Training & Support
St. Mary’s Food Bank is committed to devoting adequate resources to our Agency Partners to fulfill our obligations with acquisition and equitable distribution of food across Arizona. Proper forms and documentation are available to support your organization with general education, onboarding, and reoccurring trainings. Please review the training materials for each category below to further your understanding and readiness.
Reoccurring Trainings for Agency Partners
St. Mary’s Food Bank Agency Partners are responsible for updating their agreements every fiscal year, including the SMFB Partner Organization Letter of Agreement and the Annual USDA Commodity Food Service Application and Agreement, if your agency participates in any USDA programming. In addition, all Volunteer Confidentiality, Civil Rights Training, and Food Handlers Certifications (if applicable) should be renewed each year by any two agency representatives at your organization. All distribution staff/volunteers should be trained on this content throughout the year and documented appropriately. Should these documents expire, or an agency representative is no longer involved in the distributions, it is your organization’s responsibility to renew your agreements and retrain. If you are involved in Child Nutrition programming, your representative will contact you every year with renewals.
