1. Let’s Talk: Shared Risk & Protective Factors
Economic Stability
March 19, 2019

2. To strengthen the practice of injury and
Safe States Alliance
Our Vision
To be the recognized leader and driving force in understanding and preventing injuries and violence
Our Mission
To strengthen the practice of injury and
violence prevention

3. Safe States
March 19, 2019

4. Welcome Jennifer Banyan, MSW R-Evolution Consulting

5. Blueprint Steering Committee: 37 Members
Arapahoe County Human Services
Colorado Prevention Alliance
Kaiser Permanente
Benefits Data Trust
Community Foundation of Boulder County
Jefferson County School District
Care & Share Food Banks for Southern Colorado
Larimer County Human Services
Consumers/Constituents
Leever’s Supermarkets, Inc.
Centura Hospital
Covering Kids & Families
LiveWell Colorado
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Denver County Human Services
Metro Caring
City and County of Denver
Family Resource Center Association
Mile High Health Alliance
Colorado Center on Law & Policy
Montbello Organizing Committee
Feeding America
Colorado Department of Education
Office of Governor Hickenlooper
Feeding Colorado
Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Pitkin County Human Services
Food Bank of the Rockies
Share Our Strength
Colorado Department of Human Services
Food Policy Network
Rocky Mountain Farmer’s Union
Hunger Free Colorado
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
The Colorado Health Foundation
The Denver Foundation
Colorado Human Services Directors Association
Weld Food Bank

7. Impacts of Food Security on ECE & Children
Healthier babies, longer gestation, higher birth weights, lower infant mortality
Improved educational outcomes; Higher test scores
Improved early childhood development and higher long-term returns on human capital
Significantly lower rates of obesity
Secure attachments and better mental proficiency at 24 months of age
Fewer school absences and fewer visits to the school nurse
Much lower suicide rate among teenagers

8. Impacts of Food Security on Health Outcomes
Reduced Obesity, Diabetes, and Malnutrition
Lowered Risk for Heart Disease & High Blood Pressure
Lower levels of stress and cortisol (improves overall mental health)
Decreased depression in seniors
Significantly lower rates of suicide in adolescents
Decreased behavioral problems in youth

9. Food Security & Social Determinants of Health
Food Security is key to the adoption of healthy behaviors
Improves high school graduation rates by 18%
Increases educational attainment for mothers that exponentially creates higher wage jobs and long term economic opportunies
Food security reduces poverty
SNAP lifted an average of 117,000 Coloradans (55,000 children) out of poverty every year between
SNAP provides low-income Colorado families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities with an average of $130 per person per month to purchase healthy, nutritious foods

11. Food Security & Seniors
50% less likely to be diabetic
5x less likely to suffer from depression
Fewer limitations in their activities of daily living
Food secure seniors are less likely to have hospitalizations
Lower nursing home utilization
Food security lowers Medicaid costs than food secure seniors

12. Food Security = Cost Savings
Saves $1863/person in healthcare expenditures per year
SNAP directly saves $1409 per person
Significantly reduces emergency hospitalizations and days in the hospital
Total estimate of direct and indirect health care costs of U.S. food insecurity in 2014 was $ billion
Reduces nursing home utilization among seniors
WIC: Health care costs savings almost double program investment in 1 year; 4 times health care costs savings at age 18

15. CDPHE Innovation & Blueprint Alignment
Erin Ulrich, MPH
Director, Prevention Services Division, CO Dept. of Public Health and Environment

17. Questions & Discussion

18. Up Next- Let’s Talk: Shared Risk & Protective Factors
Education - April 2019
Access to Health Care – May 2019
Neighborhood & Built Environment – June 2019
Social & Community Connectedness – July 2019