Community Food Security Coalition grant proposal for health education

Grant Proposal for Theoretical Health or Nutrition-Oriented Project

The Community Food Security Coalition CFSC

Community Conservation and Health Education Center

The goals and objectives of the proposal include:

Meeting the nutritional needs of people living in low socio-economic regions of the community.

Increasing the autonomy of individuals living in communities that need food assistance and those that need health assistance.

Promoting logical and helpful information on request about nutrition or health-related issues using our website and pamphlets, and health promotions teams.

Working with agricultural specialists to convert farms to sustainable living environments that will sustain the community in the future and for years to come.

Meeting the specific food and agriculture needs to help create an infrastructure that will allow for development and long-term planning that will benefit consumers and producers.

Providing the children with community recreational support that will provide free nutrition and meals to children living in low socio-economic environments.

Focus Area

Community outreach programs, religious non-profits, farmers' markets, youth, sustainable agriculturalists, health centers within the community, recreation centers, educational facilities for grade school children.

Mission

The Community Conservation and Health Education Center is committed to providing health and nutritional information and support to regional facilities by taking advantage of community collaboration and by working directly with rural and urban agriculture, with local healthcare providers and nursing teams, with educational and training facilities and with local food market development teams.

Programs

The community CCHED resides in is one that includes many farmers, agriculturists, sustainable living enthusiasts and many, many people of low socio-economic status. The creation and expansion of CCHED will allow these people an opportunity to not only acquire the health and nutritional advice and information they need, it will also provide them with supplies and information that will help them learn how to bolster the agricultural potential of the area so they become self-sufficient.

There are two food centers in town the CCHED will work directly with that provide meals and educational information to people that sign up for their program. These facilities also work with the CCHED to support and sound economic and agricultural investment that will allow the community to live healthy and high quality lives.

The CCHED also partners with JKD Memorial Health Center, and will work with registered nurses and Certified Nursing Assistants to develop a program that will teach minors in school how to improve their health through nutrition, and how to invest in sustainable living causes including sustainable agriculture. The idea is that the CCHED will provide community members with the resources they need to regulate farming, restore sustainable agricultural farms so that people have enough food, and to provide those in need with proper nutrition and health education.

The regional nurses working with the CCHED will also provide free health checks that will include blood pressure testing, flu vaccines and cholesterol testing to local residents. Screens for women will also be offered at a reduced fee to protect women's health, whether they require OB assistance or Mammography assistance. Free PAPs will be offered to local women requiring this health assistance. The CCHED will also work with regional agriculturalists and educators to provide them with information they can include in science and health education classes that will improve the quality of life in the area.

Profile

During the next five years, CCHEC will rely on USDA funding to provide health and nutritional information and support to low-income urban and rural residents including children and the elderly. The goal will include building and creating a more educated community that is capable of creating sustainable food sources through changes in agriculture and education.