Collaborative Model

Project Measure Up

Youth Obesity Prevention Partners Council (YOPPC)

The Youth Obesity Prevention Partners Council (YOPPC) will be comprised of program managers of local community-based youth obesity prevention programs that address physical fitness, nutrition, school health, and/or youth mental health programs in any of the 15 school districts in Bexar County. The YOPPC will work collaboratively to provide seamless and effective prevention programming across participating school districts.

Responsibilities:

  • Serve as liaison between PMU/YOPPC and respective program agency
  • Work collaboratively with School Health Coordinator Coalition members to identify gaps in existing ISD health programs
  • Provide programming to satisfy identified gaps in district programs as available
  • Contribute approximately 2 hours per month as a council member
  • Provide expertise in program knowledge to help meet the individual needs of each targeted ISD
  • Work to implement respective program(s) in other school districts in Bexar County
  • Provide any marketing materials to appropriate SHCC to support program needs

Deliverables:

  • Attend all 12 coalition meetings throughout the year or secure a representative to attend the meeting in the member’s absence
  • Ensure that appropriate nutritional, physical and mental health programs are implemented in schools by working collaboratively with the SHCC to determine programming needs.
  • Work collaboratively to support programs that have been successful, and that are currently being implemented, or that have proven to be successful in other ISDs
  • Provide program description/fact sheets or brochures of all programs currently implemented in a targeted ISD
  • Provide programming to satisfy identified gaps in ISD programming where possible
  • Provide relevant, current or prospective program descriptions to council for review for consideration
  • Incorporate program indicators for ISD and review program outcomes along with SHCC members
  • Meet reporting standards as determined by YOPPC

For more information contact:
Elizabeth De La Fuentes, Operations Manager, Project Measure Up
(210) 481-2573