Implementing Agency (IA)
Department of Health
Key Contacts
Multicare Health System Center for Equity and Wellness SNAP Ed Program
About Us
MultiCare Health System (MultiCare) is the recipient of community benefit program grants for the delivery of WIC services, Summer Meal Programs, and SNAP-Ed programs. We are proud to have three decades of experience in delivering full spectrum programmatic delivery and project management expertise in the areas of federal grants and contracts. Our existing Older Youth Nutrition Education programs target middle school and high school students while our Empowering Pregnancy and Motherhood program focuses on pre-/post-natal women and their families.
Multicare Health System Center for Equity and Wellness
Meet our Team!
Contact Us
Hope Roberts, Grants and Contracts Manager, hope.roberts@multicare.org
Courtney Pinter, Community Wellness Program Coordinator, courtney.pinter@multicare.org
Erica Lewis, Wellness Dietitian, erica.lewis@multicare.org
Imani Thompkins, Health Educator, imani.thompkins@multicare.org
Current Programming
Direct Education
- Food Smarts Older Youth
- Food Smarts Adult
PSE
- Food Smarts, train-the-trainer (middle school and high school)
- Online virtual class platform with partnership involvement
- Breastfeeding advocacy
- Provider referral system
- Nutrition resources promotion
- Breastfeeding advocacy
- Provider referral system
- Online class platform
Community Partners
- Tacoma Public Schools – Gray Middle School, Lincoln High School
- MultiCare Mary Bridge Children’s
- MultiCare Tacoma Family Medicine
- YMCA
- Pierce County WIC
- StepByStep
- WSU Extension Pierce County
- Family Connects – Washington Pierce County
- Help Me Grow- Pierce County
- Korean Woman’s Association
- Tacoma Community House
- Nurse Family Partnership
