Appendices to

Template A:

SNAP-Ed Narrative

for UC CalFresh FFY 2017

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Appendix 1 – Staff/Partner Trainings

UC CalFresh provides training opportunities to increase staff capacity and competency. Training objectives are

to increase knowledge and skills in program planning and delivery, integrating comprehensive nutrition

education with PSE supports. Trainings are delivered in-person and through webinars and self-paced training

modules.

The table below summarizes trainings provided by UC CalFresh State Office staff and trainings developed and

delivered in partnership with other SNAP-Ed SIAs and non-SNAP-Ed partners. Local trainings are also

conducted by UC CalFresh county programs.

Training Topic Number

of Sessions

Attendance

UC CalFresh

SNAP-Ed Funded Partners

Non-SNAP-Ed Funded Partners

Regional Trainings

UC CalFresh County Advisor- Program Manager-

Program Supervisor Orientation 2 12

4

(CDSS, PHI,

UCD-CRC)

UC CalFresh County Advisor-Program Manager-

Program Supervisor Trainings

Pre-Forum Meeting at SNAP-Ed LIA Forum (2/21) –

44 Participants

UC CalFresh and Expanded Food and Nutrition

Education Program (EFNEP) Meeting (6/29-30) – 52

Participants

2 71

24

(EFNEP, UC-

ANR, PHI, UCD-

CRC)

Master Training (Train-the-Trainer)- Youth Behavior

Guidance and Classroom Management 1 24 -

12

(EFNEP)

Youth Behavior Guidance and Classroom Management

for Guest Educators

Sacramento (7/24) – 19 Participants

San Diego (7/25) – 17 Participants

Redding (7/26) – 15 Participants

Fresno (7/27) – 31 Participants

Stockton – (7/28) – 30 Participants

5 79 2

(CDPH)

31

(EFNEP)

Adult Education and Eating Smart Being Active

Curriculum Updates

Irvine (8/7) – 22 Participants

Fresno (8/8) – 32 Participants

Redding (8/9) – 14 Participants

Stockton – (8/11) – 39 Participants

4 63 - 44

(EFNEP)

Current Controversies in Nutrition – done in coordination

with CDPH SNAP-Ed training team and UC Davis

Nutrition Department.

Note: Video of this training was recorded and archived on

CDPH and UC CalFresh websites.

1 9 8

(LIAs) -

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Training Topic Number

of Sessions

Attendance

UC CalFresh

SNAP-Ed Funded Partners

Non-SNAP-Ed Funded Partners

Nutrition Facts Label Updates – Central Valley Health

and Nutrition Collaborative (CNAP) 1 7

20

(LIAs) 1

ServSafe® Food Protection Manager Training and

Certification Exam 4 21 -

5

(EFNEP)

Smarter Lunchrooms Movement (SLM) Trainings

Smarter Lunchrooms Movement Principles and Practices

Workshops

Sacramento, (6/27)- 61 Participants

Sacramento, (9/18)- 27 Participants

Fresno, (9/25)- 16 Participants

3 34 12

(LHD, CDPH)

58

(Dairy Council,

Local Education

Agencies)

SLM Technical Advising Professional Workshops

Riverside, (4/10)- 9 Participants

San Joaquin, (4/21)- 15 Participants

Fresno, (5/4)- 18 Participants

3 31 10

(LHD, CDPH)

1

(Dairy Council)

SLM Train the Trainer Workshops

Sacramento, (9/18)- 21 Participants

Fresno, (9/25)- 8 Participants

2 6 6

(LHD, CDPH)

17

(Dairy Council,

Local Education

Agencies)

Quarterly Technical Advising Professional Webinars

Back to School for SLM Success

(10/25)- 17 Participants

The United States of SLM

(1/18)- 27 Participants

Online TAP Toolkit and SLM Highlights

(4/11)- 37 Participants

The New and Improved 60-Point SLM Scorecard

(7/26)- 47 Participants

4 74 3

(LHD, CDPH)

51

(Dairy Council,

Local Education

Agencies)

Strategies for Youth Engagement in Nutrition Education

and Promotion, done in partnership with Extension.org

(9/27/2017)

1 - - -

School Wellness Policy Trainings

Refresh Your Local School Wellness Policy Workshops

done in partnership with the California Local School

Wellness Policy Collaborative (CA LSWP)

Sacramento, (2/16)- 47 Participants

Fresno, (2/28)- 48 Participants

San Bernardino, (3/15)- 54 Participants

Pasadena, (3/16)- 51 Participants

Redding, (3/28)- 40 Participants

6 282

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Training Topic Number

of Sessions

Attendance

UC CalFresh

SNAP-Ed Funded Partners

Non-SNAP-Ed Funded Partners

San Jose, (4/5)- 42 Participants

Physical Activity (PA) Trainings

CATCH Early Childhood Training - 3 Day Train the

Trainer (4/25/17-4/27/17) 1 22

3

(CDPH) -

K-12 Physical Activity Promising Practices Exchange:

Yuba & North Coast / Cascade Counties (12/8/16) 1 3

10

(LIAs)

5

(CSU Chico

Center for Health

Communities)

CA SNAP-Ed in Action: Ready, Set, Action...Play! –

presentation at 2017 LIA Forum 1 -

80+

(LIA, SIA) -

Contributed content expertise and county success stories

to the following statewide Physical Activity (PA) trainings

done in coordination with CDPH SNAP-Ed training team:

1) Active Aging: PA Tools for SNAP-Ed Older Adults

Webinar (12/6/16)

2) Sharing is Caring! Introducing New Early Childhood

Education Policy Templates and Open Forum

Webinar (12/13/16)

3) Physical Literacy: What is it and How Does it Support

Physical Activity for Life (3/30/17)

4) Healthy Eating and Physical Activity: Implementing

PSE Strategies in Early Care

and Education Settings In-person (3/33/17, 4/18/17,

/8/3/17)

6 - - -

Evaluation Trainings

Regional Evaluation Trainings: Hands-on PEARS PSE

Module Workshops

San Jose (8/14) – 13 Participants

Davis (8/16) – 22 Participants

Moreno Valley (8/23) – 8 Participants

Fresno (8/30) – 26 Participants

San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara webinar (8/31) – 7

Participants

Central Sierra and Butte Cluster webinar (9/8) – 6

Participants

6 82 - -

Shaping Healthy Choices Program (SHCP) Trainings

Monthly Check-In Webinars 10 8-16 - -

Workshop 1 – Introduction to the Shaping Healthy

Choices Program 1 31 - -

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Training Topic Number

of Sessions

Attendance

UC CalFresh

SNAP-Ed Funded Partners

Non-SNAP-Ed Funded Partners

SHCP Focused Feedback Forum – Successes,

Challenges, Best Practices 1 15 - -

Workshop 2 – Inquiry-Based Teaching Techniques 1 48 - -

Youth Engagement Trainings

Done in coordination with Public Health Institute (PHI), UCD Center for Regional Change (CRC), CDPH SNAP-Ed training

team.

Supporting Youth Use of Data and Mapping for

Community Change 3 39

Supporting Student Nutrition Action Committees in

Creating Healthy Changes in the Lunchroom 1 16

Supporting Youth Leadership in Peer to Peer Education 1 27

Introduction to YPAR (Youth Participatory Action

Research) 1 20

Supporting Youth Voice for Community Change 1 18

Town Hall Webinars

Note: Attendance numbers do not include webinar recordings accessed. Please note that actual number of attendees is

likely to be higher than indicated below as many counties choose to view together using one log-in.

Reporting Tools Workbook 2017 (October 18, 2016) 1 46 - -

Catholic Charities of California: An Orientation and

Discussion on Alignments

(November 15, 2016)

1 35 - -

Supporting Youth Engagement with Maps & Data

(January 17, 2017) 1 47

8

(CDPH, CDSS)

3

(Fresno County

Office of

Education)

Local School Wellness Policy (March 21, 2017) 1 40 14

(CDPH, CDSS,

UC Davis)

9

Physical Literacy and the Role Public Health Plays

(April 18, 2017) 1 46 -

1

(CSU Fresno)

Inspiring Community Change: A Public Health SNAP-Ed

Approach (June 20, 2017) 1 32

4

(CDPH, CDSS) -

Supporting Comprehensive Programming with Cafeteria

Taste Tests/Food Promotions (July 18, 2017) 1 37 - -

Partnering for Food System, Environmental, and Social

Change (August 15, 2017) 1 41

3

(CCC, CDSS) 2

California Nutrition Incentive Program

(September 19, 2017)

1 45 9

(CCC,CDPH,

CDSS, USDA)

2

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Training Topic Number

of Sessions

Attendance

UC CalFresh

SNAP-Ed Funded Partners

Non-SNAP-Ed Funded Partners

Other Webinars

Youth Classroom Behavior Management – Pre-training

Webinars in advance of in-person Trainings:

Attendance includes webinar recordings accessed.

