Eat Well Be Well Rewards: Rhode Island’s Statewide Retail SNAP Incentive Program and Evaluation
How do we implement a statewide SNAP incentive program and evaluate it to ensure sustainability?
Course Information
- Audience: Public health professionals, community health workers others interested in community health and identifying and addressing needs of at-risk communities
- Format: Webinar
- Date/Time: December 14, 2023
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST - Price: Free
- Length: 1 hour
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 0. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: PM1131137_12142023.
If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the post-test and evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course. - Competencies: Community Partnership Skills
- Learning Level: Awareness
- Companion Trainings: None
- Supplemental materials:None
- Pre-requisites None
About this Webinar
The Rhode Island Public Health Institute led an advocacy campaign for a statewide SNAP incentive program in retail settings; Eat Well Be Well Rewards. We have started evaluating the program and conducting surveys in the retail stores across the state.
What you'll learn
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Describe Implementing a state-wide evaluation in retail settings
- Discuss food insecurity across Rhode Island
Subject Matter Experts
Yelena Malyuta
Kerri Connolly
Yelena Malyuta is the Director of Evaluation at the Rhode Island Public Health Institute. Her work focuses on research and evaluation efforts in community and clinical settings. She is passionate about community-driven and informed solutions to public health challenges. Yelena received a Master of Public Health from The University of Massachusetts and a Bachelor of Science in Medical Microbiology from the University of New Hampshire.
Kerri Connolly is the Deputy Director of the Rhode Island Public Health Institute and holds a secondary placement as Project Director at Brown University School of Public Health. Her work focuses on implementing programs that eliminate barriers to healthy food access and using data-driven metrics to inform and advocate for policies at the state and federal level. Kerri received her Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from Simmons University and is nearly complete with her Master of Public Health from Brown University.
Registration
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Acknowledgement: This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of award 2 UB6HP31685‐05‐00 “Public Health Training Centers.” The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.