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NOPREN State-of-the-Science webinar July 10th @ 12pm ET Is the Housing Crisis Preventing Households from Receiving Food Assistance? Speaker: Carl Gershenson, PhD, Princeton University, Eviction Lab 2.7 million households receive an eviction filing each year in the United States. These households need access to SNAP and other food assistance programs, but does housing insecurity prevent them from doing so? To answer this question, we link millions of evictions records to administrative records for SNAP. We find that SNAP enrollment deteriorates immediately following an eviction filing or eviction judgment, with effects that span years. Click here to join via Zoom Passcode: 610909 Meeting ID: 910 5393 6229 Missed a State-of-the-Science? All past recordings can be found here. Upcoming Work Group Meetings July topics include: Early Childhood Student Research Spotlight Presentations, Early Childhood WG Food Insecurity, Nutrition, and Adolescent Growth & Development Food Security WG Information about upcoming Work Group meetings can be found here. Click here to listen to all past webinar recordings.

HER NOPREN Summer Speaker Series

Join us for the next session in the HER NOPREN Summer Speaker Series for Students Wednesday, July 12th, 4-5 PM ET WIC Policy: Behind the Curtain Presenters will discuss how WIC policy is made at the federal level and how WIC researchers can have a voice in the policy-making process. To learn more about the series and listen to past recordings, click here. Register Here Student Presentation & Poster Applications Now Open HER and NOPREN will be hosting a virtual student presentation session on August 16th from 4-5 pm EST. Selected students will be asked to give a brief, 5-10 minute presentation on a public health nutrition related project or research they worked on over the summer. Students of all levels are encouraged to apply. Students who are not selected to give a virtual presentation may be selected to develop a poster highlighting their work that will be spotlighted on the NOPREN website. Apply here by  Wednesday, July 19th

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PUBLICATIONS

COVID-19 Jenssen, B. P., Kelly, M. K., Shu, D., Dalembert, G., McPeak, K. E., Powell, M., Mayne, S. L., & Fiks, A. G. (2023). Trends and Persistent Disparities in Child Obesity During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Childhood Obesity. Early Childhood Zimmer, M., Obbagy, J., Scanlon, K. S., Gibbs, K., Lerman, J. L., Hamner, H. C., Pannucci, T., Sharfman, A., Reedy, J., & Herrick, K. A. (2023). Count Every Bite to Make “Every Bite Count”: Measurement Gaps and Future Directions for Assessing Diet from Birth to 24 Months. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, S2212-2672(23)00242-3. Food and Nutrition Security Basu, S., Berkowitz, S. A., Davis, C., Drake, C., Phillips, R. L., & Landon, B. E. (2023). Estimated Costs of Intervening in Health-Related Social Needs Detected in Primary Care. JAMA Internal Medicine, e231964. Calloway, E. E., Carpenter, L. R., Gargano, T., Sharp, J. L., & Yaroch, A. L. (2023). New measures to assess the “Other” three pillars of food security-availability, utilization, and stability. The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 20(1), 51.

NEWS & UPDATES

Bread for the World - Establishing Food Security: NAP to SNAP in Puerto Rico Business Insider - How 2 Gen X moms are grappling with food stamp cuts, surviving off $23 in monthly benefits and struggling to pay bills Center for Ecoliteracy - This Student has a Bold Vision for the Future of School Meals Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - WIC Needs Additional Funding to Avoid Forcing New Parents and Young Children Onto Waiting Lists CNN - Shoppers on food stamps buy less and go to food banks as benefits shrink Education Week - Healthier School Lunches May Have Curbed Childhood Obesity, New Study Finds The Hechinger Report - Work rules for benefits programs deter low-income Americans from going to college K-12 Dive - USDA looks to make final call on free meal expansion, school nutrition in April 2024 Los Angeles Blade - 1 in 5 LGBT high school students experience hunger Los Angeles Times - For women ex-prisoners, food insecurity can trigger catastrophe. Activists want more aid MM+M - Feeding America shows how food insecurity is holding students back Public Health Institute - California Food Benefit Program Could be in Jeopardy if not Included in State Budget Reuters - US farm agency to spend $2.3 billion on food programs as pandemic aid ends

