Introduction

“Happy Family, Healthy Kids”

This program will launch in 2021 at Lansing-based Capital Area Community Services, Inc. Head Start and Early Childhood Programs, as well as at the Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency, specifically Cadillac, Charlevoix, East Jordan and Kalkaska. The program will target families who engage in “emotional eating” – or ill-advised food choices for their families – due to stress in their lives, often caused by a lack of income. Parents will be coached on making happy and healthy eating behavioral changes at home that will support their young children to establish lifelong healthy eating habits.