CalFresh Healthy Living, UC
Active News Beet
September 8, 2020
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In this issue of the Active News Beet...
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Juicy Bites from the Field
“My students love when I take out the CATCH materials. They recognize the words Mingle, Mingle. My students are much more active now.”
— CATCH ECE Class
Preschool Teacher, Las Mariposas Head Start, Kern County
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Upcoming Events and Deadlines
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CFHL, UC September Town Hall
Date/time: September 15, 12:30 - 2:00 PM
Description:
- FFY2020 Reporting Update
- Website Walk: Youth Engagement & Communication Resources
- Self Care / PA
- Making A Difference Video: UCCE Kings County
- County Highlights: Shasta Cluster and SLO / Santa Barbara Counties
- State Office Updates
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://ucdavis.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtf-mupzkuHNSrwdaW2aiVR_SvstMeTGug
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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COVID-19 Updates and Resources
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SNAP-Ed Connection: Meal Planning, Shopping, and Budgeting
Meal planning, shopping, and budgeting are some of the best ways to save money and eat healthy meals. SNAP-Ed Connection created a Meal Planning, Shopping, and Budgeting page that includes great new tips and resources to help families get into a meal planning routine.
Source: SNAP-Ed Connection
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How-to Video Webinar Series Recordings
This is a 4-part series on how to produce short how-to videos. The recordings can be found on the UC ANR website.
Source: UC ANR
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Anxiety and Autism: Family-based Strategies for Returning to School After Shelter-in-Place
Returning to school this fall, whether in person or virtually, may lead to additional changes in a child’s routines which could cause anxiety. Psychologists currently researching the topic review in this video the symptoms of anxiety in autism and offer practical strategies for families to support children in coping with the return to school.
Source: UC Davis Mind Institute: Breanna Winder-Patel, Ph.D., Megan Tudor, Ph.D., and Marjorie Solomon, MBA, Ph.D.
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8 Strategies to Improve Participation in Your Virtual Classroom
Educators share their best strategies to boost student participation during online learning.
Source: Edutopia
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Eliminating Sugary Drinks in a Large Health System: Leveraging Data for Systems Change Webinar - Recording
Join the Public Health Law Center and American Cancer Society in learning from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), which ended the sale of sugary drinks in all campus sites and medical facilities in 2015. The presenters in this recording discuss the development and implementation of the UCSF Healthy Beverage Initiative, how they evaluated the impact of the policy on employee health, and how they are leveraging their experience to catalyze broader change.
Source: Public Health Law Center
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CalFresh Healthy Living, UC In Action!
Please send any content you would like to see included to Andra Nicoli & Miguel Galvan.
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CFHL, UCCE El Dorado County Distributes Nutrition Kits!
At Georgetown (GT) School of Innovation, nutrition kits were distributed on August 13th to parents for the entire student body of 280 students. At parent-teacher meetings, parents picked up student school supplies from teachers for the Fall semester. The kits are intended to reinforce the virtual direct education and youth-led participatory action research project that is being planned for this school year.
Nutrition kits contained indirect education on MyPlate and general healthy eating, CalFresh Food sign-up information, NERI/cookbooks, and invitations for the whole family to participate in virtual direct education lessons. Victory Garden Kits contain seeds, recipes, and gardening resources for Spring 2021 semester garden activities in partnership with El Dorado Master Gardeners. The Victory Garden Kits are intended to support continuing garden-based education at Georgetown School of Innovation.
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All ten teachers at GT School of Innovation received nutrition kits
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CFHL, UCCE Kern County Offers Las Mariposas Head Start Families PA + Food Resource Management
Las Mariposas Head Start is a state preschool and seasonal migrant head start located in Delano, CA. a city 31 miles from Bakersfield. The seasonal migrant program provides no cost childcare and preschool services to low-income families whose primary income is from agricultural production or harvesting. To promote creating health lifestyles in the families they serve, administrators and staff at Las Mariposas Head Start collaborated with CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE Kern (CFHL, UCCE Kern) by offering students Coordinated Approach to Child Health Early Childhood Education (CATCH ECE). CFHL, UCCE Kern County also provided 55 parents with Plan, Shop, Save, and Cook food resource management lessons. During the lessons, parents are reminded about the importance of physical activity, and are given recommendations based on the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.
CFHL, UCCE Kern staff provided teachers with a four hour CATCH ECE training, and technical assistance twice per month. Teachers expressed their appreciation for the CATCH ECE Kit and technical assistance indicating that the program helped teachers nourish the love for physical activity in their students. From October 2019 to August 2020, 32 students received a total of 69.25 hours of structured physical activity using CATCH ECE curriculum and staff provided 5 hours of food resource management lessons to parents.
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Las Mariposas Head Start students participating in CATCH ECE activities
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Health and Wellness Corner
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UC Living Fit Forever
Description: UC Living Fit Forever is offering ZOOM fitness classes and daily recorded fitness videos as well as free Health Coaching and bi-monthly Lunch and Learns to UC Davis staff who enroll. Enroll here for 40-minute Mindful Meditation classes every Friday 12:10 - 12:50 PM.
