Strategy 2.4
Increase collaboration with community partners to improve access for children and families to healthy food , physical activity , and healthy lifestyle services and supports .
Tactic : Forge formal referral relationships and collaborations with community partners operating food and physical activity programs , such as Hunger Free Colorado , City of Aurora , and YMCA of Metropolitan Denver . Track referrals and outcomes resulting from referrals . Referrals could originate from Children ’ s Colorado or school and community based clinics .
Tactic : Build community capacity to integrate healthy eating and active living content into community based child and family programming by providing program models and content , professional development and technical assistance to community based providers such as schools , after school and summer programs , and child care .
Tactic : Explore additional tactics based on needs of targeted community or population .
Setting / Delivery Mechanism
Providers - Children ’ s Hospital Colorado will partner with other community health clinic and pediatric practice providers to assess needs and develop a coordinated response involving one or more of the tactics listed above .
Schools - Children ’ s Hospital Colorado will partner with schools and other school based providers to assess needs and develop a coordinated response involving one or more of the tactics listed above .
Home - Community based community health workers will utilize questionnaires to assess a child / family ’ s needs and connect them with appropriate resources and supports based on needs . Referrals will be tracked and evaluated for effectiveness .
Internal Resources
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Children ’ s Health Advocacy Institute ( CHAI )
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Primary care clinical
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Corporate and Community Relations
External Partners
Partners will be defined based on targeted communities for intervention . Current partners include but are not limited to :
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City of Aurora Youth
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American Diabetes Association
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Local and state public health departments
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver
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YMCA of Metropolitan Denver
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Families Forward Resource Center
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Hunger Free Colorado
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Other community based organizations
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