2026 Conference Agenda

Welcome & Plenary

(60 minutes)

  • 3SquaresVT Policy Updates & Future Directions — Hunger Free Vermont and the Vermont Department for Children and Families

9-10 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

(65 minutes)

  • 3SquaresVT 101 — Sophie Springer (she/her), Hunger Free Vermont

  • Building our (Compassion) Endurance — Bonnie Hudspeth, Silvio Cooperative

10:05-11:10 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

  • Working with Work Requirements — Hayley Turner-Lawyer, Economic Services Division

  • Local Food For All! — Johanna Doren, NOFA-VT

11:15 a.m.-12 p.m.

(45 minutes)

Lunch with Vermont’s Congressional Delegation

12:15-1 p.m.

(45 minutes)

  • Grab lunch and join Senators Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch, and Representative Becca Balint to talk about food security, 3SquaresVT, and more.

Breakout Sessions

(55 minutes)

  • Unpacking the Payment Error Rate — Economic Services Division

  • Creating Affirming Application Experiences for 3SquaresVT Applicants — Amber Leventry (they/them)

1:05-2 p.m.

“Snackbite” Sessions

(35 minutes)

  • Form 210A (Page 2) and YOU — Ivy Enoch (she/her), Hunger Free Vermont

  • Your 3SquaresVT Rights: Appeals/Fair Hearings — Olivia Graffeo-Cohen, Vermont Legal Aid

  • How to ensure your digital design is accessible — Natalie Williams (she/her), Hunger Free Vermont

  • 3SVT Networking & Beyond — Vicky Castillo (she/her), Hunger Free Vermont

2:05-2:40 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

(50 minutes)

  • Messaging the Moment — Center for Budget and Policy Priorities

  • Effective Multilingual 3SquaresVT Outreach with the Food Navigators — Avery MacLean, NOFA-VT and Mariana Lamaison Sears, Hunger Free Vermont 

2:45-3:35 p.m.

Close Out

(20 minutes)

  • Join Hunger Free Vermont’s Director of Policy and Advocacy and fellow conference attendees for a warm and conversational reflection of the conference theme and what we are taking with us.

3:40-4 p.m.

Other questions?

Email us! 3SquaresVTConference@hungerfreevt.org