This gallery features links to outside organizations that provide programming, funding, or resources specifically tailored to CSFP participants and older Americans. These organizations often link to additional resources and can be a source to help identify partners for future nutrition-related projects or initiatives.
Healthy Eating for Older Adults
National Council on Aging
The National Council on Aging is a national non-profit that provides resources, tools, best practices, and conducts advocacy work to improve the lives of older adults.
Nutrition.gov: Older Adults
United States Department of Agriculture
Find nutrition information for older adults to eat healthy, reduce disease risk, and deal with changes that affect appetite and eating.
National Commodity Supplemental Food Program Association
The National CSFP Association mission is to provide leadership in program advocacy, sustainability, and opportunities for members to share practices and resources to ensure seniors have the food security needed to support their health and comfort during their golden years.
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1917, by a visionary group of women dedicated to helping the government conserve food and improve the public's health and nutrition during World War I. Today, the Academy represents more than 112,000 credentialed practitioners — registered dietitian nutritionists, dietetic technicians, registered, and other dietetics and nutrition professionals holding undergraduate and advanced degrees in nutrition and dietetics, and students — and is committed to improving the nation's health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy.
The National Institute on Aging
NIA, one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH), leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life.
The National Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging
The NRCNA’s purpose is to build the capacity of senior nutrition programs funded by the Older Americans Act (OAA) to provide high quality, person-centered services, and to assist ACL and stakeholders to identify current and emerging issues and opportunities to enhance program sustainability and resiliency.
The National Center to Reframe Aging
The National Center to Reframe Aging is dedicated to ending ageism by advancing an equitable and complete story about aging in America. The center is a source for proven communication strategies and tools to effectively frame aging issues. Led by the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the National Center acts on behalf of and amplifies efforts of the ten Leaders of Aging organizations.
APA Style: Age
APA Style provides a foundation for effective communication because it helps writers present their ideas in a clear, precise, and inclusive manner. This page provides guidelines for talking about age with inclusivity and respect, as well as principles to ensure that language used is free of bias.
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