By Staff Reports
(Honolulu)– Kaiser Permanente Hawaii announced $97,412 in grant funding in support of two community health initiatives aimed at promoting nutrition in schools and helping to feed low-income families, and a safety net effort to address childhood obesity.
Grants include:
Hawaii Department of Education – $40,000 Grant
This community health initiative will promote nutrition in schools in alignment with the federal Healthy, Hungry-Free Kids Act. Kaiser Permanente’s grant will help establish Hawaii’s first School Nutrition Assistance Association and training of 40 Hawaii School Food Authorities to improve nutrition in schools statewide.
Hawaii Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) and Hawaii Department of Human Services (DHS) and – $35,000 Grant
Kaiser Permanente’s grant promote increased utilization of the state’s SNAP (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program) benefits to put food on the tables of eligible low-income families through a collaboration involving DHS, DLIR, farmers markets, vendors and community partners.
Accountable Healthcare Alliance of Rural Oahu – $22,412 Grant
Grant will support the implementation of the first collaborative pediatric project in Hawaii by optimizing the quality of services related to childhood obesity and associated health disparities through a partnership between Ko‘olauloa Community Health and Wellness Center, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, and Waimanalo Health Center.