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3/24/2015
Good Food for
Early Care and Education
Diane Harris, Ph.D., M.P.H., C.H.E.S.
Health Scientist and Team Lead, Healthy Food Environment
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The conclusions in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily
represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“Partnerships to Expand
Access to CACFP and
Healthy Food”
• Let’s Move Child Care
• CDC/DNPAO-funded projects
• Getting local food to early care and education
(ECE)
– Farm to Preschool
– Central kitchens/food hubs
– Working with School Districts
https://healthykidshealthyfuture.org/
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What is
Let’s Move Child Care?
• Part of the First Lady’s Let’s Move! initiative
to raise a generation of healthier kids
• Encourages and supports providers to make
positive changes in their programs to help
children get off to a healthy start
• Recognizes providers who meet best
practices in 5 goal areas: physical activity,
screen time, food, beverages, infant feeding
Participation Data
(as of 12/31/14)
• 15,963 providers registered.
• Number of children served in participating programs (who
have taken the quiz): 111,007
• 11,734 providers have completed the online Checklist Quiz at
least once.
• 1,201 of quizzes show respondent meeting all best practices.
• 2,710 of quizzes show respondent meeting >75% best
practices.
• 9,478 of quizzes show respondent meeting >50% best
practices.
How Do Providers
Participate?
• Sign up online at
www.HealthyKidsHealthyFuture.org
• Take the Checklist Quiz to see how you are doing on
the 5 Let’s Move! Child Care goals
• Build an Action Plan to reach the goals
• Use the free online resources to help implement
your action steps
• Retake the Checklist Quiz once you meet the goals
• Share your success story
LMCC Recognition
LMCC Recognition
Ceremonies
• Next - April 21-23, ‘15
• 161 submissions
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6 New CDC
Cooperative Agreements
LMCC Support
• National Early Care and Education Learning
Collaborative (ECELC) Project
– Brings together a large number of ECE
programs to participate in a learning system to
make quality improvements in a focused area
– Arizona, California, Florida, Indiana, Kansas,
Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey and Virginia
– Impact 1,200 programs
https://healthykidshealthyfuture.org/aboutecelc/
DNPAO-Funded
Programs: 1305
Consolidated Chronic Disease
• Resources pooled over obesity, heart disease
and stroke, diabetes, and school health
• Domain 2 - Environmental approaches that
promote health and support and reinforce
healthful behavior
• ECE strategies focused on promoting physical
activity
1305 ECE Example:
State of Alaska Public Health
• Following the Let's Move Childcare assessment and
planning model, determine possible partners, convene an
ECE advisory group and assess the need for provider
training around nutrition/physical activity.
• Complete an action plan and logic model to guide future
initiatives.
• Increase the number of ECEs that have made progress
implementing the Lets Move Childcare 5-step process
including nutrition standards.
•
Association for Education of Young Children (AEYC), Child and Adult
Care Food Program (CACFP), UAF Cooperative Extension
http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/about/state
-public-health-actions.htm
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DNPAO-Funded
Programs: 1416
Obesity Reduction in High-Risk Counties
• 3-year cooperative agreement to 6 land
grant universities
• Counties with greater than 40% adult
obesity prevalence
• Work at the community level
• Choose community or early care and
education setting
Farm to Preschool:
A Holistic Approach
1416 Example:
West Virginia University
• Pre-K classrooms and licensed childcare
providers in 3 rural counties (Barbour,
Gilmer, Pleasants Counties)
• Conducting assessment of ECE practices
(NAPSACC)
• Evaluating opportunities to integrate farm to
pre-school
Farm to Preschool
Activities
Farm to preschool programs
connect young children (0-6)
with local foods through:
– Local procurement
– Nutrition / garden- based
education
– School gardening
– Student engagement activities
such as field trips to farms, and
taste-testing
– School wellness policies
– Parent engagement activities
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Farm to
Preschool Goals
– Positively influence eating
habits of young children
– Promote food and
environmental literacy in
families
– Improve healthy food
access at home
– Purchase high quality,
affordable food from local
producers
National Farm to
School Network
Community Benefits
of Farm to Preschool
Children
Educators and Support Staff
Producers
Families
Communities
NFSN
Procurement Resources
ECE represents a diversity of purchasing scale
http://www.farmtoschool.org/
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USDA Farm to
School Program
• Farm to School Grant Program
– Planning, Implementation, Support
Services, Conference/Event
• Farm to School Census
USDA
Procurement
Guidance
– 44% of school districts participating
– Can locate districts with Pre-K
programs
• Farm to Preschool Regional Leads
http://www.fns.usda.gov/farmtoschool/farmschool
Farm to Keiki (HI)
http://www.fns.usda.gov/farmtoschool/
procuring-local-foods
Salt Lake Community
Action Program Head Start
Central Kitchen
• 3,000 meals per day, 24 Head Start sites in 2013
• Majority of the operating budget (86%) is from
CACFP reimbursement
• Distributor provides chef access to database of
daily quoted prices to provide real-time cost
estimates of the food items for a given menu
before a purchase order is issued
• Estimate 75% of food local/regional
https://vimeo.com/45469927
http://www.centertrt.org/?p=intervention&id=1185
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Vermont Works
for Women
Bistro Kids –
Good Nature Family Farms
• FRESH Food is a culinary training program that
prepares underemployed women to work in
commercial kitchens and restaurants
• Trainees assist professional chefs in preparing
6,000 meals per month for local childcare
centers throughout Chittenden County
• FRESH Food collaborates with 25 Vermont
farmers and vendors, locally sourcing about 30%
of its food
• 3000 meals served daily to vulnerable Head
Start and Early Education students in Kansas
City, MO
• 2 central production kitchens serve 10
locations, 15 chefs and servers follow
CACFP guidelines
• 40% local foods sourced at food hub
• Nutrition education and community outreach
• Evaluation conducted by U of Kansas Med
http://vtworksforwomen.org/freshfood/
Working with
K-12 Districts?
• School districts
as procurement
specialists
• Potential
collective
purchasing for
many
organizations
http://www.goodnaturedfamilyfarms.com/
Treat_America_Bistro_Kids.php
Summary
• CACFP provides
minimum standards for
foods offered children in
ECE
• Innovative partnerships
help bring high quality
foods into CACFP
programs
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DNPAO Healthy Food Environment
Team Topics & Functions
Questions?
[email protected]
• Creating healthy food environments -- fruits and
vegetables (FV) & healthy diet
– Food service guidelines
– Foods for ECE, schools, hospitals, worksites and
more
– Healthier food retail (farmers’ markets, corner stores,
grocery stores)
– Behavioral design strategies
• Functions
http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/strategies/childcareece.html
– Surveillance
– Research/evaluation
- Guidelines development
- Technical assistance
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