California Food Policy Advocates Brand Refresh Survey

Hello! Thank you for taking our quick, five-minute survey.

After 25 years, California Food Policy Advocates is still evolving and improving. We are going to be changing our name in 2019 and launching a refreshed brand and website! Our goal is to expand the reach, engagement, and impact of our mission: improving the health and well-being of low-income Californians by increasing their access to nutritious, affordable food.

By giving us your feedback here, you’ll help us understand how you feel about us, the impact our work has on you, and how we can engage more effectively and collaboratively with our entire community.

Your responses will be completely anonymous and will only be reported in aggregate form.

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* 1. Please select all that describe you:

Elected official, or a staffer or consultant for an elected official

Administrator of a federal or state nutrition program (e.g., CalFresh, NSLP, CACFP, SFSP, etc.)

Policy professional for an advocacy organization or interest group

Staff at a community-based or direct-service organization (e.g., food bank)

Funder or individual donor

Researcher

Community member

Other (please specify)

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* 2. CFPA is changing our name! With 1 being your favorite and 4 being your least favorite, please rank the following options for CFPA’s new name in order of preference.

Food for All

Nourish California

Foodrise

Hunger-Free California

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* 3. Feel free to tell us why you selected your favorite name choice over the other options provided above or let us know if you have another suggestion for a name.

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* 4. Which of CFPA’s products and services are most valuable to you?

Policy solutions and expertise

Research, data, and analyses

Updates with opportunities for advocacy

Administrative advocacy, where CFPA advocates for change through direct work with leadership at state and federal agencies (e.g., California Department of Education)

State legislative advocacy, where CFPA advocates for change through the state legislative process (e.g., sponsoring bills and budget requests)

Federal advocacy, where CFPA advocates for change through federal legislative or administrative processes (e.g., organizing public comments, lobbying Congress)

I don’t know

Other (please specify)

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* 5. How often do you use CFPA’s products and services?

Daily

Weekly

Monthly

Sometimes, but infrequently

Never

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* 6. Feel free to tell us more. What do you like about CFPA’s products and services? How could we make them better?

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* 7. Which of CFPA’s current priorities are most important to you?

Food in early childhood

School meals

Out-of-school nutrition (i.e., afterschool and summer meals)

CalFresh (known federally as SNAP)

Immigrant food access

Food for seniors

I don’t know

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Feel free to tell us more about CFPA’s current priorities. For example, what are we doing right? Where could we do better?

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* 9. If you’ve interacted with CFPA staff directly, how would you rate your interaction(s)?

Very positive

Positive

Fine

Unfavorable

Very unfavorable

I haven’t had any direct interactions with CFPA staff

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* 10. Feel free to tell us more about your staff interaction(s). For example, what are we doing right? Where could we do better?

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* 11. Are there coalitions, collaboratives, or organizations, beyond those exclusively centered on nutrition, food, and hunger, that we should be supporting or collaborating with? Why?

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* 12. How could CFPA communicate more effectively with you?

A sharper, clearer message

Greater focus on the issues that matter most to me

More explanation of the impact of its work

A better website

A better social media presence

More events and speaking engagements

I don’t know

Other (please specify)

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* 13. In general, how do you feel about CFPA?

Very positive

Positive

Fine

Unfavorable

Very unfavorable

I have no strong feeling one way or the other

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* 1. Please select all that describe you:

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* 2. CFPA is changing our name! With 1 being your favorite and 4 being your least favorite, please rank the following options for CFPA’s new name in order of preference.

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* 3. Feel free to tell us why you selected your favorite name choice over the other options provided above or let us know if you have another suggestion for a name.

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* 4. Which of CFPA’s products and services are most valuable to you?

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* 5. How often do you use CFPA’s products and services?

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* 6. Feel free to tell us more. What do you like about CFPA’s products and services? How could we make them better?

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* 7. Which of CFPA’s current priorities are most important to you?

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* 8. Feel free to tell us more about CFPA’s current priorities. For example, what are we doing right? Where could we do better?

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* 9. If you’ve interacted with CFPA staff directly, how would you rate your interaction(s)?

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* 10. Feel free to tell us more about your staff interaction(s). For example, what are we doing right? Where could we do better?

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* 11. Are there coalitions, collaboratives, or organizations, beyond those exclusively centered on nutrition, food, and hunger, that we should be supporting or collaborating with? Why?

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* 12. How could CFPA communicate more effectively with you?

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* 13. In general, how do you feel about CFPA?

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* 14. Feel free to tell us more about how you feel about CFPA. For example, what are we doing right? What could we do better?