Overview

• A one-year pilot placed a community food outreach specialist inside an urban Midwest pediatric clinic to link families to resources and complete SNAP enrollment.
• The specialist assisted 664 families, enrolling 24 households in FoodShare and generating an estimated 19,176 annual meals with a $115,512 economic impact.
• Duties included expert guidance on food resources, troubleshooting access barriers, and serving as a centralized outreach point within the clinic.
• Financial support came from Children's Wisconsin and the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment, with partnership backing from Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin.
• Results were presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics 2025 conference in Denver, and authors urged scaling the model with ongoing family feedback to improve implementation.