Youth Classroom Behavior Management – (12/8/16)

“Outside the Classroom”: After-school/summer

programs, Garden education, Physical activity

programming

2 83 2

(CDPH)

22

(EFNEP)

Child Feeding Community of Practice Webinars 2 47 - -

Developed and Presented in coordination with CDPH

SNAP-Ed training team and UC Davis Nutrition

Department:

Note: attendance numbers do not include webinar

recordings accessed.

- - - -

Nutrition Hot Topics 1 20 94

(CDPH, LIAs) 12

Nutrition: Science vs. Sensationalism 1 17 48

(CDPH, LIAs) 9

Developed and Presented in done in coordination with

CDPH SNAP-Ed training team:

Note: attendance numbers do not include webinar

recordings accessed.

- - - -

CA SNAP-Ed Site List 101 1 - - -

Curriculum Fidelity 1 - - -

Nutrition Facts Label: Get Ready for the Changes 1 20 74

(CDPH, LIAs)

8

(EFNEP)

Protein: What’s at Stake? 1 10 52

(CDPH, LIAs)

2

(EFNEP)

Self-Paced Online Training Modules

Steps to Success Module 1: Recruiting and Enrolling

Sites for Youth Nutrition Education 1 12 -

5

(EFNEP)

Steps to Success Module 2: Youth Teacher & Volunteer

Orientation 1 8 -

3

(EFNEP)

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Appendix 2 – UC CalFresh State Staff Conference Presentations

During FFY 2017, UC CalFresh State Office staff presented at multiple regional, state, and national

conferences highlighting UC CalFresh efforts. The table below summarizes the presentations.

(For LIA staff presentations please refer to individual county reports.)

Names of

Presenters

Conference

Name Date

Title of

Presentation

Presentation

Type Brief Description of Presentation

Andra Nicoli/

Tammy

McMurdo

Childhood

Obesity

Conference

May 30-

June 2,

2017

Tackling

Childhood

Obesity: A

Systems Change

Approach

Poster

A staffed poster presentation on the UC

CalFresh approach to developing and

implementing systems change within our

California SNAP-Ed funded program.

Barbara

MkNelly,

MaryAnn Mills,

Angie Keihner,

Bao S. Thao,

David

Ginsburg

Childhood

Obesity

Conference

May 30-

June 2,

2017

What Do Students

Leave on their

Trays?

Poster

A staffed poster presentation on the pre-

assessment findings of a tray waste

assessment conducted at three schools

receiving SNAP-Ed services and Team

Nutrition grant funding.

Angie Keihner,

Michele

Byrnes,

Barbara

MkNelly, David

Ginsburg

Childhood

Obesity

Conference

May 30-

June 2,

2017

Developing a Tool

to Measure the

Impact of Applying

Playground

Stencil

Hardscapes in

Preschools and

Schools

Poster

A staffed poster presentation on the

development and pilot testing of a

practitioner-oriented pre/post playground

stencil assessment to capture changes

in the physical and social environments

of SNAP-Ed-eligible preschools and

schools, as well as the proportion of

children actively playing or being

sedentary before and after applying

playground stencils.

Michele

Byrnes

Childhood

Obesity

Conference

May 30-

June 2,

2017

Integrating

Physical Activity

into State and

Local Nutrition

Education

Initiatives

Round Table

Provided discussion for state and county

agencies and local nutrition educators

seeking strategies for integrating

physical activity into their work with

communities across all levels of the

SEM. Discussed the question, “How can

we improve promotion of physical

activity into our obesity prevention

efforts?”

MaryAnn Mills,

Shannan

Young,

Heather Reed

Society for

Nutrition

Education and

Behavior

July 20-

25, 2017

California’s

Smarter

Lunchrooms +

Nutrition

Engagement=

Increased Youth

Connections with

School Cafeterias

Poster

A poster presenting the implementation

of SLM and nutrition education through

the USDA Team Nutrition Grants. The

poster highlighted youth engagement in

school cafeterias after the delivery of

SLM and Nutrition Education.

Michele

Byrnes

SNAP-Ed Local

Implementing

Agency Forum

2017

February

22-23,

2017

CA SNAP-Ed in

Action: Ready,

Set, Action...Play!

Presentation

A 75-min presentation covering the

following objectives:

1) Review and understand the goals

and key objectives of the Physical

Activity (PA) Guidelines for

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Names of

Presenters

Conference

Name Date

Title of

Presentation

Presentation

Type Brief Description of Presentation

Americans and status of PA in

California

2) Observe and describe Local

Implementing Agency (LIA)

partnership models which support

sustainable physical activity

programming

3) Strategize ways to integrate and

adapt sustainable SNAP-Ed

physical activity programming

models at the local level

Michele

Byrnes

CATCH Global

Webinar

March 1,

2017

Using CATCH for

Success in your

SNAP-Ed

Program

National

Webinar

Discussed experiences initiating,

implementing and evaluating the

CATCH curriculum in CA SNAP-Ed.

Tammy

McMurdo,

Mike Elfant,

Maegan

Jorgenson,

Andrea

Bricker, Elsa

Pehlke,

Carolyn Rider

SNAP-Ed Local

Implementing

Agency Forum

2017

Feb 22,

2017

The “What”, “Why”

, and “How” of

Curriculum

Fidelity and

Curriculum

Modification

Presentation/

Breakout

session

An interactive session that provided a

definition of curriculum fidelity for

California SNAP-Ed programs and

debuted a series of curriculum fidelity

and modification tools developed

specifically for the California LIAs. LIAs

were able to review and practice using

some of the tools.

Barbara

MkNelly

Association of

State Nutrition

Network

Administrators

(ASNNA) Annual

Conference

Feb 6-9,

2017

SNAP-Ed

Evaluation Panel

–

Presentation

Provided examples for how UC

CalFresh had applied the SNAP-Ed

Framework to program evaluation and

reporting.

Barbara

MkNelly, Betty

Sun, Lauren

Whetstone,

Sharon

Sugerman,

Denise Perales

SNAP-Ed Local

Implementing

Agency Forum

2017

Feb 23,

2017

Using the

California SNAP-

Ed Theory of

Change Model to

Analyze Your

Efforts and Build

Effective

Programming

Presentation/

Workshop

Interactive session to introduce and

apply the CA SNAP-Ed Theory of

Change to Local Implementing Agencies

programs

Michele

Byrnes, Angie

Keihner

WRO Quarterly

Call

Dec 13,

2017

UC CalFresh

Physical Activity

Integration

Webinar

Presentation

Provided examples for how UC

CalFresh integrated physical activity into

SNAP-Ed and evaluated these efforts to

capture key indicators in the SNAP-Ed

Evaluation Framework.

Michele

Byrnes

CA ECE

Partnership

Meeting

June 13,

2017

Playground

Stencils

Connected to

Nutrition

Education

Webinar

Presentation

Provided examples for how UC

CalFresh integrated physical activity into

SNAP-Ed nutrition education using

playground stencil hardscapes.

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Appendix 3 – Partnership Activities

UC CalFresh State Office made it a priority to strengthen partnerships and generate new ones to expand

participant reach, leverage resources, further PSE efforts, and strengthened the comprehensive programming

provided in counties. Some key partnerships in FFY 2017 are described below.

Name of Partnership Description of the Joint Accomplishments or Outcomes From the Partnership

Activities

CATCH Global Foundation (CGF)

Work with the CGF has allowed for improved coordination and awareness of CATCH

trainings being offered in California. David Ginsburg has served on the CGF Board of

Advisors for over one year. Staff from CGF contacted Michele Byrnes to share what trainings

the CATCH team will be offering in California. This resulted in improved coordination of local

school-based trainings and prevented duplication of efforts and resources. The coordination

with the CGF has also aided their material and supply firm, FlagHouse, with new inventory

developed in collaboration with UC CalFresh, such as a MyPlate parachute. The MyPlate

parachute is now available at Flaghouse.com offering a support tool to physical activity and

nutrition programs on a global scale. During Spring 2017, Michele Byrnes was invited to

present on a national webinar titled, “Using CATCH for Success in your SNAP-Ed Program”,

which resulted in one of the largest attendance rates (n=181) for a CGF webinar. In addition,

CGF is considering appointing UC CalFresh regional CATCH Master Trainers in order to

sustain CATCH programming throughout California and provide greater opportunity to

expand the program into more SNAP-Ed schools. Other accomplishments include:

141 total UC CalFresh staff trained in CATCH in 30 months, including 20 new CATCH

Early Childhood and Education (ECE) trainers established in FFY 2017

Development of a CATCH PE Pacing Guide to support classroom teachers

implementing the CATCH PE curriculum; pilot testing will begin in FFY 2018

Pilot tested the CATCH Lesson Observation Tool used to assess the delivery of

facilitated CATCH lessons and identify useful feedback for educators and CATCH

champions

Smarter Lunchrooms Movement

of California Collaborative (SLM

of CA)

The SLM of CA Collaborative has been very successful in creating greater awareness and a

foundation for policy, systems, and environmental approaches in the schools served by UC

CalFresh and both SNAP-Ed and non-funded partners. This includes coordination,

communication, program development, training, and technical assistance with the SLM

partners. During FFY 2017, the SLM of CA accomplished the following:

Addition of two new agencies to the SLM of CA Leadership Team including California

Department of Public Health, and California Food Policy Advocates

Delivery of four webinars and five coordinated, in-person trainings

Development of a three-year strategic plan involving all leadership agencies

Establishment of subcommittees tasked with providing direct support and services for

LIA’s on schools in the implementation, promotion, and evaluation of SLM. The

subcommittees include:

o Evaluation

o Technical Assistance

o Training

o Communications and Promotions

Implementation of Team Nutrition Grants to 48 schools

Number of schools assessed in School Year 2016-2017 was 168

Assisted with summary and analysis of SLM score card data for the SLM partners (Dairy

Council of California and California Department of Education)

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Name of Partnership Description of the Joint Accomplishments or Outcomes From the Partnership

Activities

California Local School Wellness

Policy Collaborative (CA LSWP)

The CA LSWP seeks to build broad support for local school wellness policy implementation

among schools, after school programs, health departments, elected officials, and community

stakeholders. Additionally, the collaborative provides assistance to districts in strengthening

their policies, skills, and commitment to implement local priorities and monitor adopted local

school wellness policies. Approximately 10 state and local agencies participate in the

collaborative. During FFY 2017, the CA LSWP achieved the following:

Delivery of six coordinated, in-person trainings throughout the state

Development of a variety of materials to support the development, implementation,

and monitoring of school wellness policy.

