Hunger Coalition Works to Integrate Nutrition Education and CalFresh Outreach

Hunger Coalition Works to Integrate Nutrition Education and CalFresh Outreach

With support from Kaiser Permanente, the Hunger Coalition is working with partners to identify opportunities to ensure that low income San Diegans have access to both the financial resources (through CalFresh) and the knowledge necessary to make healthy food purchases for their families. Two of the organizations brought together by the Hunger Coalition were Alliance for African Assistance and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program. As a result, Alliance for African Assistance can now offer families nutrition education, and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program can now ensure individuals enrolled in their classes have ability to purchase healthy food through CalFresh enrollment.

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