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CalFresh Healthy Living program to expand to Middletown Unified elementary sites in early 2025
Summary
Lake County's CalFresh Healthy Living coordinator told the board the SNAP-Ed grant supports nutrition education, school gardens and the CATCH physical-activity curriculum and will expand to Coyote Valley in early 2025 under a 2024—26 grant period.
Naomi Suematsu, health programs coordinator for CalFresh Healthy Living through Lake County Health Services, presented the SNAP-Ed program's work in local elementary schools and plans for expansion.
Suematsu said the program (formerly Champions for Change) runs under a 2024—26 grant and focuses on classroom nutrition lessons based on the MyPlate curriculum, support for school gardens and the CATCH physical-activity curriculum. She said CalFresh Healthy Living currently operates in five elementary schools countywide and plans to add Coyote Valley in early 2025. The program can also offer brief nutrition-education sessions for adult family members.
Board members asked about staffing and garden materials; Suematsu said the program provides garden supplies and occasional in-person support from the single program coordinator but has no separate staff to place at each site. She also described assessment tools (site-level assessments developed by the UC Nutrition Policy Institute) used to guide improvements.
Trustees thanked Suematsu and noted recent school garden successes at Cobb and Mini Cannon.
