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CityLead Partner Organization Community Partners Ad Hoc Groups Goals (2020-2022)Key ApproachPoints of Contact
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Chula Vista, California The University of California San Diego Center for Community Health

The San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative		City of Chula Vista, Chula Vista Elementary School District

San Diego County Promotores Coalition

County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency

San Diego Hunger Coalition

WE SUPPORT U		Community enagement

Peer visioning 2.0 		- Increase food security and obesity prevention education among Chula Vista community members

- Develop a resident leadership, advocacy, policy, systems and environmental
change program
The Chula Vista project team engaged residents through a well-established network of “promotores,” or community health workers, developed a resident leadership academy to engage community members in learning and advocacy, and leveraged its successful Nutrition Incentive Program, ¡Mas Fresco!, to connect residents to nutritious foods.
Joseph Prickitt
<jprickitt@health.ucsd.edu>
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Cincinnati, OhioGreen UmbrellaThe Health Collaborative

Produce Perks Midwest

Freestore Foodbank

OSU’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program

Cincinnati Children's Hospital		Food policy council

Community engagement

Fair compensation

Peer visioning 2.0		- Engage residents experiencing food insecurity to co-design interventions to improve food quality

- Arrange integrated food access and nutrition/culinary programming that addresses resident interests in target neighborhoods

- Create diverse and inclusive partnerships		The Cincinnati project team developed data-driven and community-engaged solutions to better coordinate across food programs within the region and amplify community voices. This included a quality improvement data collection project with local food pantries and integration of with the SAFE Collaborative at Children's Hospital.
Maddie Chera
<maddie@greenumbrella.org>
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Cleveland, OhioBaldwin Wallace UniversityOld Brooklyn Community Development Corporation

MetroHealth System

Cleveland Department of Public Health		Food in school/youth

Community engagement		- Foster a community collaborative to facilitate community engagement for education and linkage to nutrition resources and health services

- Implement a pilot program to improve access to and use of food and health-empowering resources through Community Health and Empowerment Navigators

- Build community capacity for a coordinated effort toward food advocacy and structural reform through an advisory board		The Cleveland project team trained local residents as Community Health and Empowerment Navigators to connect community members to resources and integrated them into local health systems and other accessible spaces within Cleveland to improve the food security of the community’s most vulnerable residents.Laura Hopkins
<lhopkins@bw.edu>

Valerie Beutel
<vbeutel@bw.edu>
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Deerfield Beach, FloridaFLIPANY (Florida Introduces Physical Activity and Nutrition to Youth)Deerfield Beach Middle School

Nova Southeastern University

Deerfield Beach High School		Food policy council

Food in school/youth

Community engagement

Fair compensation

Peer visioning 2.0		- Increase families’ access to affordable fruits and vegetables

- Repurpose extra cafeteria food as a source of accessible food for students or compost through the school garden

- Empower youth in the Deerfield Beach Community to identify and respond to community health needs

- Impact health-related policies and systems that reflect the voice of the community		The Deerfield Beach project team prioritized implementing a school pantry program, advancing a food recovery program, cultivating community ownership of a school garden, and connecting parents and students to local community leaders in order to create a culture of health for all Deerfield Beach families.
Rose Shin
<rshin@FLIPANY.ORG>
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Kerrville, TexasNew Hope Counseling Center/Hope4HealthLight on the Hill

Peterson Regional Medical Center		Community engagement

Peer visioning 2.0		- Improve health for Doyle residents by promoting healthy eating

- Reduce policy and systems barriers that create inequities

- Increase community engagement and resident leadership through system and policy changes		The Kerrville project team focused on reconciliation and improving access to nutritious foods, dental care and health services by developing a community food pantry, an on-site health clinic, and new partnerships with major stakeholders, such as food banks and local government.
Theresa Standage
<Tstandage@mhm.org>

Reverend Noah
<profit199@gmail.com>

Maria (Lala) Flores
<lala@doylecommunitycenter.org>


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New Brunswick, New JerseyElijah’s PromiseNew Brunswick High SchoolFood in school/youth

Community engagement

Fair compensation 		- Recruit and educate high school students to civically engage with their school food system

- Implement institutional-level changes that improve the school food system and food education in schools		The New Brunswick project team developed the Your Food, Your Choice program so students can learn more about the state of school food within their community and promote new models of student feedback and choice. They worked with students to improve school food quality by collecting data on students' and parents' perceptions of school food and working with school administration to implement solutions. Anthony Capece
<ajcapece@gmail.com>

Jason Flatt
<jasonflatt59@gmail.com>
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Paterson, New JerseyUnited Way of Passaic CountyPaterson Public Schools

Paterson Habitat for Humanity 		Food policy council

Food in school/youth

Community engagement

Fair compensation
- Expand summer meals and after-school dinner programs in the city of Paterson

- Adopt healthy food procurement practices at Paterson Public Schools

- Increase the number of community gardens in the city of Paterson		The Paterson project team advocated for the local school district to adopt healthy food procurement policies, expanded federal school meals during after school hours and in the summer and increased food production at community gardens. They also created a Resident Advisory Board to the Passaic County Food Policy Council.
Mary Celis
<maryc@unitedwaypassaic.org>

Darryl Jackson
<commorganizing@gmail.com>
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Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPittsburgh Food Policy CouncilCity of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Human Relations Commission

Allegheny County Health Department

American Heart Association – Greater Pittsburgh		Food policy council

Community engagement

Fair compensation

-Identify healthy food priority areas in Pittsburgh for policy action and focused collective impact

- Create consistent mechanism to meaningfully engage residents with local government to co-design policy that positively impacts food and health equity in priority communities		The Pittsburgh project team identified “healthy food priority areas” and developed the Pittsburgh Food Equity Ambassadors Program. Through this program, they co-designed policy recommendations with leaders with lived experiences of food and health inequities and connected them with local government leaders.
Dawn Plummer
<dawn.plummer@gmail.com>

Pittsburgh Food Policy Council
<info@pittsburghfoodpolicy.org>

Karlin Lamberto
<karlin@pittsburghfoodpolicy.org>

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Rochester, New YorkCommon Ground HealthCity of Rochester

Foodlink		Food policy council

Food in school/youth

Community engagement 		- Increase stakeholder and community engagement

- Spread public awareness of community food policy and food systems

- Establish a food policy council to actively advance policies		The Rochester project team researched best practices and consulted with local leaders and experts to develop the city's first food policy council and identify immediate actions that can be taken to improve access to healthy foods and address barriers to purchasing healthy food.
Mike Bulger
<mike.bulger@commongroundhealth.org>
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Wheeling, West VirginiaThe City of WheelingFun-Raiser

Grow Ohio Valley, Inc.

Operation YURT

West Virginia University School of Public Health Prevention Resource Center

FARMacy

Wheeling Health Right

West Virginia Bureau of Public Health
West Virginia University Extension – Ohio County		Food in school/youth

Community engagement 		- Improve physical health among youth, as measured by reduced prevalence of and risk factors for childhood metabolic disorders

- Improve resilience among youth, as measured by reducing the impact of adverse childhood experiences		The Wheeling project team dedicated their work to developing the Edible Mountain coalition, a multi-sector collaborative poised to radically improve the health of at-risk youth in Wheeling’s urban core by creating collaborative programs that focus on creative recreation and cooperative education.
Rosemary Ketchum
<ediblemountain@gmail.com>

Glynis Board
<glynis.board@gmail.com>
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