CAN-Act - California Association of Nutrition & Activity Programs
| CAN-Act staff work from the CA WIC Association offices: 1107 9th Street, Suite 625 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 448-2280 ph (916) 448-7826 fax email: melody@can-act.net halley@can-act.net |
About us:
Our mission is to support healthy eating and active living in low
income communities through provider leadership, client
empowerment, and vigorous support for better SNAP-Ed
(Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education - formerly
Food Stamps). We accomplish our mission through
Administrative advocacy with state and federal funding agencies to
improve procedures and practices related to Food Stamp Nutrition
Education operations,
Facilitating peer support and grassroots leadership development to
improve program quality and integrity,
Development of projects and initiatives to complement and enhance
existing programs,
Training, technical assistance and improved communication
between and among the state agency and local projects, and
Policy advocacy for the communities we serve.
Learn more about CAN-Act - click on any of the buttons at the top!
Our mission is to support healthy eating and active living in low
income communities through provider leadership, client
empowerment, and vigorous support for better SNAP-Ed
(Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education - formerly
Food Stamps). We accomplish our mission through
Administrative advocacy with state and federal funding agencies to
improve procedures and practices related to Food Stamp Nutrition
Education operations,
Facilitating peer support and grassroots leadership development to
improve program quality and integrity,
Development of projects and initiatives to complement and enhance
existing programs,
Training, technical assistance and improved communication
between and among the state agency and local projects, and
Policy advocacy for the communities we serve.
Learn more about CAN-Act - click on any of the buttons at the top!
What's New? Read CAN-Act's May newsletter here. CAN-Act is working to make SNAP-Ed a more effective and efficient publicly funded program. We've written a policy brief entitled "SNAP-Ed: Doing More of What Matters" and would like your help in distributing it broadly. Give us a call (see contact page) if you have ideas! You can download the brief here. |
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