solano county health and social services denise kirnig, rd, ms collaboration to maximize impact
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Solano County Health and Social Solano County Health and Social ServicesServices
Denise Kirnig, RD, MSDenise Kirnig, RD, MS
Collaboration to Maximize Collaboration to Maximize ImpactImpact
CX3 PresentationsCX3 Presentations
Board of SupervisorsBoard of Supervisors Food and Nutrition Network of Solano CountyFood and Nutrition Network of Solano County Solano Coalition for Better HealthSolano Coalition for Better Health
Health Disparities Elimination ProjectHealth Disparities Elimination Project African American Leadership and Advocacy groupAfrican American Leadership and Advocacy group
Public Health LeadershipPublic Health Leadership First 5 Solano Grantee MeetingFirst 5 Solano Grantee Meeting Family Resource Center Parent GroupFamily Resource Center Parent Group
Food and Nutrition Network of Food and Nutrition Network of Solano CountySolano County
Food BankFood Bank University of CA Cooperative ExtensionUniversity of CA Cooperative Extension SchoolsSchools Health Education CouncilHealth Education Council First 5 SolanoFirst 5 Solano Health and Social ServicesHealth and Social Services
WIC ProgramWIC Program Network Network SNAPSNAP
Ripples...Connections…CollaborationRipples...Connections…Collaboration
Farm to KidsFarm to Kids GrantsGrants Farmers’ MarketsFarmers’ Markets Asian grocery storeAsian grocery store Youth groupYouth group Farm to TableFarm to Table EBT Farmers’ Market WorkgroupEBT Farmers’ Market Workgroup Food PantryFood Pantry Family Resource CenterFamily Resource Center
Food Bank ProgramFood Bank ProgramFarm to KidsFarm to Kids
Provides fresh fruits and vegetables to Provides fresh fruits and vegetables to low-income after school programs. low-income after school programs.
Added nutrition education component in Added nutrition education component in collaboration with UC Cooperative collaboration with UC Cooperative Extension and Harvest of the Month Extension and Harvest of the Month
Solano Coalition for Better Health Solano Coalition for Better Health
Health Disparities Elimination ProjectHealth Disparities Elimination Project
County-wide initiative to address health County-wide initiative to address health disparities that exist in the African American disparities that exist in the African American community. community.
Used CX3 data for several grantsUsed CX3 data for several grantsfor community events: cooking demos, physical for community events: cooking demos, physical activity and nutrition educationactivity and nutrition education
Farmers’ Market EBT ProjectFarmers’ Market EBT Project
Farmers’ Market EBT ProjectFarmers’ Market EBT Project
African American Advocacy group -African American Advocacy group -brought low-income residents to farmers’ brought low-income residents to farmers’ market to show how to use EBT to market to show how to use EBT to purchase producepurchase produce
Asian Grocery StoreAsian Grocery Store
Already had an interest to improve the Already had an interest to improve the health of their customers by offering health of their customers by offering cooking demos and supporting youth cooking demos and supporting youth groupgroup
Nutrition education classes on Saturday Nutrition education classes on Saturday morning for 165 shoppers and 30 youth.morning for 165 shoppers and 30 youth.
Farm to FamiliesFarm to Families
Sponsored by: Kaiser Permanente and Sponsored by: Kaiser Permanente and Leaven GroupLeaven Group
Pilot project at low-income apartment Pilot project at low-income apartment complex: had physical activity, health complex: had physical activity, health screenings, cooking demos, 5 lbs produce, screenings, cooking demos, 5 lbs produce, school supplies and cookbooks school supplies and cookbooks
EBT Farmers’ Market WorkgroupEBT Farmers’ Market Workgroup
Established workgroup to promote using Established workgroup to promote using EBT at farmers’ marketsEBT at farmers’ markets
Advertised throughout the countyAdvertised throughout the county Provided $5 incentive, when EBT used Provided $5 incentive, when EBT used Pacific Growers Farmers Market Pacific Growers Farmers Market
Association – hired Americorps volunteer Association – hired Americorps volunteer to do cooking demos at farmers’ markets to do cooking demos at farmers’ markets and food stamp offices and food stamp offices
Cooking DemosCooking Demos
Food pantries, afterschool programs, and Food pantries, afterschool programs, and family resource centersfamily resource centers