Obesity Mini CoIIN — IMPACT —

The purpose of the ASPHN Obesity Mini CoIIN is to support and enhance state level farm to early care and education (ECE) initiatives to increase the quality of ECE settings and access to healthy environments for young children by July 2020. This project will provide technical guidance and support for state teams utilizing a quality improvement process to increase the number of ECEs conducting sustainable, comprehensive farm to ECE.

→ See ASPHN and NFSN’s COVID-19 Related Farm to ECE Resources:

 

 – A fact sheet on The Significance of Farm to Early Care and Education in the Context of COVID-19 is for public health professionals to help them connect to interested providers, families, communities, and stakeholders to help build or rebuild farm to ECE initiatives and activities.

 

 – A webpage and pdf on how to Nurture Young Children’s Health and Curiosity During COVID-19 for ECE providers to communicate how farm to ECE can be helpful during the challenges and uncertainty of COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Coalition Vitality Tip Sheet with Ideas for Sustaining and Revitalizing Coalitions Connecting Online or In-Person.

→ Download and share the ASPHN 2020 Obesity Mini CoIIN Fact Sheet

→ Download and share the ASPHN 2019 Obesity Mini CoIIN Fact Sheet

Upcoming Webinars and Trainings

  • December 16, 2020 – Facilitated Networking Call with State Updates

Our Partners

This project is a collaboration among several organizations essential to success.

The ASPHN Obesity Mini CoIIN is made possible by a Cooperative Agreement with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (# NU38OT000279). The contents of this webpage are solely the responsibility of ASPHN and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC.

Obesity Mini CoIIN Driver

States Participating in the Obesity Mini CoIIN

Five states are participating in the Obesity Mini CoIIN. The states, their focus and resources developed are listed below.

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ALABAMA

Alabama is running its newly developed Farm to ECE Learning Collaboratives. AL built its learning collaborative based on survey results and focus group feedback. They developed needed training materials and resources to create a comprehensive collaborative to launch Spring 2020.

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ARIZONA

Arizona is developing and testing farm to ECE online trainings addressing farm to ECE procurement, nutrition and agriculture education in the ECE, and gardening. The Arizona team will follow pilot sites to assess knowledge acquisition and implementation.

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COLORADO

Colorado created a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) pilot to optimize ECEs ability to procure and use local foods from a regional food hub. The CSA pilot included surveys that identified ECE barriers and growth opportunities that CO is now working to address to improve their CSA model.

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MINNESOTA

Minnesota is working to increase the number and scale of Farm to ECE initiatives by leveraging the Statewide Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP) network. They are creating and adapting resources to expand SHIP staff’s knowledge of and capacity to support Farm to ECE.

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OHIO

Ohio held a statewide Farm to ECE needs assessment with over 1,600 respondents. Assessment findings will refine OH’s farm to ECE trainings, messaging, and technical assistance. OH also expanded the state’s 2020 “Great Apple Crunch” with over 300,000 participants. They will build on this success and expand the program further.

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