The document provides information on various organizations that conduct nutrition and food education programs across the United States. It lists the name and location of each organization, as well as a brief description of their target audience, activities, funding sources, and approach to nutrition education. The organizations represent a variety of models including national non-profits, university-run programs, state-based groups, and those focused on specific areas like agriculture or assistance programs.
The document provides information on various organizations that conduct nutrition and food education programs across the United States. It lists the name and location of each organization, as well as a brief description of their target audience, activities, funding sources, and approach to nutrition education. The organizations represent a variety of models including national non-profits, university-run programs, state-based groups, and those focused on specific areas like agriculture or assistance programs.
The document provides information on various organizations that conduct nutrition and food education programs across the United States. It lists the name and location of each organization, as well as a brief description of their target audience, activities, funding sources, and approach to nutrition education. The organizations represent a variety of models including national non-profits, university-run programs, state-based groups, and those focused on specific areas like agriculture or assistance programs.
The document provides information on various organizations that conduct nutrition and food education programs across the United States. It lists the name and location of each organization, as well as a brief description of their target audience, activities, funding sources, and approach to nutrition education. The organizations represent a variety of models including national non-profits, university-run programs, state-based groups, and those focused on specific areas like agriculture or assistance programs.
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Best Practices List
Nutrition & Food Education Programs
Action for Healthy Kids National non-profit Aimed at improving nutrition and lifestyle of Americas youth Partnered with other national non-profits and government agencies Volunteers and staff organize events Educate parents, educators, and public health officials on need for healthier lifestyles for children Funded by corporate sponsorships, government grants and individual donors
Urban Nutrition Initiative Run by UPenn Targets West Philly VERY SIMILAR TO NOURISH partner with housing complexes, adult day centers, and community health center has very similar classroom education model has very similar curriculum not much on funding but can contact admin
Growing Great California based Very similar goal to Nourish Entirely supported by grants, donations and sponsored community events Very similar class layout to Nourish as well as curriculum Volunteer supported
Harvest Home Farmers Market- NYC Established This organization seeks to increase access to local and fresh food while educating communities on the importance of healthy living. They utilize cooking demonstrations at farmers markets to increase the likelihood of people purchasing better foods and changing their food choices.
LiveWell Colorado- Colorado Established Funded by the Colorado Health Foundation and the Kresge Foundation They have community-based nutrition education run by non-profits that teach low-income audiences how to buy, prepare, and eat healthy foods
Fresh Approach- California Founded in 2008 This organization provides low-income families not only with healthier options for food, but also educational programs that teach people how to make smarted diet choices
SD Healthy Living Focus on Fitness, Cooking, and Nutrition Hold specific classes, much like Nourish Boston wants to do Partners with the Center for a Healthy Lifestyle
Growing Great Target audience, children and families Go into schools and teach students how to live and eat healthier Interestingly, they focus on getting children in schools to sign up in their classes, and get parents and other people to volunteer to teach these classes Although its a bit more different than Nourish Boston, there is a little overlap regarding finding people to teach the classes and to create sustainability in the organization
Community Nutrition Education Services: Arkansas Provides healthy eating initiatives by partnering with local organizations and businesses (restaurants, food stores)
Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program: Works to increase access to healthy foods and physical activity. Partnered with public health departments, community based organizations, etc.
Healthy Living Inc Throughout the 2013 season, we will demonstrate healthy cooking techniques at both the DC Greens Glover Park-Burleith farmers' markets and Penn Quarter FRESHFARM the Georgetown University farmers' market in Washington, DC. They have cooking classes
Organizations Lead/Staff by Health Professionals Foundation for Wellness Education- Nationwide Headquartered in Wisconsin Established This foundation seeks to educate people across America about the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle. All of their volunteers are doctors that dedicate their time to teach people about subjects ranging from how the body works, family wellness, and nutrition. While this organization does not have a specific focus on the low-income population, they have a successful network of doctors who are willing to volunteer their time. Thus, Nourish could look to utilize them as a resource.
Doctors for Health And Wellness Foundation Non-profit organization that seeks to educate general public about health, at no cost whatsoever To be part of this organization, doctors must donate a set number of hours on an hourly basis Services in the form of interactive workshops: (1) Proactive approaches such as exercises to improve health, strategies to minimize stressors, (2) Preventative analysis such as ergonomic assessments Services in the form of health screenings: (1) vision screening, (2) hearing test, (3) postural assessment
SPARC (Sickness Prevention Achieved through Regional Collaboration)- Piloted in Atlanta, based in New England Provides interesting model with working with local health providers
Healthy Living Nutrition Counseling and Consulting Run by 4 Dietitians in the San Francisco Area, Offer individual nutrition counseling, family nutritional counseling, meal planning, grocery store planning, meal groups, and more Hold Groups and Classes Looks like they have two locations, not sure if they have partnered up with a health clinic or anything like that, seems like they are just starting out and are relatively new numerous exercise classes offered
Nutrition First Based in Washington State targets nutrition problems in underserved children utilizes corporate gift-matching strategy works largely to improve WIC accessibility, support, and advocacy
Federally Funded Organizations ISEWOMEN - Nationwide Stroke prevention services for underserved communities Funded directly by the CDC
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program- Nationwide Locations in every state Established EFNEP itself is federally funded, but many of the state organizations that implement the programs are non-profit The programs are very similar to Nourish in that they want to provide nutrition educational resources to low-income audiences Minnesota program o http://www.minnesotanonprofits.org/job-details?id=76426 Nationwide o http://urbanprograms.osu.edu/success-stories/nutrition-and-health/nutrition-education- program-helps-low-income-families-eat-healthfully/
Shape up Somerville Funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a 3 year environmental change intervention program to prevent obesity What they did: Food service changes: taste tests done on new vegetables during lunch, ice cream limited to once a week New class called Health eating and active time, centered around increasing fruit and vegetable consumption, decreasing sugars, increasing physical activity, decreasing sedentary time Community work: Somerville worked with local restaurants to implement more healthy options: offer dishes with smaller portion size, offer fruits as side dishes, have visible signs that highlighted healthier options
Sun Health Based in Arizona, dedicated to community AND senior care healthy living Partner with various recreational sites and rehab centers to hold events for seniors; we could look into which sites they proposed these partnerships into and seek help in creating our own proposal to Bowdoin Only real difference from Nourish is that Sun focuses mostly on, or at least it seems, senior care
Agricultural Based Organizations Center for Urban Education About Sustainable Agriculture California Based Intended to link urban community members with local farmers Run farmers markets Offer tours of local farms for residents Offer educational sessions about the importance of local and sustainable agriculture Offer educational videos about sustainable agriculture on YouTube funded 66% from farmers market and 28% from fundraising
Wholesome Wave- Nationwide Headquartered in Connecticut Established This foundation strives to provide healthy, local, and affordable food options to people in underprivileged areas. Although this organization does not focus specifically in education, Nourish would benefit from learning how this organization utilizes community leaders and resources to reach its target group.
