PARTNERSHIPS: WORKING TO

END CHILDHOOD HUNGER AND

EXPAND THE CHILD NUTRITION

PROGRAMS

Presented by:

Julie Mikkelson

Regional Director of Special Nutrition Programs

USDA, Food and Nutrition Services

Midwest Regional Office

FNS OVERVIEW

Vision and mission of FNS

15 nutrition assistance programs

6 child nutrition programs (CNP)

School Breakfast Program

National School Lunch Program

Child and Adult Aare Food Program

Summer Food Service Program

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

Special Milk Program

Most underutilized CNPs

SFSP & CACFP At-Risk

PARTNERS IN ILLINOIS - SFSP

Target state

February 2014 Partner

meeting

Midwest Regional Office,

Illinois State Board of

Education, Share our Strength

and local partners

Rigorous outreach plan for

summer 2014

Chicago Summer Food Work

Group

PARTNERS IN WISCONSIN - SFSP

Hunger Task Force

Private donors and other

local partners

Department of Public

Instruction outreach

School Nutrition Team

Tribal Organizations

University of Wisconsin

National Recreation and

Parks Association.

Boys & Girls Clubs

PARTNERS IN MICHIGAN - SFSP

Annual Maranda Park

Party

United Way

Share Our Strength

PARTNERS IN OHIO - SFSP

Backpack program

Meal delivery program

Sponsored by Ohio Association of

Food Banks

Farmers Market

Vista Volunteers

CACFP – AT-RISK AND ENROLLED

Illinois (At-Risk)

Department of Children and Family

Services - Licensing legislation

Michigan (Enrolled)

Increasing family day care home

(FDCH) sponsors

Office of Great Start

Early Childhood Investment Corporation

Department of Human Services

Multi-state sponsoring organizations

Wisconsin (Both) Marketing year round CACFP

Connecting SFSP and CACFP

IMPROVING HEALTH OUTCOMES

THROUGH PARTNERSHIP

BUILDING

HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS

Cleveland Clinic

Farmer’s Market Expansion

to SNAP and WIC EBT

Blue Cross Blue Shield of

Minnesota

Market Bucks Program

Anthem Blue Cross and

Blue Shield Wisconsin

Healthy Generations Grant

Program

HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS

ProMedica Ohio

Come to the Table initiative

Collaborators include

Hollywood Casino Toledo,

Seagate Food Bank, Share Our

Strength

Repackaged 43,000 pounds of

food distributed to homeless

shelters

Lenawee Health Network

Veggie Mobil initiative

IMPROVING SCHOOL NUTRITION

Building healthy school environments with

healthcare organizations

Supporting nutrition education in classrooms

Supporting healthier menus

Sharing tools and resources to engage

communities in school nutrition

Let’s Move! has helped 6,699 schools become

HealthierUS School Challenge certified

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