Serving the North State

From programs that support educational success beyond high school to programs that send student volunteers to help in state hospitals for the disabled, Chico State reaches beyond campus borders to improve the quality of life in the North State. For example—

• With more than $5 million in grants, the Sierra Cascade Nutrition and Activity Consortium helps low-income families adopt healthy eating and exercise habits. The program’s 30 partners include school districts and county offices of education.
• The Community Legal Information Center, open 40 years, provides free legal information to North State residents. Up to 125 paralegal interns staff the organization’s 12 programs, serving nearly 13,000 clients annually.
• The Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion received $149,970 in 2011 to encourage immigrant and refugee families with K-2 children to increase consumption of locally grown foods to promote fruit and vegetable consumption. CNAP also received a $623,863 U.S. Department of Education grant in 2011 to enhance physical education programs and reduce rates of overweight students in local school districts.
• Almost 160 Chico State student volunteers, with support from construction management faculty and industry suppliers, built two 840-square-foot transitional housing units for Catalyst Domestic Violence Services, for the 2010 Annual Winter Community Service Project, and then built two more houses in 2011.