Blog & Additional Resources

Nutrition and Mental Health

This is Your Brain on Food by Uma Naidoo, MD

Trauma & Multicultural 

Your Body is a Revolution by Tara Teng

The Pain We Carry by Natalie Y. Gutiérrez, LMFT

Break The Cycle by Dr. Mariel Buqué

Relationships

The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman

The 5 Apology Languages by Gary Chapman and Jennifer Thomas

Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel

State of Affairs by Esther Perel

I Hear You by Michael Sorrensen

The Game of Desire by Shan Boodram

Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. Townsend

Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski

Parenting

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elane Mazlish

How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen by Joanna Faber & Julie King

For Therapists

Adult Care Food Program (ACFP) 

Supports the provision of nutritious meals and/or snacks served to community-based adults attending adult day care centers. The nutritious meals support and may improve their nutritional status, enabling them to prolong living in their own community. www.elderaffairs.state.fl.us/doea/acfp.php

Child Care Food Program (CCFP) 

The CCFP and two related programs, the Afterschool Meals Program and the Homeless Children Nutrition Program provide nutritious meals and snacks to children through public-private partnerships with organizations committed to caring for children. - www.floridahealth.gov/programs-and-services/childrens-health/child-care-food-program

Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) 

Distributes monthly food packages and nutritional information to elderly persons, 60 years of age or older, who are eligible based on income and reside in a qualifying county. - www.fdacs.gov/Food-Nutrition/Nutrition-Programs/Commodity-Supplemental-Food-Program

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) 

A free nutrition education program for limited resource families funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and managed by America’s land-grant universities – in Florida those schools are the University of Florida and Florida A&M University - www.efnep.ifas.ufl.edu

Fresh Access Bucks 

USDA funded statewide nutrition incentive program that increases the purchasing power of SNAP recipients to buy fresh fruits and vegetables at farmers markets, produce stands, CSAs, mobile markets, and community grocery outlets - www.feedingflorida.org/food-access/fresh-access-bucks

School Meals 

National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, After School Snack Program and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (NSLP, SBP, ASSP, FFVP) - Provides children and teenagers breakfast, lunch and snacks that meet federal nutrition standards in public schools - www.fdacs.gov/Food-Nutrition/Nutrition-Programs/National-School-Lunch-Program 

Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) 

Supports good nutrition by providing low-income elders living in select counties in Florida with coupons that can be redeemed for locally grown, fresh, fruits and vegetables from participating farmers at local farmers’ markets - www.elderaffairs.state.fl.us/doea/farmers_market.php

Congregate Meals 

Nutrition program services offer more than a just a home-delivered meal or a meal at a congregate meal site. Skilled nutritionists and other professionals in the Aging Network also provide nutrition education, counseling, and risk screening. Contact your Aging and Disability Resource Center for information on meals and nutrition programs in your area - www.elderaffairs.org/programs-services/food-assistance/ congregate-meal-and-nutrition-sites 

Home Delivered Meals

Older Americans Act (OAA) Title III C2 funds are provided to promote better health among frail elders by improving nutrition. Home delivered meals are generally delivered to the homes of homebound participants at least once a day, five or more days a week - www.elderaffairs.org/programs-services/ food-assistance/congregate-meal-and-nutrition-sites 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

The Food Assistance Program helps individuals and families purchase nutritional foods needed to maintain and promote good health -  www.myflfamilies.com/serviceprograms/access/snap

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 

Education (SNAP-Ed) - Provides direct education to SNAPeligible populations. SNAP-Ed also supports activities intended to shape policies, practices, and physical environments to support healthy eating. 

Summer BreakSpot Program 

Provides nutritious meals at no cost to children 18 and under while school is out for the summer - www.fdacs.gov/Food-Nutrition/Nutrition-Programs/Summer-Food-Service-Program 

The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) 

A food distribution program that provides nutritious foods to low-income households

www.fdacs.gov/Food-Nutrition/Nutrition-Programs/The-Emergency-FoodAssistance-Program-TEFAP 

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)

Provides healthy foods, nutrition education and counseling, breastfeeding support, and referrals for health care and community services - www.floridahealth.gov/programs-and-services/wic 

WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)

Offers coupons that participants in the WIC program in certain counties can use to purchase locally grown fruits and vegetables at participating farmers markets and roadside stands - www.fdacs.gov/Food-Nutrition/Nutrition-Programs/WIC-Farmers-Market-Nutrition-Program 

More information: www.floridahealth.gov/programs-and-services/wic/_documents/snac-flyer.pdf

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Tampa - https://dontcallthepolice.com/tampa/ 

National - https://dontcallthepolice.com/national/