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1 Statewide Obesity Prevention Symposium 2015 Seattle, WA December 7, 2015

2 Please Join Us in Thanking Our Generous Sponsors! Gold Silver Bronze

3 Agenda Overview 8:45 Welcome – Vic Colman, Director, COPC  9:00 Keynote – Keith Benjamin, Safe Routes to School National Partnership  9:45 Early Learning  10:45 Break  11:00 Physical Activity – Active Transportation  12:15 Lunch  1:15 Featured Speaker – Jim Krieger, Action for Healthy Food  2:00 Break  2:10 Breakouts: Healthy Schools and Water Access  3:10 Supporting this Movement

4 Our Members Action for Healthy Kids – WA Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics – WA Chapter American Cancer Society, Inc. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network American Diabetes Association American Heart Association American Planning Association (WA Chapter) Arthritis Foundation Beecher’s Flagship Foundation Cascade Bicycle Club Coalition for Safety and Health in Early Learning Children’s Alliance Empire Health Foundation Feet First Forterra (formerly the Cascade Land Conservancy) Foundation for Healthy Generations (formerly CHEF) Group Health Cooperative Healthy King County Coalition Hope Heart Institute Let’s Move Cheney MultiCare Health Systems Nutrition First Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic Public Health Roundtable Physical Therapy Association of Washington School’s Out Washington SeaMar Community Health Centers Seattle Children’s Seattle and King County Public Health Seattle Parks and Recreation Skagit County Healthy Communities Project Snohomish Health District Spokane Regional Health District Tacoma Pierce County Health Department Transportation Choices Washington Assoc. of Community & Migrant Health Centers Washington Bikes Washington Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity Washington Dental Service Foundation Washington Recreation & Park Association Washington School Nutrition Association Washington State Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Washington State Association of Local Public Health Officials Washington State Dairy Council Washington State PTA Washington State Public Health Association Washington Sustainable Food & Farming Network Within Reach Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital YMCA – Greater Seattle

5 Where we’ve been… Doubled the investment in Safe Routes to School $56 million in new state revenue for SRTS $75 million in new state revenue for pedestrian and bicycle grant projects $89 million for the state project list $106 million in new state revenue for Complete Streets Grant program Increased access to drinking water Secured $1 million in Capital Budget Funds for water bottle filling stations Partnership with Brita and Mission Readiness to bring free water bottle filling stations to schools Worked with the Statewide Building Code Council Supported legislation to make healthy choices easier for kids $5 million for Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools program (scratch cooking, playground equipment, school gardens, water bottle filling stations) Continued funding for full-time Healthiest Next Generation staff member $10 million for Youth Athletic Facilities, including $7 million in competitive grants

6 Where we’re going…  Rule-making – Stronger nutrition, physical education, and screen time standards for early learning  Implementation – equity in active transportation investments, marketing school grant opportunities, water bottle filling stations, Executive Order 13-06 (healthy standards in state facilities)  New areas for research – strengthening PE requirements, sugary drinks – warning labels  Strengthening our workgroups and engagement

7 Connect with Us Email: Info@copcwa.orgInfo@copcwa.org Phone: 360.878.2543 Website: www.copcwa.orgwww.copcwa.org


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