Establishment of the CA LSWP website:

https://www.healthyeating.org/Schools/School-Wellness/California-Collaborative

California Early Childhood

Education Partnership

UC CalFresh continued to participate as a member of the California Early Childhood

Education Partnership group, which is a collaboration between state-level agencies dealing

with early childhood education. Participation in this group allowed UC CalFresh to stay up-to-

date on activities that its partners were conducting in ECE sites and helped to make

connections between agencies to further our efforts. Other agencies participating in this

workgroup include the Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC),

the Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch (NEOPB) of the California

Department of Public Health (CDPH), First 5 California, California Department of Social

Services, Emergency Medical Services Authority, and the California Department of

Education. In FFY 2017, Michele Byrnes presented during the June 13th meeting on the

topic, “Playground Stencils Connected to Nutrition Education” and provided resources and

support for those interested in similar work. She also contributed content expertise in the

review of an early childhood physical activity policy template titled, “Early Care and Education

Physical Activity and Nutrition Templates and Policies.”

Center for Nutrition in Schools

Collaboration between the UC CalFresh and the Center for Nutrition in Schools (CNS)

continues with the implementation of the Shaping Healthy Choices Program. Support

provided to UC CalFresh Counties implementing the program includes training on delivery of

the program, sharing of best practices among educators, and providing of technical

assistance relating to program delivery.

UC researchers from the CNS also provided content expertise on the development of

Nutrition Updates trainings for UC CalFresh county educators and California SNAP-Ed

partners. During FFY 2017, one in-person training and two webinars were provided to UC

CalFresh Educators and their partners.

Other state and territory SNAP-Ed

funded programs

Sharing of Plan, Shop, Save and Cook Curriculum - Through collaboration of SNAP-Ed

Programs within the U.S. Territory of Guam, Washington, and Oregon, UC CalFresh

continued to expand the use of the of the Plan, Shop, Save and Cook curriculum. Technical

assistance and support included activities such as training of educators on curriculum use

and discussions with state-level staff on maintaining curriculum fidelity when using this

curriculum. The Washington State SNAP-Ed program received additional technical

assistance from UC CalFresh due to their move to a regional model. For all programs, UC

CalFresh also provided direction on obtaining and utilizing the needed educational materials

and evaluation tools for program delivery.

Curriculum Modification process - At the SIA level, UC CalFresh participated in the California

SNAP-Ed Curriculum Fidelity and Modifications Workgroup. This workgroup partnered with

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Name of Partnership Description of the Joint Accomplishments or Outcomes From the Partnership

Activities

state level SNAP-Ed programs in Oregon, Washington State, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, and

Wisconsin. Discussions were held with these other state-level programs on their definition of

curriculum fidelity and processes used to monitor curriculum modifications. Information

collected from these discussions helped to:

1. define curriculum fidelity for the California SNAP-Ed Program,

2. develop guidelines for modifying curriculum,

3. develop a process for monitoring curriculum modifications, and

4. develop a sharing site where curriculum modifications are logged by LIAs.

A total of two webinars (pre and post forum) and one in-person session at the forum were

developed to communicate this information to California SNAP-Ed programs.

SIA Coordination

Projects/Workgroups

During FFY 2017, UC CalFresh participated in multiple state-level coordinated

projects/workgroups with other SNAP-Ed State Implementing Agencies. These

projects/workgroups helped to better coordinate SNAP-Ed programing within California.

These projects include SNAP-Ed Evaluation, Curriculum Fidelity/Modification, Strategic

Planning, Integrated Work Plan (IWP) Revision, LIA Forum Planning Taskforce, and Training

Coordination Workgroups. Some of the capacity building activities that took place during FFY

2017 included:

Revised the IWP template and developed LIAs and SIA guides that assist LIAs with

revisions of IWP

Development, facilitation, and delivery of five coordinated LIA Forum presentations (see

conference presentations table for listing of presentations)

SIA training coordination around priority areas including school wellness, PA, and

gardening

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Appendix 4 – Case Studies

UC Delivers documents how UC ANR's research and extension programs make a difference in the lives of

Californians by providing science-based solutions to critical issues. The audiences for these stories

include the public, internal and external stakeholders who contribute time and resources, key decision makers,

and other elected officials. UC CalFresh is a regular contributor to this online publication. Three UC Delivers

articles published during FFY 2017 are highlighted as case studies in this report. Links to these articles are

below.

UC ANR Develops Culturally Relevant Obesity-Prevention Lessons for the Niños Sanos, Familia Sana

Program Aimed at Mexican-Heritage Children

Prevalence of childhood obesity is higher (22.4%) in Latino children ages 2-19 years than in non-Latino white

children (14%). Though obesity rates have recently decreased among 2-5- year- olds nationwide, racial and

ethnic health disparities persist and indicate the urgency of early prevention efforts in high-risk communities. In

2012, UC ANR specialists and advisors joined UC Davis faculty

and students to conduct a childhood obesity prevention study

in a rural community in California’s Central Valley. Funded by

the US Department of Agriculture, the Niños Sanos Familia

Sana, (Healthy Children, Healthy Family) was a three-year,

community-based intervention that provided a monthly voucher

to buy fruits and vegetables, an enhanced physical activity

program at school, and nutrition education to Mexican-heritage

parents with children ages 3-8 years old. A comparison

community received non-nutrition related educational

programs. The main goal of the intervention was to slow down

weight gains in overweight, Mexican-heritage children, residing

in an agricultural community. Other expected outcomes among

children included increased consumption of fruit and

vegetables and decreased consumption of high-fat, high-sugar

foods. The UC ANR specialist and advisors developed

culturally-adapted lessons in collaboration with the community

and provided oversight of the parent nutrition education

program over three years. UC CalFresh and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

provided school-based nutrition education to intervention children. Five hundred and forty-four families and 700

eligible children participated in the study. This multifaceted, three-year, community-based intervention was

effective in slowing weight gain in children who were obese at the beginning of the study. By the third year, obese

boys and girls in the intervention community had significantly slower increases in body mass index than children

in the comparison community.

Findings also show a significant decrease in the frequency of consuming energy dense foods (fast food and

snack food items) among the intervention children but no change in comparison children (p <0.008). Interviews

with the school staff in the intervention community revealed several important environmental changes, prompted

by the NSFS program. This project also produced a culturally-adapted child obesity prevention curriculum, a

policy brief on water quality, and a new validated tool for dietary assessment in Mexican-heritage pediatric

populations.

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Comprehensive Programming Shows Positive Impacts on Overall School Health

There is a paucity of adequate databases available to evaluate the impact, effectiveness, or efficiency of

school health programs. While many schools are employing measures to contribute to a healthier school

environment, these measures often go unrecognized due to the scarcity of comprehensive and periodic

evaluation tools available to assess their impact. The Center for Nutrition in Schools at UC Davis, in

collaboration with UC CalFresh Nutrition Education Program, developed the “School Health Check” or “SHC²”

questionnaire for Shaping Healthy Choices Program (SHCP), which is a comprehensive nutrition education

program that provides a framework for the following components; Nutrition Education and Promotion, Family

and Community Partnerships, Foods Available on Campus and School Wellness and Regional Agriculture. The

SHC² is a tool that can be used to score a school’s environment based on the SHCP’s components and other

health and wellness activities. A score of 82 or higher on the SHC² indicates that the school is meeting or

exceeding minimum standards in most areas. The data can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of a health

program intervention, identify school site strengths, areas in need of improvement, measure wellness policy

implementation, and bring up valuable topics for community engagement through discussion and goal setting.

