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Convergence Partnership,

HEAC, BHC

Understanding the basics


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Who & What

National Convergence Partnership http://www.convergencepartnership.org/site/c.fhLOK6PELmF/b.3917533/k.BDC8/Home.htm

California Convergence http://www.californiaconvergence.org/national_convergence.php

In 2006, a collaboration of funders came together to create the Healthy Eating ActiveLiving Convergence Partnership, with the shared goal of changing policies andenvironments to better achieve the vision of healthy people living in healthy places.

The steering committee includes representatives from The California Endowment,Kaiser Permanente, Nemours*, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and theW.K. Kellogg Foundation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention serveas critical technical advisors on the committee. Through multifield, equity-focusedefforts, the partnership will seek to achieve its aims supported by PolicyLink, anational research and action institute devoted to advancing economic and socialequity.

*(Nemours is one of the nations leading pediatric health systems, dedicated to advancinghigher standards in childrens health. Locations in Deleware, Florida, New Jersey,

Pennsylvania)


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National ConvergenceVision

Safe neighborhoods, communities, and buildings support physical activity as part of everyday life.

Fresh, local, and healthy food is available and affordable in all communities and neighborhoods.

Healthy foods and beverages are promoted in grocery and other food stores, restaurants, and entertainmentvenues.

Schools offer and promote only healthy foods and beverages to students.

Schools promote healthy physical activities and incorporate them throughout the day, including before and afterschool.

Workplaces and employers offer and promote access to healthy foods and beverages and opportunities forphysical activity.

Healthcare organizations and providers promote healthy eating and active living in their own institutional policiesand in their clinical practices.

Government and the private sector support and promote healthy eating and active living environments.

Organizations, institutions, and individuals that influence the information and entertainment environments shareresponsibility for and act responsibly to promote healthy eating and active living.

Childcare organizations, including preschool, after-school, and early childhood settings, offer and promote only

healthy foods and beverages to children and provide sufficient opportunities for, and promote, physical activity.


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Convergence Innovation Fund:Land Use/Built Environment and Food Access

15 foundations were selected. The awards provide as much as $200,000 over two years to eachrecipient to support innovative local and regional initiatives and projects. Foundations wererequired to provide a $2 match for every $1 they were awarded in order to leverage additionalresources and support.

In CA:

1) The Health Trust www.healthtrust.org Santa Clara County and Northern Benito County, $130,000. Thegrant will help The Health Trust establish a new initiative to support a neighborhood, place-based approach.The initiative will fund collaborative, community-driven efforts that cut across the foundations three priorityinitiatives -- Healthy Living, Healthy Aging, and Healthy Communities.

2) Humboldt Area Foundation www.hafoundation.org Humboldt, Del Norte, Trinity Counties, $100,000. Thefoundation will use its award to create a new Health Equity Initiative to coordinate and support the work ofthree local multi-field projects: Humboldt Community for Activity and Nutrition (Humboldt CAN), theHumboldt Partnership for Active Living (HumPal), and the Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF).The project emphasizes supporting community members to become integrally involved in policy andenvironmental change focused on built environment and food access.

3) The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation www.thegilbertfoundation.org Santa Monica, CA, Total:$80,000. The foundation invests in programs that promote education, tolerance, social services, healthcareand the arts. This award will support built environment approaches that address the lack of access tophysical activity and/or healthy food. Specifically, they will support efforts to increase the accessibility andmaintenance of parks for low-income communities throughout California.


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What is the CA Convergence?

Kaiser Permanente and The California Endowmenthave been joined by the following other organizations tosupport this work: The Robert Wood JohnsonFoundation, The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention/U.S.Department of Health and Human Services, and theCalifornia Department of Public Health.

Staffing and Coordination of the CA Convergence isprovided by Partnerhsip for the Publics Health PublicHealth Instittue

California Convergence Director:Julie Williamson, MPH

Associate Director for California Convergence:Lisa Hershey


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http://www.californiaconvergence.org/

Parner projects across the CA


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Policy Arenas:

Land Use and Transportation Planning

Retail Food Environments Public Safety Measures

Improving Nutrition Standards for Children

CALIFORNIA CONVERGENCE SPRING CONFERENCE - Mon., April 19http://californiaconvergence.ning.com/notes/Take_Action_Together


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HEAC works to prevent childhood obesity by changing theenvironments children inhabit, so that these environmentsencourage healthy choices. To achieve lasting change, HEACfocuses on improving policies and institutional practices. And toensure changes that work on the ground, HEAC pursues thesegoals through fostering partnerships within local communities, andthrough linking the local work to statewide and national efforts.

HEAC co-sponsor and funding partner, The Kaiser PermanenteNational Community Benefit Program, is working with The CaliforniaEndowment to share lessons and develop joint strategies with otherfunders. Similar in design to HEAC, Kaiser's Healthy Eating/Active

Living initiative has sites in Northern California and Colorado.


