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Supporting Military Teens: Community Healthy Living and Food Security Programs
December 7, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST
Free
About This Webinar
Community support and education can have a great impact on bolstering food security. Our access to and relationship with food connects to our overall health, wellness, and lived experiences. Engaging military teens through programs focusing on food access, nutrition literacy, and healthy eating habits can equip kids with the knowledge to help them learn and grow.
One such community-based initiative is the Georgia 4-H VISTA AmeriCorps Summer program. Through this program, AmeriCorp Associates engage youth through 4-H Summer Health Squad lessons and support local communities with food security initiatives. Summer VISTA Associates deliver healthy living and food security lessons and engage community members with hands-on learning around topics like food access, addressing food insecurity, mindfulness and healthy eating, and other topics relevant to their unique area. Through this webinar learn about the goals and management of the AmeriCorps VISTA project, and receive examples of how to implement similar lessons in work with supporting families experiencing food insecurity. Join us to learn more about programs and initiatives bridging the gap between resources and teens and families needing those resources.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:
- Describe the benefit and importance of addressing food security and health initiatives within communities
- Identify ways to incorporate healthy living and food security initiatives locally
- Discuss the AmeriCorps VISTA 4-H Partnership and identify resources offered through this partnership
Presenters
Keri Hobbs
Keri Gandy Hobbs serves as Senior Public Service Associate and Extension 4-H Specialist for the University of Georgia Extension – Georgia 4-H. In this role, she creates volunteer leadership resources and professional development opportunities for more than 5,500 volunteers annually. Keri was named the 2021 recipient of the distinguished UGA Public Service and Outreach Walter B. Hill Award. She holds a Master of Public Administration from Valdosta State University and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Georgia. She is a proud graduate of UGA’s Public Service and Outreach (PSO) Vivian H. Fisher Leadership Academy, the UGA Facilitation Academy, and the UGA PSO Scholarship Academy.
She has also served on the National Extension Conference on Volunteerism Planning Committee for four years and has served as the Principal Investigator of the AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) project for Georgia 4-H for the past six years, where she created the 4-H Summer Health Squads to address food insecurity. Keri has given 78 presentations for international and national audiences and is currently serving on the leadership team of the NSF Regional Innovation Engines program for Next Generation Agriculture.
Continuing Education (CE) Credit
Continuing EducationThe following CE credits will be submitted for this session:
- Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists: Programming approval for 1.5 CE credits has been obtained for Social Work, LPCs, and LMFTs from the University of Texas at Austin, Steve Hicks School of Social Work. Check with your state licensing agency for reciprocity and/or credit approval if licensed for other professions or in one of the following states: CO, FL, HI, IA, KS, KY, MI, NY, ND, OH, OK. **Note: Eligibility for CE credit expires on December 7, 2025.
- Case Managers: This program has been approved by the Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide board-certified case managers with 1.5 clock hours. **Note: Eligibility for CE credit expires on December 7, 2024.
- Certified Family Life Educators: This program has been approved by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) for 1.5 CE credit for CFLEs. **Note: Eligibility for CE credit expires on December 7, 2028.
- Board Certified Patient Advocates: This program has been approved by The Patient Advocate Certification Board to provide CE credit to Board Certified Patient Advocates (BCPA). The course has been approved for a total of 1.5 CE contact hours, of which 0.0 are in the area of Ethics. **Note: Eligibility for CE credit expires on December 7, 2025.
- Certified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS): This webinar is approved for 1.5 CE credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) for CFCS. **Note: Eligibility for CE credit expires on December 7, 2028.
- Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) and Nutrition and Dietetic Technicians, Registered (NDTRs): This webinar is approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) for 1.5 CPEUs for RDNs and NDTRs.
- Certified Nutrition & Wellness Educator (CNWE): This webinar has been approved for 1.5 CE credits from the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) for CNWEs.
- OneOp Certificates of Attendance are available for those interested in documenting additional professional development activities
Event Materials
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Food Security in Focus
Take advantage of OneOp’s Food Security in Focus collection, offering live and on-demand programming related to food security.
Among our nation’s active-duty service members and their families, an estimated 24 percent are food insecure. Food insecurity adversely impacts racial/ethnic minority populations, lower-income populations, and rural and remote populations. Additionally, a rise in economic insecurity throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to increased food insecurity in vulnerable populations. Join OneOp as we focus on expanding food security for the military family and mobilizing family service professionals at federal, state, and local levels to work together on this issue.
