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 Eileen Hyde
Field Placement: Oregon Hunger Relief Task Force (Portland, OR)
Eileen is working to increase the capacity and sustainability of federal child nutrition programs in Oregon by helping to develop and implement a grant process that distributes funds to program sites and sponsors. She is planning and facilitating regional Summer Food conferences for sites and sponsors and is compiling, analyzing and publishing child nutrition participation data into program reports to help direct future outreach efforts.
Education and Experience: A native Vermonter, Eileen graduated with high honors from DePaul University in 2007 with a degree in international studies and a minor in community service. She studied sustainable development and social change in Central America, completed a thesis on citizen participation in economic and development policy, and worked on a community organizing initiative for Oxfam America’s Farm Bill Campaign. After college, Eileen served as an Americorps VISTA with the Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger, where she worked to strengthen the federal nutrition programs.
 Kelly Meredith
Field Placement: Oregon Child Development Coalition (Portland, OR)
Kelly is assessing the barriers that keep family day care providers from enrolling in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Through surveys and in-depth interviews with administrators, state sponsors, day care providers, and families, Kelly is documenting access barriers and proposing recommendations for increasing statewide participation in CACFP.
Education and Experience: A native of North Carolina, Kelly graduated with high honors and phi beta kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008 with a degree in Spanish and sociology. She was a Carolina Covenant Scholar and worked with Habitat for Humanity and the Hunger and Homelessness Outreach Project to address local issues of hunger and poverty. Kelly also studied in Spain, worked with a high school Spanish class, and served as a mentor to local Latino high school students.
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