A recent School Health Check (SHC²) Progress Report for Barry School in Yuba City, CA demonstrated

improvements in all components of the SHCP. The SHC² questionnaire was administered at two separate

points, time point one (beginning of the 2015-16 academic year), and time point two (beginning of the 2016-17

academic year). A significant improvement was observed in the total score for the SHC² at Barry School from

time point 1 (34 points) to time point 2 (71 points). Some of the greatest areas of improvements identified

through the SHC² Progress Report were increases in nutrition education opportunities in the classrooms; the

school partnering with local organizations for health and nutrition causes; and the school providing students

and families with information about health, nutrition, and physical activity related services available in the local

community.

UC Calfresh Fresno Helps Transform Challenge into Change

Poverty combined with high unemployment rates can be a recipe for disaster. Entire families become engulfed

in crisis. Rescue the Children (Rescue), a ministry of the Fresno Rescue Mission, is a nonprofit that transforms

lives lost to drug or alcohol addiction and assists homeless families and previously incarcerated women. Rescue

provides an in-house rehabilitation and transition

program. Priscilla Robbins oversees the program and

noted the importance of including a nutrition and healthy

living component. For the past 5 years, UC CalFresh

Nutrition Education Fresno County has been providing

Rescue the Children residents with adult nutrition

education classes using the Plan, Shop, Save and Cook

(PSSC) curricula. In Federal Fiscal Year 2016 and 2017,

135 women completed the PSSC lesson series and

graduated with a certificate of accomplishment. UC

CalFresh coordinated with UC Master Gardeners to lead

garden enhanced lesson delivery for five weeks leading

up to the residents and their children planting five dormant

garden beds at the facility. Additionally, UC CalFresh

helped secure donations from Anthem Blue Cross, Jain

Irrigation Inc., and Agri-Valley Irrigation, Inc. Garden

resource books were donated to Rescue’s library. The benefits abound: food sourced in the garden is served at

meal time; food waste is composted; children staying with their mothers regularly participate in the garden and

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are exposed to Nutrition Corner in the dining hall. Children attending nearby Addams Elementary receive

additional UC CalFresh lessons at school, reinforcing key messages. Ultimately, the garden and lessons have

become not only a source of food but a way to create connections between residents and their children,

empowering them as they work together to build confidence, hope, and a new beginning.

Other 2017 UC Delivers publications that are not highlighted above can be found at the following links:

UC CalFresh Program Excited Student Interest at Torres Martinez Tribal TANF

UCCE Alameda Helps Change the Culture in Preschools

Butte County Cluster’s EFNEP and UC CalFresh collaborate to help farm labor families achieve

success

Alameda County’s 2017/2019 Integrated Plan, Best Written in Western Region

A New Vegetable Garden Increased Community Spirit

Engaging Youth to Increase Positive Social Determinants of Health in School Communities

Cafeteria Promotions Enhance Farm to School Efforts

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Appendix 5 – Participant Feedback and Successes

In FFY 2017, UC CalFresh county offices submitted 1,044 Adult Participant Feedback quotes citing successes.

Listed below are the top six adult/family-centered curricula receiving participant feedback:

Curriculum Name Quotes

Received

Plan Shop Save Cook 361

Eating Smart Being Active 241

Eat Healthy, Be Active Community Workshops 174

Eat Smart, Live Strong 112

EatFit 90

Healthy Happy Families 40

Select Participant Quotes:

“I have started drinking more water and eating more fruits and

vegetables. I also am checking the unit size now.”

- Plan Shop Save Cook, Haven House, San Mateo County

“Because I have high blood pressure- this class has helped me understand:

ingredients, reading labels, but most importantly attitude towards food.”

- Eating Smart, Being Active, Tahoe Senior Plaza, El Dorado County

“This class has helped so much in so many different ways. One of

them was how to cook healthy and buy food in a cheap way.”

- Eat Healthy, Be Active Community Workshops, Madera

County

“This class has help me to improve my eating habits. I have changed some of the

things I cook, with some more vegetables and less sugar. I am thankful for this

class and hope to have another class soon.”

- Eat Smart, Live Strong, Peralta Village, Alameda County

“[This class] will help me and my family make wise food choices. I've

learned that many of the drinks I like have a lot of sugar. I plan not to

eat a lot of bad foods such as chips, sodas, and cookies.”

- Eat Fit, Fresno State, Fresno County

“I learned many things in this class. For example, now my kids eat healthier

foods like vegetables, fish, and chicken. They pay attention when I cook the food

and actually help me prepare our meals. We talk more as we set the table and

we take walks after dinner. Thank you so much for bringing us this information.”

- Healthy Happy Families, Roosevelt Elementary, Tulare County

Images Source: Pixabay, Public Domain

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Appendix 6 – Detail on Other Programmatic Accomplishments

Physical Activity (PA)

UC CalFresh has fully integrated PA programming into existing direct education efforts in all 31 counties by

providing an infrastructure to build capacity, competency, and sustainability at the local level. This

programming is accomplished primarily through the use of evidence-based curriculum such as CATCH, Eat Fit,

Eating Smart Being Active, and Eat Smart Live Strong and supporting walking clubs that target both youth and

adults. By continuing to work with the UC CalFresh county PA Leads and key partners, including CATCH

Global Foundation (CGF), Caltrans Active Transportation Program and other SNAP-Ed state agencies, we

have extensively advanced our PSE approaches around PA. This is being accomplished through:

Twenty-two County PA Leads covering each county/county cluster

- The UC CalFresh State Office hosts bi-monthly PA Leadership Collaborative meetings which

encompass 22 PA Leads representing all 31 UC CalFresh counties. These meetings help to build

capacity and sustain PA interventions through sharing of best practices, resources, and new innovative

ideas for future programming. The PA Leads, in addition to other UC CalFresh staff, have been trained

as trainers in CATCH curriculum which provides an extender model that trains communities and

schools in the curriculum. The PA Leads work with locals and foster improved communication between

State Office and county leads.

Twenty UC CalFresh staff were trained as

trainers in CATCH Early Childhood during

FFY 2017

Over the last three years, a total of 141

total UC CalFresh staff were trained in

CATCH, including 95 staff who are now

trained as CATCH trainers

- Fifty-five CATCH Early Childhood

Education (ECE) Trainers

- Forty CATCH Physical Education (PE)

Trainers

CATCH PE Pacing Guide was developed

and currently being piloted in 5 counties

- The pacing guide was developed to help regular classroom teachers, who are tasked with implementing

Physical Education (PE) due to the shortage of trained PE Teacher in CA, build the skills and confidence

to implement CATCH PE curriculum.

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13 UC CalFresh-funded playground stencil projects completed

- UCCE How-To-Stencil Guide continues to be

utilized by other SIAs and other states, including

Arizona, Missouri, New York City, and

Philadelphia health departments.

- Developed a guide titled, “How to Use CATCH

ECE Activities with Playground Stencils” to assist

preschool sites to use CATCH activities with

playground stencils.

- Updated the Stencil Art Activities: A Grown Ups

Guide to include practitioner tips on how to use

fundamental movement skills with the

supplemental stencil kits provided to SNAP-Ed

counties including a MyPlate, traffic signals and

fruit and vegetables.

- Developed and pilot tested a practitioner-oriented

pre/post playground stencil assessment to capture

changes in the physical and social environments

of SNAP-Ed eligible preschools and school, as

well as the proportion of children actively playing

or being sedentary before and after applying the

playground stencils. Preliminary results were

presented during a poster presentation at the 2017

Childhood Obesity Conference.

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2 UC CalFresh-funded mural projects completed (others were created through other resources)

Sustainability – UC CalFresh county programs have integrated PA into their SNAP-Ed programs and

many have already built capacity for extenders to adopt these PA efforts entirely. Additionally, county

programs have provided greater opportunity for student involvement and youth engagement activities

within the PA domain. The environmental changes that were made to schools with murals and

playground stencil painting are now a part of the built environment, illustrate ongoing healthy

messaging, and continue to provide opportunity for PA in school and community settings that align with

CATCH skills training provided by UC CalFresh. Some county examples of PA programming include:

Placer/Nevada County Cluster worked with five qualifying sites to increase/improve physical

activity:

Three first grade teachers at Auburn

Elementary School were trained on the

CATCH curriculum. This was to be

incorporated into their mandatory PE time,

helping them to meet the state PE

requirement of 200 minutes every 10

school days.

Bell Hill Academy After School Program

continued to implement CATCH as a part

of their afternoon activities.

One second grade teacher at Rock Creek

Elementary received training on the

CATCH curriculum during summer school

to then implement with her class when the

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new school year began. As part of

the training, Nutrition Educators

taught summer students weekly

lessons.

During the summer program at

Kaseberg Elementary, Kaseberg

and Woodbridge students

participated in CATCH activities as

the teachers were training to

implement the lessons.

Wednesday morning Zumba at

Cirby Elementary School was

established as an addition to Walk

to School Wednesday.

Stanislaus/Merced County worked with Modesto Unified

School District:

In January 2017, staff trained approximately 40 site leaders at

the Modesto City Schools.

The Modesto City Schools Afterschool Director purchased

CATCH activity boxes for each of the sites to use.

Pedometer kits were made to support walking programming at

schools and community sites.