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Baldwin Park, Los Angeles County The 57th Assembly District Grassroots Nutrition andPhysical Activity Teamhttp://www.healthyeatingactivecommunities.org/grantee_showcase1_1.php

Chula Vista, San Diego County South Bay Partnership - Chula Vista CommunityCollaborative (CVCC)http://www.healthyeatingactivecommunities.org/grantee_showcase1_2.php

Oakland, Alameda County San Antonio Neighbors for Active Living (SANFAL)http://www.healthyeatingactivecommunities.org/grantee_showcase1_3.php

Santa Ana, Orange County Healthy Eating, Active CommunitiesSanta Anahttp://www.healthyeatingactivecommunities.org/grantee_showcase1_4.php

South Los Angeles, Los Angeles County The Childhood Obesity Brain Trust (COBT)http://www.healthyeatingactivecommunities.org/grantee_showcase1_5.php

South Shasta County South Shasta Healthy Eating Active Communities Collaborative http://www.healthyeatingactivecommunities.org/grantee_showcase1_6.php

Grantee Profiles for Phase I (2005-2009) andPhase II (2009-2010)


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Four organizations make up the core of the technical support team: California Project LEAN (Leaders Encouraging Activity and

Nutrition) -School/After School Sector California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness Program (CANFit) -

Neighborhood/After School Sector

PolicyLink - Neighborhood/After School Sector Berkeley Media Studies Group - Both Sectors

In addition, the following organizations provide training andexpertise in specialized areas: California Center for Civic Participation - youth engagement and

youth leadership Children Now - reducing marketing and advertising aimed at children

Common Sense Media - parent education and media literacy Planning for Healthy Places at Public Health Law & Policy -

influencing city and county land use plans Prevention Institute/Strategic Alliance - state advocacy on nutrition

and physical activity


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Building Healthy Communities places wherechildren and youth are healthy, safe and ready to

learn.

Goal

Achieve 10 outcomesat each of the 14 sites

with 4 big results as indicators of achievement


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10 outcomes:1. All children have health coverage2. Families have improved access to a health home that supports healthy

behaviors

3. Health and family-focused human services shift resources towardprevention

4. Residents live in communities with health-promoting land-use,transportation and community development

5. Children and their families are safe from violence in their homes andneighborhoods

6. Communities support healthy youth development7. Neighborhood and school environments support improved health andhealthy behaviors

8. Community health improvements are linked to economic development9. Health gaps for boys and young men of color are narrowed10.California has a shared vision of community health


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14 BHC Sites1. Del Norte

2. South Sacramento

3. Richmond

4. East Oakland

5. East Salinas6. Southwest Merced/East Merced

7. Central/West Fresno City

8. South Kern County

9. Boyle Heights

10. South Figueroa Corridor

11. Central LongBeach,12. Central Santa Ana,

13. Coachella,

14. City Heights


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1. Provide a health home for all children

2. Reverse the childhood obesity epidemic

3. Increase school attendance4. Reduce youth violence

http://www.calendow.org/healthycommunities/pdfs/FourBigResultsUpdate8_06_09.pdf


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Whats Different?1. Local efforts will have a Hub

A key lesson from past community change initiatives is theimportance of creating a Hub, a group of individuals who cometogether to guide the effort at each site while the initiative isunderway.

Community Coalition Action Theory of Butterfoss and Kegler. Thisresearch suggests that coalitions develop in stages: forming,continuing, and making the coalition a regular part of the community.

http://www.calendow.org/healthycommunities/pdfs/bhc_hub/BHC-Why%20Have%20a%20Hub.pdf

2. Statewide Advocacy Will Lift Up Improvements inCommunities to Promote Policies that Support ChangeNow and Sustain Hope in the Future. Ultimately we are aiming for a shift in thinking, and a change in

statewide policies away from those that ignore the root causesof ill health and toward policies that prioritize prevention andvalue the health of all our communities as essential to thecommon good. Through advocacyand strategic media, weplan to emphasize our shared interest and elevate localexperience to influence and shape policy at the regional, stateand national level.


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1. Del Norte - http://www.mycalconnect.org/delnorte/

2. South Sacramento -http://www.mycalconnect.org/sacramento/Default.aspx

3. Richmond - http://www.mycalconnect.org/richmond/

4. East Oakland - http://www.mycalconnect.org/oakland/

5. East Salinas - http://www.mycalconnect.org/salinas/6. Southwest Merced/East Merced - http://www.mycalconnect.org/merced/

7. Central/West Fresno City - http://www.mycalconnect.org/fresno/

8. South Kern County - http://www.mycalconnect.org/kern/

9. Boyle Heights- http://www.mycalconnect.org/boyleheights/

10. South Figueroa Corridor - http://www.mycalconnect.org/southfig/

11. Central Long

Beach - http://www.mycalconnect.org/longbeach/12. Central Santa Ana - http://www.mycalconnect.org/santaana/

13. Coachella - http://www.mycalconnect.org/coachella/

14. City Heights - http://www.mycalconnect.org/cityheights/

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