Iowa Healthiest State Initiative

Double up food bucks: food insecurity and lack of access to healthy food are problems that many low-income families in Iowa communities experience. Double up food bucks is an incentive program that matches snap (food assistance) dollars spent at farmers markets and grocery stores in Iowa so snap recipients have greater access to fresh fruits and vegetables.

Make it ok: a community campaign to reduce stigma by starting conversations and increasing understanding about mental illness.

Community education: to help better educate and inform iowans.

5-2-1-0 healthy choices count: parents. Teachers. Health care providers. Business leaders. When it comes to kids, there's one thing everyone wants for them to be healthy! That's why Iowa has created healthy choices count! It's a health-focused movement for kids that's under the nationally recognized program, 5-2-1-0. This proven, scientific method helps keep kids healthy by focusing on the importance of good habits. And it all starts by encouraging them to eat and play the right way. It's how they can live 5-2-1-0. We partner with early care providers, schools, health care institutions, and parents and community organizations for families in places where we live, learn, work and play.

Iowa produce prescription program (ippp) advances health equity by transforming the healthcare system's role to increase access to affordable, nutritious food that can improve the overall health of patients and their family members