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San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara County Cluster worked with Santa Maria-Bonita School District

in the adoption of CATCH PE curriculum:

San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara staff initiated a partnership with District P.E. Specialists that serve

all 5th and 6th grade students in all 16 elementary schools to provide “No-Prep” nutrition education

kits and staff training in CATCH P.E. curriculum. The CATCH PE curriculum was adopted into all

school sites and reached over 3600 5th and 6th grade students in the district, increasing the quality

of PE instruction. In academic year 2017-2018, the reach will grow to 4th grade as P.E. Specialists

received local school funding to expand the number of grades served.

In addition, San Luis Obispo/Santa

Barbara staff trained 30 Santa Maria

High School students to deliver

CATCH P.E. curricula to over 300 first

grade students at Adam Elementary.

High school students receive 2 weeks

of training in CATCH concepts,

activities, and outdoor classroom

management. Students walk to the

Elementary School to lead first grade

P.E. on a weekly basis, serving as

positive role models while building

their own skills and physical activity

level.

“My students get so much from [the CATCH] training, I am excited to see them use some of the skills

they have learned with the elementary school students. I am happy we are partnering together with these

students.”

– Santa Maria High School Teacher

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Smarter Lunchrooms Movement

The SLM of CA Collaborative

continues to make strides in

the support, implementation,

and evaluation of SLM.

California distinguishes itself

from the SLM National Office

through its development of

“boots-on-the-ground” county-

level Technical Advising

Professional (TAP’s) and

linkages to nutrition education

and PSE approaches. During

FFY 2017, the SLM of CA has

accomplished the following:

166 certified TAPs have been trained. TAPs serve as a local resource

to support SLM implementation, training, and support activities. The

TAPs are from the Dairy Council of California, UC CalFresh, and a few

local health department subcontractors.

Five regional trainings

- 132 individuals trained

- Thirty-Four newly certified TAPs

For UC CalFresh:

- Sixty-Six UC CalFresh certified TAPs

- 101 SLM Self-Assessment Scorecards

conducted in School Year 2016-2017 by

UC CalFresh staff in collaboration with

the food service program and staff

Seventy-one schools assessed with

over 40,000 students enrolled

Forty-eight school assessed for the

2nd time or more

Average overall score increase of 9.7

points from previous to most recent

scorecard

Sustainability – 23 of the 31 UC CalFresh Counties have begun integrating SLM into their work at

SNAP-Ed sites through certified TAPs. TAPs collaborate with schools to conduct site visit assessments,

develop realistic action plans, provide resources for implementation, and offer SLM training to frontline

staff. Certified TAPs take SLM a step further by collaborating with schools to incorporate behavioral

economics into more traditional nutrition education outreach programs. TAPs connect foods served in

the cafeteria to nutrition education being conducted in the classroom, encourage teachers to eat in the

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lunchroom, connect the lunchroom to school gardens, and engage and empower students to make

changes in their school lunchrooms. The integration of SLM into nutrition education is part of a

comprehensive approach aimed at transforming school environments to support behavior change.

Signage on Milk Cooler

Balance Your Breakfast Activity in

Placer County

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Shaping Healthy Choices Program (SHCP)

The UC Davis Center for Nutrition in Schools (CNS) initially partnered with UC CalFresh and piloted the program in

three counties in FFY 2015. Due to the positive impact on students in these counties, the program has continued to

be expanded since then. In FFY 2017, students from 36 classrooms (n = ~1200) received nutrition education either

from UC CalFresh Educators or trained teacher extenders with support from UC CalFresh Educators. This included

inquiry-based, garden-enhanced nutrition education from the

curriculum, Discovering Healthy Choices, as well as cooking

demonstrations from Cooking Up Healthy Choices. A

comprehensive professional development model with ongoing

support was employed to train and support UC CalFresh

participating county teams in FFY 2017.

Healthy Choices in Motion (HICM) was piloted in the spring of

2016 in afterschool child development centers, as well as 4th

grade classrooms throughout Butte County. Anthropometrics,

demographics, nutrition knowledge, physical activity

behaviors, and physical activity knowledge were collected as

pre and post assessments. Preliminary analyses indicate that

physical activity knowledge improved in the groups that

received the HCIM curriculum compared to those that did not.

Healthy Choices in Motion was implemented in eight

classrooms in FFY 2017 in the Butte County Cluster. The CNS

staff received positive feedback from educators about the

implementation of HCIM. From this feedback, the Best

Practices Guide for HCIM implementation was developed and is now available. In addition, development began for

an online training module for the HCIM curriculum in FFY 2017 for release in FFY 2018.

As part of the program, a team that consisted of CNS faculty and staff, and UC CalFresh Community Educators,

Supervisors and Advisors provided 1) a standards-based curriculum with interactive classroom nutrition, garden,

and physical activity education for fourth, fifth and sixth grade students, 2) healthy cooking activities that link

agriculture, food preparation and nutrition, 3) experiential nutrition and health-related activities at school events, 4)

school garden technical support, 5) local grower and distributor connections to encourage regional sourcing, 6)

support for increased fresh produce in the school cafeteria, and 7) support and resources for participation on

committees to integrate SHCP program activities into the school wellness initiatives.

The HCIM implementation in the Butte County Cluster successfully addressed the need of integrating physical

activity into the SHCP. The Best Practices Guide for Healthy Choices in Motion has been developed based on

feedback provided from this implementation. Parent newsletters were developed to accompany each lesson;

additionally, an online training module for HCIM has been initiated. The CNS program staff and interns taught a

physical activity lesson adapted from the HCIM curriculum to eight classes of students totaling 204 students as part

of a health fair in the Butte County Cluster.

Additional county successes included a community-driven garden build day, several highly-attended community

health fairs, the continued success of an active Student Nutrition Advisory Council (SNAC) that created signage for

the lunchroom to promote healthy lunch menu items, successful integration of garden and nutrition education, and

increased comprehensive programming in several elementary schools throughout the state.

Nutrition educators involved in SHCP program implementation commented that they really enjoyed being in the

classroom more often because it allowed them to develop better rapport with teachers and the students; they also

became a part of the school community and were featured in the school yearbooks, at a school-wide assembly, and

local media.

Shaping Healthy Choices Program Having

Fun

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Coordinated Youth Engagement Initiative (assisted by Public Health Institute (PHI) Center for Wellness

and Nutrition (CWN), UC Davis Center for Regional Change (CRC) and UC Agriculture and Natural

Resources 4-H Program)

As one of the approaches to expand upon the direct education provided to over 80,000 youth, UC CalFresh

strives to expand its focus from just serving youth to an approach that engages youth. Working with PHI CWN,

the UC CRC and the 4-H Program, UC CalFresh has begun to deliberately expand upon the current youth

efforts and support counties on ways to better engage and empower youth in the programs and activities. Over

the course of FFY 2017, the initiative achieved the following accomplishments:

Collectively, the CWN, CRC and UC ANR 4-H

collaborated to provide 12 trainings for more than

150 staff across California on youth engagement

strategies and Policy, Systems, and

Environmental change (PSE) strategies.

The team continued to provide in-depth technical

assistance to four of the original six

county/county clusters from FFY 2016: Imperial

County, Eldorado County, San Mateo County,

and Placer County. The other two original

counties/county clusters maintained and/or

expanded their youth engagement programing

independently, but remained connected in

statewide collaborative opportunities to share

knowledge and experiences.

New sites in FFY 2017 included, Merced County,

Tulare County, and Riverside County who all

began building the infrastructure for more

intentional youth engagement strategies within

their school-based programing.

CWN, CRC and UC ANR 4-H established regular

communication and check-ins and on-going

support for the seven county programs

implementing youth engagement strategies

including direct and indirect nutrition education,

as well as, PSE strategies such as SLM or Youth-

led Participatory Action Research (YPAR).

The CWN provided 22 technical assistance

meetings to sites as requested throughout the

year, including 12 Sessions of co-leading direct

education while training new county level staff.

Kaseberg Elementary SNAC Students in Placer

County Pass out Assorted Colored Bell Pepper to

All Students During Lunchtime

After The Bell Pepper Tasting All Students at

Kaseberg Elementary Were Encouraged to

Complete a Dot Survey to Vote for the Color of

Pepper They Liked Most

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The focus of incorporating data and mapping use in youth-led

PSE change strategies and county staff program planning and

development activities was newly introduced with the CRC

partnership.

The CRC also collaborated with three counties to document the

work of their YPAR projects and created a white paper

highlighting these case studies for distribution throughout UC

CalFresh and other SNAP-Ed programs.

UC ANR 4-H staff collaborated in the delivery of trainings on

Supporting Youth Leadership in Peer-to-Peer Education.

YPAR Group in Imperial County

YPAR Group in Youth Leaders from Pescadero

High School’s Youth Food Alliance in San Mateo

County, Displaying Their Poster at

the 9th Biennial Childhood Obesity Conference

County

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Training

Training is an important element to build capacity and competency and to improve program quality and

integrity. The State Office continues to work with counties based on program priorities, evaluation findings,

program observations, and identified needs for expanding PSE approaches supporting the core education

programming. The training is delivered to enhance the core functions for UC CalFresh nutrition education

programming. The State Office also continues to work with the CDPH-NEOPB SNAP-Ed training unit to advise

and provide support and content expertise for coordinated state offered trainings. As part of the overall training

efforts UC CalFresh notes the following highlights:

A Master Training on Youth Behavior

Guidance and Classroom Management

was developed by UC CalFresh and

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education

Program (EFNEP) staff in partnership with

a content expert in child/youth

development from the 4-H Healthy Living

program and an education and school

psychology specialist from the San

Joaquin County Office of Education. The

Master Training content and materials

were developed to be delivered by LIA

supervisory staff to nutrition education

staff.

