Food policy

This report highlights the accomplishments of the Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities (HKHC) community partnerships at the midpoint of the grant program. HKHC works with communities across the country to help reshape environments through policy and environmental change strategies that support healthy living and prevent childhood obesity. The built environment can help or hinder community access for people to engage in healthy behaviors and HKHC places special emphasis on communities with children who are at highest risk of obesity on the basis of income, race/ethnicity and geographic location. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) from 2008-2014, the national program office (NPO) administers HKHC and provides tailored coaching and technical assistance to the 49 HKHC community partnerships.

This annotated resource guide provides a listing of relevant programs, organizations, tools and presentations intended to support  increasing healthy eating via community design.  Policy and environmental changes for healthy eating will allow families and children to have access to affordable and healthy choices for their meals. 

Advocacy can be an effective tool in empowering individuals and giving them the ability to influence decision makers while having a voice in community and policy change. Advocacy also allows individuals to effectively engage in their community and create active participation from many stakeholders. This annotated advocacy resource guide offers several tools and instruments that help organizations, communities and individuals aid enhancing citizen advocacy.