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CHOICE: Creating Healthy Opportunities In Child Care Environments
2013 California Department of Public Health
The CHOICE intervention provides tools to assess and develop nutrition and physical activity policies in child care settings.
- SNAP-Ed Interventions
Community Garden Increases Access to Fresh Produce in Houma, Louisiana
Oct 12, 2020
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Live Healthy Houma, a community coalition led by the LSU AgCenter, transformed a local park in Houma, Louisiana into a community garden. The project began in January of 2019. LSU AgCenter staff held a local public forum to find out what could be done to make the community healthier.

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Cooking with Kids
Feb 02, 2018 When kids help make healthy foods, they are excited to try them! Cooking with Kids teaches public school children about the joys of healthy cooking and eating and where their food comes from.

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Distinguished After School Health Recognition Program
Jun 13, 2016 California’s local and federal funding provides enrichment services in 4,500 SNAP-Ed eligible afterschool programs. To assess the potential of SNAP-Ed to introduce such efforts system-wide (ST5), the California Department of Public Health’s Network for a Healthy California worked with the Center for Collaborative Solutions (CCS), a nonprofit specializing in public education.

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Empower Program
2016 Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS)
The Empower Program is a PSE Change intervention developed by the Arizona Department of Health Services to support the efforts of licensed early care and education (ECE) facilities and certified family child care (FCC) homes to empower young children to grow up healthy.
- SNAP-Ed Interventions
Food Hero
2016 Oregon State University Extension
Food Hero is a multi-channel social marketing campaign designed to change family and community behaviors. Food Hero includes an extensive evaluation process.
- SNAP-Ed Interventions
Food Pantry Clients Try New Foods
Apr 19, 2022 Many Iowa food pantries promote healthy habits! Pantry clients can try new foods through food samplings, recipe kits, and fresh produce donations, thanks to Iowa State University Extension and Outreach SNAP-Ed.

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Gleaning for Nutrition Security: Farm-to-Community Partnerships Across Maine
Apr 15, 2024 Maine SNAP-Ed Nutrition Educators engage with local farmers to increase access to these healthy local foods with the aim of addressing nutrition security. Specifically, educators facilitate farm-to-community collaborations to support gleaning or excess harvesting partnerships to collect and distribute quality produce that would otherwise go to waste.

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HEALth MAPPS™ for Mapping Healthy Eating Active Living Assets using Participatory Photographic Surveys
2017 Oregon State University Extension
HEALth MAPPS™ is a SNAP-Ed facilitated, community-engaged
- SNAP-Ed Interventions
Healthy Apple Program
2016 Children's Council of San Francisco
The Healthy Apple Program is a PSE Change tool designed to improve the nutrition, physical activity practices, and environment of child care facilities. The program recognizes achievements by issuing awards to child care providers who make improvements and reach their goals.
- SNAP-Ed Interventions