2. ASPHN Accomplishments
Pediatric Obesity Mini CoIIN
Success Stories-Check out the Story Bank page on ASPHN's website!
Change Lab Solution Project
And many more….
Thank you Peggy Trouba

3. Pediatric Obesity Mini CoIIN
Teams from four states will participate in the Pediatric Obesity Mini- CoIIN, or Collaborative Improvement and Innovative Network. CoIINs are known to achieve results quickly in response to complex health problems. The four teams in Arkansas, Louisiana, Ohio and Wisconsin have diverse members, all committed to addressing childhood obesity. The teams include state departments of health and education, university extension programs, early childhood associations, Headstart associations and many others.
The CoIIN is focusing on children ages two to five and is promoting three recommendations from the Expert Committee Recommendations Regarding the Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity. Through December 2015, the state teams will focus on the Expert Committee's recommendation to ensure that Early Care and Education policies and practices result in improved nutrition and physical activity and reduced screen time.

4. Success Story Bank
The Story Bank webpage includes a collection of stories featuring ASPHN members and their work. We showcase successful work by public health nutritionists working in state-level programs. We have been collecting these stories since 2012 and add to the story bank as new stories are written. The stories are organized by topic and at the bottom of this page the stories are listed alphabetically by state. Some states have more than one success story.

5. ASPHN and Change Lab Solutions
State and local health departments across the country are reducing obesity rates by improving access to healthy foods and increasing opportunities for physical activity. Health departments working in rural communities often have a hard time finding examples of what's working in other rural places. To provide more examples of obesity prevention initiatives in rural communities, the Association of State Public Health Nutritionists and ChangeLab Solutions present a two-part webinar, Obesity Prevention in Rural Communities: Stories from the Field, featuring leaders from five rural communities or regions. Speakers provide practical tips to implementing policy, system, and environmental changes in rural communities.

6. Publications
The ASPHN MCH Nutrition Council released a draft brief, Incorporating Nutrition into the New Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant National Performance Measures.  The purpose of the brief is to give states ideas on how they could incorporate nutrition into the NPMs as one of the required Evidence Based Strategy Measures (ESM).
New and existing members alike will appreciate our electronic welcome  brochure, an easy to read, eye pleasing summary of the benefits available to you as an ASPHN member!
This webpage is a compilation of publications and documents created by ASPHN in recent years: CHECK IT OUT!

7. Committees Policy - Michelle Futrell Collaboration – Leslie Lewis
Membership, Communication and Outreach (MCO)- Paola Velez and Kim LaCroix
Governance - Patrice Isabella
      

8. Policy Committee
Submitted 7 original comments on nutrition issues including but not limited to:
2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to States Program: Guidance and Forms for the Title V Application/Annual Report
Voluntary minimal guidelines to protect the health and safety of children in child care setting
Signed on to letters…
Endorsed 13 letters written by partners
Sent 1 e-Alert to ASPHN membership encouraging them to submit comments on the ACEND new education recommendations
Signed on to letters with 1)NANA (National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity) in support The Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods team’s School Food Modernization Act, 2)Pew Trust & American Academy of Pediatrics in support for funding of FDA’s food safety work, 3) AMCHP in support of funding for the Title V MCH Block Grant, 4) Center for Science in the Public InterestCSPI in support of legislation hendering advertising and marketing unhealthy foods to children under 14, & in opposition to efforts to weaken the child nutrition programs

9. MCO membership communication and outreach
Developed membership recruitment one pager
Created sound bites on the role and value of the Public Health Nutritionist
Increased social media presence (we have 134 FB followers and 23 Twitter!)
Revised website submission form

10. Membership change
ASPHN now permits public health nutritionists working in state departments of human services, education, agriculture and aging, in addition to state health departments to be Expanded Members. With this decision, the Board is recognizing that many public health nutritionists work at the state level in agencies other than the health department. These nutritionists now have the opportunity to join ASPHN and bring their expertise to the Association.
An Associate Member, anyone who supports the ASPHN mission, can be elected to the Board of Directors as a Council representative.
Total numbers haven’t really changed over past year. As we lose state health agency folks because of attrition (retirement or leaving state health departments) we gain folks in other state agencies and in Associate Member category.

16. Collaboration Committee
Conducted liaison orientation call (12 liaisons representing 12 organizations)
Action for Healthy Kids
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics-Public Health/Community Nutrition Group
American Public Health Association-Food and Nutrition Section
ASTHO Affiliate Council
ASTHO Health Equity Workgroup
ASTHO Prevention Policy Committee
CSPI Food Marketing Workgroup
National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity
National Fruit and Vegetable Alliance
National Physical Activity Society
National Salt Reduction Initiative
United State Breastfeeding Committee
Revised committee guidelines
Collaboration Committee Accomplishments since 08/01/13:
·         ASPHN has expanded our partnerships throughout the year and increased member participation as new liaisons.
·         A liaison orientation call was held in April 2014 during which new and existing liaisons shared successes and lessons learned in working with their partnering organizations.  The liaisons also worked together to troubleshoot some challenges they’ve experienced and gleaned ideas from each other for enhancing relationships and communications with their partner groups. 

17. Governance Committee
Updated all ASPHN Duty Descriptions ( on hyper office)
Functioned well with decreased consultant support, rotated committee members responsibilities.
Recruited nominees for the 2015 Board ballot!
(avoids apparent conflict of interest)

18. Newly Elected ASPHN Leaders
President-Elect - Becky Adams (AR)
Secretary - Amber Brown (UT)
Directors-at-Large - Michelle Futrell (NC) and Jennifer Church (KS)
MCH Nutrition Council Chair-Elect - Jamie Stang (MN)
Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Council Chair-Elect - Diane Peck (AK)
Incoming Governance Committee members - Amy Ellings (WA), Brenda Dobson (IA), and Donna Speed (MS).

