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Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Food security and nutrition

Smart Moo-ve Nourishing Brains, Bones and Bodies Toolkit
A toolkit geared toward rural healthcare providers to ensure pediatric patients are being educated on USDA MyPlate nutrition guidelines. Educational materials such as a storybook, coloring book, handouts, and more are free to users after filling out a form.
Sponsoring organization: Midwest Dairy
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Let's Get Healthy California Goals
Dashboard of data for a variety of health indicators for California residents. Evaluates child health and well-being, chronic diseases, substance use, mental health, end of life, access to healthcare, social determinants of health, and the cost of healthcare. Includes rural and county-level data throughout.
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Public Health
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Oklahoma Child and Adolescent Health Dashboards
Dashboards of data related to youth well-being, including risky behaviors, adverse childhood experiences, positive childhood experiences, and teen birth. Presents data for topics such as substance use, nutrition, mental health, bullying, and more. Provides county level data for teen birth rates.
Sponsoring organization: Oklahoma State Department of Health
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Serving Traditional Indigenous Foods in Child Nutrition Programs
A website that compiles resources to assist child nutrition programs (CNP) in providing indigenous foods as reimbursable meals. Includes tip sheets, nutritional information, policy guidance, and more.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
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Community Eligibility Program (CEP) Opportunity Finder
An interactive tool that allows users to search for school districts eligible for Community Eligibility Programs (CEPs) by state and federal identified student percentage (ISP).
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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No Kid Hungry Focus Area Map
An interactive county-level map that provides food insecurity information on under-resourced communities and number of children in need. Includes county-level data on students in poverty, food insecurity rates, social vulnerability index, and students eligible for free or reduce meals.
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Kansas Rural Center's Rural Papers Newsletter
A quarterly newsletter that focuses on state and national topics such as sustainable agriculture, environmental health, farm technology and policy, food access, farm to school programs, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Rural Center
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Vermont Food Access in Health Care Network
A collection of resources that rural communities can use to develop programs addressing food access. Includes resources for delivering services, such as information on produce prescriptions and food insecurity screening.
Sponsoring organization: Bi-State Primary Care Association
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Summer Meals Site Finder
An online tool that allows the user to search an address within the United States and find free summer meals for kids within a 15-mile radius. Provides information about the meal service site and how to contact them, type of meal offered, days of operation, and directions to the meal site.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
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Food-Related Data Sources
Compiles food-related data sources that examine store sales, consumer purchases, consumption, availability, and food-related types of data.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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