This report represents a partnership across University of Delaware departments, including the
Center for Research in Education and Social Policy (CRESP) in the College of Education; the
Institute for Public Administration in the Biden School of Public Policy and Administration; and,
Behavioral Health and Nutrition in the College of Health Sciences.

This report serves as an evaluative summary and offers lessons learned from the WeCare program, a
federally funded pilot partnership designed to support innovative health services to older adults
through the Administration for Community Living (ACL).

WeCare YEAR 2 Report Transition Lessons Learned and Intermediate Outcome.

WIC, or the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, helps to meet the nutrition needs of pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, and their children under the age of five, who live on low incomes by providing monthly

benefits that are used to purchase healthy foods. In 2019, a subgroup of the HER NOPREN WIC Learning Collaborative and liaisons from the National WIC Association

convened under the leadership of UD CRESP to develop a protocol for describing and comparing vendor criteria and policies across WIC administrative agencies. This brief provides the results of an analysis of WIC vendor selection and authorization criteria, and operations and management policies established by the 89 administrative agencies

in the United States. Full details and findings are reported elsewhere (Landry et al., 2021).

WIC Brief

The food retail environment has been directly linked to disparities in dietary behaviors and may in part explain racial and ethnic disparities in pregnancy-related deaths. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), administered by the United States Department of Agriculture, is associated with improved healthy food and beverage access due to its requirement for minimum stock of healthy foods and beverages in WIC-eligible stores.

Lori’s Hands, founded in 2009, is a service learning organization based in Newark, Delaware. Every year, over 100 community members receive visits from college student volunteers through Lori’s Hands. The organization’s clientele includes individuals who are living at home with a chronic illness and are willing to share their experiences with the student volunteers who assist them. During the period covered by this report, Lori’s Hands volunteers consisted exclusively of University of Delaware (UD) students. (Since the time of data collection, Lori’s Hands’ Delaware chapter has expanded to include students from Wilmington University and Delaware Technical Community College.

In 2019, CHEER, an organization which provides a full range of services for mature adults, including meals on wheels and congregate meals as part of the Older American’s Act (OAA) Title III Nutrition project, was awarded a grant from the Administration for Community Living to develop a wellness benefit program for home delivered meal recipients. The grant-funded innovation program titled “Innovative Title III Senior Healthcare Program” represents a partnership between CHEER, Education, Health, & Research International (EHRI), the Delaware Division of Services for the Aged and Adults with Physical Disabilities (DSAAPD), LaRed Health Center (a federally qualified health center), Highmark Delaware, and the University of Delaware.

Lori’s Hands, founded in 2009, is a service learning organization based in Newark, Delaware. Each year over 100 community members are served by Lori’s Hands with the help of college student volunteers. The organization’s clientele includes individuals who are living at home with a chronic illness and willing to share their experiences with the student volunteers who assist them. During the period covered by this report, only students from the University of Delaware (UD), and from any major, were participating as Lori’s Hands volunteers.

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17 calls for revitalizing global partnerships for sustainable development and strengthening the means of implementation of strategies, in part through that approach. One of the key and fundamental aspects of SDG 17 is tackling systematic, pervasive issues through synergistic methods (UN 2019). This goal recognizes the greater potential benefit inherent in collaborative partnerships rather than through distinctly separate efforts. Within SDG 17, two targets focus on enhancing and promoting multi-stakeholder and public-private partnerships (PPPs).

This study provides information about the prevalence, living conditions, and demographic characteristics of housing instability among students in the state of Delaware. Data were obtained from the Delaware Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) for the 2011–2017 academic years and included 23,819 youth respondents in grades 6–12. Descriptive and logistic regression analyses were conducted to characterize student demographics.

Click on the link below to review these reports regarding the Randomized Control Trial (RCT) which was managed and evaluated by the University of Delaware’s Center for Research in Education and Social Policy at 76 farmer’s markets (FMs) in 13 states and the District of Columbia, over a two-year time span. The RCT randomly awarded incentives to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients to use to purchase fruits and vegetables at FMs.

HER Default Drinks Brief

There is clear and consistent evidence that reducing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) would improve kids’ health. SSB consumption is closely tied to increased risk for developing overweight and obesity, getting dental caries, and potentially developing insulin resistance among children. In response, many government entities have enacted a range of policies intended to limit kids’ SSB consumption and encourage healthier choices.