Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Sep 2017
Describes the actions taken and programs developed by the residents of Garrett County, Maryland, in response to the economic, cultural, and health challenges they face. Working together, the Garrett County residents have been able to provide scholarships to every high school graduate to attend community college for free, develop 700 affordable, low-income, mixed-income, and workforce housing units, and more. Garrett County is a recipient of the 2017 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Culture of Health Prize.
...health · Food security and nutrition · Population health · Schools · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Maryland...
Date: Jun 2022
Reports on quality of life (QOL) measures in Illinois such as economic conditions, access to healthcare, educational attainment, crime rates, and more. Includes metro versus nonmetro comparisons using data spanning from 2000 to 2020.
...Food security and nutrition · Health insurance · Income · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Illinois...
Deadline: Mar 6, 2026
Grants to organizations in Eastern Central Illinois to support healthy communities by increasing access to healthy food, growing local agriculture economies, supporting mental health and well-being, promoting green farming practices, and encouraging rural development through community engagement and collaboration. Preference is given to rural organizations.
...Food security and nutrition · Mental health · Networking and collaboration · Policy · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Date: May 2023
Examines food production and agriculture practices that promote equality, sustainability, and rural-urban collaboration. Discusses statewide, regional, and national food system initiatives that showcase farmer-consumer connections, balanced development outcomes, rural stewardship, and rural stakeholder equity.
...Rich Pirog, Marcus A. Coleman 05/2023 Aspen Institute Food security and nutrition · Networking and collaboration...
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Grants to organizations in Colorado that work to strengthen families and communities and help individuals become productive and responsible citizens. Funding priorities include rural Colorado.
...Food security and nutrition · Housing and homelessness · Income · Older adults · People with disabilities · Poverty · Colorado...
Date: Jun 26, 2026
Discusses food insecurity for children in a rural Michigan community and a partnership between a school and nonprofit to educate on and connect children with nutritious food. Describes rural specific challenges in accessing food including community resources, transportation, and pride. Source: Rapid Growth.
...Food security and nutrition · Networking and collaboration · Schools · Stigma · Transportation · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Date: Dec 2023
Analyzes local government policies that support wellness, healthy eating, and physical activity in metro versus nonmetro areas. Utilizes Community Based Survey of Supports for Healthy Eating and Active Living (CBS HEAL) data to compare government structures, master plans, built environment policies, transit options, supportive food access policies, and more.
...Food security and nutrition · Infrastructure · Physical activity · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Transportation...
Date: Dec 2021
Reports on the economic impacts of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in rural areas from 2009-2014 based on data from the USDA and U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis. Discusses job creation, household spending, and food-sector investments.
...Economics and the economy · Food security and nutrition · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: Aug 2023
Podcast episode featuring Farah Ahmad, Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Discusses how USDA Rural Development (RD) invests in rural communities, including improving access to healthy foods in rural communities. Provides an overview of the Emergency Rural Health Care Grant program, which helped increase access to COVID-19 testing and vaccines, rural healthcare and telehealth services, and food assistance.
...Communications, Inc. Access · Community and economic development · Food security and nutrition · Funding · Healthcare facilities · Hospitals · Policy...
Date: Aug 2017
Examines effectiveness of the Plate it Up Kentucky Proud program, targeting farmers market shoppers in 6 rural Kentucky counties in the Delta and Appalachian regions, from September 2014-September 2016. Features statistics including age, sex, income, and rate of consumption of fruit, salad, and other vegetables.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...