Nutrition Policy Institute

The California Department of Social Services became the State Agency to oversee the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), which was previously managed by the California Department of Education, effective July 1, 2021.

The American Rescue Plan Act increased the monthly benefit for participants in the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) to purchase fruits and vegetablesalso known as the Cash Value Benefit.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) is an evidence-based, federally funded education program to support participants eligible for receiving SNAP food benefits.

The University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, is a statewide program with local development and delivery.

Easy access to safe and appealing drinking water is important throughout the school day for students and staff and is required as part of school foodservice, including for school year 2021-2022.

The Nutrition Policy Institute welcomed Monica Zuercher on February 1, 2022 as an assistant project scientist. Dr. Zuercher is a nutritional epidemiologist with experience in teaching, health research, data analysis, scientific communication, and nutrition interventions.

Wendi Gosliner, senior researcher and policy advisor at the Nutrition Policy Institute, spoke on a panel on policy and advocacy on January 28 at a virtual symposium hosted by the University of California, Berkeley and Plant Futures.

Families with low-income that participate in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programknown as CalFresh in Californiareceive monthly benefits to spend on food.

A new study from University of California researchers suggests that most fast food restaurants in low-income neighborhoods in California are not offering beverages online in a way that is consistent with the state's healthy beverage law for children's meals sold on the restaurant's website and popul...

Nutrition Policy Institute researchers are partnering with pediatrician and public health researcher Anisha Patel from Stanford University on a new National Institutes of Health-funded study to understand the impact of a childcare-based healthy beverage intervention.