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Challenge for a Healthier Louisiana

Background

• Partners
• Infrastructure/Programs
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Planning for Sustainability

• Build on Relations with Key Stakeholders

Source of Revenue, Leadership, Clout

• Partnering with the Healthy Louisiana Coalition

Connections with other nonprofits

• Umbrella organization for obesity prevention

Recognition

Challenges

• Changing agendas, Politics, Outside Influences
• Organizations and Contacts Change

Frequently, Rogue Organizations, Competition

• Gaining non-profit status, reorganization,

leadership changes, Bureaucracy

Potential Solutions for Challenges

• Communication, Visibility, Recognition
• Meet monthly with all related organizations
• Use the non-profit status to apply for

additional Federal, State, Local, Foundational funding

If only I had known

• Completed all infrastructure within the first 18

months and focused on programs the last 18

• Three years is not enough time to change

community standards

• Productive man-power is worth the price

Janice Ackley, Program Coordinator Jennifer Burris, Program Director Danielle Edwards Partnership Coordinator

Dare to be Healthy Overview

5 Initiatives for a Healthier Southwest Louisiana – Make environmental changes to encourage physical activity – Deliver school-based education and community outreach – Increase access to healthy foods – Provide community and clinical outreach to improve health

• utcomes

– Advocate for governmental policy changes to improve our health

Partnership for a Healthier Southwest Louisiana Mission Statement To encourage, educate, and empower our communities through programs that promote a healthier Southwest Louisiana

Partnership for a Healthier Southwest Louisiana

THE K.I.S.S. PROJECT

KEEP IT SIMPLE SISTERS

Designed to inspire women, as the family leader, to get healthy and encourage their family to eat better and be more active. Program focuses on group behavioral counseling, skill building fitness classes, and healthy family nutrition instruction.

FIT KIDS

Certified trainers work with the children ages 6-14 to provide group trainings that are designed to be fun but very active for one hour twice a

• week. The 8 week curriculum includes a 15 minute introduction and

warm-up consisting of light jogging, agility drills, and stretching, a 30 minute work out of the day consisting of a full body work out using body weight movements, 15-20 minutes of cardiovascular activity

Calcasieu Parish School System

Health Teacher / Go Noodle Life Long Sports Program Teachers on the Move

Challenges

Flawed Program Concept

• Plate in Shape
• Farmers Markets

Potential Solutions for Problems

Modified the program to overcome limited resources Plate in Shape becomes Jump Start Saturday farmers Markets becomes Royal Magnolia Community Teaching Garden

If Only I had Known

Some resources are scarce in Southwest Louisiana Difficulties involved in getting underserved to attend single focused events Partnership’s immediate creditability attained through Dare to be Healthy program

Contacts

Janice Ackley

Dare to be Healthy Program

Jennifer Burris

Dare to be Healthy Program

Danielle Edwards

Partnership for a Healthier Southwest Louisiana 337-497-0127

Mat Schwarzman, Director (NOKP) Danielle Burrell, Project Coordinator (YALA) Marsha Broussard, Principal Investigator (LPHI) Kyle Hucke, Data Coordinator (NOKP)

Background

Target Population

• 2,000 children ages 10-

18 that live or attend school in 70119, 70122, 70126 zip codes

• 290 completed baseline

surveys Ecological Program Model Individual: Saturday classes Interpersonal: Social Media Club Organization: Coord. School Health Community: Service Projects Policy: Advisory Council

LONG-TERM GOAL: HEALTHIER HABITS

Planning for Sustainability

• Develop and negotiate co-sponsorship agmts with key

community partners (NORDC, LPHI, Fit NOLA, Target): – Whole project, all three years, staff time

• Establish cost-share relationship with more

schools once program viability is established

– Whole project, all three years, staff time

• Explore social impact bond and community

investment financing strategies to support future staffing and community buy-in.

– Whole project, Year Three, staff time

Challenges

• Attracting and retaining older youth
• Identifying hub sites that connect with diverse

needs, interests and existing habits of our population

• Partners are underfunded in prevention
• School leadership under constant pressure to

focus attention and resources on test performance.

Potential Solutions for Challenges

• More coalition-building work

at the front end between providers and community (children + parents + teachers and other caregivers) to deepen understanding of needs, preferences, habits, etc.

• Develop jobs training program

element for older youth to support expansion of GRoW

• Build critical mass of partners

by linking anti-obesity efforts with other efforts to create whole child pipeline

• Leverage Advisory Council as

springboard towards Key Partners, Social Impact Bond and Community investment

If only I had known

• Developing a common

agenda among community partners requires committed leadership and years to cultivate

• Charter schools are
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not always buy into community strategies

• Do the Website last

Background

Collaborative effort to provide opportunities to live healthier …

• to move more by improving parks and access to parks
• to eat healthier by offering healthy food pantries,

gardens and breastfeeding support (pumps)

• to learn about healthy moving and eating by holding

faith based health education for all ages, gardening and kitchen skills for our children, breastfeeding education and support, fresh and local food directories and media reminders via social media and the internet.

A coalition of non-profit

• rganizations dedicated

to promoting healthy lifestyles in the Lafayette area. Made possible by a grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation to the Kiwanis Club of Lafayette Foundation.

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Park/playground improvement projects Community fitness challenges

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Community teaching gardens

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Mobile food pantries

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healthier Lafayette

Learn more at thehealthylivingclub.org.

