ACCESS to Play was written by members of the AZ Health Zone State Implementation Team in the FY2021-2025 Grant Cycle with the assistance of local implementing agencies. This guide was created based on a need for resources as identified by local implementing agencies.

In this training, learn about how Adaptive Physical Activity can support movement for all. Part of the FY25 disability inclusion series, this training was provided by Dr. Lauren Lieberman of SUNY Brockport.

This fact sheet discusses the benefits of well written shared-use agreements.

Nemours Health and Prevention Services created these physical activity guidelines to help promote and support quality physical activity for children and youth.

Panel Webinar presented 12/4/2024. Exploring the intersection of Built Environment projects and Community Engagement through real-world success stories.

This fact sheet provides talking points and information to use when advocating for healthier street design.

This fact sheet provides talking points and information to use when advocating for healthier street design.

This checklist is designed to identify issues to consider when developing a joint use agreement to share existing facilities.

Parenting with activity demands a division of responsibility. Parents provide structure, safety and opportunities. Children determine how much and whether to move and the manner of moving.

Parenting with activity demands a division of responsibility. Parents provide structure, safety and opportunities. Children determine how much and whether to move and the manner of moving.

Community engagement webinar presented on 11/9/23. Simple strategies to incorporate more community engagement. Facilitated discussion of successful strategies from AZ Health Zone local implementing agencies.

Community Engagement webinar presented on 5/29/24. Strategies for using the information gathered through consulting, involving and collaborating.

This resource guide is intended for education policymakers, administrators and personnel at the state, school district, and individual school levels. It provides a detailed examination of the most up-to-date and relevant research linking physical activity and academic achievement, as well as the current rates of activity among school-aged youth. Common challenges and obstacles faced by schools—such as transportation costs, safety and liability issues—are discussed, as well as ways Safe Routes to School programs can help to mitigate these issues.

This guide provides a roadmap to making all types of communities bicycle friendly. This guide helps policy makers figure out where to start, and spells out how to effectively use policy to promote bicycling.

Go4Life from the National Institute on Aging at NIH is designed to help older adults fit exercise and physical activity into their daily life. This resource explores the kinds of exercises and physical activity that improve health and physical ability.

Congratulations on getting your Club up and walking! You got the motivated, now keep them motivated for big success. Use these tips to make sure your Walking Club doesn't break stride.

Grant Training Part 1 of 2, presented by Evelyn Whitmer & Rhegan Derfus in 2023.

Grant Training Part 2 of 2, presented by Pinnacle Prevention in 2023.

Follow these four simple steps, andy you'll be on your way to plotting a course with your new Walking Club.

Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs and projects help schools and communities improve safety, and get more children walking and bicycling to and from school. This resource guide focuses on schools and communities where at least half of students or community residents are low-income; it is intended to fill that gap.

Use this log to determine how much time you are spending in front of a screen.

This infographic outlines a few of the many strategies that can help get people bicycling around town.

The National Policy & Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity (NPLAN) developed model joint use agreements to aid the development of such agreements. There is no one model joint use agreement and there is no single method to develop an agreement, but these are a great start.

This report explains how to use one set of tools – zoning and subdivision codes – to make communities more walkable and bikeable. It was designed to assist public health department professionals and advocates in their efforts to revise their local codes, but it may also be useful to other stakeholders routinely involved with updating and revising zoning and subdivision codes, including elected officials, planners, and local advocates.

The NRPA Safe Routes to Parks Resource Guide is intended to provide professionals (park and recreation and their allied professionals) with resources to support the implementation of the Safe Routes to Parks Action Framework. Under each section of the framework, links to relevant resources are listed as well as a brief description of their contents. These resources include toolkits, assessments, online tools, case studies, and more and were developed by NRPA, partner organizations, and leaders in the field.

This resource calls out specific approaches and tools that may be particularly helpful for rural schools, exploring elements of the Safe Routes to School District Policy Workbook. It walks through why safe routes matter, how to succeed with safe routes, and policies that support walking and biking to schools.

The Open Streets Project is collaboration between the Alliance for Biking & Walking and The Street Plans Collaborative. The goal of the project is to share information about open streets and increase the number, size, and frequency of initiatives occurring across North America. The Open Streets Project includes a published guide and this interactive website, which allows advocates and new open streets organizers to explore open streets efforts in other peer cities. To learn more, please visit: http://openstreetsproject.org/

A toolkit providing activities for painted stencils that promote children’s physical activity and fundamental motor skill development.

A toolkit providing activities for painted stencils that promote children’s physical activity and fundamental motor skill development.

This resource and tip sheet is designed to support person-centered approaches for Active Living strategies and activities.

This report discusses the importance of each of the five settings and its relation to youth physical activity, presents a review of and conclusions about the strength of evidence supporting interventions to increase physical activity, and describes research needs. The report also discusses several notable precedents for policy involvement in youth physical activity, describes the potential for policy and programs to further encourage increased physical activity among youth, and discusses other approaches to consider in developing strategies to increase physical activity among youth.

This toolkit is a nuts-and-bolts guide designed to help school staff and other community leaders craft and implement joint use agreements. Complete with model agreement language and success stories from communities around the country. This toolkit provides a comprehensive overview of the most common ways to finance joint use arrangements, and guidance on how to overcome obstacles that may arise in negotiating and enforcing a joint use agreement.

Vision Zero initiatives around the country are moving to create a major cultural shift in how people relate to transportation and what they expect from their transportation systems. Young people, who have always been at the forefront of cultural and social change, will play an essential role in the success of this work.

This guide is a comprehensive reference manual designed to support the development of Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs. It provides links to other SRTS publications and training resources. It contains several chapters about specific topics of a SRTS program and is an “all-inclusive” guide.

This illustrated roadmap outlines thirteen policy options that can help make Safe Routes to School a permanent part of our communities. The accompanying brochure breaks down the policy options even further.

This illustrated roadmap outlines thirteen policy options that can help make Safe Routes to School a permanent part of our communities. The accompanying brochure breaks down the policy options even further.

This fact sheet provides talking points and information to help communities create Safe Routes to School programs and policies. English_Spanish

These successful demonstrations showcased proven methods of slowing traffic and increasing safety with traffic calming designs. The demonstrations were used to educate community members, elected officials, and city staff on how we can work together to create safer, more vibrant, and healthier communities. These educational events have the potential to influence policy change for better street design.

These SNAP-Ed program resources teach important physical activity concepts. Additionally, SNAP-Ed funds projects from active transport to using parks and public spaces.

The purpose of this guide is to provide a clear description of how to plan and organize a walking school bus using adult volunteers as leaders. This step-by-step guide outlines how to plan and implement a walking school bus for your school, and includes proven tools, tips and resources for a fast and easy start. Whether or not you are familiar with SRTS, this guide will get you started on the right foot.

This tool aims to help get kids more physically activity on their way to school. This resource identifies areas to work on in order to get a walking school bus in your community which includes where to start, reaching more children, identifying potential routes, finalizing logistics and kicking off the program. To learn more, please visit: http://www.walkingschoolbus.org/

Brief brochure overview of regulated childcare guidelines from the three Arizona agencies within the tri-agency matrix: Arizona Department of Education, Arizona Department of Health Services, and the Arizona Department of Economic Security.