Food Think Tank Serves a Think Tank/Inspiration for Food Revolution Organizations Dedicated Interns who have writing quotas to meet provide majority of content. Extremely Strong Social Media/Outreach presence
Urban Farming Institute The Farmer Training Program will offers local residents the opportunity to engage in the food movement through direct, hands-on learning on small acre plot of lots in which the UFIs farm currently occupies.
Grow My City Green Develops Urban Farming area s for homes, businesses, etc.
Assistance Based Organizations Project Angel Heart What they do: Provide nutritious meals to improve quality of life at low cost, for those coping with life- threatening illness (including diabetes) in Colorado Springs area. Can be helpful to those sickest patients in the pilot program Deliveries made by volunteers
Wholesome Wave- Nationwide Headquartered in Connecticut Established This foundation strives to provide healthy, local, and affordable food options to people in underprivileged areas. Although this organization does not focus specifically in education, Nourish would benefit from learning how this organization utilizes community leaders and resources to reach its target group.
Multi-Disciplinary Organizations The Food Trust (Ranked #2 high impact nonprofit in America in childrens health and nutrition What they do: 1. Improve food environments (Primarily in Philadelphia) 2-hour cooking workshop for adults. Research has found 43% of participants eat at least 2 cups of vegetables a day, funded by SNAP-Ed, a federal partnership that subsidizes nutritional education (http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/food/fsne/about.html) 2. Work with grocery store owners to increase healthy offerings Link corner store owners to community partners, local farmers, and fresh food suppliers Offer in-store community nutrition education lesson Train and offer technical assistance to store owners 3. manage farmers markets in communities that lack access to affordable produce 4. Provide greater access to supermarkets Fresh Food Financing Initiative (FFFI), $30M in grants and loans that allowed for more supermarkets in Pennsylvania, serving 400,000 of the states underserved residents. One of the top government innovations in the country by Harvards Kennedy School of Government 5. Provide consulting services to organizations like NourishBoston
Partnership for the Publics Health (run by 3 directors) What they do: Provide more access to healthy food and physical activity, create safer neighborhoods Where: Low income Hispanic neighborhoods in California They have three main projects: 1. California Convergence statewide network 2. Healthy Eating Active Communities program (HEAC) 3. Public Health Department Minigrants
Lakes Region Partnership for Public Health- New Hampshire Focuses on many community health issues Big emphasis on childhood obesity Is partnered with state to implement obesity prevention plan and is in a 5 year agreement with Center for Disease Control (could be terminated at this point).
Urban Perform based in Atlanta same mission as Nourish community gym offering very low membership @ $15/month or $2/class
Holyoke Food and Fitness Policy Council: Very similar to Nourish Focus on Youth Partners with local health center, YMCA, and farm organization o We can look into their partnership with the health center
Partnerships for HEAC: Kaiser Permanente, Healthcare Sector Worked with the 3 directors to give BMI tests to assess obesity risk Trained physicians and providers on obesity prevention counseling Community advocacy to provide healthier food enviornments Canfit, School Sector Helped HEAC coalitions during after school programs Worked with youth to advocate for change using video, spoken word, social media Policylink, Neighborhood Sector Worked with HEAC communities to organize neighbors to develop strategies to increase access to healthy foods, find safe places to be physically active Public Health Law & Policy Worked with city planners to advocate for decisions that would help shape cities into better environments - http://www.partnershipph.org/projects/heac/heac-technical-assistance-cc (partnership) - http://www.partnershipph.org/projects/heac (general website)
Organizations with Private Funding StayHealthy - Las Vegas Based in Vegas, holds demonstrations from *various companies* that feature healthy food options Although they did not partner up with a health clinic or anything, its interesting that they decided to get other companies in, which we could potentially include as a plan in our proposal o Enzymedica o Cellfood
Funding Opps The Boston Foundation Supports nonprofit organizations in greater Boston through grants 4x $25000 grants are given at the start of each year to resident-led collaborations focused on strengthening neighborhoods including Dorchester. Deadline to apply is March 28, 2014
Nutrition Education: Strategies for Improving Nutrition and Healthy Eating in Individuals and Communities: 92th Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop, Lausanne, September 2018