CANFIT pursues a multi-prong approach acting as a liaison between communities and policymakers, and engages youth-serving and community-based organizations through consulting, workshops and trainings. Since 1993, CANFIT has:
*Provided technical assistance to the California Endowment's Statewide Healthy Eating Active Communities Initiative (HEAC), Kaiser Permanente's Healthy Eating Active Living Initiative (HEAL) Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program (CCROPP) and the National W.K. Kellogg Food and Community Program.
*Consulted with 12 school districts in California and 44 healthcare agencies in the U.S. including the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), the California Department of Education (CDE) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
*Provided nutrition and physical activity services, training and materials (including Spanish language resources) to over 400 after school programs and community-based organizations across the country.
*Conducted 150+ workshops and trained more than 3,000 youth leaders, staff and youth.
*Awarded over $1 million in grants and scholarships to support programs and youth interested in pursuing the improvement of healthy eating and physical activity in communities of color (we are currently not giving out grants at this time).
