Open Hand Atlanta Inc.

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“Open hand atlanta, inc. Developed goals, used peer comparisons and benchmarking using the guidestar website.”

“Open hand atlanta, inc. Developed goals, used peer comparisons and benchmarking using the guidestar website.”

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“The mission is to help people prevent or better manage chronic disease through comprehensive nutrition care which combines home-delivered meals and nutrition education as a means to reinforce the connection between informed food choices and improved quality of life.”

“Other qualifying individuals may include dependent children of any open hand client regardless of their health status. Nutrition education is delivered on a regular basis with the meals as well as in group and clinical settings. Menus are developed and products are selected by open hand's registered dietitians and include therapeutic and preferential menu options. C.open hand's market basket program provides a weekly supply of both nonperishable groceries, fresh fruit and vegetables to low-income, medically-eligible clients who are empowered to prepare their own healthy meals with nutrition guidance provided by open hand registered dietitians. This accommodates a supply of fresh fruits and vegetables including more locally grown produce. D.in addition, open hand provided approximately 15,580 emergency nutrition supplements (ens), in the form of meal replacement snacks and nutrition supplements to low-income, medically-eligible men, women and children, often during extended waits for their health care appointments. Patients who have had dental procedures may also receive mechanical soft meals provided through this program. E.central to open hand's comprehensive approach to nutrition, clients are assessed at intake and offered consistent nutrition education by open hand registered dietitians (rds) which includes printed nutrition education materials and, depending upon their assessment, individual or group nutrition coaching sessions. These group sessions have a community or public health focus and include topics such as portion control, healthy eating, hands-on food preparation, physical activity, and disease self- management. Client counseling sessions include individualized nutrition assessment, diagnosis, education, and goal-setting. Follow-up reinforcement is provided by open hand rds and may include monitoring of client health metrics, nutrition education, assessment of health goal progressions, referral(s) to additional support services, and/or phone consultations. F.open hand provided medical nutritional therapy (mnt) to 798 clients in 2017. Mnt is prescribed by a clinician, targets a specific medical condition, and includes a nutrition diagnosis, therapy and counseling services all performed by open hand registered dietitians (rds). Designed by the american academy of nutrition and dietetics, mnt includes a specific plan of assessment, nutrition diagnoses, intervention, evaluation/monitoring, documentation, and communication with the client's health care provider. This service is available to men, women and children who have a nutrition-sensitive chronic disease and who are committed to improving their health through better food choices and behavior modification. G.open hand is georgia's lead partner for the nationally acclaimed cooking matters nutrition education program which consists of six weeks of classes utilizing an evidence-based curriculum originally designed by share our strength. Open hand cooking matters teaches participants how to prepare healthy, tasty meals on a limited budget - offering practical, hands-on instruction for low-income individuals and families such as meal preparation, grocery shopping, and food budgeting that empowers participants to make healthier choices, even with very limited resources. Cooking matters helps open hand address the co-occurring issues of food insecurity, obesity, and related nutrition-sensitive disease which are often more common among at-risk, disadvantaged populations.”

“With an additional 158 nutrition phone consults with a gmm registered dietitian. Gmm expansion in the corporate community produced an additional 128 nutrition services to individuals and 36 group programs through our collaboration with corporate sports unlimited. A total of 195 wellness programs, including lunch and learns, cooking demos, and wellness challenges were implemented for our corporate and community partners. Good measure meals' catering extension of the social enterprise continued to secure catering vendor contracts primarily in the corporate sector in 2017, and served over 308 catered events, with an additional 358 healthy bread trays - enabling gmm to reach an estimated 15,692 people in our community.”

“In 2017, open hand extended the reach of our comprehensive nutrition programming by achieving several key goals: a.open hand and good measure meals served a combined total of approximately 16,971 clients in 2017. This includes more than 1,514,722 home-delivered meals, meals provided in a congregate setting, as well as meal replacements/supplements. In 2017, our registered dietitians worked directly with 6,832 clients providing extensive nutrition education ranging from instruction on the nutritional value of the foods in their diet to calorie balance and diabetes management, conducting home nutrition assessments, and providing in-clinic medical nutrition therapy (mnt). B.the following programmatic milestones were achieved in 2017: 1.prepared meals program - helping our clients better manage their chronic disease by providing medically tailored meals is always a primary focus for open hand. In 2017, approximately 60% of our clients reported having fewer visits to the emergency room. 65% report spending fewer days in the hospital and 31% report they are able to take their medications with ease as a result of receiving prepared meals. In 2017 our client survey focused on measuring the impact of our services. In 2017, 34% of survey respondents self-identified as persons living with hiv/aids, 43% were seniors served through our home delivered meal program and 23% persons living with other chronic illnesses/disabilities. 84% clients of clients served were of senior age 55 years or older across all of our funded program. Of the clients that had a chronic condition, 38% reported they saw an improvement in their cholesterol levels, 40% saw an improvement in blood pressure, and 36% saw an improvement in blood sugar. 2.over the past year, 50% of our home delivered meal clients had access to open hand registered dietitians (rds) to consult with them about their nutrition and health as it related to their chronic disease. 67% of clients found their consult with the dietitian to be very helpful. 3.market basket program - administered by open hand registered dietitians, the market basket program is an innovative solution to reduce food insecurity, increase intake of healthy foods, and increase nutrition knowledge in high-risk adults in the atlanta area. Open hand volunteers delivered weekly market baskets to program participants which include fresh fruit and seasonal vegetables, along with nutrition education materials and recipes relevant to the contents of that week's basket to encourage consumption. Open hand provided 72,674 market basket meals to an average of 163 clients each week in 2017. 4.promoting nutrition and healthy living among low income individuals and families - open hand's cooking matters program had three overarching goals in fiscal year 2017: to continue growing the direct education programmatic work across georgia, support the purchase of produce with a healthy retail pilot program at wayfield foods, and to support the fresh marta markets with a full social marketing campaign in metro atlanta. In 2017, open hand exceeded our programmatic goals by teaching 59 cooking matters courses, leading 472 store tours, and reaching over 1,800 individuals and families with direct education. Additionally, open hand reached over 6,000 shoppers with the healthy retail and the eat brighter pilot program held in partnership with wayfield foods, a local grocery store chain. Open hand's social marketing campaign and nutrition education to support the fresh marta markets is estimated to have reached over 190,000 marta riders through the print and media campaign that was displayed on trains and in stations across atlanta. 5.youth and families nutrition & education - as part of an increased focus on outreach to youth and families, open hand developed the healthy balance kids menu which provides a fresh fruit or vegetable as part of every meal and exceeds usda nutritional standards. In 2017, the program served 51,275 healthy breakfasts, lunches,”