Healthy Cooking in Communities

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health is announcing the availability of funding for a cooperative agreement to establish and implement a nationwide cooking and nutrition education initiative. The initiative aims to promote practical cooking skills, nutrition literacy, and healthy dietary patterns that support chronic disease prevention. The recipient will be responsible for conducting a minimum of 600 community cooking demonstrations during a 15-week national activation period, with a focus on rural and suburban communities with elevated rates of obesity and diet-related chronic disease. The recipient will also be responsible for developing and disseminating standardized implementation materials and resources, providing technical assistance and training to implementation partners, and collecting implementation and evaluation data. Key aspects of the job include: • Conducting community cooking demonstrations and related whole-health activities • Developing and disseminating standardized implementation materials and resources • Providing technical assistance and training to implementation partners • Collecting implementation and evaluation data • Coordinating with regional and local implementation partners to deliver community-based cooking demonstrations and related activities • Identifying and prioritizing target locations and implementation partners using a data-driven approach