This book offers 52 physical activities and their variations that are fun for young children. This is designed for children to develop fundamental movement skills and physical fitness, inclusive of children with special needs.

In this training, learn about how Adaptive Physical Activity can support movement for all. Part of the FY25 disability inclusion series, this training was provided by Dr. Lauren Lieberman of SUNY Brockport.

States and communities can promote and support early child nutrition (ECN) in early care and education settings in many ways. ECN includes breastfeeding support, responsive feeding, and opportunities for children to eat a variety of nutrient-dense foods.

This document contains shared breastmilk labeling guidance for regulatory requirements and best practices and was developed as a collaboration between AZ Health Zone, Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona Department of Education, First Things First - Quality First, Empower

This document contains shared breastmilk labeling guidance for regulatory requirements and best practices and was developed as a collaboration between AZ Health Zone, Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona Department of Education, First Things First - Quality First, Empower

The Network serves as a resource to build Arizona’s early education workforce and promote the early childhood professional development system. The goal of this website is to connect early childhood practitioners and others interested in the field with resources to advance their careers. Within these pages, you will find information ranging from scholarships and professional development opportunities to events and ideas for your classroom.

The Arizona Early Learning Standards have been developed to provide a framework for the planning of quality learning experiences for all children three to five years of age. The standards cover a broad range of skill development and provide a useful instructional foundation for children from diverse backgrounds and with diverse abilities. The standards are intended for use by all those who work with young children in any early care and education setting in urban, rural, and tribal communities.

The Arizona Early Learning Standards have been developed to provide a framework for the planning of quality learning experiences for all children three to five years of age. The standards cover a broad range of skill development and provide a useful instructional foundation for children from diverse backgrounds and with diverse abilities. The standards are intended for use by all those who work with young children in any early care and education setting in urban, rural, and tribal communities.

The guide is a comprehensive guidebook that provides a strong foundation to support the growing school garden movement. It was developed by a team of experienced garden educators, nutritionists, state officials, and other garden experts. This guidebook is a must-have resource for anyone looking to enhance learning through the use of gardens in schools and other community settings.

These guidelines describe expectations about what infants and toddlers should know (understand) and do (competencies and skills) across multiple domains of development during specific age ranges, as well as what adults can do to support children’s optimal learning and development.

These guidelines describe expectations about what infants and toddlers should know (understand) and do (competencies and skills) across multiple domains of development during specific age ranges, as well as what adults can do to support children’s optimal learning and development.

Youth & Society, 2015, Vol. 47(1) 29–50 © The Author(s) 2012. DOI: 10.1177/0044118X12468011

This Toolkit supports the delivery of four distinct Better Together Learning Collaboratives with each one focused on a different topic area: Physical Activity, Child Nutrition, Breastfeeding & Infant Feeding, and Screen Time. While the content of each Learning Collaborative is different, the overall structure is the same.

These labels help childcare providers store and use breastmilk safely.

This resource provides information on storage temperatures and guidelines for breastmilk at home and in child care facilities.

This resource provides information on storage temperatures and guidelines for breastmilk at home and in child care facilities.

Brief one-pagers on meal pattern standards for children, adult, and infant feeding.

Cathryn Johnson, MPH, IBCLC, ckrjohnson@ucanr.edu, University of California, Agriculture and Nature Resources, 423 E. Saint Charles St, San Andreas, CA, 95249; Yu Meng, PhD, University of California, Agriculture and Nature Resources; Marisa Neelon, MS, RD, University of California, Agriculture and Nature Resources; Charles Go, PhD, University of California, Agriculture and Nature Resources; Nancy Erbstein, PhD, University of California, Davis; Brandon Louie, MS, University of California, Davis; Deedee Chao, BS, University of California, Davis

Caring for Our Children, (CFOC) is a collection of national standards that represent the best practices, based on evidence, expertise, and experience, for quality health and safety policies and practices for today's early care and education settings.

These resources and toolkits can help advance early child nutrition in early care and education (ECE) settings. The resources can be used in states and communities.

CDC and other organizations have developed tools and resources to promote healthy growth in Early Care and Education (ECE) settings. States, communities, ECE providers, and public health practitioners can use these materials to support these efforts. Includes: strategies, frameworks, data, and success stories.

The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a federal program that provides reimbursements for nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children and adults who are enrolled for care at participating child care centers, day care homes, and adult day care centers. CACFP also provides reimbursements for meals served to children and youth participating in afterschool care programs, children residing in emergency shelters, and adults over the age of 60 or living with a disability and enrolled in day care facilities.

The nutrition standards for meals and snacks served in the CACFP are based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, science-based recommendations made by the National Academy of Medicine, cost and practical considerations, and stakeholder input. The standards support the service of a greater variety of vegetables and fruit, whole grains, lean meats/meat alternative, and low-fat and fat-free dairy while minimizing added sugar and saturated fat. In addition, the standards encourage breastfeeding to align the CACFP with the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

The nutrition standards for meals and snacks served in the CACFP are based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, science-based recommendations made by the National Academy of Medicine, cost and practical considerations, and stakeholder input. In addition, the standards encourage breastfeeding to align the CACFP with the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

The nutrition standards for meals and snacks served in the CACFP are based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, science-based recommendations made by the National Academy of Medicine, cost and practical considerations, and stakeholder input. In addition, the standards encourage breastfeeding to align the CACFP with the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

Arizona Department of Education provides information and resources for Child Nutrition Programs such as National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Afterschool Care Snack Program and At-Risk Afterschool Meals, and Summer Meal Service.

The Child Opportunity Index (COI) measures and maps the quality of resources and conditions like these that matter for children's healthy development in the neighborhoods where they live.

This recorded training video is part one of a two part series on classroom management provided by educational consultants, Branching Out.

This recorded training video is part two of a two part series on classroom management provided by educational consultants, Branching Out.

Congratulations on completing Step 1 of the DIG in Cycle of Improvement! You can now use your DIG in tool results and this planning sheet for Step 2. We have created this template to help you and your team review your DIG in ratings, summarize your garden goals, create an action
plan and develop a task list for the next steps.

This worksheet provides a guide for school boards, superintendents, district staff and others to develop and review board policies and administrative regulations related to physical activity.

Determining which DIG In Evaluation and Training is Right for Your Site.

DIG in Schools Implementation Training presented by Kathryn Faull.

State and local programs can use this information to build equity into their work on early child nutrition (ECN) in early care and education (ECE) settings.

States and communities can support early child nutrition (ECN) in early care and education settings (ECE) in many ways. Here are some action steps to get started.

The Arizona Early Learning Standards have been developed to provide a framework for the planning of quality learning experiences for all children three to five years of age. The standards cover a broad range of skill development and provide a useful instructional foundation for children from diverse backgrounds and with diverse abilities. The standards are intended for use by all those who work with young children in any early care and education setting in urban, rural and tribal communities.

CDC's Early Care and Education (ECE) State Indicator Report 2023 provides data on what states are doing to promote healthy growth in ECE settings. The report can guide future ECE nutrition, physical activity, and healthy growth.

This handout will help guide participants in making feeding decisions for their child.

Step-by-step, throughout their growing-up years, children build on their natural ability and become eating competent. Parents let them learn and grow with eating when they follow the Division of Responsibility in Feeding.

Step-by-step, throughout their growing-up years, children build on their natural ability and become eating competent. Parents let them learn and grow with eating when they follow the Division of Responsibility in Feeding.

