Cook County Department of Public Health

Community Toolbox

The Community Tool Box is a resource for professionals and residents working to make suburban Cook County a healthier place to live, work, learn, play and pray. Inside the Community Toolbox are resources and materials provided during the various trainings that were offered during the suburban Cook County Communities Putting Prevention to Work project.

Change Institute

The Change Institute was a multi-series, year-long leadership and training conference for Model Communities grantees and partners. Throughout the year, grantees had an opportunity to receive technical assistance, network with other grantees, build partnerships, celebrate successes and share sustainability efforts. Training resources have been categorized by content area for easy searching.

Active Living

• Bike-sharing Program
• The Economics of a Healthy Community

Baby-Friendly/Breastfeeding

• Building Breastfeeding Support in the Workplace
• Illinois Breastfeeding Blueprint: A Plan for Change
• Presentation - Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

General

• AgeOptions Presentation
• Media Advocacy: Framing Public Health to Change Policy

Healthy Eating

• Garden Resources
• Local Food, Local Economics, and GO TO 2040
• Local Food Resources
• Understanding Healthy Procurement
• Urban Agriculture & Planning Practice
• Woodbury County Programs Overview (CMAP)
• Zero Waste, Composting, and Garden Fundraising Basics

Key Note Speaker Materials

• Linda Shak Keynote Video (AM Session)
• Linda Shak Keynote Video (PM Session)
• Mark Fenton Keynote Video
• Maya Rockeymoore: Implementing Effective and Sustainable Approaches to Policy Systems and Environmental Changes
• Maya Rockeymoore: Leadership for Healthy Communities: Action Strategies Toolkit

Healthy Schools

• Alliance Wellness Policy
• Food Research and Action Provision Comparisons
• Healthy Eating - Farm to School Organizational Resources
• Including Students with Disabilities in Physical Activity
• In-School Activity Breaks from NFL Play 60 Challenge
• Linking Academic Achievement to Policies to Promote Physical Activity
• Linking Economic Growth to Policies to Prevent Childhood Obesity
• Linking Policies to Prevent Climate Change and Childhood Obesity
• Maintain Revenue While Changing School Foods
• National Farm to School Resources
• Physical Activity Task Cards
• Planting Guide
• Power Tools - School Foods Resources
• School Food Legislation
• School Garden Planning Guide
• School Meals Criteria
• School Meal Resources
• School Nutrition Policy Recommendations
• State Goal Wellness
• Student Engagement Tools: Empower ME
• Wellness Policies Model Administrative Regulations
• Wellness Policy Presentation

Worksite Wellness

• Building a Sustainable Wellness Program
• From "What" and "Why" to "Who" and "How": Local Wellness Policies
• Guide to Improving Cardiovascular Health on the Community Level
• Kick Start Your Wellness Program: 10 free or low-cost ideas!
• Procurement Standards for the Workplace
• Sample Worksite Policy
• Worksite Wellness: Creating Maintaining, and Encouraging the Use of a Municipal Bike Fleet
• Worksite Wellness Presentation

Healthy Schools Training

Communities Putting Prevention to Work hosted trainings for school professionals throughout the year which aimed at making schools healthier for students and staff. Healthy schools can improve access to healthier food through policies, increase physical activity opportunities for students, enhance nutrition education, and establish school employee wellness programs.

Using Photovoice Methodology in Working with Youth

• Photovoice Basics
• Photovoice Process Video
• Photovoice Training Notes

School Resources

• Alliance Alternative Fundraising Ideas
• Commodity Foods for Schools
• Competitive Foods Guidelines
• Coordinated School Health Programs
• Creating A Physically Active Classroom Atmosphere
• Economic Research Report
• Fuel Up to Play fact sheet
• Fundraiser Ideas for_High_Schools
• Health-Promoting Fundraisers
• Healthy Celebrations (Spanish)
• Healthy Fundraiser Guide
• Healthy Fundraisers Success Stories
• Healthy Fundraising (Spanish)
• Healthy Non-Food Classroom Rewards
• Healthy School Celebrations
• Lunch Line REdesign
• Lunch Menu Example
• Lunch Menu Example 2
• New Tools for Healthy School Meals
• Power Tools For School Meals
• The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 Support
• The New Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• Tips for Meeting the Challenge

Active Living Training

Communities Putting Prevention to Work hosted an active living training where an expert panel educated attendees on how to make the case for active living in their communities.

• How Schools Work
• Mobilizing Support in the Workplace
• Physical Inactivity & Unhealthy Weight and Academic Achievement
• Worksite Wellness Survey

GreenTown Oak Park

The GreenTown Pioneering Healthy and Sustainable Communities conference was hosted by Seven Generations Ahead and sponsored in-part by Communities Putting Prevention to Work. Mayors and city managers, healthy community leaders, engineers and planners, architects and landscape architects, developers and educators gathered to hear inspiring speakers, learn from been-there case studies and discuss actionable steps to make healthy, sustainable communities a reality.

• A Compelling Case for Obesity Prevention: Building an Arsenal for Action
• Blue is Green: Water Conservation Strategies and Stormwater Management Policy in Illinois
• Complete Streets: Designing Roads with All Users in Mind
• Healthy Food and Low-Income Families
• Implementing Worksite Lactation Support Programs
• Local Food Procurement Jump-starting Schools and Institutions to Provide Healthy Food
• PHC Statewide Forum: Successes and Lessons Learned
• PHC Statewide Forum: Successes and Lessons Learned (2)
• Safe Routes to School for the 21st Century: Policies and Impact
• Stakeholder Involvement in Community Sustainability Planning and Implementation