1. Policy System Environmental Change Healthy Corner Stores Best Practice Sharing

2. Agenda Purpose CX3 Best Practice Sharing from Kern County & from Webinar Participants Resource – Taking Stock Q&A Next Steps

3. Kern County Health Retail Program

4. Contact Information Avtar Nijjer-Sidhu, Ph.D. R.D. Senior Health Educator Kern County Environmental Health Specialist (661) 862-8782 avtarn@co.kern.ca.us Nancy Nasrawin Health Education Assistant Kern County Public Health Services (661) 868-1232 nasrawinn@co.kern.ca.us

5. Community Assessment

7. Data Driven e.g. Working with Stores The CX3 data was used to developed health language on access to healthy food written in the health element for the City of Arvin’s General Plan Update The youth presented their findings to the City of Arvin Planning Commission The adopted health language is being implemented through corner store conversion project

8. Partnerships/Blended Funding Funding Sources for Healthy Retail Kern County: 1)Building Health Communities site funded by TCE 2)Community Transformation Grant Awardee for Capacity Building 3)Has been awarded money through California Fresh Works Fund

9. Sustainability Sustainability of such a project can be done through: 1.Adoption of policies 2.Buy-in of invested partners to take on a projects 3.Residents who support local/healthy retail 4.Continual monitoring of the store

10. Lessons Learned High School students are the best volunteers Having buy-in from the retail owner Main point of contact helps build relationship and foster trust Continual contact with store owners to build trust Patience and adaptability with new funding sources

11. Contact Information Avtar Nijjer-Sidhu, Ph.D. R.D. Senior Health Educator Kern County Environmental Health Specialist (661) 862-8782 avtarn@co.kern.ca.us Nancy Nasrawin Health Education Assistant Kern County Public Health Services (661) 868-1232 nasrawinn@co.kern.ca.us

12. Next Steps Topic suggestions for healthy corner stores best practice sharing in July 22, Tuesday from 10:30-12pm