19. Donations Compliance Team
Takako Tagami, Chair
Raised over $1,000 from individuals in 2014 and 2015
Funds used to support student involvement and advocacy work
Plans to approach two organizations

20. Councils F&V -Amy Koren-Roth MCH - Robin Stanton and Peggy Trouba
Obesity - Becky Adams and Helen Brown
Obesity: Success Stories for MCH Nutrition and Obesity Prevention

21. Fruit and Vegetables Four teleconference call trainings
Hosted conference call for FV coordinators and CDC staff- result of call =established priority list for FV strategies
Farm to School, Fork, Childcare and Worksite
Reframing FV message
Farm Market work (SNAP, Fresh Bucks)
Pricing and incentivizing FVs in retail
Provide leadership to a NFVA School Setting Special Interest Group. .
1.  Southeast State Fruit & Vegetable Summit was held January 13-14, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia to facilitate collaboration between partners at the state level by bringing together interdisciplinary teams to design and implement a project in their state to increase student access to, and consumption of, fruits and vegetables in schools.
2. Provide leadership to a NFVA School Setting Special Interest Group. The National Fruit & Vegetable Alliance (NFVA) has invited the Fruit & Vegetable Council to serve as chairperson of a School Setting Special Interest Group. The goals of the quarterly calls of this expanded network include information sharing, improved collaboration, and potential creation of future projects.
3. The Safe Use of Salad Bars in Schools modifiable fact sheet was created as a tool by the ASPHN Salad Bar Task Force to encourage salad bars in schools and to bridge gaps in discussions around salad bar food safety.  Coordinators are able customize the guide to meet the needs and standards specific to their state. An accompanying guidance document on how to collaborate at the state level to successfully modify the fact sheet prior to distribution in your state is available with the Fact Sheet on the ASPHN website.

22. MCH NUTRITION COUNCIL
Published Affordable Care Act Resources –ACA reference list (helps PHNs easily access resources to implement health care reform policies)
Created a working draft brief—Incorporating Nutrition into the new Title V National Performance Measures.
Four quarterly training calls have been held for members.
We will be having an all ASPHN member call to hear details and ask questions in June--before the Board finalizes changes in July.
Bylaw changes were led by Peggy Trouba, past ASPHN President

23. Obesity Council
Developed crosswalk matrix of strategies for obesity prevention and the role of different federally funded programs (WIC, SNAPed, 1303…)
Provided input to ChangeLab Solution Obesity Project
Success Stories for Obesity Prevention
Also for MCH Nutrition
We also obtained approval from the board for role in ASPHN.

24. Financial Report
Monthly financial reports reviewed by Accountant, Treasurer, Pres., Ex. Director, and Director of Operations
Monthly financial reports submitted to the Board for their review

25. Financial report
Admin & Finance Committee prepares annual ASPHN budget; Board reviews and approves the budget
Admin and Finance provides guidance on association business matters, such as a conflict of interest policy and reserve spending

26. Financial report ASPHN fiscal year is Jan 1 – Dec 31.
FY 2015 Budget is $735,323
Grants=$706,423
Dues and other unrestricted funds= $ 28,900

27. Current Grants
TOTAL=706,423
CDC, Division of Nutrition Physical Activity (DNPAO) = $200,00
• Healthy Places for Kids to Eat – 9 states, 3 strategies, health equity
CDC, Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support (OSTLTS) with DNPAO funds = $310,000
• Workforce development
Maternal and Child Health Bureau = $104,423
• MCH Nutrition Council and Blueprint for Nutrition and Physical Activity
Pediatric Obesity Mini CoIIN = $92,000
• 4 states, 2-5 year olds, policy and practice in the early care and education setting

28. Future Grant Funds TOTAL=709,644 (+3,221) CDC, DNPAO-200,000(same)
CDC, OSTLTS (with DNPAO funds)-400,000 (+90,000)
MCHB-109,644 (+5,221)
Mini CoIIN over! ( - 92,000)

29. ASPHN Consultants Cyndi Atterbury -operations, fiscal, mtgs
Joan Atkinson -F&V Council, Partnership Grant manager
Sandy Perkins -Advocacy, Membership Communication and Outreach, Collaboration, MCH Nutrition Council, and Obesity Council
Cyndi
*Day to day office operations for a virtual organization *meeting planning *fiscal management
Joan
*F&V Nutrition Council support
*1304/HPKE/Partnership grant program manager *helps in developing grant proposals
Helene
*MCH Nutrition Council support
*development of ASPHN papers such as nutrition and infant mortality *collaboration with MCHB Nutrition Training Grantees
Sandy
*Advocacy and Communications Committee support *Obesity Prevention Nutrition Council support *Blueprint state project/seed grant program manager *ACA and nutrition project manager
Lynda
*Foundation research
*writes Success Stories and ASPHN newsletter *Collaboration Committee support
Allison
*Membership Committee support
*maintains membership database
*posts content to ASPHN website and FB page
Amber
*helps produce News to Use (F&V Nutrition Council newsletter) *1304/HPKE/Partnership grant program coordinator *administrative support to me
Jean
*Board development
*Growing ASPHN Leaders program

30. ASPHN Consultants Lynda Alfred -Success stories and newsletter
Allison McGuigan –Membership database and posts on ASPHN website
Amber Phipps - Partnership grant Coordinator and administrative support
Jean Weinberg – Mentoring task force

31. Executive Director Karen Probert- Oversees strategic plan
Grant writing & management
Support for Board of Directors, Councils, Committees
Negotiate and manage consultant contracts
Workforce development grant manager

32. Heidi B Scarpitti, RD/LD
Public Health Nutritionist
Thank you Peggy Trouba