Available Resources and Websites for Local Wellness Policy

USDA
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Guidance/default.htm

Iowa Bureau of Nutrition Programs
http://www.state.a.us/educate/ecese/fn/

Changing the Scene:  Improving the School Nutrition Environment. Tool Kit
September 2000. United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1010. Alexandria, VA 22302. Website: http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Healthy/changing.html

Fit, Healthy and Ready to Learn
Part 1: Physical Activity, Healthy Eating, and Tobacco-Use Prevention. Chapter E: Policies to Promote Healthy Eating.  National Association of State Boards of Education
http://www.nasbe.org   Included as part of the Changing the Scene Tool Kit

Team Nutrition curriculum and resources
 http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Healthy/wellnesspolicy.html

School Health Index for Physical Activity and Healthy Eating: A Self-Assessment and Planning Guide (2004)
http://apps/nccd.cdc.gov/shi/HealthyYouth/planning.htm or www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/SHI

Making it Happen: School Nutrition Success Stories http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Healthy/execsummary_makingithappen.html

ISU Extension
www.extension.iastate.edu/nutrition

Click on "Ask the Specialist" and at bottom of page for Nutrition Staff Directory

Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK)
http://www.actionforhealthykids.org

Center for Science in the Public Interest http://www.cspinet.org/nutritionpolicy/improved_school_foods_without_losing_revenue2.pdf
http://www.cspinet.org/schoolfood/school_foods_kit_part2.pdf 

School Foods Tool Kit: A Guide to Improving School Foods and Beverages
Part 1
.  Sept. 2003. Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), Nutrition Policy Project, 1875 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 300, Washington DC 20009.  Website: http://cspinet.org/schoolfood/index.html

Dispensing Junk: How School Vending Undermines Efforts to Feed Children Well 
May 2004.  Center for Science in the Public Interest. (CSPI), 1875 Connecticut Ave,  NW, Suite 300, Washington DC 20009.

E at Smart, Move More (North Carolina) http://www.eatsmartmovemorenc.com/ESMMmaterials/SchoolFoodsStandards.pdf

Michigan State University Extension
http://www.tn.fcs.msue.msu.edu/foodrewards.pdf

Michigan Team Nutrition Healthy School Nutrition Environment Checklist http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Healthy/MI_checklist.pdf

Keys to Excellence: Standard of Practice for Nutrition Integrity
 http://www.asfsa.org/childnutrition/keys/

National Association of School Boards
http://www.nasbe.org

Sample Policies language
http://www.cspinet.org/nutritionpolicy/nana.html http://www.schoolwellnesspolicies.org/WellnessResources.html

Healthy classroom celebrations
http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/filelibrary/2372/15801.pdf

Fundraising ideas without food http://actionforhealthykids.org/filelib/toolsforteams/recom/Available%20Resources%20and%20Tools%20-%20Healthy%20Alternatives%20to%20Selling%20Candy%20for%20Raising%20Funds%20for%20Schools.pdf

National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA) Sample Policies http://www.schoolwellnesspolicies.org/WellnessPolicies.html#monitoring

Rhode Island Sample Policies
http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Healthy/ri_model.pdf

NANA
http://www.schoolwellnesspolicies.org/