Topics here will include issues that fall into the Prevention Division of the agency, which include – as the name implies – programs that help prevent disease in our state. You will find information about chronic diseases (cancer, heart health, breathing disorders) as well as tobacco use prevention. This area also includes education about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Women, Infant and Children programs; both USDA programs that help provide nutrition to lower income residents.
Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program Helps Families Eat Arizona Grown Foods
During the last federal fiscal year 10,490 participants in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program received checks from the Arizona Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, a program that has participation from ten local agencies in seven counties. The WIC moms were able to purchase $120,132 of Arizona Grown fruits and vegetables at approved farmers' markets. [...]
