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 CalFresh
- All 50 States, the District of Colombia, and the Virgin Islands provide nutrition education for SNAP (called CalFresh in California) and other eligible low-income individuals. The goal of SNAP-Ed is to improve the likelihood that persons eligible for SNAP will make healthy food choices within a limited budget and choose physically active lifestyles consistent with the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPlate.
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 SNAP-Ed Guidance
- SNAP-Ed Guidance for Fiscal Year 2013
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-296), section 241, established SNAP-Ed as the Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program. The Act calls for SNAP-Ed to include an emphasis on obesity prevention in addition to nutrition education. Activities must be evidence-based and delivered through individual and group-based strategies, comprehensive multi-level interventions, and/or community and public health approaches. SNAP-Ed efforts may also address environmental and policy level interventions. National, State, and local coordination and collaboration is strongly encouraged and recommended.
- SNAP-Ed Guidance for Fiscal Year 2014
The new SNAP-Ed Guidance for FY2014 has been published by USDA. It does not go into effect until October 1st, 2013, however, the document itself is available now for you to familiarize yourself with how the SNAP-Ed program will be changing.
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 United States Department of Agriculture
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Agriculture in the Classroom
- The mission of Agriculture in the Classroom is to increase awareness and understanding of agriculture among California's educators and students. You can find free or low-cost teacher-tested and scientifically sound classroom materials to enhance the educational experience of K-12 students including materials in Spanish, a “Gardens for Learning” resource guidebook, “Resources for Every Season” installable software that includes an entire collection of teacher resources, and a “Teacher Resource Guide” search engine to help you find more specific resources.
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Dairy Council of California
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EFNEP California
- Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program - EFNEP is a federally-funded program that offers nutrition education to limited-resource families and children. In California, EFNEP is administered by the University of California Cooperative Extension and operates in 24 of California's 58 counties.
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 MyPlate
- ChooseMyPlate.gov is managed and administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). ChooseMyPlate.gov offers useful resources and tools to promote healthier eating choices. The MyPlate icon is part of a larger communications initiative based on the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans to help consumers make healthier food choices
- MyPlate facebook page - 'Like' the new MyPlate page on facebook!
- Printable Materials & Ordering - The website includes a number of print materials, available as downloadable PDFs. Some materials are also available in limited quantities through two USDA online ordering systems.
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Putting Youth On the Map (PYOM)
- About PYOM - California wants and needs for its youth to thrive--not merely to survive or face fewer problems. But how do we know whether our young people are doing well? To help answer this question, the UC Davis Center for Regional Change collaborated with the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources and VESTRA to create Putting Youth On the Map, which provides access to new analyses of youth data, as well as links to a variety of existing data sources.
- Putting Youth On the Map - Maps
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