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| Nutrition Action Alert | July 10, 2008 |
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House Education Committee Hearing on the Impact of Rising Food Prices on Child Nutrition Programs
Yesterday (July 9th), the House Committee on Education and Labor held a hearing on the impact of rising food costs on child nutrition programs. Among those who testified was our colleague and partner, Paula James, of the Contra Costa Child Care Council and the Child Care Food Program Roundtable. Paula drew on statements from child care sponsors and providers around the state for a vivid picture of the dilemma these programs are in: trying to continue serving the healthy meals and snacks that young children need - within the constraints of reimbursement that has not kept pace with soaring food prices.
Much of her testimony was based on research conducted by the Public Health Foundation Enterprises-WIC, the Roundtable, and CFPA on nutrition quality in child care. The findings and recommendations from this (and future) research will form the basis for CFPA's policy advocacy on child care nutrition at the state and federal levels in the coming years. The final research report will be released soon in an upcoming alert. Congrats to Paula on her excellent delivery of this important testimony.
Click here for a link to Paula's testimony.
Click here for links to the full hearing.
USDA has recently published new rates for child nutrition program providers from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, representing a 4.27 percent increase. Click here for a link to the new rates (scroll down for a table with the new numbers).
LA School District's Motion on Physical Education
On Tuesday, July 8th, the Los Angeles Unified School District's Board of Education voted to adopt its fourth major obesity prevention motion, titled, “Physical Education Is A Priority”. Board Members Canter, Galatzan, and Korenstein sponsored the motion to strengthen the district’s physical education instruction, in order to build on the landmark nutrition policies adopted since 2002. Also, this Los Angeles Times article describes recent progress towards making cafeteria meals accessible, nourishing, and appealing to the district’s low-income students.
A copy of the PE Motion is available here.
Click here for a link to a video of speakers endorsing the motion.
Click here for to see CFPA's letter of support for the motion.
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In this issue:
Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization: Opportunities, Survey Results, and More
Just around the corner in 2009, Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization will be here before you know it. CFPA aims to provide you tools, tips, and technical assistance to bring new child nutrition benefits to your community.
Thanks to all who completed our survey on Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization! Your responses were greatly appreciated. Click here for a summary of survey results featuring the policy opportunities most strongly supported as well as those with the least amount of support.
Using the survey results, we have come up with this draft of issues and policy opportunities for Congress to strengthen these programs. In the coming weeks and months we will be updating this document, but we are eager to share this tentative list with our readership.
Also, we have compiled this list of useful resources for more information on the relevant programs and issues.
Stay tuned for a set of more accessible, reader-friendly one-pagers that will highlight overall themes for Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization.
USDA's Western Region Office is hosting a listening session in San Francisco on August 6th on Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization. Send an e-mail to Matt Sharp for more information.
Since our last e-mail update, there have been two significant changes at CFPA.
First, Nicola Edwards has joined CFPA’s Los Angeles Office as a Nutrition Policy Advocate. She is a Registered Dietitian, passionate about public policy, and will be working on our campaigns to improve school lunch, child care, and neighborhood nutrition environments in Los Angeles.
Second, CFPA's main office in San Francisco has moved across the bay to Oakland. There were a few hitches in our efforts to make the phone system transition seamlessly, but in the next few days we should be all up and running in our new office. Here is our new contact info in Oakland:
436 14th Street, Suite 1220 Oakland, CA 94612 T: 510.433.1122 F: 510.433.1131
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