Total of 36 county Advisors and Program

Supervisors (24 UC CalFresh, 12 EFNEP)

were trained using the Master Trainer

content. Eighteen of the Master Trainers in

turn formed teams to deliver five regional

full-day Youth Behavior Guidance and

Classroom Management trainings to a

total of 110 UC CalFresh and EFNEP staff.

The Master Trainer content and materials

were also made available for ongoing

training by Master Trainers.

Self-paced online training modules were deployed for use in onboarding new staff. Modules were

developed in-house by UC CalFresh and EFNEP staff. Seventeen staff members enrolled for the online

training modules in 2017.

Professional Learning Communities or Communities of Practice continued in 2017. SLM of CA provided

quarterly webinars for TAPs. PA Lead staff from each county participated with the UC CalFresh PA

Manager in bi-monthly web conferences to support their efforts. Staff implementing SHCP participated

in monthly check-in webinars. Two webinar meetings were provided by content experts for the Child

Feeding Community of Practice group for staff who conduct family-centered or parent education.

Staff Learning to Lead a Knife Safety Lesson

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Evaluation

The overall level of evaluation and the review and feedback of evaluation findings and their use continues to be

strengthened. The coordination with the State Implementing Agencies (SIA’s) through the Evaluation

workgroup (WG), especially towards adoption of the common Program Evaluation and Reporting System

(PEARS) was a major focus for the year. In FFY 2017, UC CalFresh’s evaluation highlights include:

Four UC CalFresh county programs – Riverside, San Joaquin, San Francisco, and Shasta - piloted the full

PEARS and collaborated with UC CalFresh State Office staff to develop approaches and processes to

collect the new information required.

Based on the FFY 2016 pilot, UC CalFresh State Office staff provided considerable suggested revisions for

the PEARS PSE module to the Kansas State University (KSU) team.

UC CalFresh State Office staff developed and facilitated in-person Regional Evaluation trainings at four

locations throughout the state and two interactive webinars reaching a total of 82 participants. Through

interactive activities and hands-on practice, the training built upon the PEARS PSE webinar to introduce

the new reporting system to all UC CalFresh program teams.

All UC CalFresh program teams reported their PSE activities through PEARS.

All UC CalFresh county programs implemented at least one of the recommended adult or youth education

program evaluation tools with the majority of counties implementing several tools.

Several new evaluation tools were developed and/or approved to better capture and improve programmatic

work such as new Intent to Change (ITC) surveys pertaining to food resource management and physical

activity, a new evaluation survey for the Healthy Happy Families curriculum focused on child feeding

practices, and updated to the youth taste testing tool to capture multiple exposures to a food in a variety of

forms (sliced avocado, guacamole, etc.).

Plate waste assessments to track possible changes in menu item selection and waste were undertake at

three schools site implementing Smarter Lunchrooms Movement strategies in addition to nutrition

education and youth engagement activities at some of the sites.

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Appendix 7 – Journal Publications

Conferences/ Posters/Webinars

Journals & Others

Food Blogs

Healthy Communities Blog County Blogs Media

TOTAL 25 13 5 3 7 65

Local Conferences

Amador Cluster. (2017). Calaveras County Nutrition Education Garden Program. Presented at Delta & Gold

PPE.

Carlos, C. (2016, October 10). Importance of WC/UC CalFresh's services. Presented at NVHS Wellness

Committee.

Carlos, C. (2016, October 26). Importance of WC/UC CalFresh's services. Presented at HHS Wellness

Committee.

Carlos, C. (2016, November 15). Importance of WC/UC CalFresh's services. Presented at NMS Wellness

Committee.

Carlos, C. (2017, January 31). SHCP implementation at Nicolet MS. Presented at BUSD Meeting.

Carlos, C. (2017, February 1). Importance of Wellness Council. Presented at Alliance 4 Healthier

Generation Workshop.

Carlos, C. (2017, March 22). SHCP implementation Riverside County (Nicolet MS & LVMS). Presented at

SHCP Workshop I, Davis, CA.

Carlos, C. (2017, July 18). SHCP module 1.1. Presented at SHCP Workshop II, Davis, CA.

Klisch, S., Soule, K. (2017, March 30). A Case Study in Moving Beyond the Nutrition and Youth

Development Silos. Presented at Society of Public Health Educators conference. Abstract ID 21229,

Denver, CO.

Lafferty, S., & Cuendett, D. (2017, March 4). Nutrition for Children. Presented at PEACE Conference,

Hanford, CA.

Ramirez, S. & Gutierrez, M. (2017, August 15). Partnering for Food System, Environmental, and Social

Change.

Spicer, T. (2017, September). A Community Approach to Safe and Active Neighborhoods. Presented at

Central Valley Promising Practice Exchanges (Conference), Merced CA.

Srivastava, D., & Lopez, M. (2016, April). Nutrition Facts Label Changes. Presented at Tulare County of

Education 25th Annual Support Staff Conference, Visalia, CA.

Srivastava, D. (2017, March). Non-Traditional Academic Jobs: Exploring Cooperative Extension. Presented

at Society for Cross-Cultural Research Conference.

Srivastava, D. (2017, August). Let’s Work Together for an Equitable and Healthy Food Systems in Tulare!

Community Garden Needs Assessment, Opportunities, and Next Steps. Presented at Food Alliance

Workgroup Meeting, Exeter, CA.

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Abstracts and Posters

Buys, D., Cronk, L., Duffy, V., Garden-Robinson, J., Horowitz, M., McGee, B., Nelson, C., Prevedel, S.,

Reicks, M., Remley, D., Warren, T. (2017, April). Cooperative Extension’s Role in Chronic Disease

Prevention and Management Education in the Next 100 Years: A View from Agents/Educators,

Faculty/Specialists, and Administrators. Poster presented at American Public Health Association,

Atlanta, GA.

Buys, D., Horowitz, M., Prevadel, S., Reicks, M. (2017, May 3). Extension's Role in Chronic Disease

Prevention and Management Education in the Next 100 Years: A View from Agents/ Educators,

Faculty/ Specialists, and Administrators. Poster presented at National Health Outreach Conference,

Annapolis, MD.

Buys, D., Duffy, V., Garden-Robins, J., Horowitz, M., McGee, B. (2016, September). Cooperative Extension

as a Force for Progress in Public Health: Building Relationships, Maintaining Relevance, and

Producing Results in the Next Century. Poster presented at National Extension Association of

Family and Consumer Sciences, Omaha, NE.

Horowitz, M. & Asch, A. (2017, June). UC CalFresh & 4-H Cooking Academy in Yolo County. Poster

presented at California Childhood Obesity Conference, San Diego, CA.

Klisch, S., Soule, K. (2017, March 30). A Case Study in Moving Beyond the Nutrition and Youth

Development Silos. Abstract presented at Society of Public Health Educators Conference. Abstract

ID 21229, Denver, CO.

The SHCP team partnered with a UC CalFresh educator and a Food Service Director from Santa Clara/San

Mateo counties. (2017, March 27-29). A Collaborative Approach to Connecting School Gardens,

Local Procurement, and Classroom Education. Abstract presented at Farm to School and Garden

Conference, Modesto, CA.

Worker, S., Iaccopucci, A., Bird, M., Horowitz, M. (2017, June). Promoting Positive Youth Development

through Teenagers-As-Teachers Programs. Poster presented at UC ANR Positive Youth

Development Program Team Meeting.

Webinars

Baykal, T. (2016, October 20). UC CalFresh and ECE. Presented at UC CalFresh Town Hall Webinar.

Baykal, T. (2016, December 15). Developing Partnerships and Early Childhood Education. Presented at

UC CalFresh FANOut Webinar.

Carlos, C. (2016, October 4). Wellness Committees (WC). Presented at SHCP Monthly Check-in Webinar.

Journal Publications

UC CalFresh State Office Journal & Other Publications

Beccarelli, L.M., Scherr, R.E., Dharmar, M., Ermakov, I.V., Gellermann, W., Jahns, L., Linnell, J.D., Keen,

C.L., Steinberg, F.M., Young, H.M., Zidenberg-Cherr, S. (2016) Using Skin Carotenoids to Assess

Dietary Changes in Students After 1 Academic Year of Participating in the Shaping Healthy Choices

Program. J Nutr Educ Behav, 49(1), 73-78 e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2016.09.007

Bergman, J.J., Linnell, J.D., Scherr, R.E., Ginsburg, D.C., Brian, K.M., Carter, R., Donohue, S.S., Hoyos, L.,

Klisch, S., Lawry-Hall, S., Martin, A., Mills, M.A., Pressman, J., Soule, K., West, W., Zidenberg-

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Cherr, S. Adapting, Implementing, and Assessing the Impact of the Shaping Healthy Choices

Program through UC CalFresh Partnership. Journal of Extension. Submitted.