Parenting with activity demands a division of responsibility. Parents provide structure, safety and opportunities. Children determine how much and whether to move and the manner of moving.

Parenting with activity demands a division of responsibility. Parents provide structure, safety and opportunities. Children determine how much and whether to move and the manner of moving.

This is a sample email that can be used for outreach to out-of-school time programs.

Sample Partnership Agreement (PA).

This toolkit contains the materials necessary to plan and deliver an Empower Advanced training. This toolkit should only be utilized after completion of an Empower AdvancedTrain the Trainer session.

Note: Videos are included throughout the training presentation. Refer to the Facilitation Notes for indication when a video is meant to be played. Video files are included for download in the toolkit.

This toolkit contains the materials necessary to plan and deliver an Empower Basic training. This toolkit should only be utilized after completion of an Empower Basic Train the Trainer session.

Note: Videos are included throughout the training presentation. Refer to the Facilitation Notes for indication when a video is meant to be played. Video files are included for download in the toolkit.

This manual is for anyone who supports quality practices and policies in out-of-school time (OOST) settings, from technical assistance (TA) providers to program directors. This can be a position within an OOST program or an external program that provides support to OOST programs.

Use this infographic as a tool with providers, parents, and community partners to communicate how the Empower Standards may be implemented and how daily practices support each standard. Keep in mind that your work in the AzNN applies to the Empower Standards related to obesity prevention (1, 3, 4, 5, and 6).

Standards for Empower Out-of-School Time Programs in Arizona. By implementing the Empower Standards, you are supporting healthy relationships with food, encouraging physical activity, preventing exposure to tobacco and secondhand smoke, supporting sun safety practices, and promoting healthy oral health behaviors so the children in your care can grow up healthy.

Sample action plan for Empower Out-of-School Time.

Sample policies for Empower Standards 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6. ECE decision makers may use these policy templates when creating or revising policies in their setting.

This tool is used with sites participating in the Empower Program by Arizona Department of Health Services Bureau of Child Care Licensing and the Department of Economic Security contracted child care facilities (Family Child Care Homes).

This tool is used with sites participating in the Empower Program by the Arizona Department of Health Services Bureau of Child Care Licensing and the Department of Economic Security contract child care facilities (Family Child Care Homes).

Community engagement webinar presented on 11/9/23. Simple strategies to incorporate more community engagement. Facilitated discussion of successful strategies from AZ Health Zone local implementing agencies.

Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, Vol. 89, No. 5. doi:10.1007/s11524-012-9684-8

This guide is intended to help early care and learning professionals and their programs, including center based, family child care, Head Start and public preschools, successfully implement Family Style Dining practices. This guide focuses on serving meals family style with toddlers and preschoolers, though afterschool programs may adopt these practices as well.

This document contains shared family-style meal guidance for regulatory requirements and best practice, brought to you in collaboration with AZ Health Zone, Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona Department of Education, First Things First - Quality First, and Empower.

This document contains shared family-style meal guidance for regulatory requirements and best practice, brought to you in collaboration with AZ Health Zone, Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona Department of Education, First Things First - Quality First, and Empower.

These resources can help advance Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE) in your state or community. Farm to ECE programs provide children with increased access to healthy, regionally produced foods through local purchasing. They can also help children learn more about food and how food is grown.

This report is broken down into 7 primary sections: the epidemiology of infant and toddler feeding practices in the U.S.; the methodology followed in the development of these guidelines; what to feed infants and toddlers; responsive parenting and feeding; other behaviors found to be interrelated to feeding and important in responsive parenting; overcoming barriers for implementation of the guidelines by caregivers; and key research recommendations identified by the expert panel as important to moving the field forward.

First Things First and other key partners in Arizona’s early childhood system developed this detailed resource to help parents, families and other caregivers understand the appropriate development of children from birth to age 3, and also what they can do to support children’s healthy development and learning. Recognizing that all children progress differently, these guidelines describe expectations about what infants and toddlers should know (understand) and do (competencies and skills) across the full range of development.

Model school wellness policy language for limiting unhealthy marketing to students.

Krista Harper, Catherine Sands, Diego Angarita Horowitz, Molly Totman,
Monica Maitín, Jonell Sostre Rosado, Jazmin Colon & Nick Alger (2017) Food justice youth
development: using Photovoice to study urban school food systems, Local Environment, 22:7,
791-808, DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2016.1274721

Community Engagement webinar presented on 5/29/24. Strategies for using the information gathered through consulting, involving and collaborating.

Explore online tools for child care providers or a technical assistance professionals and learn how programs use Go NAPSACC to improve their practices, policies and environments to meet best practices.

Grant Training Part 1 of 2, presented by Evelyn Whitmer & Rhegan Derfus in 2023.

Grant Training Part 2 of 2, presented by Pinnacle Prevention in 2023.

This resource kit will give child care providers the tools they need to teach children about eating right and being physically active using familiar Sesame Street characters.

This fact sheet is designed to help parents and community advocates ensure that their district’s policy is enforced.

This guide enhances AZ Health Zone staff’s family engagement skills when working with SNAP-Ed-eligible ECE sites. Building relationships with families increase family involvement, integrate community support and resources, and increases ECE program success.

This guide enhances AZ Health Zone staff’s family engagement skills when working with SNAP-Ed eligible ECE sites. Building
relationships with families increases family involvement, integrated community support and resources, and ECE program success.

Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs and projects help schools and communities improve safety, and get more children walking and bicycling to and from school. This resource guide focuses on schools and communities where at least half of students or community residents are low-income; it is intended to fill that gap.

This powerpoint provides a self-paced overview and implementation tips that support the Smarter Lunchroom Movement. This training is Part 1, with Part 2 created by the State Evaluation Team. Once both trainings have been completed, you are a certified Smarter Lunchrooms Movement Consultant, and your certification is valid for the 2026-2030 AZ Health Zone grant cycle.

The purpose of this guide is to explain why your ECE center or family child care home should serve water to children under your care, and to give you information on how to do it. It also describes how providing water fits in with serving other beverages.

CDC resources and information on infant and toddler nutrition including nutrition for growth and development, breastfeeding facts, and tips for parents and caregivers.

School gardens offer opportunities for fun and physical activity while serving as an important educational tool to help students understand how healthy food is produced. Before you start a garden of your own, read and download this step-by-step guide, which offers important information about how to safely grow your own fruits and vegetables with your students.

When you think back to elementary school, recess is often a highlight of the day. Recess was a time to play with friends and socialize. Research shows that recess is more than just a break from classroom time — it helps students not only increase their daily physical activity promoting healthy growth and development, but also helps students practice social skills (e.g., cooperation, following rules, problem solving, negotiation, sharing, communication), positively engage in classroom activities (e.g., being on-task, not being disruptive), and enhance cognitive performance (e.g., attention, memory). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlines the following benefits of recess for students:

• Increasing their level of physical activity.

• Improving their memory, attention, and concentration.

• Helping them stay on-task in the classroom.

• Reducing disruptive behavior in the classroom.

• Improving their social and emotional development (e.g.,

The evidence is clear - healthy, active students are ready to learn and contribute to a positive school climate.

