This late-month newsletter covers exciting nutrition network news that happened this month. | |
From the Nutrition and Aging
Resource Center
| |
New Resources Available on the Website!
See what is new! New and updated resources on acl.gov/senior-nutrition:
-
Food Insecurity Social Media Toolkit: Another toolkit for senior nutrition programs to use for social media channels! The sample posts in the Food Insecurity Social Media Toolkit can draw attention to the issue of food insecurity in older adults and the aging nutrition network's part in the solution.
-
Nutrition and Health-Related Holidays Social Media Toolkit: Aging nutrition programs may utilize the messaging in this toolkit all year long to draw attention to and drive engagement on your social media channels. This toolkit includes graphics as well as messaging that may be customized and personalized to showcase your unique work.
| |
Nutrition and Aging News From the Network | |
Grant Opportunities: Innovations in Nutrition Programs and Services
Application Deadline: January 25, 2023
ACL has released two Innovations in Nutrition Programs and Services (INNU) funding opportunities for cooperative agreements to establish or replicate innovative approaches to enhance the quality, effectiveness, and outcomes of nutrition programs and services within the aging services network.
Learn more about these opportunities.
| |
ACL Request for Photos
ACL is seeking to elevate the work occurring at the local level. Please send photos of vaccination clinics and other current activities and include key info about details in each photo:
-
Date (please be current, noting Oct, Nov, Dec)
-
What the photo is showing (e.g., vaccination clinic, grab-and-go meals with vaccine info, etc.)
-
Who is in the photo (e.g. staff from the XYZ AAA, older adults enjoying lunch, etc.)
-
Where the photo was taken (city, state)
-
Any context about the activity (e.g., one of four pop-up vaccine clinics XYZ AAA coordinated during the month of xyz)
Please send photos and release form to Comms@acl.hhs.gov.
| | |
|
FY 2023 AmeriCorps Seniors Workforce Development Senior Demonstration Program
Notice of Funding Opportunity from AmeriCorps Seniors for helping older adults secure employment. The due date for the funding application is February 1, 2023. Learn more about this opportunity, how and where to apply, and register for training and technical assistance calls.
| | |
Food is Medicine Coalition Project
The Food is Medicine Coalition along with USC Keck School of Medicine is conducting a two-year long study of the effect of medically tailored meals on indigenous people living with diabetes in Los Angeles County. Preliminary results indicated a 38 percent decrease in A1C scores for participants in the first six months. Learn more about this study, Project Angel Food’s Native American Diabetes Project.
| |
Healthy Food, Healthy Brain Rack Card Series
The International Association for Indigenous Aging has planned a six-series of ready-to-use rack cards for American Indian and Alaska Native nations and tribal serving organizations. The purpose is to provide a healthy eating-focused message that includes practical advice and culturally relevant recipes. The rack cards may be distributed through senior centers, inter-tribal organizations, healthcare facilities, administrative offices, tribal newspapers/radio stations, and as mailers to tribal members. Check out the website for additional information.
| |
Annual Summary of Statistics on Older Adults
The Profile of Older Americans is an annual summary of the available statistics related to the older population in the United States. Principal sources of data are the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Center for Health Statistics, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The profile illustrates the shifting demographics of Americans age 65 and older. It includes key topic areas such as future population growth, marital status, living arrangements, income, employment, and health. This year's report includes a special section on family caregivers.
| |
| |
Search. Find. Help.
An Online Resource Library
In 2021, the CDC Foundation launched Search. Find. Help., an online resource library that connects organizations that support older adults and their caregivers to over 300 resources and programs in the U.S. and that help these populations during public health emergencies, such as disease outbreaks like COVID-19. Search. Find. Help. also includes an action plan to help organizations select, adapt, and implement programs to meet the needs of their communities.
| |
|
The Senior Nutrition Program Featured in Social Security Offices Across the Country
Has the volume of participants you serve increased over the past few weeks? It may be due to new promotional
posters for the Senior Nutrition Program that are now being displayed on closed-circuit TV monitors in over 1,200 local Social Security offices across the country! The partnership can help connect potential meal participants with the services they need in their own communities.
| |
Senior Nutrition Programs in the News | |
This project was supported in part by grant number 90PPNU0002 from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy. | | | | |
