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Let’s Move California After School
Resources to raise a healthier generation of kids.
This initiative was launched by the California Afterschool Network Nutrition and Physical Activity Committee and is inspired by and linked to Michele Obama’s Let’s Move initiative to raise a healthier generation of kids.
As part of this initiative the California Afterschool Network Nutrition and Physical Activity Committee has worked with its membership and after school practitioners from throughout California to create resource cards containing seven simple tips for practitioners to increase high quality nutrition and physical activity offerings in their after school programs.
Team California for Healthy Kids
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson has initiated the Team California for Healthy Kids to promote healthy eating and physical activity throughout the day, every day, in schools, before and after school agencies, early childhood programs, and communities. The campaign will focus on making healthy choices the easy choices.
Rigorous research confirms the clear connection between health, learning, and attendance:
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
Meals Program Brochure
The CACFP is a federal- and state-funded program that gives financial aid to child care centers, adult day centers, and day care homes to provide nutritious, well-balanced meals, and supports developing healthy eating habits for children. Until recently, agencies operating after school programs in at-risk areas were only eligible to claim reimbursement for one snack per child per day. However, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 has expanded the at risk, after school program to include reimbursement for a meal as well as a snack.
Accessing Summer Food and After School Snack Resources
Telephone Workshop recording available
Participants learned how to access federal funding available to provide meals during the summer. The call included experts from the California Department of Education, the United States Department of Agriculture, the California Food Policy Advocates, the California Association of Food Banks, and the Food Research and Action Center. Participants learned the requirements to become a summer food sponsor (and operate many feeding sites), and how to become a summer food site (and operate under the umbrella of a sponsor).