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[Prevention Fund Grants] Communities Putting Prevention to Work [Amount] $7.9 Million* [Description] 
In Louisville, Kentucky the Healthy Hometown Restaurant Initiative has created partnerships with 18 area restaurants to assist them with the calculation and printing of calorie information for their menu items, providing over 435,000 people with the opportunity to make healthier decisions when dining out. The YMCA of Greater Louisville is working with low-income neighborhoods on a �Healthy in a Hurry� initiative that provides fresh produce in corner stores. There are currently three �Healthy in a Hurry� corner stores in operation, with three more expected in the coming year. The LPPW grant has assisted Bike Louisville with updating and reprinting its �Louisville By Bicycle� map. The map shows all of the bike lanes and shared roadways in town, along with some of the future shared-roadway projects. Maps also give safety tips for riding and list area bike shops. The LPPW Evaluation Team at the University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences did a preliminary assessment of the Street Sense campaign and found that it was having an impact. The YMCA of Greater Louisville has launched its �Food Fight� campaign, which is aimed at school-age children in 12 target neighborhoods. The social marketing campaign demonstrates the value of choosing healthy food and drink over unhealthy food and drink, pitting a turkey dog against a hamburger or a sugar-sweetened drink against water. The Louisville breastfeeding team has arranged for 12 lactation stations in Metro Government facilities so that working mothers employed by Louisville Metro can pump breast milk and continue breastfeeding after returning to work. The sites offer a quiet, private place with an electrical outlet, table and chair so that breastfeeding mothers can pump comfortably during the day. Metro Louisville has created a Food Policy Advisory Council that will work to identify and propose innovative solutions to improve the local food system by making it more equitable and sustainable, and spurring local economic development. Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) system, which has more than 100,000 students, teachers, and administrators throughout 142 schools, is involved with the Community Action Plan. The Community Action Plan, funded by CPPW, contains 12 strategies focused on increasing the availability of healthy food and supporting healthy food choices. JCPS will reduce sodium by 5 percent and sugar by 10 percent in school breakfast and lunches, and has agreed to buy 10 percent of its produce from local farmers. They are also installing community gardens at 20 schools, and updating the greenhouse at a middle school that is supplying herbs for use in school cafeterias, and seedlings for the gardens. In an effort to promote the adoption of a menu labeling policy throughout Louisville, the �Healthy Hometown Program� focuses on lifestyle changes for adults and children while dining out. Restaurants are approached and asked to voluntarily participate. Those that elect to do so are provided with new menus at no cost which contain nutritional information such as calorie counts, sodium content and the recommended daily calorie consumption.
Kentucky And the New Prevention Fund Press Release
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