Youth Development

The federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Childrencommonly known as WICsafeguards the health of pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and young children from low-income households who are at nutritional risk.

A new set of data briefs developed by the Nutrition Policy Institute showcases the impactful programming carried out by local health departments through California's SNAP-Ed program in Federal Fiscal Year 2023.

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, known as WIC, provides nutrition assistance to low-income pregnant and postpartum women.

Outside interviewed Nutrition Policy Institute researcher and physical activity expert Hannah Thompson for a March 31, 2024 article, School Fitness Testing Is a Nightmare.

Attention Mendocino & Lake Ranchers, Farmers, Forest Land Owners: Attached is a flier about our survey that some of you may have received. It is very important that you take the time to fill out the survey as it helps us help you.

During the first two years of the pandemic, the federal government enacted waivers to allow school meals to be offered to all students at no cost to families.

National Public Radio's Shots health news interviewed Nutrition Policy Institute's Hannah Thompson on a 2022 study that showed that letters home from school on childhood obesity had no effect on student weight.

"If you know how to shear, you'll never be poor," Stephany Wilkes remembers John Harper, University of California Cooperative Extension livestock and natural resources advisor for Mendocino and Lake counties, telling her sheep shearing class in 2013.

A new research brief developed by the Nutrition Policy Institute highlights promising school-based CalFresh Healthy LivingCalifornia's SNAP-Ed programphysical activity interventions.

UC Cooperative Extension in Modoc County is partnering with Utah State University to offer a mustang camp for California youth ages 9 to 19. The 4-H Mustang Camp, sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, will be held on June 28-29.