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CLOCC Unveils 2016-2020 Policy Agenda
A new CLOCC Policy Agenda was unveiled to attendees of the Consortium's Quarterly Meeting on Wednesday, September 16. The document identifies 17 policy priorities too address the obesity prevention challenges in Chicago and surrounding communities
over the next four years. The Agenda includes priorities pertaining to allocation of resources, healthy food access, child-serving institutions, physical activity and clinical care.
In a blog posted today to CLOCC.net, Executive Director Adam Becker, PhD, MPH, points to the inclusive nature of the Agenda-building process as an indicator of its potential impact.
"The 2016-2020 agenda is a reflection of five years of policy change work in the City of Chicago and across the country, and the thinking of some of the city's and nation's best-known experts in childhood obesity prevention and strategies aligned with childhood obesity prevention," said Dr. Becker. "We at CLOCC hope that this refreshed policy agenda will continue to provide guidance and support to partners near and far who are looking for the most promising approaches to policy change that will make healthy eating and active living easy for all children and for the families and communities who nurture and protect them, ensuring they have the best opportunities for a lifetime of good health."
Read Dr. Becker's complete blog entry here.
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Surgeon General Focuses on Walking in National Call to Action
"Step it Up" is the new battle cry in a Call to Action focused on promoting walking and building walkable communities put forth by the U.S. Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA.
At a launch event on September 9, the Surgeon General linked an overall decline in American's health to a decrease in physical activity. The Call to Action includes five strategic goals to promote walking and walkable communities in the United States: make walking a national priority; design communities that make it safe and easy to walk for people of all ages and abilities; promote programs and policies to support walking where people live, learn, work, and play; provide information to encourage walking and improve walkability; and fill surveillance, research, and evaluation gaps related to walking and walkability. More information is available at surgeongeneral.gov
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5-4-3-2-1 Go! Message Training Slated for Wednesday, September 30
Please join us for a training on 5-4-3-2-1 Go!, a healthy lifestyle message for children and families developed by the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC).  This message and the individual recommendations are based on the most current evidence available on the best choices children and families can make to promote healthy eating and physical activity.
This free training will include:
- Background information on the issue of childhood obesity
- Information about the creation and dissemination of 5-4-3-2-1 Go!
- Strategies to incorporate the message in your programming
- Brainstorming and idea sharing with other community-based organizations
The training is Wednesday, September 30 at the Heartland Health Center (1300 W. Devon). Space is limited, so reservations are required. Please RSVP to Elizabeth Strain at [email protected] or (312) 227-7046 by Monday, September 28.
Light refreshments will be provided and each attendee will receive materials that promote 5-4-3-2-1 Go!.
Tours of the new Heartland Health Center will be offered prior to the training for anyone who is interested. Please meet in the lobby at 9:45AM.
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CLOCC Seeks Community and Schools Initiatives Manager
CLOCC is currently hiring for a Community and Schools Initiatives Manager to join our team. Primary responsibilities include leading the development and implementation of all community strategies for the  Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children. Strategies and CLOCC interventions focus on improving access to healthy food and environmental conditions that support physical activity in Chicago neighborhoods and schools. This will be achieved through the management and oversight of staff working in schools and neighborhoods in coordination with community- and school-based partner organizations. This position also oversees the staffing of three interest groups and is responsible for content on the relevant sections of CLOCC's website. In managing these aspects of the CLOCC program, the program manager will work with CLOCC leadership on grant-writing activities, budget management, and financial tracking related to these elements of CLOCC's work. This position manages volunteers and student interns and represents CLOCC to community partners and other external organizations. The position will provide input to CLOCC's communications, early childhood, policy, and health education strategies; ensuring the concerns of communities and schools are addressed and prioritized within those elements of the CLOCC program.
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Upcoming Events
Read more about upcoming events at
CLOCC.net. Do you have an event to that you would like to promote to the CLOCC membership?
Click here! Events will be posted upon staff review.
September 26: Family and Veterans Health and Fitness Test
September 30: CLOCC's 5-4-3-2-1 Go! Message Training
October 8: Biennial Symposium: Illinois Transdisciplinary Obesity Prevention Program
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About CLOCC
The Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC) is a nationally recognized leader for community-based obesity prevention. We support, coordinate, and unite partners to promote healthy and active lifestyles for children and families. Our multi-sector approach emerged in Chicago and can be adapted for use anywhere.
225 E. Chicago Ave., Box 157 Chicago, IL 60611 312-227-7100 www.clocc.net
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Funding Opportunities
Every Kid Healthy Grants are available for physical activity and nutrition programming in Northern Illinois to support becoming recognized as a health-promoting school. The grant provides funding for physical activity initiatives (such as facilities and equipment for recess, playgrounds/play-spaces, classroom energizers, physical education, intramural and/or before/after-school programs that introduce the value of an active lifestyle). Grants must also include an optional nutrition component (such as nutrition education, school gardens, competitive foods/smart snacks, salad bars, smarter lunchrooms, healthy fundraising/classroom celebrations that introduce healthy foods). Grants will be $1000 awards.
Deadline: September 23.
Fuel Up to Play 60 awards grants to schools enrolled in their wellness program that may be used for a variety of activities and tools that jumpstart and sustain healthy nutrition and physical activity improvements. Funds can be used to conduct in-school promotions focused on creating a healthier school and to implement Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Plays. Funds can also be used for professional development, nutrition education materials, and physical education equipment and materials. Deadline: November 4.
The Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH), in partnership with Hearst Health, is accepting submissions for the
Hearst Health Prize. Population health is essential to transforming from an illness-centered healthcare system to one focused on protecting and improving health. The prize was created to help promote promising new ideas in the field that will help to improve health outcomes, and thus proliferate best practices more rapidly. The goal is to discover, support and showcase the work of an individual, group, organization or institution that has successfully implemented a population health program or intervention that has made a measurable difference. The winner will receive a $100,000 cash prize. Applications will be accepted through October 23.
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