Activities

The COI Government Workgroup is comprised of government and public health representatives, community organizations, and health advocates who support healthy eating and active living. Partners participating in the COI Government Workgroup conduct the following activities:

• Provide stewardship and advocacy to address and prevent childhood obesity across government departments, jurisdictions, and partners in a collaborative manner
• Provide resources, support, and technical assistance to Government Domain stakeholders and others
• Provide a forum in which Government Domain stakeholders can share and leverage resources and best practices
• Monitor and track local policies for the purpose of identifying opportunities and sharing best practices and policy improvements
• Support projects in other COI Workgroups related to policy, systems and environmental change

Key Focus Areas for the Next Two Years

The Government Domain Workgroup identified three focus areas for the next two years:

• Advancing safe routes to healthy and actives places through adoption and implementation of initiatives and policies such as Vision Zero, Safe Routes to School and Complete Streets
• Encouraging cities to adopt policies related to reduced sugar-sweetened beverage consumption
• Leveraging place-based projects to identify and engage new/existing Workgroup members

For a more detailed description of workgroup activities, please refer to the workplan.