ECU Site: Best Food Forward
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Launched as a pilot in the summer of 2018, Best Food Forward (BFF) is an initiative to bring families in a school district to food security and to understand the impact on academic achievement, health, behavioral, and economic stability outcomes for the students and their families. Research suggests a link between food insecurity and student outcomes and behavior, and a link between food insecurity and health. Full food security can be accomplished through maximizing participation in government nutrition programs and community and other programs, creating innovative solutions that meet families' needs and desires, environmental and policy change. This initiative will look at the outcomes of providing food security. The districts participating are Warren Consolidated Schools (WCS), comprised of 21 schools, of which 5 will be the current focus.
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