State The 2018 legislation session ended at midnight, Wednesday, May 9th with positive outcomes for LiveWell Colorado. With a few small exceptions, we were overwhelmingly successful having our positions prevail. Of course, much of this work was done with partners, as it generally takes a village to be persuasive at the Capitol. We also owe […]
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Supporting Community-based Healthy Eating and Active Living Efforts in Sustaining Beyond the Funding Cycle By Rebecca D. Ochtera, Claire J. Siemer, Leslie T. Levine Colorado Healthy Eating and Active Living Cities and Towns Campaign By Cheryl Kelly, Julie George, Eliza R. Lanman The American Journal of Preventive Medicine is the official journal of the American College of Preventive
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10 LiveWell Campaigns and What We Learned from Them LiveWell’s 10th anniversary provides an opportunity to reflect on our past, and to review and analyze our work to understand how we have evolved into the organization we are today. The following are 10 short-term campaigns and programs LiveWell implemented to raise awareness about our organization’s work and
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Double Up Food Bucks is improving the lives of low-income Coloradans in big cities and small towns all over our state. We feature one story a month in our Voices of Double Up series, to bring you face to face with the individuals whose lives are changed because of this program every day. Dallas from
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The 2018 Legislative Session has Arrived — with Additional Funding and a Brewing Battle over Transportation As the 2018 legislative session gets underway, transportation funding is once again in the spotlight. Securing stable funding for Colorado’s sorely underfunded transportation system, and in particular, dedicated dollars for walk, bike, and transit infrastructure remain a top priority
Long-time School Food Initiative Chef, Jessica Wright, Joins LiveWell Full-time She shares, in this blog, her ongoing commitment to helping Colorado schools provide healthy meals for students. I started with LiveWell Colorado as a Chef Consultant for the School Food Initiative (SFI) back in 2011. Although our model has shifted over the years, our focus
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Advocates Reach Out In Advance of Growing Season: Tilling the Soil for Double Up Food Bucks The 2018 growing season may not have officially begun—but for Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB), a LiveWell program that offers financial incentives to SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participants so they can buy more fresh fruits and vegetables—seeds are
10 Key State Policy Initiatives LiveWell has Supported in the Past 10 years 1 – 2018 – Healthy Food Incentive Funding: LiveWell is working on a legislative initiative to obtain state funding for healthy food incentives for programs like Double Up Food Bucks and Fruit and Vegetable Prescriptions. State funding will provide stability and sustainability for programs
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Fresh Food via a Mobile Market In the fall of 2016, the City of Arvada was awarded a mini-grant through the LiveWell Colorado HEAL Cities & Towns Campaign to complete a food assessment to demonstrate a variety of gaps in Arvada’s foodscape. Using data collected from surveys conducted with community members, focus groups with local
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Looking Back on 2017: 5 Questions with Gabriel Guillaume, President & CEO of LiveWell Colorado Toward the end of 2016, Gabriel Guillaume, who has been with LiveWell Colorado since 2010, took the helm as the organization’s President and CEO. We recently sat down with him to reflect on the past year at LiveWell and learn more about
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