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Partners: Alabama Department of Public Health • Alabama Extension: Human Nutrition, Diet and Health, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Education • Alabama Power • Alabama Resource Development and Conservation • Central Alabama Electric Cooperative • Central Elementary School • City of Goodwater • City of Rockford • Community Life Center of Coosa County • Coosa County Commission • Coosa County Department of Human Resources • Coosa County Master Gardeners • Equality United Methodist Church • Goodwater Boys and Girls Club • Goodwater Public Library • Goodwater Senior Center • New Home Missionary Baptist Church • Peace and Goodwill Baptist Church • Retired Senior Volunteer Program • Rockford Senior Center • Weogufka Center • West Coosa Senior Center

Youth Initiatives • Partnering with Goodwater Boys & Girls Club to promote healthier snack choices and increase physical activity for 50 youth by providing cooling units and sports and fitness equipment • Partnering with Extension’s SNAP-Ed educator to teach healthy eating to youth • Implementing Body Quest, an innovative childhood obesity prevention initiative of Extension’s SNAP-Ed that empowered 81 third-graders and 75 of their parents to make healthier choices

Trails and Parks• Partnering to develop a multi-use trail and enhance existing trails for residents throughout the county• Enhancing Rockford City Park with equipment to support community and family engagement and physical activity

Healthy Retail• Adopting the Good Choice initiative, a partnership with the Alabama Department of Public Health and Extension’s SNAP-Ed, to promote healthier items in two convenience stores• Providing two convenience stores with signs and point-of-purchase displays to increase appeal of healthy foods

Billboard• Displaying two messages promoting healthy eating and one promoting physical activity during a 12-week Extension SNAP-Ed billboard campaign, making 543,468 impressions on Coosa County residents

Farmers Market • Establishing the Rockford farmers market with 27 vendors serving approximately 75 customers per market• Launching the Goodwater farmers market in June 2017• Partnering with Extension’s SNAP-Ed educator to provide food demonstrations and tastings of seasonal recipes

Community Education• Implementing the Right Bite Healthy Diabetes Cooking School Diabetes Empowerment Education Program with 25 individuals

Faith Communities• Providing strength training equipment to expand physical activity opportunities for members and the surrounding community • Implementing Live Well Faith Communities with 20 faith community members for the nine-lesson program• Partnering to provide monthly food assistance to 786 families through food banks by increasing capacity for food storage and expanding food variety• Partnering with Extension’s SNAP-Ed educator to teach families how to utilize available foods

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Children Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch

United States 9.12%Alabama 6.48%

United States $51,939 Alabama $43,511

United States 28.16%

Alabama 34.30%

69.3%

6.9%

$31,212

POVERTY LEVEL

POPULATION

BELOW

Coosa County, Alabama

19.28%

29.9 %

United States 52.35% Alabama 58.42%

Households with NO Motor Vehicle

Median Household Income

Population with High Blood Pressure

United States 15.59% Alabama 18.93%

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10-year Change in Population

United States 27.5% Alabama 34% -5.43%

39.8%United States +9.75% Alabama +7.48%

Adult ObesityCoosa County

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This publication was supported by the Grant or Cooperative Agreement Number, NU58DP005466-03, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services.

This material was funded by USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program–SNAP. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. www.aces.edu/nepThe Alabama Cooperative Extension System (Alabama A&M University and Auburn University) is an equal opportunity educator and employer. Everyone is welcome! FCS-2237 www.aces.edu

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