The Center for Community Nutrition

The goal of the Center for Community Nutrition is to improve the nutritional well being of low income community members. The Center provides a wide range of nutrition programs that use culturally tailored social marketing strategies to reach individuals and thousands of families through schools, community centers and other settings. The center integrates research, direct service, training and advocacy. The Hispanic Health Council (HHC) has since its inception* worked to address the wide range of nutrition-related problems that affect our community. Early efforts included: integration of nutrition education into HHC’s pioneering “Comadrona Program” (prenatal case management); provision of a nutrition education training program to community volunteers; launching of the “Breastfeeding: Heritage and Pride Peer Counseling Program”, offering a unique model of clinical and community-based services; and providing leadership in city and statewide anti-hunger and food security advocacy efforts.

• The Family Nutrition Program for Infants, Toddlers and Children (FNP-IT)
• Breastfeeding: Heritage and Pride
• Exclusive Breastfeeding Study
• Food Safety Study