Engage school staff and parents in school wellness using these ready-to-go communication tools. Sharing news about your Local School Wellness Policy is easy with these flyers, presentations, newsletter articles, and social media posts. Your school can personalize them to make them specific to your Local School Wellness Policy activities.

What is a Local Wellness Policy?

A local wellness policy (LWP) is a document created by a Local Education Agency (LEA) or district that documents the policies and efforts to establish an
environment that promotes students’ health, well-being, and ability to learn.

This document represents requirements and best practices for developing menus and providing meals that support healthy growth and development. Developed as a collaboration between AZ Health Zone, Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona Department of Education, First Things First - Quality First, Empower.

This document represents requirements and best practices for developing menus and providing meals that support healthy growth and development. Developed as a collaboration between AZ Health Zone, Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona Department of Education, First Things First - Quality First, Empower.

This document represents requirements and best practices for developing menus and providing meals that support healthy growth and development. Developed as a collaboration between AZ Health Zone, Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona Department of Education, First Things First - Quality First, Empower.

This document represents requirements and best practices for developing menus and providing meals that support healthy growth and development. Developed as a collaboration between AZ Health Zone, Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona Department of Education, First Things First - Quality First, Empower.

This document represents requirements and best practices for developing menus and providing meals that support healthy growth and development. Developed as a collaboration between AZ Health Zone, Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona Department of Education, First Things First - Quality First, Empower.

This document represents requirements and best practices for developing menus and providing meals that support healthy growth and development. Developed as a collaboration between AZ Health Zone, Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona Department of Education, First Things First - Quality First, Empower.

This document represents requirements and best practices for developing menus and providing meals that support healthy growth and development. Developed as a collaboration between AZ Health Zone, Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona Department of Education, First Things First - Quality First, Empower.

This document represents requirements and best practices for developing menus and providing meals that support healthy growth and development. Developed as a collaboration between AZ Health Zone, Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona Department of Education, First Things First - Quality First, Empower.

The National Policy & Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity (NPLAN) developed model joint use agreements to aid the development of such agreements. There is no one model joint use agreement and there is no single method to develop an agreement, but these are a great start.

This guide is intended to serve as a practical tool for implementing feeding best practices for optimal nutrition in early care and education settings. Those who work in child care centers, schools, community organizations or primary health care practices play an important part in supporting children’s development of healthy habits, both by providing nutritious food and by teaching children how to make healthy food choices. Children who learn these habits when they’re young are more likely to continue making healthy choices in adulthood. By sharing information with families and early care and education providers, you can work with them as partners to support healthy children.

Nemours Health and Prevention Services (NHPS) created these physical activity guidelines to help promote and support quality physical activity for children and youth. Those who work in child care centers, schools, community organizations or primary health care practices have powerful opportunities to ensure children have access to health-promoting physical activity on a daily basis. Equipped with information about best practices, parents, family members and neighbors can serve as important advocates to ensure that physical activity becomes a regular and enjoyable part of daily life for children.

This workbook serves to help child care providers, families, and communities work together to raise fit, happy children. Child care providers and other early childhood professionals can use this workbook to develop their own individualized wellness policies.

Team Nutrition supports the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) by providing training and technical assistance to child care providers and program operators, nutrition education for children and families, and resources to support a healthier environment.

A toolkit providing activities for painted stencils that promote children’s physical activity and fundamental motor skill development.

A toolkit providing activities for painted stencils that promote children’s physical activity and fundamental motor skill development.

This guide was developed to aid in designing and painting playgrounds with a goal of increasing opportunities for physical activity in preschools. The guide addresses: preschool physical activity recommendations; fundamental movement skills; suggested playground elements; and preparation and instructions for painting and tools to assist with playground designs.

This resource and tip sheet is designed to support person-centered approaches for Childhood strategies and activities.

This toolkit is a nuts-and-bolts guide designed to help school staff and other community leaders craft and implement joint use agreements. Complete with model agreement language and success stories from communities around the country. This toolkit provides a comprehensive overview of the most common ways to finance joint use arrangements, and guidance on how to overcome obstacles that may arise in negotiating and enforcing a joint use agreement.

This USDA FNS website covers procurement basics, defining local, where to find local products, and the variety of ways schools can purchase locally in accordance with regulations.

Recommended practices for programs to use as they strive for excellence in the care and education of young children throughout Arizona. This document is intended to provide guidance by delineating quality and providing a set of indicators that concretely describe what a program will look like when providing high quality early care and education for children birth through age six.

Community health resources supporting health for all.

This resource discusses how everyone in the ECE setting plays a part in Safe Feeding for infants, toddlers, and young children.

This guide is a comprehensive reference manual designed to support the development of Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs. It provides links to other SRTS publications and training resources. It contains several chapters about specific topics of a SRTS program and is an “all-inclusive” guide.

This illustrated roadmap outlines thirteen policy options that can help make Safe Routes to School a permanent part of our communities. The accompanying brochure breaks down the policy options even further.

This illustrated roadmap outlines thirteen policy options that can help make Safe Routes to School a permanent part of our communities. The accompanying brochure breaks down the policy options even further.

This fact sheet provides talking points and information to help communities create Safe Routes to School programs and policies. English_Spanish

This brochure from the Arizona Department of Health Services' School Garden program provides information on how to certify school gardens for garden to cafeteria programs.

The Smarter Lunchrooms Movement (SLM) Scorecard is a list of simple no-cost or low-cost strategies that can increase participation, reduce food waste, and increase selection and consumption of healthy school food.

Use this template to help review your SLM Scorecard results, summarize your school goals, create an action plan, and develop a task list for next steps.

This recorded training is an overview of the Smarter Lunchrooms Movement training provided by Cornell University. Presented by Adam Brumberg.

This intervention is designed to improve nutrition practices and environments in schools by creating lunchroom spaces that “nudge” students to make healthier meal choices through the use of behavioral economics. Included is the Smarter Lunchroom manual, promotional flyers and scorecard. In addition, this section includes No time To Train (NTTT) for school nutrition staff training. Lastly, the SLM Implementation Guide for Student Groups can be used to provide schools with the knowledge, motivation, and resources needed to build a lunchroom environment to make healthier choices. Please note that the files may need to be downloaded to your computer to be in a usable format.

For evaluation-related SLM materials, including the SLM Scorecard Guide and Data Entry Portal, please visit the State Evaluation Team website. Log in and visit School Systems.

These SNAP-Ed program resources teach important physical activity concepts. Additionally, SNAP-Ed funds projects from active transport to using parks and public spaces.

This scorecard measures state support of those standards in four areas: healthy infant feeding, nutrition, physical activity, and screen time limits.

The purpose of this guide is to provide a clear description of how to plan and organize a walking school bus using adult volunteers as leaders. This step-by-step guide outlines how to plan and implement a walking school bus for your school, and includes proven tools, tips and resources for a fast and easy start. Whether or not you are familiar with SRTS, this guide will get you started on the right foot.

The Arizona Summer Food Service Program webpage shares where children and teens (18 and under) can receive free meals during the summer, with an interactive map to find nearby sites. It also highlights resources for partners, including the Summer Food Program Toolkit (SFSP Toolkit), which provides customizable materials and guidance to support outreach and promotion.

Training on what SUNBucks is and what AZ Health Zone Local Implementing Agencies can do to support.

The AZ Health Zone Childhood Systems Committee created this list of tips to help you revise and add wellness initiatives to a district or school's Local
Wellness Policy (LWP).

