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.

This training will guide Program Evaluation and Reporting System (PEARS) users on how to accurately document comprehensive activities spanning multiple modules, such as those that integrate direct education, partnerships/coalitions, and PSE strategies. Participants will be guided through real examples and step-by-step demonstrations to ensure consistent and complete reporting. This training is for SIA and LIA staff responsible for entering PEARS activities. A PEARS account is required to fully participate in the training.

In this two-part training, highlighting foundational principles, participants will explore a comprehensive approach to delivering direct education that makes a lasting impact. We’ll focus on understanding the needs of both learners and instructors, tailoring lesson plans, and ensuring the necessary logistics are in place for successful delivery. The sessions will also cover strategies for effective communication with teachers and program/organization staff, how to implement effective classroom management strategies, and teaching methods to engage learners. Through hands-on practice, you’ll learn how to implement your plan, assess learner understanding, and adapt in the moment. The training also emphasizes the importance of reflection—considering both your teaching approach and the learning outcomes, so you can continually improve your teaching skills. By the end, you'll be equipped with the tools to plan, deliver, and assess education that resonates with learners. Attending both sessions is highly recommended.

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.

Body Connection is a series of six mindful movement lessons designed for integration with nutrition education interventions. Body Connection offers easy-to-follow and accessible mindful movement for adults (18+) and kids (grades 3-5) with a range of movement abilities.

Join us for a Virtual Promising Practices Summit that will concentrate on successful initiatives and practical tips for implementing garden programs in your community. The Summit will also offer an opportunity to explore methods for guaranteeing that programs and initiatives are accessible to all members of the community.

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.

Discover your CliftonStrengths and learn how to leverage them to build authentic, resilient, and diverse community connections. By increasing self-awareness, we can equip ourselves to contribute meaningfully, especially in contexts that require empathy, collaboration, and relationship-building across differences. Deadline to register: July 14, 2025

Want to help youth be PSE change agents for health? Then join us for this webinar facilitated by the UC Davis Center for Regional Change, in collaboration with the UC Davis School of Education. Since FFY 2017, this team has supported youth-led research and action to promote healthy nutrition and physical activity, providing training, coaching, resource development and documentation support across California as a subcontractor of CalFresh Healthy Living, UC. This one-hour session will provide an introduction to youth participatory action research (YPAR) and share implementation examples within CalFresh Healthy Living programming. The webinar will also provide an orientation to the Community Futures, Community Lore YPAR resources and the Stepping Stones Toolkit—the SNAP-Ed approved curriculum for YPAR project design and facilitation. After this webinar, participants will: - Have a clear understanding of YPAR, its potential benefits and how it can be implemented within CalFresh Healthy Living programming; - Be familiar with key resources that support YPAR project planning and facilitation; and - Understand opportunities and considerations for launching a YPAR effort within their own programming.

CalFresh Healthy Living (CFHL) 101 Training is designed for newer CFHL staff. This is a self-paced course and three live session training that will provide the "big picture" and introduce foundational models, plans, and frameworks of CFHL.

Join us July 30, 2025 in Sonoma County, CA for a free in-person 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.

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 in-person event hosted by CalFresh Healthy Living Statewide Training. The Promising Practices Summit will be held in Fresno, CA, and will concentrate 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 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.

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.