Let's Move Cities, Towns & Counties Presentation

1. LET’S MOVE!
CITIES, TOWNS & COUNTIES

2. OVERVIEW
 Introduction
 General Overview of LMCTC
 5 Main Goals
 Benefits of Joining
 How to Sign Up

3.  U.S. Dept. of HHS
 Primary Focus: Public Health
 4-state region
 Lead Federal Agency: HHS; Lead
Collaborating Partner: NLC
INTRODUCTION

4.  First Lady’s Initiative
 Launched in February 2010
 Dedicated to solving the problems
of childhood obesity
 Focus: Engage and educate local
elected officials on the problem
and actions they can take to
address childhood obesity
GENERAL OVERVIEW OF LMCTC

5. LET’S MOVE! CITIES  422 Let’s Move! Cities
 Representing over 65 million people
 29 Region VII
 Liberty, MO
 Salina, KS
 Kansas City, MO
 Iowa City, IA
 Hannibal, MO
 Omaha, NE
 Ottawa, KS
 Lenexa, KS

6. THE 5 GOALS
 Five goals developed to better unify activities of cities, towns, and
counties doing this work.
 Are achievable, measurable and promote sustainable strategies
 Leverage existing nation, state and local efforts
 Local elected officials are asked to commit to the 5 Goals . . . .

7. GOAL I: START EARLY, START SMART
 To provide children with a healthier start, local elected
officials commit to helping early care and education
providers incorporate best practices for nutrition, physical
activity and screen time into their programs.

8.  To empower parents and
caregivers, local elected officials
commit to prominently
displaying MyPlate in all
municipally- or county-owned
or operated venues where food
is served.
GOAL II: MYPLATE, MY PLACE

9. GOAL III: SMART SERVINGS FOR STUDENTS
 To provide healthy food in schools, local elected officials
commit to increasing participation in the School Breakfast
Program and National School Lunch Program.

10.  To improve access to healthy,
affordable foods, local elected
officials commit to implementing
healthy and sustainable food
service guidelines that are aligned
with the Dietary Guidelines for
Americans in all municipally- or
county-owned and operated
venues that serve food.
GOAL IV: MODEL FOOD SERVICE

11. GOAL V: ACTIVE KIDS AT PLAY
 To increase physical activity, local elected officials commit
to mapping local playspaces, completing a needs
assessment, developing an action plan, and implementing a
minimum of three proven policies, programs or initiatives
aimed at increasing access to play.

12. MEDAL AWARDING
 Opportunity to earn 5 gold medals!
 Survey info provided by sites tracks progress
 Medals are awarded monthly by NLC – reflected by website
 1,469 medals awarded
 Local elected officials receive certificates for display
http://www.healthycommunitieshealthyfuture.org/see-progress/directory/
Survey information Meets benchmarks Medals awarded

13. Bronze: At least 51% of municipally- or county-owned or operated venues
that serve food prominently display MyPlate, and the Let’s Move! Cities, Towns
and Counties (LMCTC) site Is registered to be a MyPlate Community Partner.
Silver: At least 75% of municipally- or county-owned or operated venues that
serve food prominently display MyPlate, and the Let’s Move! Cities, Towns and
Counties (LMCTC) site is registered to be a MyPlate Community Partner.
Gold: 100% of municipally- or county-owned or operated venues that serve
food prominently display MyPlate, and the Let’s Move! Cities, Towns and
Counties (LMCTC) site is registered to be a MyPlate Community Partner.
Local elected officials commit to prominently displaying MyPlate in all municipally- or
county-owned or operated venues where food is served.
GOAL II: MYPLATE, MY PLACE

14. SIGNING UP IS EASY!
 Local elected officials can sign up by clicking on the “Sign Up & Get Started
Orange box on www.HealthyCommunitiesHealthyFuture.org
 Once a local elected official signs up on they will receive their city,- town-,
or county-specific survey via email
 The survey is a link that can be accessed at any time to update information
 The survey answers are used by NLC to award the medals, as well as
develop appropriate technical assistance based on needs

15. MONTHLY REPORTING
 There’s no required monthly reporting for cities.
 The only information they need to submit is your initial medal
status survey (Your first step after signing up).
 You may take as long as needed to submit this survey, and your
answers are what we use to determine if they qualify for any
medals.
 Cities are then asked to update this survey on a quarterly basis if
they have made progress on the five goals, but it is not required at
all.

16. BENEFITS OF SIGNING UP
 Joining a National Movement
 National Recognition
 Technical Assistance
 Monthly Webinars & Newsletter
 Access to Subject Matter Experts
 Peer Networking
 It’s FREE!

17. www.healthycommunitieshealthyfuture.org
QUESTIONS?
 Captain Jose Belardo
 816.426.3294
 jose.belardo@hhs.gov
 Sherry Mirador
 816.426.3295
 sherry.mirador@hhs.gov