National Nutrition Month Spotlight: Wilkes Community Partnership for Children Increases Access to Fresh Food

National Nutrition Month Spotlight: Wilkes Community Partnership for Children Increases Access to Fresh Food

Early health and development support is critical towards ensuring children grow into healthy adults. In celebration of National Nutrition Month, Smart Start is celebrating the work of Local Partnerships in promoting healthy eating, increasing healthy behavior patterns, and advancing...

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National Nutrition Month Spotlight: Down East Partnership for Children (DEPC) Addresses Food Procurement through Community Partnerships, Education, and Experiential Learning

National Nutrition Month Spotlight: Down East Partnership for Children (DEPC) Addresses Food Procurement through Community Partnerships, Education, and Experiential Learning

Early health and development support is critical towards ensuring children grow into healthy adults. In celebration of National Nutrition Month, Smart Start is celebrating the work of Local Partnerships in promoting healthy eating, increasing healthy behavior patterns, and advancing...

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National Nutrition Month Spotlight: Partnership for Children of Wayne County Makes an Impact On Child Care Food Purchasing

National Nutrition Month Spotlight: Partnership for Children of Wayne County Makes an Impact On Child Care Food Purchasing

Early health and development support is critical towards ensuring children grow into healthy adults. In celebration of National Nutrition Month, Smart Start is celebrating the work of Local Partnerships in promoting healthy eating, increasing healthy behavior patterns, and advancing...

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Celebrating a Decade of Shape NC

In a journey that began in 2010, Shape NC: Healthy Starts for Young Children, sunset on December 31, 2020 (the Healthy Starts for Infants and Toddlers project ends September 2021). Over the course of the grant, Shape NC reached...

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NC Farm to School Program Promotes Child Health and Helps Local Farmers

BCBSNC Foundation Grant Drives More NC Produce to More NC Students The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and the BCBSNC Foundation Team Up to Expand the NC Farm to School Program to 35 Additional School Systems CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The...

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Let’s Move! Child Care Webinar

Let's Move! Child Care Webinar We've been promoting Let's Move! Child Care, a website of resources and inspiration to improve the nutrition and healthy weight of America's children. States are competing to get the most child care providers signed...

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Archived Webinar on Childhood Migration and Well-being

From the UNC Gillings School of Public Health 17th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health Health Equity: Progress and Pitfalls Original Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 Childhood Migration and Well-being: A Framework for Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges,...

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Early Childhood Nutrition Programs Receive Welcomed Help

Eight communities across North Carolina will receive funding to improve their early childhood nutrition education. The new program, "Shape NC: Healthy Starts for Young Children," is expected to reach thousands of preschoolers in a state where more than 31...

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NAP SACC

The NAP SACC program partners with state-trained child care health consultants who work with early childhood programs to improve nutrition and physical activity practices and policies. Smart Start introduced NAP SACC in November 2007 with the intention that participating...

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$3 Million Initiative to Tackle State’s Childhood Obesity Epidemic

BCBSNC Foundation and The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc. Launch $3 Million Initiative to Tackle State’s Childhood Obesity Epidemic With North Carolina facing the fifth highest rate of childhood obesity in the country, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield...

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