ECE providers are in a special position to empower young children to learn habits that can keep them healthy for life. ADHS developed the Empower Program in 2010 as a voluntary program to support licensed ECE facilities’ efforts to empower young children to grow up healthy and is based on 10 program standards.

Farm to ECE in Tribal programs can be used to introduce the traditional foods, foodways, culture and language of the Tribe. Although farm to ECE is relatively new, this practice of embracing Indigenous knowledge and values in harmony with Native lifeways has existed for generations and has proven positive results on health, education and hunger.

This infographic presents data on prevalence, inequities, and trends in disordered eating among youth from the Arizona Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS 2011-2021).

The Farm to School Planning Toolkit guides you through questions to consider and helpful resource to reference when starting or growing a farm to school program. It is designed for use by schools, school districts, and community partners. The toolkit is filled with tips and examples, insights from others, and lists of resources for further research.

This tool aims to help get kids more physically activity on their way to school. This resource identifies areas to work on in order to get a walking school bus in your community which includes where to start, reaching more children, identifying potential routes, finalizing logistics and kicking off the program. To learn more, please visit: http://www.walkingschoolbus.org/

New interactive WellSAT 3.0 Webpage: Gather quantitative and qualitative information to improve your Local School Wellness Policy.

Part 1 of Youth Advocacy Training presented by Instituto in 2022.

Part 2 of Youth Advocacy Training presented by Instituto in 2022.

YPAR Training from Elizabeth Weybright at WSU on the YPAR Curriculum by Mary Arnold. Part 1 of 2. January 2024.

YPAR Training from Elizabeth Weybright at WSU on the YPAR Curriculum by Mary Arnold. Part 1 of 2. January 2024.

YPAR Training from Elizabeth Weybright at WSU on the YPAR Curriculum by Mary Arnold. Part 1 of 2. January 2024.

YPAR Training from Elizabeth Weybright at WSU on the YPAR Curriculum by Mary Arnold. Part 2 of 2. January 2024.

YPAR is a proven framework and model used to engage, empower, and activate youth on research to improve their schools, afterschool programs, communities, and/or service groups. YPAR is a model SNAP-Ed program, as noted in the SNAP-Ed Strategies and Interventions Toolkit. Implementing this program requires a Training and Technical Assistance, which is provided by the Public Health Institute in California: Contact Amy DeLisio, MPH, RD • (916) 265-4042 x109 • amy.delisio@wellness.phi.org

First comes shopping, then comes putting food away — but where? You may be surprised to learn the best places to store your groceries! Here's a helpful guide from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

In this training, learn about how Adaptive Physical Activity can support movement for all. Part of the FY25 disability inclusion series, this training was provided by Dr. Lauren Lieberman of SUNY Brockport.

The Arizona Health and Nutrition Curriculum Assessment Tool is a guide to be used in combination with the USDA Checklist for Evidence Based Approaches to evaluate how well a curriculum that meets SNAP-Ed evidence based program and practice requirements, aligns with the Language of Health and Trauma Informed Approaches. The AZ Health Zone State Implementation Team (SIT) will utilize this tool to review and select curricula to add to future versions of the approved curriculum list. Local Implementing Agencies (LIA) may also review curricula using this tool and share results with the SIT through the process outlined in the tool's directions. Note: The SIT currently reviews and adds curriculum to the approved curriculum list at the start of a new, five year grant cycle, with plans to review curriculum annually starting in FY26. Any LIA  submissions to SIT may not be reviewed until FY26.

This document is a sample completed version of the Arizona Health and Nutrition Curriculum Assessment Tool for users to see how to fill out the tool

Curriculum Description

Holistic, trauma-sensitive nutrition education workshop based curricula designed for teens, young adults or parents/caregivers of children to spend time cooking, sharing and exploring how to best nourish body and mind.

Audience: High School

Number of Lessons: 6

Lesson Length: About 90 minutes

Common Core: No

Language: English

Price: TBD

Embedded Assessment: Yes

Curriculum Implementation Guidelines

Around the Table curriculum consists of six lessons, to be taught in sequence (not stand alone). Kitchen or facility with room for hands-on food preparation required. Facilitator training required prior to implementing. Two facilitators are recommended.

Curriculum Description

Holistic, trauma-sensitive nutrition education workshop based curricula designed for teens, young adults or parents/caregivers of children to spend time cooking, sharing and exploring how to best nourish body and mind.

Audience: Adults

Number of Lessons: 6

Lesson Length: About 90 minutes

Common Core: N/A

Language: English & Spanish

Price: TBD

Embedded Assessment: Yes

Curriculum Implementation Guidelines

Around the Table curriculum consists of six lessons, to be taught in sequence (not stand alone). Kitchen or facility with room for hands-on food preparation required. Facilitator training required prior to implementing. Two facilitators are recommended. Adult DE evaluation is required for FY21.

Curriculum Description

Botany on Your Plate is a life science unit that inspires children to explore the fascinating realm of plants we eat. Every lesson begins with plant tastings that spark curiosity, interesting question, and social dialogue to fuel the learning process. This inquiry approach engages children as botanists observing and collecting data, discussing findings, and reflecting on what they learn as they study edible roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds.

Curriculum Implementation Guidelines

Lessons #1 and #8 are recommended. Lessons #2-7 are required. The lessons are designed to be implemented in sequence. These lessons are not stand alone.  Lessons can be taught in 30 minutes, but 60 minutes is recommended.

This handout describes how to refrigerate food promptly and properly to reduce the risk of foodborne illness.

This recorded training video is part one of a two part series on classroom management provided by educational consultants, Branching Out.

This recorded training video is part two of a two part series on classroom management provided by educational consultants, Branching Out.

This handout focuses on the importance of washing hands and surfaces often.

Color Me Healthy is a program developed to reach children ages four and five with fun, interactive learning opportunities on physical activity and healthy eating. It is designed to stimulate all of the senses of young children: touch, smell, sight, sound, and, of course, taste. Through the use of color, music, and exploration of the senses, Color Me Healthy teaches children that healthy food and physical activity are fun.

Curriculum Implementation Guidelines

Lessons can be taught as stand-alone lessons. Color Me Healthy is designed to be used in family daycare homes, Head Start classrooms, and childcare centers serving 4 and 5 year olds.

This handout reports the safe minimum internal temperatures for cooking food.

This handout series provides basic cooking information to use with families.

Cooking Matters for Chefs and Kids is an easy-to-use guide that helps chefs, nutrition educators, and food service professionals provide hands-on instruction that will help kids develop a love of cooking and the skills to make healthy food choices wherever they go. Within the guide you will find a variety of resources to help you engage kids, including tips and advice for planning fun activities, materials lists and activity instructions, appealing and interactive recipes for kids, and fun handouts that supplement the lessons of each activity.

Curriculum Implementation Guidelines

Lessons can be taught as stand-alone lessons and can be implemented by anyone with culinary training in any community.

This training provides an overview of cultural adaptations to curriculum implementation that can enhance our ability to align with the worldview, lifestyle, and values of Tribal communities.

Participants will explore how to thoughtfully adapt curriculum content including activities, language, and visuals to ensure cultural relevance and responsiveness.

This training provides an overview of cultural and foundational knowledge within Tribal communities that contributes to our collective understanding and supports efforts to be culturally responsive.

