Let’s Go Local: Recommendations for Linking Locally Grown Food, School Gardens, and Joint-Use Agreements to School Wellness Policies View Download
The Act the Mandates Wellness Policies: The Child Nutrition and Women Infants and Children (WIC) Reauthorization Act of 2004 (Sec. 204 of P.L. 108-205) [pdf 20K] requires by law that all local education agencies participating in the National School Lunch Program create local wellness policies no later than June 2006. Quick and Easy Guide to School Wellness: http://healthyschoolscampaign.org/programs/wellness You have to register for this. It offers a multi-media guide for developing a school Wellness Policy. Local Wellness Policy Tools and Resources from the CDC http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/healthtopics/wellness.htm CaliforniaProjectLean.org offers the following guide and many more resources to help develop Wellness Policies. Policy in Action: Guide to Implementing your Local School Wellness Policy This guide provides detailed instructions and worksheets throughout to assist local school districts in implementing their local school wellness policies. Californiahealthykids.org yet another site with a plethora or resources and guidance including The Guidance for the Development of California School Wellness Policies. Taking Action for Healthy Kids - School Wellness Policy Guide for Students School Nutrition . . . by Design! contains recommendations for districts and schools to improve the quality of their school nutrition programs and offerings. Taking Action for Healthy School Environments: Linking Education, Activity, and Food in California Secondary Schools (18mb) tells the story of how educational and community leadership in 18 school districts developed new approaches, in both policies and programs, to creating healthy learning environments. USDA Food and Nutrition Service: Team Nutrition www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Healthy/wellnesspolicy.html find links for requirements; how to
create and implement a WP; examples of local WPs, tools; funding information; and FAQs Center for Ecoliteracy Wellness Policy Guide http://www.ecoliteracy.org/programs/wellness_policy.html
CEL has developed a complete sample Wellness Policy with all the major
components, structures, and language,and implementation processes. This
is a good, clear basic guide which can be modified for one's own
district. Assessing School Wellness Activities District Wellness Policy Assessment from the UC Davis Center for Nutrition in Schools
Words or Reality: Are School District Wellness Policies Implemented? from Childhood Obesity April 2011
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