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Who Am I?
- Professor of community nutrition at UD for
the past 31 years
- Registered dietitian
- Food Bank of DE board member for many
University of Delaware Sabbatical Work Nancy Cotugna, DrPH, RD, LDN - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
University of Delaware Sabbatical Work Nancy Cotugna, DrPH, RD, LDN - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
University of Delaware Sabbatical Work Nancy Cotugna, DrPH, RD, LDN Who Am I? Professor of community nutrition at UD for the past 31 years Registered dietitian Food Bank of DE board member for many years What a sabbatical is NOT What IS
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What a sabbatical is NOT
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What IS a sabbatical?
- To provide time away from the classroom for
research or other professional or creative activity.
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Goals of my sabbatical
- Increase the access to fresh produce and thus
more nutritious foods for clients of the food bank.
- Increase consumption of agricultural
commodities.
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Objectives
- Bring the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition
Program to the state
- Bring the WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition
Program to the state
- Research, write and submit proposals for
- ther funding opportunities
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Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)
- USDA funded ‐ $21 million annually
- Grants awarded to state agencies
- Provides coupons to low‐income seniors
– 60 years and older – 185% of poverty level
- Coupons exchanged at farmers’ markets or
roadside stands for locally grown fresh fruit and vegetables
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SFMNP
- Provides a maximum of $50/person/season
- DE is one of only 8 states that does not
participate in this program
- Program is typically a collaboration between
State Depts of Agriculture and Aging
- A state plan must be developed to apply for
this funding
– Defines implementation, operation, and administration of the program (~ 100 pages)
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WIC FMNP
- Goal is to provide fresh, locally grown fruits
and vegetables to WIC participants
- Also to expand the awareness, use of and
sales at farmers’ markets
- Open to women, infants over 4 months old
and children in the WIC program
- Maximum benefit is $30/person/season
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WIC FMNP
- State must match 30% of admin costs (no
match for seniors’ program)
- DE is one of 14 states that does not participate
- USDA grant similar to SFMNP
- Application is development of a state plan
similar to SFMNP
- I will be writing both of the state plans
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Other activities
- Assist with establishing the next phase of work
plan for AHC
- Explore expansion of opportunities for WIC
clients
– Example: split tender options
- Research and write state plans/grants, help
- btain funding
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Other activities
- Explore opportunities/marketing techniques
for acceptance and use of EBT cards at local farmers’ markets
- Collaborate with FBD development director
- n grant writing for the development of a CSA