The Systems Approaches for Healthy Communities (SAHC) PSE learning collaborative is designed to identify and describe key concepts related to policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change interventions.

This interactive training is designed for staff and volunteers involved in congregate meal sites, aiming to enhance the dining experience through Wiser Dining. Wiser Dining focuses on creating a client-centered, health-promoting, and positive environment for clients. Participants will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to conduct a comprehensive needs assessment, set achievable goals, and utilize available resources effectively to meet those needs. The training covers Wiser Dining’s core focus areas: client-centered, cuisine and nutrition education, site environment, policies and procedures, and staff & volunteers.

Join us on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, for a free in-person event hosted by  CalFresh Healthy Living Statewide Training. The Promising Practices Summit will be held in Culver City, CA and will concentrate on successful initiatives and practical tips for implementing garden programs in your community. The Summit will also offer an opportunity to explore methods for guaranteeing that programs and initiatives are accessible, inclusive, and equitable for all members of the community.

The eCornell Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice self-paced course is an in-depth six-module course that provides an elevated approach to policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change interventions. This course will enhance your skills in assessing needs, engaging partners, developing and implementing action plans, evaluating efforts, and fostering sustainability within the PSE framework. This course is part of a learning collaborative that will enhance your understanding through interactive live sessions. The Learning Collaborative includes five live Zoom sessions (see schedule below), individual presentations, and approximately 12 hours of self-paced coursework spread out between the live Zoom sessions.

Food Smarts is a flexible, learner-centered cooking and nutrition curriculum with materials and lesson plans appropriate for K-12 youth and adults (including older adults).

This interactive training will equip participants to facilitate the Food Smarts: Waste Reduction curriculum for Kids. This curriculum aims to increase awareness of strategies and tools to support food waste reduction among young individuals.

This interactive training will equip participants to facilitate the Food Smarts: Waste Reduction curricula, which aims to increase awareness around strategies and tools to support food waste reduction.

This two-part training includes interactive, live sessions where you can practice tools that support your self-care and professional responsiveness.  You will learn practical approaches that nurture your resilience, clarity, and creativity and help you overcome professional and personal challenges.  Making self-care a personalized practice supports our ability to connect with our participants and communities with intention and compassion. The two-part training is facilitated by Shakti Rising, a leader in community well-being programs that prioritize health, safety, diversity, sustainability, and cultural responsiveness.    Participants are required to attend both live sessions.

Direct education in CalFresh Healthy Living supports individual health behaviors, but what if we can use our direct education to uncover community champions who drive positive changes for your site, organization, or community Policy, Systems, and Environment (PSE) activities? Join this webinar to hear real-life examples of how local implementers are turning this vision into reality.

Join us in August and September for a webinar series on the basics of the Smarter Lunchrooms Movement (SLM)! The Smarter Lunchrooms Movement is an evidence-based, SNAP Ed-approved Policy, Systems, and Environmental change intervention. It focuses on behavioral economics that uses small, low- or no-cost changes to the school lunchroom to make the healthy choice the easy choice for students. In this series of three webinars, participants will receive an introduction to behavioral economics, the principles behind SLM, and the five-step process for implementing SLM. By attending this webinar series, participants will have completed the first step in becoming an SLM of CA Certified Technical Advising Professional (TAP). Although not required, attendees are encouraged to complete all three sessions. However, all three sessions must be completed before participating in the remaining steps in the TAP certification process.

Join us on Thursday, August 29, 2024, for a free in-person event hosted by CalFresh Healthy Living Statewide Training. The Promising Practices Summit will be held in Bakersfield, CA, and will concentrate on successful initiatives and practical tips for implementing physical activity programs in your community. The Summit will also offer an opportunity to explore methods for guaranteeing that programs and initiatives are accessible, inclusive, and equitable for all members of the community.

CATCH Kids Club training session, open to all CFHL staff who want to become implementers. This is also an opportunity for current CATCH Kids Club implementers to recertify.

This in-person, two-day workshop is designed to provide participants with the knowledge, skills, and resources to plan, develop, and sustain an edible school or community garden.  Participants must attend both days. Day 1 (in the classroom): Be ready for an action-packed day focused on developing and implementing a sustainable garden program.  Participants will describe how a garden extends beyond the “site” to reinforce community-wide PSE efforts, build a garden strategic plan, and practice developing and delivering garden program messaging that will resonate with any audience. Day 2 (in the garden): Dig your hands into the soil, and discover new techniques in this all-day garden skills workshop.  Focused on designing your garden space and conducting a garden analysis, participants will classify soil types, determine when and where in the garden to plant crops, demonstrate harvesting techniques, and install a drip irrigation system. Space is limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.  If you are interested in attending, please fill out the registration form.  Additional trainings will be held throughout the state in FFY 24.

This training will provide participants with an understanding of the impact of stimulant use on women and how to provide strength-based and trauma-informed approaches that promote recovery.

This course sets the foundation for future Leah's Pantry run courses.

This CalFresh Healthy Living Building Blocks for Success course will provide an overview of SNAP-Ed, what it is, who it serves, the Integrated Workplan (IWP) Blueprint, fiscal, programmatic, and disability inclusion as well as resources.

This is a USDA required course that emphasizes the most important civil rights information designed to support CalFresh Healthy Living (CFHL) work and the communities served. Please note, all CFHL funded staff, including state and local staff, must complete the Civil Rights training each year.

Este es un curso requerido por el USDA que enfatiza la información más importante sobre derechos civiles diseñada para apoyar el trabajo de CalFresh Healthy Living (CFHL) y las comunidades atendidas. Tenga en cuenta que todo el personal financiado por CFHL, incluido el personal estatal y local, debe completar la capacitación en Derechos Civiles cada año.