Napa CalFresh Healthy Living

Napa CalFresh Healthy Living

CalFresh Healthy Living (SNAP-Ed) in Napa County is a program dedicated to fostering healthy, active, and nourished lifestyles. Through education on good nutrition and budget-friendly meal planning, we empower individuals to make healthy choices, all while stretching their food dollars. We believe that creating a healthier community starts with building partnerships and making the healthy choice the easy choice.

To achieve our mission, we collaborate with various organizations and community stakeholders. Our efforts extend to schools, parks, recreation centers, farmers markets, and food distribution sites, where we engage community members through nutrition education, physical activity opportunities, and community building initiatives. By leveraging partnerships and community resources, we strive to make a positive impact on public health. Additionally, we actively seek out opportunities to collaborate on policy, systems, and environmental changes that support and promote a healthier community for all.

RELATED COALITIONS

Napa County's County Nutrition Action Partnership (CNAP), also known as the Healthy Bodies Coalition promotes a culture of health by offering everyone access to nutritious food, opportunities for physical activity, and safe outdoor spaces to inspire healthy, thriving lifestyles.

Live Healthy Napa County, an initiative led by Napa County Public Health, is supported by and collaborates with the Healthy Bodies Coalition to work towards creating a healthier community in Napa County by promoting and advocating for initiatives that enhance overall well-being. Live Healthy Napa County and the Healthy Bodies Coalition strive to empower individuals and organizations to prioritize health, enabling everyone in the county to live their best, healthiest lives.

The Napa ParkRx Coalition, a sub-coalition of the Healthy Bodies Coalition, emphasizes the prescription of parks to enhance wellness by connecting patients to natural spaces. Focusing on preventing and treating chronic diseases, Napa ParkRx Coalition promotes physical activity and parks programming for the improvement of health and wellness through encouraging Napa County residents to take advantage of parks, trails and open spaces.

PSE Projects

  • Calistoga Elementary School
    Protected bike lane project in partnership with CJSUD, Blue Zones Project Upper Napa Valley and Napa County Bicycle Coalition - Week demonstration during Walk and Roll to School was successful. The team presented to the Calistoga Active Transporation Authority Committee, and they would like to install a permanent bike lane soon.
  • Instructor Capacity Building
    Two community members got certified as Zumba instructors to provide free Zumba classes to the community in Upper Napa Valley.
  • Walking School Buses with Napa Elementary Family Resource Centers
    In partnership with the Napa County Bicycle Coalition, we have presented at various family resource centers to educate and invite the parents to try out walking school buses. So far, one elementary school has successfully piloted a walking school bus, and we are still piloting more at the other elementary school sites.
  • Napa County Mobile Market
    Led by Blue Zones Project Upper Napa Valley in collaboration with the Napa Farmer's Market and other community partners, we have completed the discovery phase and started the planning process to create this new mobile market. We had facilitated two Spanish focus group with community members to gather insight to help shape this project. More updates to come soon.
  • Food and Beverage Policies
    These policies are being written up and will be shared with the School Districts in Napa and implemented at various sites.
  • Calistoga Elementary School Garden
    The garden conversation with the elementary school has just been initiated. The elementary school is in the process of having internal conversations after we presented possibilities on how to implement and sustain a garden. Garden projects usually take several years, and more is to come. The goal is for the school to use the garden for nutrition and outdoor education. Another goal is for the garden to be used for family engagement and using the edible plants in the cafeteria

PROGRAM PARTNERS

For more information about the Napa CalFresh program, please contact Innovative Health Solutions.

 

Non-Discrimination Statement

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