Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Oct 2013
Explores a study of a school-based intervention that mentors young children to reverse obesity health risks in rural Appalachia. Compares two curriculum delivery methods, one using teen mentors and the other adult teachers. Assesses the effects of the number of mentoring sessions attended on the intended outcomes.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Schools · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Apr 2026
Examines the role of dollar stores to provide access to nutritious food and serve as vendors for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) nutrition program in rural areas. Analyzes 13 dollar stores in South Carolina's Lowcountry according to healthy food availability, WIC readiness, and marketing of healthy versus unhealthy food options.
...Isiani BMC Public Health, 26, 1803 04/2026 Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · South Carolina...
Date: Mar 2020
Highlights a study on the health implications of proposed changes to the United States Department of Agriculture's nutrition guidelines for school lunches. Compares changes to current guidelines and highlights the impact the changes would have for students of color and students in rural communities.
...Eating Research, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Policy · Schools...
Date: 2016
Describes how the communities within the Columbia Gorge region took a collaborative approach by developing a 15-member community advisory committee that included Medicaid recipients and Latino residents. Top concerns addressed by this committee were food, housing, jobs and transportation, along with improved access to dental and mental health, and better coordination among social services and healthcare providers. Projects included expanding the use and training of community health workers (CHWs) to assist Latino residents when navigating programs outside of healthcare and the development of a fruit and vegetable prescription program to support increased intake of healthy foods. A collective impact specialist was hired to help solve community problems through collaborative efforts, and to find grants and other sources of funding to support their projects. Columbia Gorge Region is a recipient of the 2016 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Culture of Health Prize.
...Food security and nutrition · Housing and homelessness · Human services · Mental health · Networking and collaboration · Oral...
Deadline: Oct 1, 2026
Grants to tribes and national, regional, or local Native American organizations that serve individuals in the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla tribes of Oregon and Washington. Funds may be used to support programs in the areas of public health, public safety, environmental protection, and gambling addiction, among others.
...Food security and nutrition · Public health · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Oregon...
Deadline: Jul 31, 2026
Grants to help Delta communities create jobs and improve infrastructure. Funds may be used for basic public infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, broadband, and business development including entrepreneurship and workforce training.
...Food security and nutrition · Housing and homelessness · Infrastructure · Networking and collaboration · Poverty · Transportation · Alabama · Arkansas...
Deadline: May 20, 2026
Planning grants to support tribes in developing an AmeriCorps program that will engage AmeriCorps members in implementing evidence-based interventions to solve community problems.
...Food security and nutrition · Healthcare needs and services · Human services · Infrastructure · Mental health · Public health...
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...
Deadline: May 20, 2026
Funding for programs that are designed to improve lives, strengthen tribal communities, and solve local problems through service and volunteering.
...Food security and nutrition · Health career pathways · Human services · Infrastructure · Mental health · Public health · Social...
Date: Sep 2018
Explores sociodemographic factors contributing to food affordability, with emphasis on differences between rural and urban areas. Features statistics on select food-related characteristics of U.S. counties, with breakdowns by rural or urban location and by Appalachian or Delta counties and other counties.
...Access · Appalachia · Delta Region · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...