1. Alameda County Nutrition Action Partners (CNAP) Presentation for County Leaders Working Together to Inspire Change March 5, 2009 Sacramento, California Anaa Reese, DPA, MPH, RD Annette Laverty MPH, RD

2. State Puts Out Call for Baby SNAPs

3. Overview of CNAP Process Logistical Planning – Year 1 (March 2006-Sept 2006) Asset Inventory – Year 2 (Oct 2006-Sept 2007) Wellness Packet – Year 3 (Oct 2007-Sept 2008) Streamlined Application – Year 4 (Oct 2008 – Sept 2009)

4. CNAP – First 6 months Logistical Planning

5. Planning for Collaboration First 6 months

6. Planning for Collaboration

7. 6 months of hard work Planning is Complete

8. Results of Year 1 Goal: Support, foster and sustain effective and sustainable partnerships and collaborative interventions to promote fruit & vegetable consumption in Alameda County. Objective: To increase access, utilization and/or participation of the existing nutrition assistance programs for the food stamp eligible population throughout Alameda County.

9. Asset Inventory Year 2 Activities (12 months) –I nventory partners/share application data –Identify Program eligibility requirements –To inform and educate respective staff re requirements

10. Wellness Packet Year 3 Activities (12 months) –Purpose –Eligibility Criteria –Where applications are available

11. ADD PICTURE OF WELLNESS PACKET

12. In The News Alameda County Year 4 -- Plan metamorphosed into Partners

13. True Collaboration Year 3

14. Streamlined Application Activities Develop a streamlined application to Food Stamp, WIC, and School Breakfast Programs Detail a system of “no wrong door” entry to USDA nutrition assistance programs (Year 4)

15. ENTRY POINT & HUB AGENCY Alameda County Community Food Bank (Emergency Food / USDA & Prescreening for Food Stamps) Emergency / USDA Commodity Distribution Social Services Agency (Food Stamps) ENTRY POINT Schools (Free or Reduced School Breakfast & Lunch) ENTRY POINT WIC Flow Process Among Programs REQUEST FOR FOOD & NUTRITION PROGRAMS

16. Why is Alameda County CNAP successful? –Dedicated coordinators –Meet regularly –Open dialogue –Action driven –Committed to collaboration –Willingness to revise direction

17. For more information contact –Anaa Reese anaa.reese@acgov.org anaa.reese@acgov.org –Annette Laverty annette.laverty@acgov.org