Results & Outcomes

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Annual Outcomes & Impacts

During FFY2023, CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties (SLO/SB) supported comprehensive, school-based nutrition and physical activity education and supports for policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) changes including:

Direct education reaching 3,136 youth and 9 adults.
Indirect education reached 40,281 community members, of whom 16,689 were estimated as new reach.
Engaged 41 community partners in CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE programming including agricultural partners, schools, food banks, nonprofit organizations, and parks and recreation centers.
Participated in 4 multi-sector coalitions across counties to address food security and equitable access to policies, systems, and environments supportive of health and wellness. Sectors represented on these coalitions included: agriculture, education, food industry, government, community-based organizations, and public health.

PSE supports implemented at 17 sites, reaching 17,925 low-income community members, including:

Supported the adoption of 64 nutrition, 16 physical activity and 3 nutrition and physical activity supports across both counties for a total of 83 PSE changes adopted or actively maintained.
Of the sites implementing or maintaining PSE changes, a majority also offer complementary strategies such as evidence-based education (0% in SLO, 83% in SB), Parent/Community Involvement (20% in SLO, 83% in SB), and/or staff training (100% in SLO and SB).
For sustainability of PSE changes, 100% in SLO and 100% in SB report at least one sustainability mechanism is planned, in process, or already in place.

See prior years Reports, Outcomes and County Profiles here.

Report prepared for Hunger Holistically – Systems Level Interventions to Combat Hunger on local issues in food security and food access here.