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NPI partners to develop and evaluate a marketing campaign to increase school meal participation

Jun 6, 2024
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI partners with Mathematica on USDA WIC and WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program modernization evaluation

May 13, 2024
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI receives funding to conduct a research project on milk-fat content effects on toddler health

Mar 20, 2024
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI awarded California Collaborative for Pandemic Recovery and Readiness Research Program grant

Aug 9, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI to continue evaluation of California Nutrition Incentive Program to improve CalFresh participants fruit and vegetable purchases

May 8, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI partners with Stanford, Dolores Huerta Foundation and Cultiva La Salud on a community-academic alliance to promote Universal School Meals in the San Joaquin Valley

Feb 24, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
Wendi Gosliner and collaborators receive grant to test an outreach program to increase WIC participants take-up of the Earned Income Tax Credit

Feb 9, 2023
- Food
- Health
Nutrition Policy Institute partners with National WIC Association and Pepperdine University to conduct survey of WIC participants from multiple states in 2023

Dec 9, 2022
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI receives grant to evaluate the impact of the California Fruit and Vegetable pilot on farmers markets and CalFresh shoppers

Nov 23, 2022
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI researchers awarded Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Healthy Eating Research program funding to evaluate COVID-19 and socioeconomic recovery efforts

Aug 2, 2022
- Family
- Food
- Health
Nutrition Policy Institute receives $2.4 million in 2022-23 California State Budget to evaluate school meals for all

Jul 1, 2022
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI to partner with CACFP Roundtable to inform transition of Child and Adult Care Food Program oversight to the California Department of Social Services

Feb 17, 2022
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI researchers receive additional funding to evaluate the California Nutrition Incentive Program at farmers’ markets during the COVID-19 pandemic

Feb 1, 2022
- Family
- Food
- Health
Nutrition Policy Institute receives NIH funding to partner with Stanford University researchers to evaluate drinking water promotion in child care settings

Jan 28, 2022
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI to conduct evaluation of California’s Free School Meals for All legislation with funding from the California state legislative office

Dec 15, 2021
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI and National WIC Association to conduct evaluations in 5 states of WIC Cash Value Benefit increases for participants to buy fruit and vegetables

Dec 8, 2021
- Family
- Food
- Health
Nutrition Policy Institute partners with UC researchers to identify promising practices to support the health of California agriculture workers

Sep 14, 2021
- Agriculture
- Health
UC Merced conference provides research findings on farmworker health and safety

Apr 22, 2021
Kaiser Permanente supports NPI in conducting a community health needs assessment

Mar 11, 2021
- Family
- Health
Dairy Council of California funds new NPI pilot study on milk types for toddlers

Mar 10, 2021
- Family
- Food
- Health