Join us on July 30, 2025, for an event hosted by CalFresh Healthy Living Statewide Training. The Promising Practices Summit will concentrate on successful initiatives and practical tips for implementing farmers market programming in your community. The Summit will also offer an opportunity to explore methods for guaranteeing that programs and initiatives are accessible for all members of the community.

The Master Trainer program certifies individuals to train facilitators for Around the Table community workshops aimed at both youth and adults. Interested candidates should complete the application by July 7, 2025, for eligibility review. Selected applicants who are funded by CalFresh Healthy Living (CFHL) will participate in a comprehensive training program at no cost.

This training, led by a panel of local implementers, will teach educators how to engage adult and senior audiences using discussions and activities, giving them practical tools for effective teaching and learning.

Food Smarts is a flexible, learner-centered cooking and nutrition curriculum with materials and lesson plans appropriate for K-12 youth and adults (including older adults).

During this course, you will: - Understand how positive and adverse experiences affect individual and community relationships to food and dietary health. - Learn the basic process and principles of a trauma-informed approach and how to apply it to pantry work. - Learn actionable steps that you can take to create client and community-centered food distributions. - Gain resources and tools for implementing trauma-informed practices in their distribution through the physical environment, nutrition education, and gathering neighbor feedback.

Join us on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, for a free virtual event hosted by CalFresh Healthy Living Statewide Training. The Promising Practices Summit will focus on successful initiatives and practical tips for implementing physical activity programs in your community. The Summit will also offer an opportunity to explore methods for guaranteeing that programs and initiatives are accessible for all members of the community.

This course is for CalFresh Healthy Living staff wanting to learn how to implement the Food Smarts for College Students curriculum.

This course is for facilitators wanting to learn how to implement the Dads Around the Table (AtT) curriculum.

Trauma-Informed Customer Service is a training for CalFresh Healthy Living staff and community educators facilitating classes and/or capacity-building programs in their community that would like to develop their customer service and relationship-building skills. Rooted in trauma-informed principles and practices, this training will help participants more effectively and compassionately handle difficult situations that may arise during their community-based work.

This interactive training will equip participants to facilitate the Food Smarts: Waste Reduction curriculum for Kids. This curriculum aims to increase awareness of strategies and tools to support food waste reduction among young individuals.

CalFresh Healthy Living and the Public Health Institute’s Center for Wellness and Nutrition invite you to our Building Healthy Habits Initiative Toolkit Introduction & Training. The topics for the 2-hour event will address nutrition, beverages, gardens, physical activity, screen time, and Policy, Systems, and Environmental (PSE) Changes for Sustainability. Each chapter includes a brief background, considerations for PSE Change approaches, activities, and resources.

This interactive training is designed for staff and volunteers involved in congregate meal sites, aiming to enhance the dining experience through Wiser Dining. Wiser Dining focuses on creating a client-centered, health-promoting, and positive environment for clients. Participants will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to conduct a comprehensive needs assessment, set achievable goals, and utilize available resources effectively to meet those needs. The training covers Wiser Dining’s core focus areas: client-centered, cuisine and nutrition education, site environment, policies and procedures, and staff & volunteers.

Este es un curso requerido por el USDA que enfatiza la información más importante sobre derechos civiles diseñada para apoyar el trabajo de CalFresh Healthy Living (CFHL) y las comunidades atendidas. Tenga en cuenta que todo el personal financiado por CFHL, incluido el personal estatal y local, debe completar la capacitación en Derechos Civiles cada año.

This is a USDA required course that emphasizes the most important civil rights information designed to support CalFresh Healthy Living (CFHL) work and the communities served. Please note, all CFHL funded staff, including state and local staff, must complete the Civil Rights training each year.

This training will provide participants with an understanding of the impact of stimulant use on women and how to provide strength-based and trauma-informed approaches that promote recovery.

This course sets the foundation for future Leah's Pantry run courses.

This CalFresh Healthy Living Building Blocks for Success course will provide an overview of SNAP-Ed, what it is, who it serves, the Integrated Workplan (IWP) Blueprint, fiscal, programmatic, and disability inclusion as well as resources.