Challenge for a Healthier Louisiana
Background • Partners • Infrastructure/Programs • 52:10
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 outcomes – 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 LONG-TERM GOAL: Interpersonal: Social Media Club HEALTHIER Organization: Coord. School Health HABITS Community: Service Projects Policy: Advisory Council
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 often insular and do 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.
Healthy Living Club: By the numbers 3 31 5 7 Mobile food Community Community pantries fitness challenges teaching gardens 1 A coalition of non-profit Park/playground organizations dedicated improvement to promoting healthy projects 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. Learn more at thehealthylivingclub.org. healthier Lafayette
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 • How ow ? Let t ers of of sust ai ainab abilit y, foc ocus of of ou our las ast year ar, m or ore PDA’s now t hat parks are co com plet ed. Track cking our “ ripple effect ct ” . W he hen? n? Now , ong ngoing ng. W e are in n t he he planni nning ng st age of w ho ho w ill car arry on on t he t or orch an and how ow now ow . These ar are on ongoi oing convers rsat ions. Possibly m ore re focus gro roups as w e did in t he beginni nning ng.
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 organization (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 organizations following their own rules delays the over all progress – we didn’t plan for that in our 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
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