Solano County Health and Social Services Denise Kirnig, RD, MS Collaboration to Maximize Impact

CX3 Presentations  Board of Supervisors  Food and Nutrition Network of Solano County  Solano Coalition for Better Health Health Disparities Elimination Project Health Disparities Elimination Project African American Leadership and Advocacy group African American Leadership and Advocacy group  Public Health Leadership  First 5 Solano Grantee Meeting  Family Resource Center Parent Group

Food and Nutrition Network of Solano County  Food Bank  University of CA Cooperative Extension  Schools  Health Education Council  First 5 Solano  Health and Social Services WIC Program WIC Program Network Network SNAP SNAP

Ripples...Connections…Collaboration  Farm to Kids  Grants  Farmers’ Markets  Asian grocery store  Youth group  Farm to Table  EBT Farmers’ Market Workgroup  Food Pantry  Family Resource Center

Food Bank Program Farm to Kids  Provides fresh fruits and vegetables to low-income after school programs.  Added nutrition education component in collaboration with UC Cooperative Extension and Harvest of the Month

Solano Coalition for Better Health Health Disparities Elimination Project  County-wide initiative to address health disparities that exist in the African American community.  County-wide initiative to address health disparities that exist in the African American community.  Used CX3 data for several grants for community events: cooking demos, physical activity and nutrition education  Farmers’ Market EBT Project

Farmers’ Market EBT Project  African American Advocacy group - brought low-income residents to farmers’ market to show how to use EBT to purchase produce

Asian Grocery Store  Already had an interest to improve the health of their customers by offering cooking demos and supporting youth group  Nutrition education classes on Saturday morning for 165 shoppers and 30 youth.

Farm to Families  Sponsored by: Kaiser Permanente and Leaven Group  Pilot project at low-income apartment complex: had physical activity, health screenings, cooking demos, 5 lbs produce, school supplies and cookbooks

EBT Farmers’ Market Workgroup  Established workgroup to promote using EBT at farmers’ markets  Advertised throughout the county  Provided $5 incentive, when EBT used  Pacific Growers Farmers Market Association – hired Americorps volunteer to do cooking demos at farmers’ markets and food stamp offices

Cooking Demos  Food pantries, afterschool programs, and family resource centers