Health & Safety

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Urban & Community IPM Webinars: Event

Spring Cleaning: Where Indoor Pests Could Be Hiding

Event Date
Apr 16, 2026

Indoor pests are not always found where you expect, join us to learn about the weird places you might encounter common pantry and indoor pests!
Urban & Community IPM Webinars
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University of California 4-H Youth Development Program: Event

Stress, Rest & Sleep - Healthy Living webinar

Event Date
Dec 4, 2025

Learn the importance of reducing stress and how to check inwards through rest and sleep. The 4-H Healthy Living Advisory Committee invites you to pledge your health to better living and join their monthly webinars on topics to help you build healthy habits. Sessions will be held one Thursday a month and…
University of California 4-H Youth Development Program
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University of California 4-H Youth Development Program: Event

2026 4-H State Leadership Conference

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Jul 23, 2026 - Jul 26, 2026

California 4-H State Leadership Conference: Empowering youth (11-19) with leadership, communication & life skills through workshops, speakers & hands-on activities.
University of California 4-H Youth Development Program
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Longitudinal study explores repeated loss and gain of access to safety net programs and associations with mental and physical health among low-income California families

July 21, 2026
U.S. federal safety net programs provide food, nutrition, and health care assistance to eligible low-income individuals and families, with many of these programs expanding benefits and easing enrollment requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using longitudinal survey data from the ACCESS cohort…
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A teacher sits at a table with elementary-school aged students and talks with them about healthy eating, while holding a piece of fruit in her hands. The MyPlate graphic is visible on a poster in the background.
Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

New research brief examines how local health departments worked to sustain nutrition and physical activity programming following the elimination of SNAP-Ed funding

July 8, 2026
Federal legislation signed in July 2025 eliminated funding for SNAP-Ed, the largest public-sector nutrition and physical activity education and promotion program in the US. A new research brief from the Nutrition Policy Institute details how California local health departments, or LHDs, worked to wind-down…
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Nutrition Policy Institute: Article

Defunding SNAP-Ed: The Impact on Community Organizations Across California

July 7, 2026
Research Brief • July 2026 • Download PDF (148 MB)BackgroundFor over three decades, SNAP-Ed (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program- Education) worked to improve nutrition and physical activity (PA) behaviors among low-resource populations through education and policy, systems, and environmental (PSE)…
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