 and many others.

During a full day training our AMY Community Council attended workshops on Advocacy, learned about Double-up bucks, access to SNAP, Oregon Hunger Response Fund and more. After a full morning of trainings, we all walked to the Capitol  and we were able express our voice, needs and share why it’s important to end hunger in the Latino community to legislators.

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