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Friday Forum - FFY 2021

Friday Forum – FFY 2021

Here are the recordings and attachments from calls held in FFY2021

Topic: Participant Engagement During COVID

This Friday Forum discussed the different tactics and tools programs have used to reach and engage participants during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Topic: Friday Forum Food Security and the Pandemic

Come explore the various realms of food security and how it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from the WA State Food Security Survey was presented. Discussion includes changes in SNAP benefits,  food banks, WIC, school nutrition resources, Pandemic EBT, and much more.

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Topic: Friday Forum Harvest of the Month and Working with Schools

Join us as our guest speakers share their experiences ands successes in different school programing such as Harvest of the Month, the Fresh Fruit & Vegetable program, Mood Boost Tastings, and more!

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Topic: Supporting Breastfeeding Moms

Guest speakers share their innovative strategies to promote breastfeeding. Some examples include: creating support groups, providing education, and supporting implementation of breastfeeding rooms in workplaces and schools.

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Topic: Fruit and Veggie Rx Programs

Come learn about how Fruit and Veggie Rx programs operate at different levels throughout the state. Speakers working in a variety of sectors discuss how these programs an successfully mitigate the effects of food insecurity in their communities.

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Topic: Active Transportation and Physical Activity

State partners from the Department of Transportation, Department of Health, Feet First, and WSU Cowlitz County share how successful active transportation projects can be achieved within SNAP-Ed.

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Topic: Working with Farmers Markets

Washington State Farmers Market Association lead Caprice Teske shares new information about using SNAP benefits at Farmers Markets. Local IA’s share how to collaborate with WSFMA Regional Leads and local implementing agencies from Region 3 share work they have done with Farmers Markets.

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Topic: SNAP-Ed Summer Programming

WA SNAP-Ed local implementing agencies and partners share examples of their summer programming and offer ideas on how other agencies can be engaged in similar programs.

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Topic: Health Equity

Bliss Collins from Northwest Harvest and Alexander Vickery from GRuB join Friday Forum for a discussion about Health Equity and share ways that their organizations are using participant input to make programs more inclusive.

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