George, G. L., Schneider, C., & Kaiser, L. (2016) Healthy Lifestyle Fitness Camp: A Summer Approach to

Prevent Obesity in Low-Income Youth. J Nutr Educ Behav, 48(3), 208-212 e201.

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2015.12.010

Keihner, A., Rosen, N., Wakimoto, P., Goldstein, L., Sugarman, S., Hudes, M., Ritchie, L., McDevitt, K.

(2016) Impact of California Children's Power Play! Campaign on Fruit and Vegetable Intake and

Physical Activity among Fourth- and Fifth-Grade Students. American Journal of Health Promotion,

31(3), 189-191. doi:10.4278/ajhp.141125-ARB-592

County Programs Journal Publications & Other Publications

Asch, A. (2017) Cooking Academy Educator Guide: An Afterschool Experiential Cooking and Nutrition

Intervention.

Central Valley Food Access Working Group with support from the California Department of Food and

Agriculture, Office of Farm to Fork. (2016) Action Plan to Improve Food Access in the Central Valley.

Two of the contributing Food Access Working Group members: Anna Martin and Marisela Pineda.

Retrieved from http://cafarmtofork.com/files/ActionPlantoImproveFoodAccessintheCentralValley.pdf

Dev, D. A., Byrd-Williams, C., Ramsay, S., McBride, L. D., Srivastava, D., Murriel, A., Arcan, C., Adachi-

Mejia, A. M. (2017) Engaging Parents to Promote Children's Nutrition and Health: Providers' Barriers

and Strategies in Head Start and Child Care Centers. American Journal of Health Promotion, 31(2),

153-162. doi:10.1177/0890117116685426

Hartzog, C., Abrams, C., Erbstein, N., London, J.K., Watterson, S. (2017) California’s San Joaquin Valley: A

Region and Its Children Under Stress. Sierra Health. The authors gave a special acknowledgement

to Anna Martin, Theresa M. Spezzano, Russell D. Hill, and Elizabeth Villalobos for their assistance

in community outreach, data collection, and data analysis. Retrieved from

https://www.sierrahealth.org/assets/pubs/A_Region_and_Its_Children_Under_Stress-Web.pdf

Horowitz, M. & Hedrick, C. (2017) UP4it Level One Activity Book. UC ANR Publication 21650.

Neelon, M., Brian, K., Iaccopucci, A. M., Lewis, K. M., & Worker, S. M. (2017) Development of a Healthy

Survey Instrument for 5- to 8- Year-Old Youths. Journal of Extension, 55(1). Retrieved from

https://www.joe.org/joe/2017february/tt9.php

Ontai, L. & Families with Young Children Workgroup (M. Horowitz, D. Rosales, T. Spezzano, K. Diaz Rios,

C. Mendoza, S. Manglallan, & J. Pressman) (in press). Healthy Happy Families Express. University

of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Scherr, R. E., Linnell, J. D., Dharmar, M., Beccarelli, L. M., Bergman, J. J., Briggs, M., . . . Zidenberg-Cherr,

S. (2017) A Multicomponent, School-Based Intervention, the Shaping Healthy Choices Program,

Improves Nutrition-Related Outcomes. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 49(5), 368-379.

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2016.12.007

Srivastava, D., & de Guzma, M. R. T. (2017) 'Why I sent My Child Away': Culturally Structure Motivations for

Long-distance Parenting. Psychology and Developing Societies, 29(1), 1-21.

doi:10.1177/0971333616689201

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Blogs

UC ANR Food Blog

Diaz, M., Klisch, S., & Soule, K. (2017, April 11). With nutrition education, a conversation may be more

fruitful than a lecture. UC ANR Food Blog. Retrieved from

http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=23769

Klisch, S., & Soule, K. E. (2016, October 25). Partnering for a safe and strong summer. UC ANR Food Blog.

Retrieved from http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=22424

Nicoli, A. (2016, November 15). The power of listening: Working for positive change in SNAP-Ed

communities. UC ANR Food Blog. Retrieved from

http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=22588

Warnert, J. E. (2017, July 13). School gardens get new life from UC Cooperative Extension volunteers. UC

ANR Food Blog. Retrieved from

http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=24604&sharing=yes

Warnert, J. E. (2017, April 11). U.S. Congressman mixes up healthy food for UC nutrition education

program. UC ANR Food Blog. Retrieved from

http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=23767

UC ANR Food Blogs in Spanish

The News and Information in Spanish office adapts all Food Blog posts into Spanish see “Blog de

Alimentos".

UC ANR Healthy & Communities Blog

JaNessa Willis, S. K., Katherine E. Soule. (2017, September 22). Youth leaders find their photo-voice. UC

ANR Healthy Communities Blog. Retrieved from

http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=25201

Warnert, J. E. (2017, September 12). UC staff led effort to support youth and families during fire emergency.

UC ANR Healthy Communities Blog. Retrieved from

http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=25162

Warnert, J. E. (2017, October 5). Walk or ride a bike to school to start the day with physical activity. UC

ANR Healthy Communities Blog. Retrieved from

http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=25357

County Blogs

Cid, C., & (Contributor), E. H. (2016, December 12). Warming Up to Physical Activity. UC CalFresh

Fresno/Madera Counties Blog. Retrieved from

http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=22656

Lafferty, S. L. (2017, March 22). Nutrition for Children. UC CalFresh Tulare/Kings Counties. Retrieved from

http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=23587

Lee, H. (2017, February 9). Physical Activity at Storey Elementary. UC CalFresh Fresno/Madera Counties.

Retrieved from http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=23137

Perez, A. (2016, November 17). #ThrowbackThursday: Nutrition Lessons with the Housing Authority of

Madera County. UC CalFresh Fresno/Madera Counties Blog. Retrieved from

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http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=22540

Perez, A. (2017, April 18). Congressman Jim Costa stops in for a nutrition lesson at La Vina Elementary.

UC CalFresh Fresno/Madera Counties. Retrieved from

http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=23829

Petit, M. (2017, July 14). Smarter Lunchrooms with the Birney Bears. UC CalFresh Fresno/Madera

Counties. Retrieved from http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=24375

Sandoval, E., & Ganthavorn, C. (2017, March 24). Tomas Rivera Middle School Spring Run. UC CalFresh

Riverside County. Retrieved from http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=23619

News Coverage

Electronic Media

Apple Crunch Street Fair in Gridley. (2016, October 26). Retrieved from

http://www.gridleyherald.com/article/20161026/NEWS/161029795

November is a sweet potato month. (2016, November 2). Auburn Journal. Retrieved from

http://www.auburnjournal.com/article/11/02/16/november-sweet-potato-month

Dig into gardening at the ninth annual Trinity County Plant and Seed Exchange. (2017, April 19). Trinity

Journal. Retrieved from http://www.trinityjournal.com/entertainment/festivals/article_29241886-2489-

11e7-a77b-e71cf9440907.html

Growing Healthy Children Walk & Run Saturday at the One-Mile. (2017, April 12). Retrieved from

http://www.chicoer.com/article/NA/20170412/FEATURES/170419948

Safe Routes to School Pedestrian Education and Spinach Smoothies at Fair Oaks Community School.

(2017, August 15). Tuesday Tidbits. Retrieved from http://www.rwc2020.org/resources/

Scout Troop Improves San Andreas Elementary Garden. (2017, August 27). Retrieved from

http://www.ledger.news/roots/scout-troop-improves-san-andreas-elementary-

garden/article_a3e6a522-88ff-11e7-a07f-c351b9aea738.html

Shaping Up Healthy Kids at Clairmont. (2017, May-July 2017). LUSD Ed's UP!

STAR award winners celebrated. (2017, June 18). UC ANR Report. Retrieved from

http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=24407

UC CalFresh & 4-H SNAC Leader Training. (2017, April).

UC Delivers provides opportunity to share impact of your work. (2017, February 24). UC ANR Report.

Retrieved from http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=23360

UC Garden Nutrition Extender Program. (2017, February). Retrieved from

http://www.sb4h.org/newsletters/UCANR_4-H_Newsletter67360.pdf

UC Garden Nutrition Extenders (UC GNEs). (2017, February). Retrieved from

http://cesanluisobispo.ucanr.edu/newsletters/4-H_News_and_Views67393.pdf

Agency, E. D. C. H. A. H. S. (2017, October 16). Community garden launches at Senior Center in

Placerville. Retrieved from http://www.mtdemocrat.com/prospecting/community-garden-launches-at-

senior-center-in-placerville/

Alvarado, S. (2017, April 23). SLO County organizations come together for Day of the Child. KSBY.

