Solano County Health and Social Solano County Health and Social ServicesServices

Denise Kirnig, RD, MSDenise Kirnig, RD, MS

Collaboration to Maximize Collaboration to Maximize ImpactImpact

CX3 PresentationsCX3 Presentations

Board of SupervisorsBoard of Supervisors Food and Nutrition Network of Solano CountyFood and Nutrition Network of Solano County Solano Coalition for Better HealthSolano Coalition for Better Health

Health Disparities Elimination ProjectHealth Disparities Elimination Project African American Leadership and Advocacy groupAfrican American Leadership and Advocacy group

Public Health LeadershipPublic Health Leadership First 5 Solano Grantee MeetingFirst 5 Solano Grantee Meeting Family Resource Center Parent GroupFamily Resource Center Parent Group

Food and Nutrition Network of Food and Nutrition Network of Solano CountySolano County

Food BankFood Bank University of CA Cooperative ExtensionUniversity of CA Cooperative Extension SchoolsSchools Health Education CouncilHealth Education Council First 5 SolanoFirst 5 Solano Health and Social ServicesHealth and Social Services

WIC ProgramWIC Program Network Network SNAPSNAP

Ripples...Connections…CollaborationRipples...Connections…Collaboration

Farm to KidsFarm to Kids GrantsGrants Farmers’ MarketsFarmers’ Markets Asian grocery storeAsian grocery store Youth groupYouth group Farm to TableFarm to Table EBT Farmers’ Market WorkgroupEBT Farmers’ Market Workgroup Food PantryFood Pantry Family Resource CenterFamily Resource Center

Food Bank ProgramFood Bank ProgramFarm to KidsFarm to Kids

Provides fresh fruits and vegetables to Provides fresh fruits and vegetables to low-income after school programs. low-income after school programs.

Added nutrition education component in Added nutrition education component in collaboration with UC Cooperative collaboration with UC Cooperative Extension and Harvest of the Month Extension and Harvest of the Month

Solano Coalition for Better Health Solano Coalition for Better Health

Health Disparities Elimination ProjectHealth Disparities Elimination Project

County-wide initiative to address health County-wide initiative to address health disparities that exist in the African American disparities that exist in the African American community. community. 

Used CX3 data for several grantsUsed CX3 data for several grantsfor community events: cooking demos, physical for community events: cooking demos, physical activity and nutrition educationactivity and nutrition education

Farmers’ Market EBT ProjectFarmers’ Market EBT Project

Farmers’ Market EBT ProjectFarmers’ Market EBT Project

African American Advocacy group -African American Advocacy group -brought low-income residents to farmers’ brought low-income residents to farmers’ market to show how to use EBT to market to show how to use EBT to purchase producepurchase produce

Asian Grocery StoreAsian Grocery Store

Already had an interest to improve the Already had an interest to improve the health of their customers by offering health of their customers by offering cooking demos and supporting youth cooking demos and supporting youth groupgroup

Nutrition education classes on Saturday Nutrition education classes on Saturday morning for 165 shoppers and 30 youth.morning for 165 shoppers and 30 youth.

Farm to FamiliesFarm to Families

Sponsored by: Kaiser Permanente and Sponsored by: Kaiser Permanente and Leaven GroupLeaven Group

Pilot project at low-income apartment Pilot project at low-income apartment complex: had physical activity, health complex: had physical activity, health screenings, cooking demos, 5 lbs produce, screenings, cooking demos, 5 lbs produce, school supplies and cookbooks school supplies and cookbooks

EBT Farmers’ Market WorkgroupEBT Farmers’ Market Workgroup

Established workgroup to promote using Established workgroup to promote using EBT at farmers’ marketsEBT at farmers’ markets

Advertised throughout the countyAdvertised throughout the county Provided $5 incentive, when EBT used Provided $5 incentive, when EBT used Pacific Growers Farmers Market Pacific Growers Farmers Market

Association – hired Americorps volunteer Association – hired Americorps volunteer to do cooking demos at farmers’ markets to do cooking demos at farmers’ markets and food stamp offices and food stamp offices

Cooking DemosCooking Demos

Food pantries, afterschool programs, and Food pantries, afterschool programs, and family resource centersfamily resource centers