Mission
To advance health equity for healthy eating and active living by collaboratively working with partners to improve policy, system, and environmental changes.
What we do
- Seek to promote nourishing food and active living as culturally appealing, accessible, and affordable to all Rhode Islanders;
- Implement priority areas included in the 2023-2028 HEAL Strategic Plan, such as
- Access to affordable nourishing food;
- Access to safe spaces for play and physical activity;
- Infant, children, and youth nutrition and physical activity;
- Expansion of Statewide System Coordination;
- Partner with active transportation experts and partners on the establishment of Complete Streets communities across Rhode Island;
- Support State Director of Food Strategy on implementation of the state’s food strategy, Relish Rhody; and
- Co-lead the statewide ‘Hunger Elimination Task Force’ with Director of Food Strategy and RI Food Policy Council