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  • Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)

    May 14, 2018

    Youth-led Participatory Action Research (YPAR) has changed the after-school programs at the YMCA of Honolulu. Teens are now engaged in identifying solutions to the issues they see in their communities.  The approach has built leadership among several dozen teens.

    Kids working in a garden

  • Let’s Cook! Peña Blanca

    May 02, 2018

    In many rural communities in New Mexico, parents often work 30-50 miles away from home and students are in extended after school programs. Let’s Cook! Peña Blanca is a part of our larger Kids Cook! (KC!) programming into these rural communities. The programs serve low income families at an after school program at the Peña Blanca Inter-generational Community Center.

    Photo of child with a finished recipe.

  • Plan, Shop, Save, Cook for Homeless Youth

    Sep 08, 2017

    In the 2016-17 school year nearly 9 percent of the students in Coos Bay School District (CBSD) reported being homeless, including about 130 high school students. For these students, cooking healthy meals isn’t always a top priority.

    participants pose with their new electric skillets

  • Illinois Junior Chefs

    Sep 08, 2017

    Across the state of Illinois, kids aged 8-13 are learning confidence in the kitchen through a hands-on culinary and nutrition education program, Illinois Junior Chefs.

    girl cutting up strawberries

  • Ready Set Swim!

    Aug 11, 2017

    The “Ready, Set, Swim” program is a fun and innovative way to combine physical activity, nutrition education, and water safety all in one.

    children in a pool

  • Chickasaw Nation SNAP-Ed Coordinated Programming and Evaluation

    Aug 04, 2017

    The Eagle Adventure program was developed through a collaboration between the Chickasaw Nation Nutrition Services SNAP-Ed Program and the Oklahoma State University in Indian Country for youth and their families after extensive formative research indicated type 2 diabetes as a major concern among parents and elders. The team used the socioecological model (SEM) as the framework for development of the program and evaluation processes.

    Table - Chickasaw Nation SNAP-Ed evaluation processes support evaluation of indicators outlined in the SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework

  • Brighter Bites 

    May 05, 2017

    Brighter Bites is a non-profit that delivers fresh fruits and vegetables directly into families’ hands, while teaching them how to use and choose a different kind of fast food. We make it fun. We make it free.

    boy sits on a bench with a bag of groceries