About Us
Nutrition Access LA is a multi-sector coalition made up of partners from government, community-based organizations, advocacy, health care, school districts and other sectors working collaboratively to ensure all people in Los Angeles County have access to sufficient, nutritious, and affordable food.
Mission
To ensure that people who are vulnerable in Los Angeles County have sufficient, nutritious, and affordable food through policy changes and organizational/institutional capacity building.
Vision
A food and nutrition secure Los Angeles County.
Goals
- Educate community members on how to navigate nutrition assistance programs and other nutrition and food resources.
- Inform partner organizations on food and nutrition insecurity, nutrition assistance programs, food and nutrition policy and other nutrition and food resources.
- Advance food and nutrition policy related to nutrition insecurity, food assistance programs and other nutrition and food resources.
- Increase coordination and collaboration among Nutrition Access LA member organizations, including healthcare, community-based organizations, non-profits, and government agencies.
Steering Committee
- Ana-Alicia Carr, Co-Chair, Community Advocacy Director, American Heart Association
- Fatinah Darwish-Elsherbiny, Co-Chair, Senior Program Manager, Nutrition and Physical Activity Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
- Andrea Cuellar, Program Manager, No Kid Hungry
- David Serby, Resource Manager, 211 LA
- Denise Gee, Deputy Director, Public Health Foundation Enterprise WIC
- Frank Tamborello, Executive Director, Hunger Action LA
- Hector Hernandez, Program Liaison, CA Association of Food Banks
- Hilda Ayala, Programs Director, Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
- Jonelle Williams-Pagan, Program Manager, No Kid Hungry
- Kameron Mims-Jones, Policy Advocate, Nourish CA
- Patricia Castillo, Academic General Pediatrician, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
- Roobina Gerami, Human Services Administrator III, CalFresh Nutrition Program, Department of Public Social Services
Resources
Recently updated flyers on local food resources and federally funded food assistance programs available in Los Angeles County, including CalFresh, Home-Delivered Meals, Market Match, School Meals, and Summer Meals. These fact sheets are available in both English and Spanish. They can be co-branded with your organization’s logo. Word and PDF versions are available to download below. The PDF versions are all 508 compliant, meaning they are accessible to individuals with disabilities.
English Food Resource Fact Sheets
Spanish Food Resource Fact Sheets
CalFresh & WIC 101: Program Basics and Benefits Workshop
To learn more information about Nutrition Access LA, contact:
Fatinah Darwish-Elsherbiny, MPH, RDN, Senior Program Manager
fdarwish@ph.lacounty.gov
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