Addressing Food Insecurity in SBHCs, a Learning Community (December 13, 2023)

Program Information

SBHA and Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry will be launching a second phase of grant funding to support food access in school-based health centers (SBHCs). Funding will run from July 2023 to September 2024. Proposed projects should represent at least 10 SBHCs. This activity will enable integrated school-based health center teams to come together to work on addressing food insecurity through various community-based programs.

There is an opportunity to earn a maximum of 6 CME/CE hours - 2 credits each for the 3 sessions beginning in November.  Please register only if you participated in at least one of these sessions and intend to claim credits. 

Acknowledgement of Support

This activity is a collaboration between the School-Based Health Alliance with support from No Kid Hungry.

Target Audience

This activity is appropriate for integrated school-based health center teams. 

Learning Objectives

  1. Participants will learn how to address food insecurity through federal nutrition programs (SNAP, WIC).
  2. Participants will be able to describe the key components related to youth development and how they can incorporate youth voices into the work that they are doing in addressing food insecurity.
  3. Participants will be able to apply key considerations in establishing a food insecurity screening and referral process to community-based programs (i.e. food pantry, produce prescriptions, healthy meals/snacks).
Activity summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 AAPA Category I CME
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Academy of PAs (AAPA) credit to physician assistants at its activities. Participants should only claim commensurate credit with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.50 ACE/ASWB
    Through Joint Accreditation Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) credit to social workers at its activities.
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ to physicians at its activities via Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
  • 1.50 ANCC
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) nursing credit to nurses at its activities.
  • 1.50 APA
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Psychological Association (APA) credit to psychologists at its activities.
  • 1.50 CDR
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide CDR credits to registered dieticians at its activities.
  • 1.50 Participation Hour(s)
    If you are not able to utilize any of the above credit types, you are able to download an unaccredited Participation Certificate for your records.
Activity opens: 
10/27/2023
Activity expires: 
04/15/2024
Part of: 
Addressing Food Insecurity in SBHCs, a Learning Community

Learning Sessions will occur on the following dates:

  • 9/20/23 (CME/CE credit not available)
  • 11/8/23
  • 12/13/23
  • 3/20/24

Weitzman Institute Disclosure Statement

It is the policy of the Weitzman Institute to ensure that Continuing Education (CE) activities are independent and free of commercial bias. To ensure educational content is objective, balanced, and guarantee content presented is in the best interest of its learners' and the public, the Weitzman Institute requires that everyone in a position to control educational content disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. An ineligible company is one whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Examples can be found at accme.org.

Faculty participating in a Weitzman Institute-sponsored activity must disclose to the planning committee and audience all financial or other relationship(s) with ineligible companies.

Faculty Disclosures

No faculty or planners disclosed a relevant financial relationship for this program.

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity was planned and implemented by the School Based Health Alliance and Moses/Weitzman Health System Inc. and its Weitzman Institute and is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credential Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.   

By completing this activity, you provide Moses/Weitzman Health System Inc. the permission to share completion data with the ACCME and the certifying board(s).

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Available Credit

  • 1.50 AAPA Category I CME
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Academy of PAs (AAPA) credit to physician assistants at its activities. Participants should only claim commensurate credit with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.50 ACE/ASWB
    Through Joint Accreditation Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) credit to social workers at its activities.
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ to physicians at its activities via Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
  • 1.50 ANCC
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) nursing credit to nurses at its activities.
  • 1.50 APA
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Psychological Association (APA) credit to psychologists at its activities.
  • 1.50 CDR
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide CDR credits to registered dieticians at its activities.
  • 1.50 Participation Hour(s)
    If you are not able to utilize any of the above credit types, you are able to download an unaccredited Participation Certificate for your records.
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Required Hardware/Software

This online activity requires use of a device connected to the Internet, such as a computer tablet or mobile device.