Program Resources and Trainings

Curriculum

Approved Curricula All of California’s approved curricula are in a database on the Statewide Training site. CFHL programs may only use classes from this database.

Nutrition Education Reinforcement Items (NERI)

Fresh Baby items are priced under the acceptable dollar threshold for NERI items and align with Dietary Guidelines for Americans and USDA MyPlate.

Nutrition Education

National Nutrition Certification Program Optional training for nutrition educators.

To access indirect education materials, consider the following resources from the Snap-Ed Connection website:

• Food Safety for Older Adults
• MyPlate for Older Adults
• Start Simple with MyPlate
• Rethink Your Drink Resources for Partners
• Food Sources of Select Nutrients
• Meal Planning, Shopping & Budgeting
• Nutrition & Healthy Eating
• Eat Right When Money’s Tight
• Cooking
• Physical Activity
• Food Safety
• Gardening
• Farmers Markets
• Gleaning
• SNAP-Ed Spanish Materials (Spanish)

To request translation of USDA materials, please contact your SIA representative.

Community Gardens

• Allowable Garden Expenditure Chart
• Gardening with Food Hero (Oregon State University)
• SNAP-Ed Connection: Gardening
• SNAC Community Gardens Initiative

Wiser Dining Wiser Dining is a policy, systems, and environment (PSE) intervention for congregate meal sites with the goal of supporting a client-centered, health-promoting, positive experience for congregate meal clients.

Nutrition Pantry Program The Nutrition Pantry Program (NPP) is a healthy pantry program that addresses the policy, systems, and environment (PSE) of a food distribution with a trauma-informed approach.

Farmers Markets

• Farmers Market Initiative Resources
• Reporting Farmers Market Initiative in PEARS

PSE Resources

• Interactive PSE Map
• PSE Success Stories
• FY 2024 SNAP-Ed PSE Change Initiative Data Toolkit

Program Evaluation and Reporting System (PEARS)

PEARS Home Log into PEARS to report data specific to direct and indirect activities, policy, systems, and environmental change interventions, partnerships, coalitions, and success stories.

PEARS Learning Management System (LMS) Access to pre-recorded PEARS trainings, mini trainings, and reporting guides.

PEARS Resources and References Access to reporting guides and job aides.

Surveys and Data Cards for Evaluating Programs

CDA Data Collection Resources Access to demographic data cards (large and standard font), the Food Behavior Checklist (FBC), the Adult Physical Activity Survey (APAS), recorded trainings, CDA-specific guidance, and FAQs.

• Demographic data cards.
• The Food Behavior Checklist (FBC) is available in a short and a long version and is used for nutrition education curricula with at least four classes.
• The Adult Physical Activity Survey (APAS) is used for physical activity curricula with at least four classes.
• Guidance on which survey to use for a curriculum.
• Training Resources
• FAQ

CDA Site List Overview

SharePoint’s Site List Resources

For Site List Verification Form, Method 10, contact SNAP-Ed.Data@aging.ca.gov

For CDA Guidance on Site List Methodology, contact SNAP-Ed.Data@aging.ca.gov

CDA Site List Training coming soon…

Allowable Garden Expenditure Chart See what expenditures are allowable, unallowable, or need prior approval from state office.

SNAP-Ed Connection Nutrition education material for gardening.

Garden Hero Gardening tips and videos from Oregon’s SNAP-Ed program. (Spanish)

Community Garden Resources target policy changes that support community gardens. Tools include a fact sheet, issue brief and planning guide.

Onboarding checklist and training coming soon…

CFHL Toolkit CalFresh Healthy Living Logos, Templates, Branding Guidelines, Social Media Toolkit

Funding Statement Acknowledge USDA funding on all materials. (Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Hmong)

Justice for All Poster Use the blue poster, version "B", for CFHL programs. Many languages are available.

GIS Map Check here to learn if a site is eligible for CFHL programs.

SNAP-Ed Assessment Site This is a dynamic, public portal that will analyze over 30 of the SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework indicators that are measured utilizing secondary data sources.

The CFHL Statewide Training website is hosted by Leah’s Pantry.

• Register and take online classes like Civil Rights, Building Blocks for Success and Food Smarts. Recorded webinars are also available.
• Search the approved curriculum database for classes.
• Look up trainings and events on the calendar.

Civil Rights Training This online civil rights training is required every year for all staff.

Building Blocks for Success This CalFresh Healthy Living Building Blocks for Success course will provide an overview of SNAP-Ed, who it serves, the Integrated Workplan (IWP) Blueprint, fiscal, programmatic, and disability inclusion as well as resources.

Integrated Workplan (IWP) Basics Learn the basics of how to complete your Integrated Work Plan (IWP).

Management Evaluation Training coming soon…

USDA SNAP-Ed Recipes

SNAP-Ed Recipes includes videos, seasonal recipes.

Recipes for 1-2

• Food Hero Recipes for 1-2. (Spanish)
• EatFresh.org Adjust any of the recipes for 1-2 servings.

Recipes for Limited Cooking Equipment

• MyPlate Search MyPlate recipes for type of cooking equipment, or no cook options. (Available in Spanish)
• EatFresh.org Search EatFresh recipes by Cooking Environment (limited kitchen, 20 minutes or less, or no cook options).

Food Safety

Food Safety for Older Adults

MyPlate

• MyPlate for Older Adults
• Start Simple with MyPlate Look for the Start Simple with MyPlate app.

Cooking

• Short cooking videos 2-3 minutes cooking videos from PSA 04.
• MyPlate 2-3 minute recipe videos.
• Recipe Video Collections from U.S. SNAP-Ed programs.

Exercise at Home

• Go4Life home workouts 10-15-minute home workouts for older adults, from the National Institute on Aging.
• Eat Smart, Live Strong Exercises from PSA 04: Session 1, Session 2, Session 3, Session 4
• Resistance Band Exercises 14 minutes of seated exercises from PSA 04.

Portion Sizes

Portion Size Video Demo A 4-minute video from PSA 04 on fruit and vegetable portion sizes.

Rethink Your Drink

Abuelita and Augas Frescas Saludables 30 second ad on flavored water, Augas Frescas, for grandmothers.