Food Security
How can we provide access to nutritious food for the 5.4 million Californians who experience food insecurity?
19 08, 2016
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17 12, 2015
Expanding Access to Safe, Healthy and Sustainable Foods
Organization: CA Conference of Directors of Environmental Health (CCDEH) Summary: The California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health (CCDEH) is engaged in assessing policy and statutory changes needed to reduce food waste through adapting food safety and solid waste program responsibilities. The purpose of this innovation is to move the focus of public environmental health [...]
19 10, 2015
Creating Healthy Communities / Food Access – Increasing Access to Healthy Foods
Latesa Slone2022-07-05T12:48:31-07:00Indicator Highlights Skid Row Healthy Food Micro-Enterprise Project Skid Row Healthy Food Micro-Enterprise Project by the Los Angeles Community Action Network is a pilot project in the early stages of development that seeks to serve the Skid Row community of Downtown Los Angeles. [...]
17 02, 2017
Clinic in the Park Goes Mobile
Using public space, Clinic in the Park is an innovative, collaborative, replicable model adaptable to nontraditional sites. The Clinic offers free one-stop-shop services to: 1) connect underserved children to health services, public benefits, and community resources; 2) provide safety net screenings, including screenings for food security, health literacy, medical and dental home; and 3) deliver health education.
13 01, 2023
What’s New
Che-Hung Liu2023-05-09T23:29:08-07:00What’s New: Data Dashboard for Aging This page highlights what’s new on the Data Dashboard for Aging and will be updated quarterly to reflect the latest changes. Select the strategy of interest for a list of recent updates and enhancements by indicator. A summary of these updates and enhancements includes: Five new [...]
22 02, 2017
Waste Not OC Coalition: Ending Hunger in Orange County
Waste Not OC (WNOC) is a public-private partnership with the goal of eliminating hunger and reducing food waste by facilitating the donation of surplus food from food-producing facilities to local pantries.
16 02, 2017
Integration of Behavioral Health in LAC+USC Primary Care Adult Clinics
The Primary Care Behavioral Health model in our Primary Care Adult Clinics integrates social workers and psychiatrists into the primary care medical home team. All nursing staff, medical assistants, clerks, and primary care providers are trained in their respective roles in screening, diagnosis, and referral for social and behavioral conditions.
19 08, 2016
Clinical-Community Linkages
How can we build connections between health care systems, public health, and community partners?
13 01, 2016
Ending Hunger in Orange County (OC)
Orange County experiences a unique disparity in which it ranks sixth in highest median income statewide, while also ranking ninth nationwide in counties with the highest number of people facing food insecurity.
17 12, 2015
Petaluma Bounty
Organization: Petaluma People Services Center Summary: Petaluma Bounty is a community-based nonprofit that helps people grow their own healthy food, collects and redistributes surplus food, and provides affordable fresh food to low-income families and seniors. Petaluma Bounty addresses food insecurity, diet-related disease, food waste, community food resiliency, and barriers to volunteering to support these community [...]