Source: UC Davis Health
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15-Minute Home Workout - Cardio Circuit, The Cooper Institute
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Conferences and Training Opportunities
Conferences and Training Opportunities are featured as they are announced and then again shortly prior to the training date. Click here or on the 'View all upcoming trainings..." button to see the complete list of upcoming trainings.
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Staying Connected with Staff and Families Amid Uncertainty
Date/Time: September 10, 1:00 - 1:45 PM
Description: Action for Healthy Kids will share simple strategies and tools to help you stay connected with your school health team and look at ways to build and maintain strong relationships with families in an uncharted landscape.
Registration Information:
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School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) 101
Date/Time: September 15, 9:30 - 10:30 AM
Description: As schools struggle with how to reopen and keep children safe, SHACs have a role to play. What are SHAC responsibilities? How do SHACS fit into pandemic response? How does an effective SHAC function? What does the law require? Join us and learn from experienced leaders who are helping their SHACs be engaged and effective during this critical time.
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It Takes a Village: Community Resiliency to Avert Food Insecurity During the Pandemic
Date/Time: September 17, 10:00 - 11:00 AM
Description: This webinar will explore ways that households and the organizations that serve them have approached food security and economic challenges for families during the ongoing pandemic. Speakers include:
- Juan Martinez, Nutrition Ed. and Hunger Prevention Director, Kings Community Action Organization
- Nina Machado, Executive Director, First 5 Amador
- Mariana Lopez, Adult Nutrition Educator, EFNEP Tulare
- Alice Escalante, Adult Nutrition Educator, CFHL UCCE Tulare
Registration Information:
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BOX Office Hours
Date/Time: September 17, 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Description: The CFHL, UC State Office will be hosting BOX Office Hours to answer any questions regarding the new County Folder structure in BOX. Please come prepared with any questions you wish to discuss.
Registration Information:
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Distance Learning Technology and Learning Apps
Date/Time: September 21, 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Description: Webinar goals are for educators to be equipped with:
- Best practices for working with teachers using various Learning Management Systems
- Resources for where to find answers to specific distance learning technology questions
- Strategies for incorporating online learning apps effectively to improve learner engagement
- Options for providing virtual handouts and worksheets
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Food Justice is Racial Justice: National Farm to School Network Movement Meeting
Date/Time: October 14, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Description: Join National Farm to School Network for a virtual Movement Meeting featuring food justice activist Karen Washington, for action-oriented reflection on racial justice in the Farm to School movement and wider food system. You’ll connect with fellow Farm to School and food justice advocates from across the country, dig into conversations about what it means to shift power, and help shape the next steps of progress towards our vision of a just food system for all.
Registration Information:
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Funding Opportunities
Funding Opportunities are featured as they are announced and then again shortly prior to the deadline. Click here or on the 'View all funding opportunities" button to see a complete list of on-going funding opportunities and funding with specific deadlines.
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Voices for Healthy Kids: Policy Campaign Grant
Organization: Voices for Healthy Kids
Description: Voices for Healthy Kids is currently accepting proposals for the Policy Campaign Grant designed to support strategic issue advocacy campaigns supporting Voices for Healthy Kids policy priorities with a focus on health equity. Applications must be specific to an individual campaign for public policy change in one state, city, town or county, or tribal nation. Applications should focus on public policy changes to reduce health disparities for children in urban, suburban or rural settings who are Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian, and Alaskan Native or from families who have low income.
Deadline: September 20, 2020
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Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program
Organization: Department of Health and Human Services
Description: The Department of Health and Human Services is offering grants through The Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program for innovative, community-based initiatives to improve the health status of infants, children, adolescents, and families in rural and other underserved communities by increasing their access to preventive care and services. This program supports projects related to a range of topical areas including, but not limited to, medical home or care coordination, mental and behavioral health services, child development and school readiness services, and promotion of healthy weight and physical activity.
Deadline: October 6, 2020
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RWJF 2021 Culture of Health Prize: Call for Applications
Organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Description: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Culture of Health Prize elevates the compelling stories of places where residents are working together to transform education, jobs, transportation, housing, and more so better health flourishes for all.
Deadline: October 15, 2020, 3:00 PM PT
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Website Updates
Please send any content you would like to see included to Miguel Galvan.
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Nutrition Updates Webpage
The Nutrition Updates slides and recordings including the Nutrition and Immune Boosters: Separating Fact from Fiction Presented by Anna M. Jones, Ph.D, have been moved to the Nutrition Updates webpage.
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We want to hear from you!
Please email Editor Andra Nicoli & Miguel Galvan to share your comments, stories, photos, or other items you would like to see featured in future Active News Beet issues.
Active News Beet newsletters are sent by the CalFresh Healthy Living, University of California State Office on behalf of the Director, Kamaljeet Singh-Khaira.. Past issues of the Active News Beet can be viewed here.
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