Healthy Living Club: By the numbers

Planning for Sustainability

• Built in from the beginning by utilizing

funding for infrastructure.

– Breastfeeding pumps that can be reused – Park equipment and ped/ bike crossings that

will be maintained by the city government

– Gardens that will continue to be supported

by AHA and the school system

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Challenges

• Silos
• Reporting or learning about

challenges or needs for resources as grant comes to a close

• Continued collaboration of partners

after Sept. 2015

Potential Solutions for Challenges

• I s ongoing, communication,

communication and bridging and pulling partners together

• Keep social media and monthly

meetings going via volunteer

• rganization (challenge 2 & 3)

Solution? Keep moving forward!?!!??

If only I had known

• How many surveys we would have to do and

how hard it is to collected them…

• How hard it is for a good idea that everyone

likes to get momentum for implementation

• How the delay of local government and
• rganizations following their own rules delays

the over all progress – we didn’t plan for that in

• ur timeline….

Fit NOL NOLA

Erin Fitzgerald Program Manager Molly Pucillo Fit NOLA Parks Director Kimisha Sawyers Evaluation Manager

Back ckground

• Fit NOLA increases access to physical activity and

healthy foods in three New Orleans neighborhoods:

• Physical Activity:
• Increase multi-generational physical activity options at parks
• Increase safety at the parks
• Improve the infrastructure of parks
• Nutrition:
• Provide fruit and vegetable prescriptions to patients at

community clinics

• Increase the availability of healthy snacks at park concession

stands

Planning f for Sustainability

• New Grant Opportunities
• REACH funding would expand Parks programming to 1 more

park running from March 2015 through September 2017

• Awaiting award announcement
• NORDF continually raising funds
• Chevron to continue supporting Parks component
• Infrastructure improvements, including equipment

purchased

• Booster Club Sustainability Toolkit
• Ready by October; Will be able to provide TA throughout this

year

Barrie iers a and Challenges

• Sustaining police presence at Parks
• Funding to sustain Fruit and Vegetable Prescription

Program

• How best to both sustain current parks and expand

to additional parks

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• Installing CCTV security cameras at Parks
• Continue to seek additional grant funding- Program

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• Impact of NOPD consent decree and the lack of

Police Volunteers and Reservists

• How long it would take to fully get the program off

the ground

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Live Lively LaSalle!

Background

• 10 partner collaborative project in LaSalle Parish:

4 municipalities, federally recognized tribe, 2 rural hospitals, 2 parish recreation districts, economic development board

• Provide city/parish park infrastructure:

2.5 miles of trails, outdoor fitness equipment, basketball court, spray park , 2 farmers’ markets

• Educational outreach:

12 week fitness/wellness scholarships, add healthier menu items at local restaurants, health fairs, adult & youth wellness education

Planning for Sustainability

• Outsourcing restaurant program
• Continue our efforts with health fairs, farmers’

markets, 4-H Food & Fitness Club, media coverage, community liaisons

• Applied for Rapides Foundation Healthy Places

program, October 1

Challenges

• Community outreach liaisons are overbooked
• School system not a partner
• less experience in operating park systems, few

maintenance employees

Potential Solutions for Challenges

• Outsourcing restaurant program, potential for

a much greater impact parish wide! Create Well Spots!

• If accepted into Healthy Places, the school

system will be invited to be a partner again

• Additional fencing, security cameras, after

hour employees

If only I had known . . .

• Outsourced the restaurant program in Year 1
• Budgeted to outsource fitness scholarships to

local fitness center

• Gone to Plan B to include the school system
• Included fencing & security cameras in Plan A

Healthy Green and Into the Outdoors Obesity Prevention Project

LOGO here

฀ Multi-Disciplined Coalition ฀ Media Campaign ฀ Active Living / Healthy Eating Projects ฀ Youth Corps ฀ Garden Learning Communities ฀ Advocacy for Policy Change Context: Collective Impact

HGIO Project Components

HGIO Coalition

Strategy Session: Sustaining Obesity Prevention

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KTBS TV 3 Media Campaign

On Line Community Forum

Garden Learning Community

Healthy Eating Lesson

Mobile Market

HGIO Youth Corps

Active Living Event

Parent Training /Data Collection

Advocacy & Environmental Impact

Family Fest

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Medical Screenings

฀ On-Going Obesity Prevention Coalition

฀ Convened & Chaired by Community Foundation

฀ Mobile Market

฀ Entrepreneurial Approach

฀ Adoption Garden Learning Components

฀ Gardens, Mobile Market, Health Screenings, Active Living/Healthy Eating Mini-Lessons

฀ Advocacy

฀ Transforming Drainage Ditches, Culverts and Levees into Bike-Ped Trails for Transportation & Recreation

Planning for Sustainability Start Today!

฀ Communication ฀ Coordination ฀ Keeping Obesity Prevention on the Community Agenda

Challenges to Sustainability

฀ 1. Communication

฀ Monthly HGIO List Serve with Info. Blasts

฀ 2. Coordination

฀ Quarterly HGIO Coalition Meetings ฀ Periodic HGIO Work Group Meetings ฀ Periodic Informal HGIO Socials

฀ 3. Assimilate Other Obesity Projects

฀ Outreach ฀ Invite Other Organizations to Join HGIO

Potential Solutions for Challenges

฀ Capacity of Some Partners ฀ Lack of Outcomes Experience ฀ Competing Community Organizations

If Only I Had Known