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SNAP and Health Roundtable Project

Community Health Partnership: Oregon's Public Health Institute releases the summary report of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Health Roundtable Project. In January of 2009, we convened a roundtable of key stakeholders interested in the connections between food insecurity, poverty, health and the SNAP Program. By forging relationships and sharing knowledge and experience among these stakeholders, we built the capacity to develop recommendations to optimize SNAP dollars to promote health among low-income families.

CHP School Nutrition Work

In response to increasing national and local concern about soda and snack foods sold in public elementary, middle and high schools, Community Health Partnership (CHP) has been engaged in research and advocacy activities addressing the school nutrition environment.

In 2004, CHP initiated a statewide survey to collect information about contracts between Oregon school districts and soda and/or snack food vendors. The purpose was to gather information about the extent and nature of such contracts in Oregon, and to gain a better understanding of the terms and conditions agreed upon by school districts and vendors.

In 2006, CHP responded to the announcement that Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and other beverage companies agreed to new voluntary policies to remove soda and other sugary drinks from schools nationwide. CHP hopes to provide you with the “know how” to renegotiate your contract. Nicola Pinson, JD, author of CHP’s landmark school soda contract analysis and Deborah Pinkas, JD, of the Public Health Law Program, Public Health Institute offer these suggestions in their report School Beverages – Time to Pop Open Your Soda Contract.

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