DMV Early Childhood Nutrition Taskforce

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Address: Washington, DC 20019
Phone Number: 202-351-6163
Person of Contact: Shenita-Ann Grymes

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Organization's history:: The DMV Early Childhood Nutrition Taskforce, DECNT, stives to provide community supported agriculture food delivery, parenting education groups, and the like activities as pillars to build the foundation for healthier communities. Since the inception of the DMV Early Childhood Nutrition Taskforce, ~1500 meals (250 families) have received food donations, over a dozen families have received health coaching and staff wellness sessions for educators are conducted monthly.

Mission: The mission of the DMV Early Childhood Nutrition Task Force is to improve the health, fiscal, and social lives of low-income families through care, collaboration, and consistent support through the early childcare sector.

Goals: Our novel program, "The Taskforce," will support the Down with Generational Type II Diabetes © programming through supporting physical and nutrition education while providing staff wellness solutions to early childcare providers. Specifically our program provides family support groups, health screenings and one-to-one health coaching for families & early childhood educator staff team building. Leading to enhanced positive eating environments for families, decrease in the incidence of staff leave due to lifestyle illness, and better management of type II diabetes for parents of young children.