Healthy Families and Communities
Initiative Themes
- Food Literacy and Healthy Lifestyles
- Scientific literacy (youth and adult)
- Positive youth development
Public Value: The HFC SI helps build our state economy, building the capacity and health of our people and communities.
Our Strategic Initiatives help unify, communicate and advocate for the work we do. Here's how the pieces fit together.
Grand Challenges
The HFC SI panel support this work by bringing a broad spectrum of expertise and practice to help identify key emerging issues. HFC emerging issues include:
- Childhood obesity
- Safe drinking Water - Outdated infrastructure and unreliable water supply
- K-12 Education - Low, unstable funding and poor student performance
- Public safety
Impact
See UC Delivers for examples of impact in HFC.
UC ANR members can share the impact of their work - it's easy. Click here to find out how.
Funding
See funding opportunities listed with UC ANR Contracts & Grants
See Opportunity & Matching grants (small grants to help with urgent time-sensitive needs)
HFC-related Blogs
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Help for Californians navigating life during the coronavirus crisis
Theories abound as to what life will be like when we come out of our current predicament. And who can say? However, the focus for many is simply on...
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Safety Requirements for Essential Garden Maintenance During COVID-19
Gardens are not just about plants - they are also about people. Gardens create a learning space, help reduce stress and anxiety, and offer a place...
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Can we count on you to be counted?
Every ten years, the United States Census is sent to every resident of our country in order to get an accurate count of our population. This data is...