The Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition (GSCN) aims to improve food security, healthy food access, and active living through research and evaluation. This involves promoting local food systems, applying a health equity lens across initiatives, and specializing in process and outcome evaluation, which includes quantitative and qualitative research methods, measurement development, and statistical analysis. Established in 1973, GSCN collaborates with partners to design rigorous studies and produce high-quality reports.
The Rooted in Evidence Grant by GSCN is designed to support food banks and their partners in improving the evaluation and measurement of their programming. The program emphasizes the importance of enhancing the health and dietary quality of emergency food recipients through innovative and dynamic programming. Grantees are expected to work in partnership with GSCN to conduct thorough evaluations of their grant activities to better understand their impact and share outcomes with their communities. This grant program aims to strengthen the capacity of food banks to evaluate the effects of their programming effectively and to communicate these findings. Rooted in Evidence focuses on projects that improve dietary quality among food pantry and food bank clients, recommending that applicants engage in collaborative design and implementation of projects with GSCN, and encourages partnering with local researchers for developing and executing evaluation plans. The initiatives may involve various settings, components of the emergency food system, and target different populations, promoting innovative approaches to program delivery and evaluation.
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