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To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators.

Promotes good nutrition and physical activity among the youth of Virginia via community-based grants to establish Healthy Community Action Teams (HCATs), community coalitions that work to reduce and prevent obesity on the local level across Virginia. HCAT grants are available every two years and are issued via best-value RFP application process.

To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators. Program includes 4-H, Agriculture, Home Economics, Master Gardners, EFNEP

Administers the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program. Child Nutrition, Inc. provides: Training: Instruction in USDA program management, CNI policies and procedures Meal Planning: Sample menus to teach about a variety of nourishing meals and snacks Recipes: Recipes for everyday, seasonal and holiday food to make mealtime interesting Consultation: Advice in food service, child development, and family child care business Reimbursement: Payments in the range of $234 to $488 per month for 5 children

Provides lifestyle, food and supplement quality, understanding of specific diseases and importance of proper nutrition; also environmental cleaners, personal care and water treatment. Also Hormone Balancing with Bioidentical (Natural) Hormones, Homeopathic Remedies, Ionic Detox Foot Bath. Certified nutritional consultant and R.N.

Provide useful, objective information to the public and policymakers and conduct research on food, alcohol, health, the environment, and other issues related to science and technology.

Enables people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, enables people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators. Provides some direct services to individuals including agricultural programs. Can provide information and referral for money management, food safety training, parenting programs and nutrition.

Educate Americans about the benefits of physical activity and healthy eating. Through partnerships with the public, private, and non-profit sectors, the Council promotes programs and initiatives that motivate people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities to lead active, healthy lives.

The Virginia Healthy Start Initiative, known as Loving Steps, is a community-based program designed to reduce infant mortality and low birth weight that provides client recruitment, case management, medical nutrition therapy, health education, perinatal depression screening and inter-conceptional care services to pregnant women, inter-conceptional women and children up to 2 years of age.

To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators.

Provides environmental and health services for area residents. This includes well and septic permits, food safety inspections, family planning, STD treatments, immunizations, communicable disease investigations, HIV/AIDS testing, care and supportive services, and women, infants and children (WIC) nutrition services.

To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators.

Provides activities designed to prevent disease and promote the health of older persons. Services include health risk assessments; routine health screening; nutritional counseling and education; health promotion; physical fitness and group exercise; music and dance-movement therapy; home injury control; mental health screening; mental health education; information on Medicare coverage; medication management; information on diagnosis, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of age related diseases and chronic disabling conditions geriatric counseling and follow up health services counseling. Services are available to consumers unable to leave their homes.

Provides nutrition education and food vouchers for pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children younger than age 5 who cannot afford an adequate diet and have a nutritional risk.

To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators.

To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators.

Provides environmental and health services for area residents. This includes well and septic permits, food safety inspections, family planning, STD treatments, immunizations, communicable disease investigations, HIV/AIDS testing, care and supportive services, and women, infants and children (WIC) nutrition services.

To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators.

The Loving Steps Program in Norfolk, Virginia is part of the Virginia Healthy Start Initiative. The goal of the program is to help make sure every baby has a healthy start in life. The program has a nurse and community health workers who visit with enrolled women and their families during the prenatal, postpartum and early parenting phases of life. If you are a pregnant woman or a new mother in the Norfolk area, a Loving Steps team member can meet with you at least once a month until your baby turns two years old! She will work to get you the services you need, answer your questions, and teach you about taking care of yourself and your baby!

To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators.

Provides environmental and health services for area residents. This includes well and septic permits, food safety inspections, family planning, STD treatments, immunizations, communicable disease investigations, HIV/AIDS testing, care and supportive services, and women, infants and children (WIC) nutrition services.

A veggie prescription program designed to help people with diet-related illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity, heart problems and stroke. Local doctors identify patients that are willing to make lifestyle changes and prescribe them to our program. The patients attend nine weeks of nutrition and cooking classes at Lynchburg Grows, taught by a nutrition educator from Virginia Cooperative Extension. At the end of each class, participants take home a bag of fresh fruit and produce so that they can try the recipes they learn at home.

Virginia Cooperative Extension responds to the needs of individuals, families, groups, and organizations with educational programs in the broad areas of agriculture and natural resources, family and community sciences, family nutrition and health,and 4-H youth development.

To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators. Also has Agriculture & National Resources (ANR), Family & Community Sciences (FCS), Community Initiatives (CI), Food, Nutrition & Health (FNH) programs.

The Loving Steps Program is the Virginia Healthy Start Initiative. It provides case management services during pregnancy and after delivery in order to prevent infant deaths. The Loving Steps team works to get you the services you need, answer your questions, and teach you about taking care of yourself and your baby.