Overarching Goal: Consider forming a childhood obesity task force or aligning with an existing task force in your community that engages a range of city agencies, partners and constituents to achieve the LMCTC goals.
Goal I:
To provide children with a healthier start, local elected officials commit to helping early care and education program providers incorporate best practices for nutrition, physical activity and screen time into their programs.
- Bronze: The LMCTC site is participating in an active interagency collaboration on early care and education programs.
- Silver: Participation in Let’s Move! Child Care is promoted among early care and education providers using at least three approaches; plus Bronze benchmark.
- Gold: Each of the five goals of Let’s Move! Child Care has been integrated into at least one professional development training offered annually to early care and education providers; plus Bronze and Silver benchmarks.
Goal II:
To empower parents and caregivers, local elected officials commit to prominently displaying MyPlate in all municipally- or county-owned or operated venues that offer or sell food/beverages.
- Bronze: At least 51% of municipally- or county-owned or operated venues that offer or sell food/beverages prominently display MyPlate, and the Let’s Move! Cities, Towns and Counties (LMCTC) site is registered to be a MyPlate Community Partner.
- Silver: At least 75% of municipally- or county-owned or operated venues that offer or sell food/beverages prominently display MyPlate, and the Let’s Move! Cities, Towns and Counties (LMCTC) site is registered to be a MyPlate Community Partner.
- Gold: 100% of municipally- or county-owned or operated venues that offer or sell food/beverages prominently display MyPlate, and the Let’s Move! Cities, Towns and Counties (LMCTC) site is registered to be a MyPlate Community Partner.
Goal III:
To provide healthy food to children and youth, local elected officials commit to expanding access to meal programs before, during and after the school day, and/or over the summer months.
- Bronze: The LMCTC site is participating in an active collaboration involving the city/town/county, schools and other partners to expand access to programs that offer healthy food before, during and after the school day, and/or over the summer months.
- Silver: At least two actions are taken to expand children’s access to programs that offer healthy food before, during and after the school day, and/or over the summer months; plus Bronze benchmark.
- Gold: At least four approaches are used to publicize the availability of programs that offer healthy food before, during and after the school day, and/or over the summer months to make them more accessible to children; plus Bronze and Silver benchmarks.
Goal IV:
To improve access to healthy, affordable foods, local elected officials commit to implementing healthy and sustainable food service guidelines that are aligned with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans in all municipally- or county-owned or operated venues that offer or sell food/beverages.
- Bronze: All vendors and contractors for municipally-or county-owned or operated venues that offer or sell food/beverages are identified, along with the dates when their contracts can be amended or renegotiated.
- Silver: A policy for healthy and sustainable food service guidelines aligned with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans is adopted for municipally- or county-owned or operated venues offer or sell food/beverages; plus Bronze benchmark.
- Gold: At least 30% of municipally- or county-owned or operated venues that offer or sell food/beverages have implemented the policy for healthy and sustainable food service guidelines aligned with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans; plus Bronze and Silver benchmarks.
Goal V:
To increase physical activity, local elected officials commit to mapping local playspaces, completing a needs assessment, developing an action plan and launching a minimum of three recommended policies, programs or initiatives aimed at increasing access to play.
- Bronze: All playspaces are mapped.
- Silver: A needs assessment of playspaces is completed and an action plan is developed; plus Bronze benchmark.
- Gold: At least three recommended policies, programs or initiatives from the action plan are launched to increase access to physical activity; plus Bronze and Silver benchmarks.