NUTRITION EDUCATION AND FOOD SECURITY (EXPANDED)
VISION STATEMENT
We envision communities that promote good nutrition and food security for all residents of Green County.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
SHORT TERM INDICATORS (1–3 YEARS)
- Annually increase farmers market attendance by 10 percent
- Increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Electronics Benefits Transfer (EBT) machine usage at farmers market by 10 percent
LONG TERM INDICATORS (5+ YEARS)
• Reduce body mass index of third graders in Green County by percent
GOALS
Goal 1: By June 2019, Green County residents will have increased access to available food resources.
- Prepare a comprehensive list of available food resources in Green County, including location, usage and date of food availability in 2016
- Monitor excesses and shortages of food (food deserts) by resource and location, including food pantries’ capacity for refrigerating produce in 2016
- Identify resources that meet residents’ transportation needs in 2016
- Coordinate with the Monroe Farmers Market USDA grant to increase access to fresh foods for underserved population by 2018
- Expand the Monroe farmers market with more vendors and customers, including increased participation by underserved population through the promotion of WIC and SNAP EBT at the market by 2018
- Use the UW–Extension Food Security Survey to continually evaluate the needs of the communities in Green County
- Develop an educational outreach and awareness plan of available food resources in 2016
- Research the feasibility, based on community partner support, for a point-of-need pantry for Green County schools by 2019
Goal 2: By 2019, there will be increased availability and consumption of “healthier food” in food resource centers.
- Expand gardens at schools with garden programs, in order to supply more produce to school cafeterias in 2018
- Provide opportunities for ongoing education at various sites and referrals, such as meal planning, grocery shopping, recipes and tips on using healthy food alternatives by 2018
- Collect and analyze child and adult body mass index data and conduct a third grade countywide BMI survey in 2016
- Interview food pantry coordinators to identify existing food quality, refrigeration resources and needs, pantry resources and usage, and ways to reduce waste in 2016
- Assess food pantries’ desire to implement the Safe and Healthy Food Pantries project, and implement if willing in 2016
- Share successes from the Monroe School District cafeteria PEP grant project with other Green County school meal programs in 2016
Goal 3: By June 2019, a collaboration will be maintained between Green County Public Health Department, Monroe Clinic (Women’s Health, Birth Center and Pediatrics), La Leche League of Monroe, Stephenson County Health Department and advocates of breastfeeding to increase breastfeeding support, as evidenced by reaching and maintaining greater than 75 percent breastfeeding rates at one-month postpartum.
- Secure two Monroe Clinic champions, who will endorse and promote a common breastfeeding message, with each champion’s role defined by the positions they hold in 2016
- Conduct a breastfeeding survey of all Green County employers in 2016
- Develop a comprehensive breastfeeding resource with a mainstream message that can be disseminated to the community by 2017
- Create a centralized referral system for women who need breastfeeding support and increase the referrals by 2019. This includes expanding Breastfeeding Champion training for office staff
- Complete a breastfeeding assessment with two Green County employers and offer resources to assist them in implementing breastfeeding friendly policies in 2016
- Create a plan for a variety of shared learning opportunities and professional development in order to strengthen the capacity of the breastfeeding service delivery system (prenatal through pediatrics) and the continuation of skilled lactation support by 2018
- Monroe Clinic will train two to four registered nurses as certified lactation counselors by 2017
