USDA provides students, parents, and teachers with youth-geared information and resources related to agriculture.

CAH works to identify community organizations, businesses, and other health partners to create a new adolescent health collaborative in Los Angeles County to address health disparties which impact youth and their families.

Children's Health Initiatives (CHI) is a policy and planning unit within Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Programs. CHI coordinates efforts with other DHS departments and with community members to address health needs among children and their families in Los Angeles County. Some of the unit's major projects include: coordinating strategic planning for MCAH; improving asthma management and systems of care; organizing efforts to address child and adolescent obesity; promoting screening for developmental disability and delay; and collaborating with outside groups to expand health care coverage to all children in Los Angeles County.

Designed for use in out-of-school settings, this Kit includes educational activities and physically active games focused on fruits and vegetables and physical activity (PDF file).

Nutrition Friendly Schools and Communities is working on several fronts to increase access and availability of healthy foods; Increase access and availability of opportunities to be physically active; Decrease access and availability of unhealthy or "junk" foods; and Support healthy lifestyles.

Team Nutrition is an initiative of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service to support the Child Nutrition Programs through training and technical assistance for foodservice, nutrition education for children and their caregivers, and school and community support for healthy eating and physical activity.