Cultivating Scalable Solutions to End Hunger
We believe a world without hunger is possible. Our collective impact approach allows us to pioneer research, to test and evaluate innovative models for ending hunger, and to collaborate with leaders to scale those ideas for maximum impact.
The Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty employs strategies to end hunger that take into account proximity, the dignity of all people, and the need to test new solutions for old challenges.
Housed within a prominent R1 research institution, The Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty believes research and practice is cyclical, with research identifying gaps and opportunities where practice should aim its efforts, and with practice identifying where more research is needed.
There is no single sector of society that can solve a social challenge on its own. The Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty is a bridge builder that connects various stakeholders with a common goal of cultivating scalable solutions to end hunger.
New Rural Summer Meal Resources!
With updated requirements to meal service options offered through the USDA's Summer Food Service Program, rural communities can now participate in non-congregate meal service options such as home delivered meals.
The Baylor Collaborative has developed new resources to help guide communities in beginning a non-congregate mailed meal program.
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With updated requirements to meal service options offered through the USDA's Summer Food Service Program, rural communities can now participate in non-congregate meal service options such as home delivered meals. Learn about the Baylor Collaborative's new resources to help get a non-congregate mailed meal program up and running in your community.
A three-day Baylor University symposium on “Migration and Food Needs: Latin American and U.S. Perspectives” will bring together scholars, practitioners, policymakers and students April 16-18 in an exploration of the crucial intersections between food, migration, religion, economic opportunity and human flourishing, including the culinary contributions of migrants to U.S. communities.
The Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty exists to cultivate scalable solutions to end hunger. Many of those solutions come in the form of public policy. Legislation passed in the 2023 Texas Legislative Session mark significant wins for those most at risk of food insecurity in the state.
The Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty has received a gift from the Whitsons Culinary group to assist with hunger outreach programs.