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Feed America integration case studies

How partners use Feed America's open-data food-assistance directory (EIN 92-1761881) at production scale. Each case documents the integration architecture, data flow, and downstream impact.

Healthcare social-determinants-of-health (SDOH) integration

~100 hospital systems · Findhelp + Unite Us · HSDS 3.0 feed

How Findhelp (formerly Aunt Bertha) and Unite Us ingest Feed America's HSDS 3.0 Open Referral feed to populate food-assistance referrals for patients screened positive for food insecurity at hospital discharge. No bilateral DPA required — open standards conformance is the integration path.

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AI assistant integration via Model Context Protocol

Anthropic Claude · 7 native MCP tools · OpenAI Custom GPTs

How AI assistants like Anthropic Claude (via MCP) and OpenAI Custom GPTs (via OpenAPI 3.0) call Feed America's tools directly to answer "where can I find food help near 90210?" with structured, real-time data — no per-platform custom integration.

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Build on Feed America

The full directory is published as open data under Creative Commons BY 4.0. No license fee, no per-seat pricing, no bilateral DPA. Use cases: 211 networks, healthcare SDOH, AI assistants, academic research, civic-tech apps. Email partners@feedam.org.

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