Topics include core cultural components, Tribal history, Tribal sovereignty, and appropriate terminology.

Presented by the Phoenix Indian Center
Date of Training: November 12, 2024

This comprehensive training is designed for non-Indigenous staff who seek to deepen their understanding of the unique issues faced by American Indian and Alaska Native adults, children, and families.

With a focus on the 22 tribes in Arizona, participants will gain valuable insights, resources, and strategies to foster respectful and effective partnerships with Indigenous communities.

This document is a supporting document for the Arizona Health and Nutrition Curriculum Assessment Tool. If a curricula is evaluated and is considered "Meets with Modifications,"  outreach to curriculum developers may be needed to receive approval for modifications to align with Arizona health and nutrition curriculum standards while meeting curriculum fidelity. These example talking points are a guide and not an exhaustive list.

Discover MyPlate is fun and inquiry-based nutrition education that fosters the development of healthy food choices and physically active lifestyles for children. Kindergarten teachers can meet education standards for Math, Science, English Language Arts, and Health using the 6 ready-to-go and interactive lessons. Children become food-smart as they practice counting, reading, writing, and more.

Curriculum Implementation Guidelines

Lessons are part of a series (not stand-alone lessons). Intended to be taught in 6 weeks or it can be taught over a course several months. Lesson may be extended based on supplemental activities from this curriculum.

Use these guides to find which fruits and vegetables are in season in Arizona. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall are all included in this zipped file.

Eat Smart, Live Strong is an intervention designed to improve fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity among 60-74 year olds participating in or eligible for FNS nutrition assistance programs. The intervention can support the efforts of program providers and communities in delivering nutrition education to low-income older adults. Each session in Eat Smart, Live Strong focuses on changing behavior by guiding participants in learning and practicing new skills.

Curriculum Implementation Guidelines

Curriculum can be taught as a series or as stand-alone lessons.

The Eat Together, Eat Better lessons support nutrition, parent, and youth educators in teaching the importance of family meals. The lessons use a mix of interactive learning formats, including small-and large-group discussions, brainstorming, planning, and cooking activities. All of these activities create discussion, encourage problem solving, and develop skills to support family meals.

Curriculum Implementation Guidelines

Lessons can be taught as stand-alone lessons, but each session of the lesson must be taught (child, parent and family sessions).

Eatfresh.org is a website created by CalFresh (SNAP-Ed) and utilized by Leah's Pantry, the creators of Around the Table, Around the Table Nourishing Families (Caregiver), and FoodSmarts curricula. Recipes and Discover Foods pages are available to use with these curricula or in events. Lifestyle tip sheets can also be used if they align with Style Guide messaging. If assistance is needed when reviewing tip sheets, please contact the SIT Community Nutrition Specialist.

Eating Smart • Being Active is a healthy eating and active living curriculum designed to be taught to limited-resource adults. The lesson plans of Eating Smart • Being Active are appropriate for use by paraprofessional (peer) nutrition educators when teaching limited-resource adults about healthy lifestyle choices. The curriculum consists of nine core lessons, each designed to be taught in less than 2 hours. All participant materials are available in English and Spanish*. All lessons include a food preparation activity and lessons 2 through 9 include a physical activity segment. Eating Smart • Being Active can be used to teach adults 1-on-1 or in small groups (2-12 people). While the materials could be used in larger groups, adult learning principles guide us toward smaller groups to encourage greater participant involvement and enhanced learning.

Curriculum Implementation Guidelines

The curriculum consists of nine core lessons, which are designed to be taught in order.

A component of the Healthy Classrooms Health Schools curriculum, FitBits^™ is an innovative, best practice resource that gets students up out of their seats and moving while, at the same time, reinforcing nutrition and health concepts that are aligned with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, grade level National Health Standards and USDA MyPlate. The activities are arranged into four content areas: Healthy Bodies, Food Groups, Fruits and Veggies and Healthy Snacks.

Curriculum Description

Interactive, learner-centered curriculum for nutrition educator bringing programs to low-income audiences. Ideally a recipe is prepared during each lesson.

Audience: Grades 3rd-12th

Number of Lessons: 5-6

Lesson Length: About 60-90 minutes

Common Core: No

Language: English

Price: TBD

Embedded Assessment: Yes

Curriculum Implementation Guidelines

Food Smarts curriculum provides four options for lesson plans: five 60-minute lessons, five 90-minute lessons, six 60-minute lessons, or six 90-minute lessons. You may choose which lesson plan you would like to follow for your particular group, however lessons in the selected plan must be taught in sequence (not stand alone). Leah's Pantry facilitator training is required.

Fruits and Veggies More Matters ™: Storing Fresh Fruits and Vegetables for Best Flavor handout.

Approved Direct Education Curriculum List for FFY2021 - FFY2022

Curricula on this list are approved for Direct Education (DE) and training partners/providers for AZ Health Zone in years FY2026-FY2030. Preferred curricula are those that align well with AZ Health Zone’s guiding principles and require minimal modifications to enhance alignment and connection to community. Accepted curricula are those that need more enhancements to align with AZ Health Zone’s guiding principles and require more significant modifications to enhance alignment and connection to community.

Without leaving the classroom, students participate in a variety of purposeful movement designed to get the wiggles out and refocus the classroom — all in five minutes or less. GoNoodle involves movement activities that develop memory and fluency in math, spelling, and vocabulary.

Grow It, Try, Like It! is a nutrition education kit Featuring MyPlate is a garden-themed nutrition education kit for child care center staff that introduces children to: three fruits - peaches, strawberries, and cantaloupe; and three vegetables - spinach, sweet potatoes, and crookneck squash. The kit includes seven booklets featuring fruits and vegetables with fun activities through the imaginary garden at Tasty Acres Farm! It also has a CD-ROM with Supplemental Information and a DVD with Cool Puppy Pup's Picnic and Lunch Parties. Each set of lessons contains: hands-on activities, planting activities, and nutrition education activities that introduce MyPlate. Use the kit to promote learning at home with fun parent/child activities and family-sized recipes that give tips for cooking with children.

Curriculum Implementation Guidelines

The booklets are designed to be taught in sequential order and follow a Day 1 to Day 5 Planning Chart. Booklets may be taught in any order or individually, following the lesson order within each booklet.

Growing Healthy Habits is a gardening and nutrition education curriculum for elementary aged kids. This resource focuses on integrating nutrition into the classroom through gardening and scripted lessons that meet science, language arts, social studies, health, and math objectives. Growing Healthy Habits uses gardening as a tool for encouraging students to consume more fruits and vegetables and whole grains, and increase physical activity.

Curriculum Implementation Guidelines

Units can be taught in any order and each lesson within each unit can be taught in any order, but all units of the curriculum must be taught.                                                                                 

Health Through Literacy is a book set of five to six books, age-appropriate for each grade K–5. Each set includes books with nutrition or physical activity themes. Every book comes with a tip sheet to enhance the health messages in the book. The tip sheets help teachers discuss the books with their classes, incorporate physical activity into the reading of the book, provide ideas for a food tasting for students, and integrate health messages with other areas of the curriculum.

