Arizona

Tohono O'odham Community Action
Sells, Ariz.

The O'odham Choice Project: Traditional & Healthy Nutrition for Tribal Youth

The O'odham Choice Project will address the specific food challenges facing the Tohono O'odham nation, including lack of nutritious and culturally appropriate foods for school-age youth and the need for nutrition education to encourage healthy decisions.  By sharing community, cultural and agricultural resources, this project can serve as a model for other tribal communities seeking to increase food sovereignty, childhood nutrition and community health.

California

East Bay Asian Youth Center
Oakland, Calif.

Oakland FRESH School Produce Markets

A joint project of the East Bay Asian Youth Center and the Oakland Unified School District, Oakland FRESH School Produce Markets are a network of weekly markets at 12 public schools in the Oakland Unified School District that sell low-cost fresh produce to the community and offer on-site nutrition education.  Project funding will be used to expand the program to 25 school sites and implement a network-wide marketing and nutrition education campaign.

211 San Diego
San Diego, Calif.

Food Stamp Application and Eligibility Program

The goal of this program is to increase the enrollment success rate in the Food Stamps/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) among 211 San Diego clients.  By adding two Application & Eligibility Specialists to assist clients in application completion, 211 San Diego hopes to increase enrollment from 45 percent to 75 percent.

Georgia

Lowndes Associated Ministries to People
Valdosta, Ga.

Hearts and Hands Project

The Hearts and Hands Project is a three-phase community-wide health and nutrition program for the youth of inner-city Valdosta that will provide them with the tools and knowledge to develop and sustain healthy bodies and minds. Phase one engages youth in growing, preparing and serving fruit and vegetables. Phase two challenges them to develop personal nutritional and exercise habits. The last phase involves the faculty and students at the local state university, state college and public school systems working with youth to share their knowledge and experiences to others through media presentations.

Massachusetts

Bowdoin Street Health Center Dorchester, Mass.

Healthy Champions

Healthy Champions expands existing health center-led activities to bring innovative nutrition education programming to low-income, urban neighborhood of Dorchester, Mass., which lacks a supermarket and has some of the city's highest rates of food insecurity, obesity and diabetes.  Building on successful youth programs in Boston with innovations likely to enhance activities in this particular neighborhood, Healthy Champions is embedded as a component of the Healthy Food Access Project, a multi-year investment designed to create inner-city access to affordable, healthy foods. Funds from the grant will support the modules relating directly to nutrition education, community gardening and neighborhood nutrition.

Mississippi

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Miss.

Snack Pack Project: Nutrition Education

The goal of the Snack Pack Project is to provide nutrition education to preschoolers and parents by reinforcing the importance of healthy food choices through reading, hands-on food preparation activities and techniques on how to stretch the family food budget.

New Mexico

New Mexico Collaboration to End Hunger
Albuquerque, N.M.

2010 Intergenerational Summer Food Program

This program helps to close the gap in food assistance that often occurs when school is out for children by providing summer feeding resources at 55 sites.  Needs are met through a variety of activities,
including connecting all sites to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's reimbursement of free breakfast and lunch programs; providing weekend food bags for 7,500 children for seven weeks;  providing nutrition education for at least 1,050 children using the Eating SmART curriculum; and recruiting 500 senior volunteers at the sites to help plant, tend and harvest 20 community gardens.

Ohio

Stark County Community Action Agency
Canton, Ohio

Health and Wellness Resiliency and Renewal Camp

The Health and Resiliency Camp introduces healthy and nutritional practices to 150 economically-disadvantaged children (pre-K through 8th grade) in a fun environment. The camp ensures that all children receive a healthy breakfast, lunch and snack during the eight-week summer program. The participants learn how to incorporate healthy eating and exercise habits into their daily routine, motivating them to become catalysts for positive health and nutritional changes in their family and community.

Oregon

Food for Lane County
Eugene, Ore.

Latino Outreach for Summer Food Program

This Spanish-language outreach program works to increase participation of Latino children in the Summer Food program by 30 percent through culturally and linguistically appropriate outreach. The campaign includes Spanish-language ads for radio, television and local transit buses; permanent bilingual signs at sites year-round; and presentations at churches, schools, and community organizations to educate families about the program.

Washington, D.C.

Summit Health Institute for Research and Education(SHIRE)
Washington, D.C.

Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Collaborative: An Initiative to Address Food Insecurity in a High Poverty Area of Washington, D.C.

SHIRE's Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Collaborative promotes obesity prevention and intervention, and the adoption of healthy lifestyles, including exercise and nutritious eating, in young children and their families. The grant will help SHIRE build the Collaborative's capacity to accomplish these goals through expanding the Collaborative's peer educator curriculum and strengthening the Collaborative's partnership with the Ward 8 Farmers Market.

Wisconsin

Community Coordinated Child Care (4-Cs)
Madison, Wis.

Tots at the Table

The 4-Cs Child and Adult Care Food Program currently serves more than 630 family childcare providers, reaching more than 5,500 children in family childcare across 20 southern Wisconsin counties. The Tots at the Table project will increase program capacity through outreach, nutrition education, and a "Farm to Child" pilot project. Through improved direct service and increased program capacity, Tots at the Table will address childhood hunger and obesity prevention, specifically targeting rural and low-income regions of the service area, with the ultimate goal of establishing children's healthy habits early in life to ensure future developmental success.