Join us for a fun and interactive webinar on how networking can elevate your work and how the PLC can be your go-to space for connecting with professionals across California and beyond. We’ll share practical tips for building meaningful relationships, real-world examples of networking success, and ways to make the most of the PLC to expand your reach.

Join this webinar introducing refreshed tools and resources to help strengthen and unify the impact of CalFresh Healthy Living across California. Over the years, the CalFresh Brand Unity team has worked to enhance how we communicate the program’s mission. Now, they are excited to share important branding updates that will make it easier to promote the program consistently and effectively. This webinar will cover: A new standard operating procedure for branding compliance A branding compliance checklist for streamlined implementation Enhanced brand guidelines for greater clarity and consistency Instructional branding videos and tutorials Supporting materials to ensure brand consistency By adopting these updates, we can work together to increase awareness and engagement, helping all Californians gain better access to nutritious food for healthier living.

This training will provide a comprehensive overview of the Site List maintenance process, including using traditional and alternative methods. Incorporating examples from the field, participants will learn site approval requirements for adding and renewing sites for the upcoming Federal Fiscal Year, including necessary forms, supporting documentation, and best practices for providing screenshots and comments. Prerequisite: Before attending this session, we recommend viewing the previously recorded Site List training as a refresher.

Join us in April and May for a webinar series on the basics of the Smarter Lunchrooms Movement (SLM)! The Smarter Lunchrooms Movement is an evidence-based, SNAP Ed-approved Policy, Systems, and Environmental change intervention. It focuses on behavioral economics that uses small, low- or no-cost changes to the school lunchroom to make the healthy choice the easy choice for students. In this series of three webinars, participants will receive an introduction to behavioral economics, the principles behind SLM, and the five-step process for implementing SLM. By attending this webinar series, participants will have completed the first step in becoming an SLM of CA Certified Technical Advising Professional (TAP). Although not required, attendees are encouraged to complete all three sessions. However, all three sessions must be completed before participating in the remaining steps in the TAP certification process.

This interactive training will equip participants to facilitate the Food Smarts: Waste Reduction curriculum for Adults. This curriculum aims to build nutrition and cooking skills while engaging participants to reduce food waste and its harmful effects on the planet.

Registration Closed - the first-ever CFHL Community Impact Framework Learning Collaborative! This engaging two-month program, led by Leah’s Pantry, focuses on community engagement and provides research-based tools, relationship-building with other implementers, and opportunities to design or refine existing CFHL activities. We’d love for you and your team to be part of this unique learning experience!

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).

This in-person, two-day workshop is designed to provide participants with the knowledge, skills, and resources to plan, develop, and sustain an edible school or community garden. Participants must attend both days. Day 1 (in the garden): Dig your hands into the soil, and discover new techniques in this all-day garden skills workshop. Focused on designing your garden space and conducting a garden analysis, participants will classify soil types, determine when and where in the garden to plant crops, demonstrate harvesting techniques, and install a drip irrigation system. Day 2 (in the classroom): Be ready for an action-packed day focused on developing and implementing a sustainable garden program. Participants will describe how a garden extends beyond the “site” to reinforce community-wide PSE efforts, build a garden strategic plan, and practice developing and delivering garden program messaging that will resonate with any audience. Space is limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are interested in attending, please fill out the registration form. Additional trainings will be held throughout the state in FFY 25.

This training is for CFHL educators wanting to learn how to take a trauma-informed approach in their community and school garden education programs and policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change interventions.

The Nutrition Pantry Program is a healthy pantry initiative that implements policy, system, and environment changes at food distributions. Description: This unique training will bring a fresh perspective to your programs with the objective of increasing the health and resilience of the communities you serve.  Participants will: Explore the relationship between positive and adverse experiences and nourishment Learn the basic process and principles of applying a trauma-informed approach to food security settings Learn to implement the Nutrition Pantry Program (NPP) with food distributions in your community. Gain a deep understanding of the NPP mission, process, resources, leading pantry practices, and COVID-19 considerations Audience: SNAP-Ed implementers, food bank and pantry staff, University Extension professionals, and other individuals and organizations looking for an organized policy, systems and environment (PSE) intervention to adapt to their sites. [If an agency has multiple participants, each participant must register separately so their registration email address can then be added to our online training system.] Training Delivery and Dates:  This program includes self-paced content (videos, reflection activities, and readings) and live, instructor-led sessions. Registered participants will gain access to our online training system (TalentLMS) beginning early May, and will need to complete approximately 1.5 hours of self-paced work prior to the first live session on 05/22/25.  Key dates are as follows: Registration Closes: May 21, 2025 Self-Paced Course Opens:  Early-Mid May Live Zoom Sessions: May 22, June 5, June 19; Times: 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time Total Training Time:  Approximately nine hours total (4.5 hours of live sessions and about 4.5 hours of self-paced work) Next Steps: Upon completion of this course, participants are prepared to implement the Nutrition Pantry Program at their site(s) and will then receive access to additional resources, webinars, ongoing support, and our network of pantry partners.

This session equips staff with essential strategies for engaging individuals with disabilities and ensuring access to nutrition education, gardening, and physical activity programming. Participants will learn key terminology while exploring best practices across various settings. By the end of the session, participants will be equipped with practical tools to enhance accessibility and contribute to a more supportive program.

We are offering two CATCH Implementer training for CATCH Kids Club (CKC) and CATCH Early Childhood (CEC). Participants can choose to attend one or both training sessions! These sessions are open to all CFHL staff who want to become implementers. This is also an opportunity for current implementers to receive refreshers.

Did you know that one in four Californians identifies as having a disability? This webinar, hosted by the California Department of Rehabilitation, will demonstrate best practices for creating an inclusive program environment where everyone feels valued and can thrive. You'll learn: - The basics of disabilities concepts and terminology. - Simple yet powerful strategies that demonstrate respect and build trust. - Actionable insights to implement inclusive practices immediately.

Join the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) as they introduce the CalFresh Healthy Living (CFHL) County Snapshot template as an educational tool that highlights program work and achievements in your county. This training will also discuss strategies for incorporating this data-driven template into your community engagement work and build confidence to discuss the impact of the CalFresh Healthy Living program.

This in-person, two-day workshop is designed to provide participants with the knowledge, skills, and resources to plan, develop, and sustain an edible school or community garden. Participants must attend both days. Day 1 (in the garden): Dig your hands into the soil, and discover new techniques in this all-day garden skills workshop. Focused on designing your garden space and conducting a garden analysis, participants will classify soil types, determine when and where in the garden to plant crops, demonstrate harvesting techniques, and install a drip irrigation system. Day 2 (in the classroom): Be ready for an action-packed day focused on developing and implementing a sustainable garden program. Participants will describe how a garden extends beyond the “site” to reinforce community-wide PSE efforts, build a garden strategic plan, and practice developing and delivering garden program messaging that will resonate with any audience. Space is limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are interested in attending, please fill out the registration form. Additional trainings will be held throughout the state in FFY 25.

This five-session training will focus on embedding participatory processes into CalFresh Healthy Living (CFHL) initiatives. Participants will learn to engage residents in policy, systems, and environmental change through participatory research, decision-making, evaluation, and budgeting.

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 - Collaboratively explore what role food pantries have in supporting community food security.

The Systems Approaches for Healthy Communities (SAHC) Self-Paced Modules are developed by the University of Minnesota Extension and are designed to identify and describe key concepts related to policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change interventions.

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.