Volume 3, Issue 2

Network Spotlight

Meet Benae Jackson

Benae Jackson is the Older Adult Nutrition Program Manager for the Division of Aging and Adult Services at the Mississippi State Unit on Aging. Benae has a passion for her work and is finding ways to engage Area Agencies on Aging within her state to best serve aging Mississippians.

News From the Nutrition and Aging

Resource Center

The Redesigned Website is Finally Live!

The Nutrition and Aging Resource Center has introduced its new (and improved) website. For a quick tour of the redesigned “Browse Resources” section of the website, watch the recording. We walk you through how to find the resources you need to best serve your participants.

From the Administration for Community Living

Celebrate the Senior Nutrition Program - Cooking Up Community

Every March, ACL recognizes its Senior Nutrition Program which has supported nutrition services for older Americans since 1972. We celebrate the many accomplishments of the national and local programs, we promote how nutrition services support independence,

and we highlight important topics in senior nutrition.

Visit our webpage for more information and materials. The 2023 logos are available now and more content is coming soon. You may also follow #SeniorNutritionProgram to see what we and others are planning.

Save the date:

Wednesday, March 22, 2 PM ET | Celebration Webinar

More details to come!

National Paralysis Resource Center Mindfulness and Yoga Capsules Training

The National Paralysis Resource Center — operated by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation — is announcing a free virtual series that equips caregivers and health professionals who serve persons with paralysis with sets of one- to five-minute mindfulness and yoga techniques (“yoga capsules”).

There are three sessions that will be led by Jay Gupta, RPh, 340B ACE, MTM Specialist, C-IAYT:

Body: March 4, 2023
Breath: March 18, 2023
Mind: April 1, 2023

Each session is provided live and online using Zoom from 11:00 AM-6:30 PM ET and provides up to six continuing education credits for various health workers. Join for one or more of the days.

Space is limited to maintain a quality experience. Email RxRelax@live.com or call 603-674-3770 for more information or with any questions.

Apply for the Series

Nutrition and Aging News From the Network

Healthy Eating Research 2023 Call for Proposals

Healthy Eating Research, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is funding research on supportive family policies and programs that have strong potential to impact equitable access to nutritious food in communities, nutrition security, diet quality, and improved nutrition and health outcomes.

Apply by April 5, 2023.

FNS Awards $50 Million for Improving Seniors’ Access to Locally Grown Foods, Strengthening Supply Chain Resilience

Fifty million dollars in grants has been awarded to 47 states and tribal organizations to expand and modernize the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program. This means better access to fresh produce for aging adults!

This #BlackHistoryMonth, the Nutrition and Aging Resource Center is joining the HHS Office of Minority Health in its efforts to bring attention to food insecurity and its impact on the health of Black and African Americans: https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/bhm/

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.