Get HYP, Get Healthy Healthy Living for Everyday People Slide 2
The Healthy Youth Partnership Mission: HYP works to eliminate youth
obesity through collaborations that promote healthy and active
living in the St. Louis Region. Slide 3 HYP as a connector Kids and
Families Effective Health Programs Schools The Community Slide 4
Todays HYP model Built for success Slide 5 Who HYP is today Goal 1:
To develop, advocate, and support implementation of policies
addressing youth obesity at local, state and national levels.
Wellness Policy Expanding and providing outreach to neighbouring
school districts i.e. Jennings Food Policy Convening partners on
the issue of local access to healthy, affordable, culturally
sensitive foods for all in the St. Louis Metro Region Slide 6 Food
Policy Collaborated with UM Extension, Congressman Carnahans
office, St. Louis University, St. Louis Mayors office, the East
Missouri Action Agency, and Gateway Greening to plan and host the
First Annual Food Summit on March 3 rd. Brought in National
speakers on the food system on the topics of Farm to School, Local
Healthy Retail, Production/Distribution and Access to local foods.
Slide 7 Post Summit: Identified work groups Urban Agriculture,
Production, Waste Management, Distribution, Retail/Sales, Farm to
School Core group is forming the Governing Committee Strategic
Planning Slide 8 Services for Partners: Goal 2: Coordinate efforts
of HYP Partner organizations and leverage their collective power
for a greater impact Committee is working on a project that will
map: Who the agency is: Who they serve targeted population Type of
Services provided What areas of the city they serve Identify
potential gaps in services and/or Opportunities for Collaborations
Slide 9 Services for Partners, cont. Goal 3: Provide value to HYP
partner organizations that support them to be most effective in
their work to eliminate youth obesity. Increase skills of partners
and member organizations - Training and Technical assistance
provided at Full Partnership Meetings Promote Evidenced based
practices hosting training seminars Slide 10 State Initiatives:
Missouri Council on Activity and Nutrition MoCAN CoChair for the
Policy Work Group Farm to Institution School PE Complete Streets
Slide 11 Farm to Institution Bill Why Farm to Institution? Over
2,000 schools in the US serve locally produced foods Provides
smaller family farms with a new market Distributes fresh and local
produce with food from a known source Increases quality of produced
with decreased transit time/carbon print Provide school children
with healthier meals that reinforce lessons taught in classrooms
Spurs other community programs such as composting, recycling, and
community gardens Slide 12 Farm to Institution Bill MO HB 1833
Establish a Farm to Institution Program within the Department of
Agriculture Create a website to link farms and institutions
Facilitate the development of food procurement procedures Goal of
20% local food purchased for school consumption by 2018 Goal of 20%
local food purchased for State Institutions by 2028 Slide 13 The
Future of HYP An eye on sustainability and growth Slide 14 HYPs
strategic plan Identify new community access points Faith Based
coalitions, additional schools, corporate Bolster effective
evaluation Build capacity of partners to expand their services
Strengthen HYP infrastructure Slide 15 How Can YOU get involved?
Join HYP www.healthyyouthpartnership.org Download the application
and either mail or email in that simple. Join the Food Policy
Council just follow the link and add your name to the list serve.
OR, Sign in to our Face book Page: Creating a Healthy Food System
in St. Louis
