Illinois State Physical Activity & Nutrition (ISPAN)

Activities center around our strategies.

Breastfeeding and Early Childhood Education:

• Support training of community Peer Certified Lactation Counselors.
• Distribute Ready, Set, Baby materials to medical offices.
• Promote and recruit women to attend the Centering Pregnancy programs held in the community.
• Fund and support additional nursing spaces at public locations and schools.
• Participate in the Central Illinois Breastfeeding Taskforce and view  Black Breastfeeding Week activities.

Built Environment:

• Develop a Complete Streets Design Manual.
• Identify funding sources for physical activity in the built environment.
• Arrange for training around Complete Streets and advocacy for bike/walkways for all.
• Participate in the Walkability Action Institute to coordinate regional transportation and planning partner action plan.
• Review the Complete Streets Pop-up Demonstration in downtown Peoria to show how biking and walking, as well as social gatherings can fit into a Complete Streets project.

Food Service Guidelines:

• Provide technical assistance for assessments and policy language for worksites to adopt good food purchasing policies.
• Work with food panties on nutrition policies in food distribution.
• Participate in and guide the Regional Fresh Food Council.
• Assist agencies with food service policy implementation.
• Review the Southside Farmer's Market event activities engaging community partners to promote fresh food purchases in an underserved area.

FUNDING

“The Illinois State Physical Activity and Nutrition program is made possible with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is administered by the Illinois Public Health Institute in collaboration with partners in the Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity.”