RESOURCES

ChangeLab Solutions - Rural Policymaking: Resources to advance rural prosperity & racial equity FRAC - Health Care Provider Survey Findings: Addressing Food Insecurity Among Older Adults - Health Care Provider Beliefs, Practices, and Resources GAO Report - Hunger and Homelessness: Funding Distribution for Key Programs Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative - Debt Ceiling Deal: Possible Recession Implications for Indian Country Food & Agriculture The Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy | UCLA School of Law - Model Strategies in Global Food System Law & Policy: An Interactive Guide for Food System Change USDA Report - The Food and Nutrition Assistance Landscape: Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report

WEBINARS & EVENTS

FNS SNAP Nutrition Education Branch - FY 2024 SNAP-Ed Plan Guidance Updates, 7/11/23 @ 11a PT Islamic Relief - Congressional Internships and Fellowships, 7/12/23 @ 8a PT NAL & NIFA - National Agricultural Library Support for NIFA Grant Applicants, 8/17/23 @ 1p CT

FEDERAL UPDATES

Congress - H.R.4336 - To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to eliminate certain requirements under the summer food service program for children, and for other purposes Congressional Research Service Farmer Bill Primer: Budget Dynamics Farmer Bill Primer: What is the Farm Bill? FDA - FDA Issues Second Procedural Notice on Consumer Research on Front-of-Package Labeling USDA Biden-Harris Administration Announces Inaugural “From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals Program” USDA Announces Approval of D-SNAP for Guam Disaster Areas USDA Partners with States to Expand Reach, Bolster Resiliency of Emergency Food System USDA NIFA Invests in Positive Youth Development USDA Provides Significant Support for American Producers, School Meal Providers and Emergency Food Operations

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Senior Program Officer, Nutritious Food Systems Cornell University - Extension Associate/Senior Associate, Associate Director of the Food and Nutrition in Communities Program, deadline 7/16/23 Credence Management Solutions - Nutrition Advisor Fresh Farm RI Managing Director Market Mobile Driver School Services Coordinator The Network for Public Health Law Deputy Director: Policy, Equity, and Community Impact Program Coordinator Partnership For a Healthier America - Multiple positions Public Health Institute - Nutrition Advisor

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Sallie Milam Public Health Data Scholarship – Public Health Law Conference 2023 Application

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

National Academy of Medicine - Request for Member Applications, Climate Communities Network, deadline 7/7/23 USDA Request for Comments, Questions and Answers about Dietary Guidance Statements in Food Labeling: Draft Guidance for Industry, deadline extended 9/25/23 Request for Comments, WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2024 & 2026 Study, deadline 8/22/23 WHO Call for Consultant, Global Activity Planning on Nutrition and Food Safety, deadline 7/4/23 Call for Experts, Technical Advisory Group on Diabetes, deadline 7/13/23 Call for Experts, UNICEF Technical Expert Advisory group on nutrition Monitoring (TEAM), deadline 7/11/23

STUDENT & EARLY CAREER SECTION

AmeriCorps - VISTA, National Fitness Foundation. program start date 8/14/23 CDC - CDC Implementation Science Fellowship in Early Care and Education (ECE), deadline 8/21/23 National Cancer Institute - Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, deadline 8/1/23 NIH - 2023-2024 NIH Climate and Health Scholars Program, deadline 7/15/23 USDA - ARS Nutrition Science Fellowship, deadline 9/1/23

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This digest is based on a compilation of news services and listservs developed by Sheila Fleischhacker, PhD, JD, RDN during her time as co-chair of the HER NOPREN COVID-19 Food & Nutrition Work Group and operationalized on a weekly basis by HER. The new bi-weekly digest is created by NOPREN and reviewed by Dr. Fleischhacker. The digest is jointly supported by Healthy Eating Research (HER) and the Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN). HER is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; NOPREN is supported by Cooperative Agreement Number 5U48DP00498-05 funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity and Prevention Research Centers Program. The findings and conclusions in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position of HER, CDC, DHHS, or the USDA.