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contacts to KNN partner agencies and to other resources that might be
helpful to our partners. You should be able to read this newsletter in
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KNN January Newsletter |
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Welcome to the January 2005 issue of KNN’s email
newsletter. Please visit our web site at www.kansasnutritionnetwork.org We are always interested
in how our partners are “partnering” to improve nutrition and physical
activity education throughout Kansas.
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Our Featured Partner this month is the Food
Distribution Unit of SRS. Visit their website at www.srskansas.org.
Check out our new PSA's for 2005 on our website. What
a fun and exciting project!
Our KNN Final Report for FY2004 is now available on
our web page.
Information on food assistance is available on line
in Spanish and English. From the KNN
website, click on “How” then “SRS Self
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Upcoming KNN Meetings:
January 13, 2005 in Manhattan.
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More than one in four American
working families receives wages so low that they have difficulty surviving
financially, a new report concludes. "Working Hard, Falling Short:
America's Working Families and the Pursuit of Economic Security,"
released jointly by the Annie E. Casey, Ford, and Rockefeller Foundations,
found that too many jobs pay poor wages and lack benefits, leaving workers
ill prepared to improve their conditions and move into better paying
jobs.
http://www.aecf.org/initiatives/jobsinitiative/workingpoor/working_hard_release2.pdf.
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| A woman in America is 40
percent more likely to be poor than a man, according to an
analysis of Census poverty data. One in every eight women in the U.S. is
poor, compared to about one in every 11 men. Of 23 million adults in
poverty in 2003, 13.8 million were women and 9.2 million were men. http://www.legalmomentum.org/womeninpoverty.pdf. |
| More than four out of 10
Kansans eligible for food stamps are not receiving them,
according to a report by Kansas Action for Children. The group recommended
that state officials improve outreach efforts to low-income families, make
it easier to apply for food stamps, and eliminate an asset test, which
requires families to spend down cash resources to meet the program's
income requirements. In 2001, Kansas was the 13th lowest-ranked state in
food stamp participation. But Dennis Priest, who oversees the food stamp
program in Kansas, said the state since had improved enough to be in the
middle of the pack. The state has enlisted the aid of Dillon Stores and
the Kansas Food Bank to distribute information about food stamps, he said.
"We are trying to get food stamps out of the general picture of a welfare
program when really it is there to help people who need to improve their
nutrition," said Priest.http://www.ljworld.com/section/stateregional/story/188553 |
Download the report
"Making Families Count: Maximizing the Impact of Food Stamps in
Kansas":
http://www.kac.org/docs/mfc_foodstamps.pdf
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Reversing Childhood Obesity Trends e-newsletter is
written and distributed to help provide up-to-date information and
resources on childhood obesity. The e-newsletter is part of a USDA
initiative to address this growing concern. All newsletters can be
accessed at the UC Berkeley Center for Weight and Health website at: http://nature.berkeley.edu/cwh/activities/trends.shtml |
Childhood
Obesity: A Food and Nutrition Resource List for Educators and
Researchers” has been updated and is now available online at http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs_and_db.html. The
resource list is comprised of sections on prevalence, assessment,
outcomes, predictors and associated factors (including family influences,
infant/child feeding practices, physical activity and Type II
Diabetes/Metabolic Syndrome), prevention/intervention approaches,
educational materials and a list of additional contacts.
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| The Food Stamp Outreach
Coalition announces the Hunger Heroes
Program, a program established to honor local offices that
provide exemplary service in assisting eligible clients obtain food
stamps. All nominations for this year's awards must be submitted by March
1, 2005. For an online nomination form, visit the link below. http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/outreach/heroes.htm
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radioscotland_aod.shtml?rs_pipeline
Go
to this site and click on “Pipeline.” You’ll have to listen to the weather
update in Scotland, but then you’ll get the weekly program. There is
generally wonderful piping on there from some of the world’s top pipers.
Enjoy!
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| The January issue of
Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is now available! Please visit
www.cdc.gov/pcd, where
you will find downloadable articles and information on PCD. |
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