2023 SNAC Webinar Series
Food is Medicine: Overview and Implementation
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In this presentation, Alissa Wassung, Executive Director of the Food is Medicine Coalition (FIMC), spoke about Food is Medicine and why it has more recently come into the spotlight as a way to address food insecurity. Alissa outlined Food is Medicine interventions and told us more about the work of the Food is Medicine Coalition. Examples of how Food is Medicine approaches are being implemented in Northwest Indiana were shared by Jodi Bella and Sandra Noe with Meals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana.
Resources shared in the meeting:
Aspen Institute Food Is Medicine Research Action Plan
FIMC Accelerator – Year 4 Applications open/due May 1
FIMC White House Conference Information
FIMC Listserv Sign Up at the bottom of each page: https://www.fimcoalition.org/
Supporting Federal and State Policy from the Local Level
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In this webinar, we heard from Ambre Marr, State Legislative Director, and Jason Tomcsi, State Director of Communications, with AARP Indiana. Watch this webinar to learn more about general strategies and tools that can be used to share the experiences of your community members and advocate for change at the local, state, and federal level. Ambre and Jason also discuss the difference between advocacy and lobbying and how AARP Indiana engages volunteers to ensure community member voices are heard across the local, state, and federal levels of the legislative process.
Resources shared during this meeting:
Engaging Leaders and Policymakers by Anchoring Community Voice
In this webinar, we heard about the Community Voices for Health in Monroe County framework from Liz Grenat, Director of the Community Justice and Mediation Center (CJAM) and Annie Eakin, Community Wellness Coordinator with the Purdue Extension Nutrition Education Program. For context, in April 2020, the CJAM and Bloomington Health Foundation (BHF) were jointly awarded a 30-month grant by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to analyze current practices, identify gaps, and develop a model for community engagement that is equitable and inclusive. The project, Community Voices for Health in Monroe County (CVHMC), aims to reimagine how decisions are made in communities and to transform existing practices into ones that are meaningful, community-wide, and embrace varying perspectives.
Resources shared during this meeting:
Community Voices for Health Toolkit
Social Determinants of Health Screenings in Indiana Hospital Systems
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Download Parkview Health’s PowerPoint presentation
In this webinar, teams from Eskenazi Health in central Indiana and Parkview Health in northeast Indiana shared more about their social determinants of health screening processes. Each group explained how their screening processes are structured, how the screening processes are logistically implemented, and how the screenings related to larger community health needs assessments and engagement efforts.
Food Councils 101
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In this webinar, staff from the Northwest Indiana Food Council will be discussed the formation and logistics of local food councils. Presenters talked more about how a food council gets started in a community and how they have sustained their Council overtime. In this presentation, attendees will also learn how food councils play a role in local food access.
Supporting Community Well-being through Art and Placemaking
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Download the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority/Patronicity PowerPoint Presentation
During this webinar, we heard from Miah Michaelsen of the Indiana Arts Commission, Meagan Huber of the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority, and Bridget Anderson of Patronicity.
Miah Michaelson discussed health outcome data related to engagement with art, how to engage multi-sector partners (including artists) in a community well-being approach, and programs and grants available through the Indiana Arts Commission.
Meagan Huber and Bridget Anderson talked more about the public-private partnership between the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority and Patronicity. Through this partnership, the CreatINg Places program is implemented across Indiana. Join us to learn more about how placemaking projects have been implemented in urban and rural Indiana communities to address community engagement and well-being.
2022 Dialogue Sessions: Recordings & Resources
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