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State Nutrition Action Plans

Ohio

SNAP Accomplishments

Contact Name: Ana Claudia Zubieta 
Phone: 614-292-5655
E-mail: Zubieta.1@osu.edu

Goal:

Promote Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyles: Educate individuals, families and communities about healthy dietary patterns and regular physical activity, based on MyPyramid and the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2005.

Encourage partnerships and collaborative interventions targeting healthy eating and being active among nutrition assistance programs and other organizations (ex. Head Start, community health centers, emergency food assistance programs, schools, faith based groups and/or community organizations) that work with low income individuals and families.

Objective:

By September 2007strengthen partnerships with other food assistance programs through cooperation on delivery of nutrition messages.

Accomplishment:

  • Various agencies have come together to cooperate on delivering consistent nutrition messages. The current membership includes:

Department of Education: including National School Breakfast/Lunch/After-school Snack programs, Summer Food Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Commodity Supplemental Food Program, and Team Nutrition;

Ohio Department of Health: Including: Women's Infants and Children (WIC)

Ohio Job and Family Services: including Department of Family Stability, Food Stamp/TEFAP Section

Ohio Department of Aging

Ohio State University Extension, Food Stamp Nutrition Education (Ohio Family Nutrition Program) and Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

  • ODA publications editor incorporated font sizes and appropriate graphics into OSU Extension fruit and vegetable publications so that the information is more "user friendly" for participants with limited eye sight. The publications will be used at Sr. Farmer Market sites.

  • Literacy Initiative in process.

FNS Programs Involved:

  • FSP-FSNE
  • School Meals/TN
  • SFSP
  • CACFP
  • CSFP
  • WIC
  • TEFAP

Month/Year Completed: September 2007

Objective:

By September 2007, increase awareness and importance of physical activity and nutrition in prevention of overweight and obesity for the paraprofessional staff of the local nutrition assistance programs.

Accomplishment:

  • Promoted Ohio Walks on the third Monday of May 2007. Partners and clients participated in "Healthy Ohio" sponsored by the Ohio Department of Health and the Governor's Council.

FNS Programs Involved:

  • FSP-FSNE
  • WIC
  • School Meals/TN

Month/Year Completed: May 2007

Objective:

By September 2007, Ohio FSNE will establish partnerships for the delivery of nutrition messages with the Ohio Department of Education and USDA's Summer Food Service Program.

Accomplishment:

  • Eleven FSNE county units delivered nutrition education programs in partnership with ODE's Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) sites. This included implementing educational activities with children attending Summer Food Sites in selected counties.

FNS Programs Involved:

  • FSP-FSNE
  • SFSP
  • TN 

Month/Year Completed: August 2007

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Last Updated: 07/17/2008