Courtney Smith
No Kid Hungry Program Director
Share Our Strength
Courtney Smith, Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Program Director, manages the organization’s state partnerships to end childhood hunger. She has more than 15 years of experience working on programs and policies to improve the well-being of low-income families and children. Before joining Share Our Strength, Ms. Smith was a Senior Policy Analyst at the National Governors Association’s Center for Best Practices, where she provided technical assistance and consulting services to governors on a range of poverty and human services issues. From 1997 to 2001, she served as a Senior Policy Analyst at Berkeley Policy Associates where she led evaluations of welfare reform and workforce development programs at the state and local levels. She also worked as a researcher at the Public Policy Institute of California, the Literacy Assistance center of New York City, and the Program to Educate the Girl in Guatemala. Ms. Smith has a Master of Arts in Public Policy from the University of California at Berkeley and a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Women’s Studies from Grinnell College.
Posts By Courtney Smith on Strength.org
- New Data: 1 in 5 Americans Unable to Afford Enough Food For Their Families [ No comments]
- March 4, 2011
The Food Research and Action Center released a report this week about the state of “food hardship” in the U.S. The latest numbers show that food hardship stood at 18% in 2010, meaning that nearly one in five Americans struggled to afford enough food for their families last year, despite the recession easing.
Tags: grantees, hunger, schools, state partnerships, statistics, summer meals, teachers - Children Can’t Wait -- Your Action Needed Today [ No comments]
- July 21, 2010
We are running out of time for Congress to reauthorize the Child Nutrition Bill, critical legislation that will further our efforts to end childhood hunger in America. Learn what you can do this week to help encourage passage of the bill.
Tags: Child Nutrition Reauthorization, no kid hungry - No Kid Should Be Hungry in Summer [ No comments]
- May 17, 2010
In Washington DC, spring is in full swing and summer is around the corner. Flowers are blooming; sidewalk cafes are bustling; and flip flops are everywhere. Excited kids are...
Tags: No Kid Hungry, state partnerships, summer meals