Retrieved from http://www.ksby.com/story/35221856/slo-county-organizations-come-together-for-

day-of-the-child#.WP5JxeZypfU.email

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Burrill, K., Marchbanks, A., Klisch, S., & Carlson, C. (2017, August 10). Did You Know? Lesser Known Facts

About School Meals. Retrieved from http://articles.extension.org/pages/74030/did-you-know-lesser-

known-facts-about-school-meals

Capriotti, M. (Producer). (2017). Georgetown Elementary YPAR 2017. Retrieved from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SKcm-6pAeA&feature=youtu.be

Chandler, K. (2017, February 1). Santa Maria sophomores teach PE to Adam students. Santa Maria Times.

Retrieved from http://santamariatimes.com/news/local/education/santa-maria-sophomores-teach-pe-

to-adam-students/article_aadd21ce-f5b9-598f-ba57-41261e256032.html

County, S. (2017, August). Grow It & Eat It! UCCE Shasta County Tips 'N Topics: Family Nutrition News.

Retrieved from http://ceshasta.ucanr.edu/newsletters/4-H_Tips_N_Topics70377.pdf

County, U. P.-N. (2017, July 10). July is National Picnic Month. YubaNet. Retrieved from

https://yubanet.com/regional/july-is-national-picnic-month/

Extension, U. C. (2016, November 3). November is Sweet Potato Month. YubaNet. Retrieved from

https://yubanet.com/regional/november-is-sweet-potato-month/

Mendoza, C. (2016, October). What is Protein? October Tips 'N Topics: Family Nutrition News. Retrieved

from http://ceshasta.ucanr.edu/newsletters/4-H_Tips_N_Topics65229.pdf

Orzechowski, S. (2017). California Community Hosts Second Annual MyPlate-Inspired Fun Run. March 30.

Retrieved from https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2017/03/30/california-community-hosts-second-

annual-myplate-inspired-fun-run

Paik, M. (2017, May 23). Senior works toward health Half Moon Bay Review. Retrieved from

http://www.hmbreview.com/community/senior-works-toward-health/article_773b3cdc-4001-11e7-

a133-2b4654c228bf.html

Recorder, T. (2016, November 29). Hydration stations installed at Tulare school. The Porterville Recorder.

Retrieved from http://www.recorderonline.com/news/hydration-stations-installed-at-tulare-

school/article_27ef25de-b5f6-11e6-b489-4f0298ce7ae8.html

Reynoso, A. (2017, June 13). Dinuba Farmers Market offers healthy options, low prices. Visalia Times-

Delta. Retrieved from http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/local/2017/06/13/dinuba-farmers-

market-offers-healthy-options-low-prices/102830144/

Ruiz, R. (2017, February 3). Crean do una rica vida: Un estilo de vida saludable. La Mejor.

Ruiz, R. (2017, February 17). La Practica de Yoga. La Mejor.

Ruiz, R. (2017, March 3). Comiendo saludable y delicioso. La Mejor.

Ruiz, R. (2017, March 17). Ahorrando cuando valla de compras. La Mejor.

Ruiz, R. (2017, March 31). Comiendo una variedad de frutas y verduras. La Mejor.

Ruiz, R. (2017, April 14). Cocinando divertido con nuestros niños. La Mejor.

Ruiz, R. (2017, May 12). Cocinando a la mexicana. La Mejor.

Ruiz, R. (2017, June 9). Sirviendo un desayuno nutritivo todos los días. La Mejor.

Ruiz, R. (2017, July 21). Desarrollemos huesos fuertes. La Mejor.

Ruiz, R. (2017, August 2). Comiendo una variedad de proteínas. La Mejor.

Ruiz, R. (2017, September 1). Proteínas prodigiosas. La Mejor.

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Ruiz, R. (2017, September 15). Elimina de una vez el exceso de grasas. La Mejor.

Ruiz, R. (2017, September 19). La amarga verdad sobre el azúcar. La Mejor.

Sandhu, A. (Producer). (2016, December). Kinder College Day at Simpson. Retrieved from

http://www.redding.com/videos/news/local/2017/05/12/kinder-college-day-simpson/101617866/

Sierra, U. C. (2016, November 30). Georgetown Students Experience Healthy Living with Experts. Retrieved

from http://cecentralsierra.ucanr.edu/Newsletters_280/UCCE_Central_Sierra_News/

Sierra, U. C. (2016, December 1). Is your kid Over-Caffeinated? Retrieved from

http://cecentralsierra.ucanr.edu/Newsletters_280/UCCE_Central_Sierra_News/

Sierra, U. C. (2017, August 1). Nutrition Education at Jenny Lind Elementary School, Calaveras County.

Retrieved from http://cecentralsierra.ucanr.edu/Newsletters_280/UCCE_Central_Sierra_News/

Sierra, U. C. (2017, January 6). Nutrition Education: Salt Awareness Week. Retrieved from

http://cecentralsierra.ucanr.edu/Newsletters_280/UCCE_Central_Sierra_News/

Sierra, U. C. (2017, January 2). Tuolumne County Schools "Step It Up". Retrieved from

http://cecentralsierra.ucanr.edu/Newsletters_280/UCCE_Central_Sierra_News/

Talmadge, A. (2017, February 27). Be the Change - Building A Healthy, Connected Community. Retrieved

from http://northstateparent.com/2017/02/change-building-healthy-connected-community/

Tuchinsky, E. (2017, April 6). Planting the seed. Retrieved from https://www.newsreview.com/chico/planting-

the-seed/content?oid=24057473

Varghese, K. (2017, November 2). Sponsored research funding aids UC Davis in taking on major

challenges. The California Aggie. Retrieved from https://theaggie.org/2017/11/02/sponsored-

research-funding-aids-uc-davis-in-taking-on-major-challenges/

Watanabe, M. (2017, April 12). Riverside mural represents unity at Eastside garden. The Press-Enterprise.

Retrieved from http://www.pe.com/2017/04/12/community-groups-paint-mural-to-commemorate-

hard-work/

Welch-Bezemek, M. (2016, December). FARM: A 'peach' of a fruit. Retrieved from

http://m.ivpressonline.com/news/local/farm-a-peach-of-a-fruit/article_2e74ce64-9c00-11e6-8702-

4f34415369dd.html?mode=jqm&_dc=928105022070.284

Welch-Bezemek, M. (2016, April). FARM: The many health benefits of water. Retrieved from

http://m.ivpressonline.com/news/local/farm-the-many-health-benefits-of-water/article_91fc7d7e-

2003-11e7-a719-8391c23b490a.html?mode=jqm

Welch-Bezemek, M. (2016, December). Pumpkin: So much more than a pie. Retrieved from

http://m.ivpressonline.com/news/local/pumpkin-so-much-more-than-a-pie/article_a762cd64-b1d4-

11e6-9e24-5f5e68f8a4fe.html?mode=jqm

Welch-Bezemek, M. (2017, January). FARM: Achieving the best of you in 2017. Retrieved from

http://m.ivpressonline.com/news/local/farm-achieving-the-best-of-you-in/article_153ac076-d309-

11e6-91ee-4739120b2773.html?mode=jqm&_dc=867028482659.1594

Welch-Bezemek, M. (2017, January). FARM: Tips to stay on track in 2017. Retrieved from

http://m.ivpressonline.com/news/local/farm-tips-to-stay-on-track-in/article_840db78c-de0e-11e6-

9071-eb22485df871.html?mode=jqm

Radio/Interview Broadcasts

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Cuendett, D., & Spicer, T. (2017, September 15) UCCE CalFresh NEP on Central Valley/Interviewer: T.

Ann. Community Matters, iHeart.

Mendoza, C. (2016, October 1) El progreso de los inmigrantes latinos. ANR News and Information in

Spanish, UC ANR.

Mendoza, C. (2016, December 1) Evite el exceso al consumir bebidas alcoholicas. ANR News and

Information in Spanish, UC ANR.

Mendoza, C. (2016, October 11) Las contribuciones de los latinos a la ciencia. ANR News and Information

in Spanish, UC ANR.

Mendoza, C. (2016, October 1) Los latinos y el Sueno Americano. ANR News and Information in Spanish,

UC ANR.

Mendoza, C. (2016, December 1) Por su salad, consuma menos azucar. ANR News and Information in

Spanish, UC ANR.

Mendoza, C. (2016, December 1) Reduzca la grasa al preparar tamales. ANR News and Information in

Spanish, UC ANR.

Mendoza, C. (2017, January 1) Colaboracion para mitigar el hambre en comunidades agricolas. ANR News

and Information in Spanish, UC ANR.

Mendoza, C. (2017, January 23) Las etiquetas de los alimentos y su salad. ANR News and Information in

Spanish, UC ANR.

Padilla, C. (2017, April 24) Revive Interior Design & Sierra House Elementary: Nutrition Busters. Mountain

Resort Television Tahoe, Youtube.

Tahoe, M. R. T. (Producer). (2016). Lake Tahoe Boys & Girls Club Farmers Market. Retrieved from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h5qjt1-glE

Tahoe, M. R. T. (Producer). (2017). Revive Interior Design & Sierra House Elementary: Nutrition Busters.

Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQxVFGJ0HEo

Weekly Update

The 2017 UC CalFresh Weekly Updates can be retrieved from http://fsnep.ucdavis.edu/weekly-

updates/weekly-updates/weekly-updates-2017/weekly-updates-2017