Healthy Classrooms, Healthy Schools helps teachers transform their classroom and school into environments promoting healthy eating and physical activity. This curriculum includes two sets of supplemental lessons, one for grades K-2 and one for grades 3-5. Healthy Classrooms, Healthy schools can also be ordered with companion books that have nutrition and physical activity themes tailored to individual grades, K-5.  The curriculum includes eight lessons incorporating 27 activities. FitBits^™ is a best practice resource component that gets students up out of their seats and moving while, at the same time, reinforcing nutrition and health concepts that are aligned with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, grade level National Health Standards, and USDA MyPlate. Another accompanying resource is Health Through Literacy, which is a book set of five to six books, age-appropriate for each grade K–5. Each set includes books with nutrition or physical activity themes.

Curriculum Implementation Guidelines

Unit 1 must be taught first and the last lesson to be taught must be the last Unit. The Units in-between may be taught in any order (Per the Ensuring Success sections “beginning and Ending the Program” and “Completing the Units”). At least 6 lessons must be taught (including the first and last Unit). Fit Bits and Health Through Literacy are supportive materials/ resource and not lessons in and of themselves.

Tips on how to stretch your budget by signing up for helpful food-based programs.

Tips to help save time, money, and food. Also provides simple recipe substitutions and kitchen measurement conversions.

HOPSports Brain Breaks® Physical Activity Solutions are web-based 2-5 minute activity breaks designed for the individual classroom setting. Without any additional planning or preparation time teachers have an instant additional resource tool to revitalize the classroom environment and activate student learning. Classroom teachers are continually asked to do more with less, and HOPSports Brain Breaks® Physical Activity Solutions help increase test scores and fulfill mandates for increased physical activity and nutrition education without compromising valuable instructional time.

Curriculum Description

The 2016 revised Junior Master Gardener (JMG) Level 1 curriculum provides elementary teachers with the tools to teach the world of gardening with eight chapters of novel, hands-on and proven lessons. The curriculum also helps develops life skills, includes career exploration and provides opportunities for students to culminate the JMG experience with service-learning projects. As students complete areas of study, they can earn different recognition certifications including designation as Certified Junior Master Gardeners. Each chapter is divided into sections called teaching concepts. Then, there are multiple activities within each teaching concept.

Curriculum Implementation Guidelines

Lessons may be used individually as stand-alone lessons. The program can be implemented in schools, after-school programs, or other groups interested in young gardeners. Teaching multiple activities within a teaching concept is recommended.

Curriculum Description

The Junior Master Gardener (JMG) Level 2 Operation Thistle module allows students to participate in novel, hands-on activities focusing on Plant Growth and Development. Students will work as a group to complete lessons in each of learning concepts in the guide then work independently to complete activities which are found within the mission briefs and mission option pages. JMG Level Two combines Teacher/Leader Guide and reproducible pages of independent student “handbook” activities into a single book. This premier program encourages youth to take part service projects in their community.

Curriculum Implementation Guidelines

Lessons may be used individually as stand-alone lessons. The program can be implemented in schools, after-school programs, or other groups interested in young gardeners. Teaching multiple activities within a teaching concept is recommended. Please note: JMG Level 2 Operation Water is not approved for AZ Health Zone use.

Curriculum Description

Learn, Grow, Eat & Go! (LGEG) is a 10-week unit of study (two lessons per week) that is hands-on, multi-faceted, and academically rich. It combines the interdisciplinary elements of nutrition, garden science, physical activity, food preparation, and fresh vegetable tastings to improve the health and wellness of children, families, and the school community.

Curriculum Implementation Guidelines

• The lessons are designed to be implemented in sequence. These lessons are not stand alone.
• This curriculum guides each class in planning and planting a garden. The size of the garden may be modified according to the curriculum.
• At least six food exposures are recommended. Two Garden Kitchen recipe demonstrations are recommended. Ten Go Strong classroom exercises are recommended (one per week).  “Growing further” lesson extensions are optional.

“I’m going on a picnic and I’m bringing…” The first person to go completes the sentence with a word that starts with “A.” The next person repeats what the first person said and adds a word that starts with “B.” Continue through the alphabet until you can’t think of any more things to bring on your picnic! Game When you’re finished, draw your favorite picnic items on the table below

Cut out the conversation starters to the right along the dotted lines, and place each strip in a cup or jar. Whenever you want to get the family talking, pull one out and let the fun begin!

This colorful handout developed by the Indian Health Service shows balanced meals with reasonable portion sizes. This tool shows three easy steps to knowing what and how much to eat. The front features a dinner plate. The back shows youth breakfast, lunch, and optional dinner plates. Based on the USDA MyPlate and designed for Native audiences.

MyPlate for My Family: SNAP Nutrition Education is a MyPlate resource that supports SNAP-Ed nutrition education and obesity prevention efforts, and is based on recommendations from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. It is targeted to parents and caregivers who are SNAP participants or eligible for SNAP, and play a key role in planning, purchasing, and preparing food for their families.

Curriculum Implementation Guidelines

Lesson can be taught as stand-alone sessions. This curriculum is designed to be taught to parents with children ages 2-18 years old.

USDA and MyPlate information and resources

Put a Little Play Into Your Day - Mind Map Activity Sheet. Refer to the map legend for ways you can put a little play into your day. For each activity you complete, check off the box on the mind map below. From your head to your heart, physical activity keeps your mind and body strong.

Curriculum Description

Seed to Supper is a six week classroom-based beginning gardening curriculum developed by Oregon Food Bank in collaboration with Oregon State University Extension. The goal of the program is to increase food security of low-income audiences by providing training in beginning vegetable gardening. The curriculum uses structured PowerPoint slide sets, a participant workbook, and time for instructor/student Q&A. Materials to train volunteer teachers from the community are also provided.

Curriculum Implementation Guidelines

Seed to Supper lessons are not stand-alone and must be taught in the sequence provided. Participants should be provided with the course booklet plus additional resources educators use to supplement their teaching. The pre- and post-program survey included in the curriculum is required. The curriculum is flexible to meet participants' needs. For example, there is a presentation on container gardening that may be useful to urban gardeners.

Training on what SUNBucks is and what AZ Health Zone Local Implementing Agencies can do to support.

Discover which fruits and vegetables are sweetest, crunchiest, and juiciest through a series of investigations and fun experiences connecting the school garden to the classroom, school cafeteria, and home. This eleven-lesson curriculum for 3rd and 4th grades includes bulletin board materials, veggie dice, fruit and vegetable flash cards, and ten issues of Garden Detective News for parents/caregivers.   

Curriculum Implementation Guidelines

Lessons are part of a series and taught in order. Curriculum flexibility based on garden type and size of garden.

This tip sheet will assist you in entering your virtual Direct Education actions into SEEDS.

Presented by Gerilene Haskon, ADHS Tribal Liaison
Date of Training: October 16, 2024

This training focuses on building respectful and effective relationships with sovereign Tribal Nations in Arizona.

Participants will gain a foundational understanding of Tribal cultures, governance structures, and practical communication strategies to support meaningful engagement with Native communities.

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Visit this website to learn more about:

• The three Arizona SNAP-Ed Focus Areas for FY '21 – FY '25
• Resources for evaluation-related trainings, materials, and helpful links
• Our FY16 - FY20 annual evaluation reports, as well as scholarly publications and posters led by members of our team
• Each of our team members under About Us

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This recorded training provides an implemention overview, support and tools for the DIG in Community Evaluation Tool.

