1. NATIONAL SPONSORS Cooking Matters Illinois Janine Lewis Illinois MCH Coalition

2. Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign to End Childhood Hunger in America

3. 16 million American kids live in families who struggle to put food on the table. That’s 1 in 5 kids at risk of hunger.

4. Ensuring kids get consistent access to healthy foods through public food and nutrition programs. Empowering parents and caregivers with education to get the most out of those programs – and all of their food resources – through Cooking Matters. Surrounding children with the healthy food they need, every day.

5. Cooking Matters: Food Skills Education http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ0d35ZeC8E

6. Food Skills in Demand www.CookingMatters.org/ItsDinnertime

7. Linking Access to Food with the Skills Needed to Make Healthy Meals Cooking Matters Presentation 7

8. Cooking Matters: National Impact Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters 8 Building Food Skills, Ending Hunger

9. 9 Participation in Nutrition Assistance Programs 59% of participants receive at least one form of assistance Participant Race/Ethnicity Pacific Islander 1% Native American 8% Asian 2% White 21% Latino 30% African American 68% Pacific Islander 0% Native American 2% Asian 1% Other 14% Average Household Size: 2.83 Average Number of Children: 086 Adults with Children in the Home: 43% *Respondents could select more than one response to each question, so percentages will not sum to 100%. 9 Cooking Matters: Participants 8% Head Start 11% Food Pantry or Commodities 28% SNAP (Food Stamps) 29% Free/ Reduced-Price School Meals WIC 15%

10. How We Work: Signature Courses

11. Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters 11 The Ingredients Host Agency Cooking Matters Courses 12 hours of hands-on instruction & learning

12. Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters 12 The Ingredients Host Agency Kitchen space Classroom space Home economic classrooms Preschool classrooms Commercial kitchens Staff Kitchens Church kitchens No kitchen- tables & portable equipment

13. Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters 13 The Ingredients Curricula Adults* EXTRA for Parents of Preschoolers* Child Care Professionals EXTRA for Wellness Families* Teens Kids, 3 rd – 5 th grade EXTRA for Diabetes * Available in both English and Spanish

14. Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters 14 The Ingredients Graduation Gifts

15. Next Steps

16. Interested in becoming a host site? Qualifications Kitchen and a meeting area Recruiting participants Application Alternative Cooking Matters Courses Cooking Matters at the Store Cooking Demo Info session Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters 16

17. Next Steps Contact Lilah Handler at lhandler@ilmaternal.org for more information about becoming a Cooking Matters Host Site. lhandler@ilmaternal.org Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters 17