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National Spotlight
Support Rises for Healthy Food Financing
Late last year a bipartisan coalition in Congress introduced identical bills that would invest $125 million to establish a Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Congress also passed a bipartisan $915 billion omnibus budget appropriations bill for 2012 which included $32 million to fund HFFI. With its triple bottom line benefits-- creating jobs, sparking economic development, and improving health--HFFI is just what is needed for these difficult economic times. To learn more about the Healthy Food Financing Initiative, click here.>>
Efforts in the Field
Taking Action to Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund Webinar
The American Public Health Association, PolicyLink, Prevention Institute, Public Health Institute and Trust for America's Health invite you to join a discussion to review strategies to educate elected officials about the value of prevention and public health-related programs (with an emphasis on outcomes and results) and to identify action steps you can take to help protect funding for public health in 2012. Please join this interactive web forum on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 11:30 a.m. Pacific/2:30 p.m. Eastern. To register for this webinar, click here.>>