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This toolkit has been developed in order to assist market vendors, managers, volunteers and customers in offering a successful “SNAP at the Market” program! We want to provide clear information about what accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)/Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) entails, how it can benefit the market, vendors and customers, and what everyone involved will be asked to do. Inside you will learn how to accept SNAP/EBT (formerly known as food stamps), where to get point of sale equipment, which foods are SNAP eligible, and more. This will help ensure that everyone at the market has up-to-date information to make the program work well. This guide is intended to be an ongoing resource for you. There is space along the inside margin of each page for you to take notes or make comments as you go along.

The goal of the ADHS School Garden Program is to enable fresh produce to be safely served in school cafeterias from their on-site school garden. The program resources will help school gardens meet the requirements to be an approved source, as required in the Arizona Food Code.

This tool is designed to explain how to measure the total selling area of a store, both floor area and shelf space, as well as calculate the total percentage of selling area devoted to a particular type of product like produce or staple foods.

This fact sheet provides an overview of a model produce cart ordinance and describes the many benefits of produce cart vending. The model ordinance creates a streamlined permit program to make it easier for produce cart vendors to bring fresh, uncut fruits and vegetables from a mobile cart directly to a neighborhood.

Congratulations on completing Step 1 of the DIG in Cycle of Improvement! You can now use your DIG in tool results and this planning sheet for Step 2. We have created this template to help you and your team review your DIG in ratings, summarize your garden goals, create an action
plan and develop a task list for the next steps.

Determining which DIG In Evaluation and Training is Right for Your Site.

This recorded training provides an implemention overview, support and tools for the DIG in Community Evaluation Tool.

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Growing food on public property – from vacant fields, to schoolyards, parks, utility rights-of-way, and even the rooftops of public buildings – can yield a diverse crop of community benefits. Fresh, healthy food is just the beginning: growing food on public property can also promote civic participation, public safety, food literacy, job skills, and urban greening – in short, healthier, more vibrant places. This guide provides users with the tools they need to access public land for growing food, including: 1) opportunities to work with public agencies to identify and inventory suitable growing sites, and develop a process for partners to access these sites; 2) common types of agreements that govern the relationship between food-growing groups and public entities, such as leases, licenses, and interagency agreements; 3) common provisions in agreements, such as liability, utilities, maintenance, growing practices, contamination, access and security, and improvements; 4) special issues related to growing food on school district property; and 5) sample agreements from real-world urban agriculture projects on public land.

Use these guides to find which fruits and vegetables are in season in Arizona. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall are all included in this zipped file.

Community engagement webinar presented on 11/9/23. Simple strategies to incorporate more community engagement. Facilitated discussion of successful strategies from AZ Health Zone local implementing agencies.

This toolkit describes food hubs as an emerging retail strategy that has the potential to create a more equitable food system.

These resources can help advance Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE) in your state or community. Farm to ECE programs provide children with increased access to healthy, regionally produced foods through local purchasing. They can also help children learn more about food and how food is grown.

These resources are for individuals, households, governments, tribes, institutions, communities, and community-based and feeding organizations.

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A short guide to identifying, storing, and preparing vegetables.

This guide provides an overview of farmers’ market policy issues and community tested best practices. It also features a set of complementary model land use policies for comprehensive plans and zoning ordinances. This guide was written for local government staff (planners, public health departments, etc.), elected officials, farmers’ market managers, food policy councils, and other stakeholders, to provide practical guidance and tools that communities can customize to create more farmers’ market opportunities and to ensure their long-term viability.

Community Engagement webinar presented on 5/29/24. Strategies for using the information gathered through consulting, involving and collaborating.

This primer summarizes state and federal law and provides guidance for setting a preference that complies with both. It also provides step-by-step guidance on how a school district can implement a geographic preference policy starting with articulating the legal authority and rationale for buying local.

Grant Training Part 1 of 2, presented by Evelyn Whitmer & Rhegan Derfus in 2023.

Grant Training Part 2 of 2, presented by Pinnacle Prevention in 2023.

This guide provides a general overview of economic development and ideas for how to approach economic development agencies with healthy food retail proposals. It also provides a comprehensive overview of local, state, and federal economic development programs that have been or could be used for healthy food retail projects.

This toolkit is designed to help overcome the legal and practical barriers to establishing community gardens on land that is not municipally owned. It provides several model agreements and other documents that can easily be tailored, simplifying the process of building an agreement that benefits both landowners and the community.

This toolkit describes how to create a strong, healthy small food retailer certification program that requires participating stores to increase the variety of healthy foods they sell, reduce the offerings of unhealthy foods, and proactively market healthy options with help from a sponsoring agency or organization. Ir provides step-by-step instructions for developing a certification program, with ideas and examples from existing programs.

This guide is organized by the core elements that influence food system policy including general planning, zoning, local food production, water use, food waste, and economic development. The guide highlights best practices, stories from the field, and opportunities for each of these elements. This guide is designed for use by city council; appointed public officials; city and town planning, zoning, economic development, and public works departments; advocates; practitioners; and, anyone interested in improving the food system or playing a role in decision-making around the local food system.

This resource and tip sheet is designed to support person-centered approaches for Food Systems strategies and activities.

This USDA FNS website covers procurement basics, defining local, where to find local products, and the variety of ways schools can purchase locally in accordance with regulations.

This tool is intended to provide a range of promising, innovative strategies for overcoming the challenges of sourcing and marketing fresh produce at affordable prices.

This toolkit provides a framework and model language for land use policies that local policymakers can tailor to promote and sustain urban agriculture in their communities.

This link provides information from the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) website on how food retailers can apply to accept SNAP/EBT benefits as a form of payment for approved SNAP foods and beverages from SNAP benefit recipients.

The Arizona Summer Food Service Program webpage shares where children and teens (18 and under) can receive free meals during the summer, with an interactive map to find nearby sites. It also highlights resources for partners, including the Summer Food Program Toolkit (SFSP Toolkit), which provides customizable materials and guidance to support outreach and promotion.

Training on what SUNBucks is and what AZ Health Zone Local Implementing Agencies can do to support.

This University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Handout details the ten steps to a successful vegetable garden.

Farm to ECE in Tribal programs can be used to introduce the traditional foods, foodways, culture and language of the Tribe. Although farm to ECE is relatively new, this practice of embracing Indigenous knowledge and values in harmony with Native lifeways has existed for generations and has proven positive results on health, education and hunger.

This Tribal Food Sovereignty Speaker Series provided AZ Health Zone staff and community partners with a deeper understanding of Tribal food sovereignty and justice efforts across Arizona. This recorded training provides some best practices for authentic relationship-building and ways to nurture food systems partnerships with Tribal community members and grassroots organizations leading food soveriegnty efforts with their communities.

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This Tribal Food Sovereignty Speaker Series provided AZ Health Zone staff and community partners with a deeper understanding of Tribal food sovereignty and justice efforts across Arizona. This recorded training provides some best practices for authentic relationship-building and ways to nurture food systems partnerships with Tribal community members and grassroots organizations leading food soveriegnty efforts with their communities.

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The Farm to School Planning Toolkit guides you through questions to consider and helpful resource to reference when starting or growing a farm to school program. It is designed for use by schools, school districts, and community partners. The toolkit is filled with tips and examples, insights from others, and lists of resources for further research.