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Cooking Matters Illinois Janine Lewis Illinois MCH Coalition

Cooking Matters Illinois Janine Lewis Illinois MCH Coalition. Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign to End Childhood Hunger in America. Childhood Hunger in America. 16 million American kids live in families who struggle to put food on the table.

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Cooking Matters Illinois Janine Lewis Illinois MCH Coalition

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  1. Cooking Matters IllinoisJanine LewisIllinois MCH Coalition

  2. Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign to End Childhood Hunger in America

  3. Childhood Hunger in America 16 million American kids live in families who struggle to put food on the table. That’s 1 in 5 kids at risk of hunger.

  4. Ensuring kids get consistent access to healthy foods through public food and nutrition programs. • Empowering parents and caregivers with education to get the most out of those programs – and all of their food resources – through Cooking Matters. Surrounding children with the healthy food they need, every day.

  5. Cooking Matters: Food Skills Education http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ0d35ZeC8E

  6. Food Skills in Demand www.CookingMatters.org/ItsDinnertime

  7. Linking Access to Food with the Skills Needed to Make Healthy Meals Cooking Matters Presentation

  8. Cooking Matters: National Impact Building Food Skills, Ending Hunger Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters

  9. Cooking Matters: Participants Participation in Nutrition Assistance Programs 59% of participants receive at least one form of assistance 15% 28% Average Household Size: 2.83 Average Number of Children: 086 Adults with Children in the Home: 43% SNAP (Food Stamps) 29% Free/ Reduced-Price School Meals 11% WIC 8% Food Pantry or Commodities Participant Race/Ethnicity Head Start African American 68% Latino 30% Pacific Islander 1% Asian 2% Asian 1% Pacific Islander 0% NativeAmerican2% Native American 8% Other 14% White 21% *Respondents could select more than one response to each question, so percentages will not sum to 100%. 9

  10. How We Work: Signature Courses

  11. The Ingredients Cooking Matters Courses 12 hours of hands-on instruction & learning Host Agency Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters

  12. The Ingredients Classroom space Kitchen space Host Agency • Home economic classrooms • Preschool classrooms • Commercial kitchens • Staff Kitchens • Church kitchens • No kitchen- tables & portable equipment Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters

  13. The Ingredients EXTRA for Diabetes Curricula Child Care Professionals Teens EXTRA for Wellness EXTRA for Parents of Preschoolers* Kids, 3rd – 5th grade Adults* Families* * Available in both English and Spanish Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters

  14. The Ingredients Graduation Gifts Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters

  15. Next Steps

  16. Qualifications Kitchen and a meeting area Recruiting participants Application Alternative Cooking Matters Courses Cooking Matters at the Store Cooking Demo Info session Interested in becoming a host site? Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters

  17. Contact Lilah Handler at lhandler@ilmaternal.org for more information about becoming a Cooking Matters Host Site. Next Steps Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters

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