Food Security

Agency : Tri-County Health Network

Location: 238 East Colorado Avenue, Telluride, CO - San Miguel County

Telephone: (970) 708-7096

Description: Food Security programs include: Cooking Matters: -A hands-on, six week cooking-based nutrition, education program that provides the skills, knowledge and confidence to prepare healthy and affordable meals. - Nutrition lessons - Meal preparation education - Grocery shopping tips - Food budgeting skills - Each participant receives a bag of groceries to replicate the meal they’ve created - Class days and times can vary, call for specific information on the next available class. Snap Food Benefits Program: -Clients can apply for SNAP by contacting local expert navigators in Ouray, Telluride, and Norwood West End: - Ridgway/Ouray Cecilia Castro: 970-417-7143 -Norwood/West End Nadia Gonzalez: 970-519-1117 -Telluride Nadia Gonzalez: 970-519-1117 - Delta/Montrose Kimberly Meraz: 970-765-8866 For Spanish-speaking clients: - Telluride Area/Norwood/West End Nadia Gonzalez: 970-519-1117 -Montrose/Delta: Cecilia Castro: 970-417-7143 Food RX : - This program offered in partnership with local medical clinics uses food as medicine to improve patient health outcomes. - Through TCHNetwork’s FoodRx Program, patients with a chronic disease who enroll in the program at Basin Clinic, Uncompahgre Medical Center, and the Telluride Regional Medical Center receive $120 in vouchers over 7 weeks to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables from participating stores. - The patients also receive coaching from clinic staff on how to stretch their FoodRx dollars and how to best incorporate fresh fruits and vegetables into their diet. FoodRx Coordinators at partner clinics in Naturita, Norwood, and Telluride: - Naturita: Cyndi Wargowsky at Basin Clinic 970-865-2665 - Norwood: Sage Carver at Uncompahgre Medical Center 970-327-0624 - Telluride: Ryan O’Donnell. R.N. at Telluride Medical Center 970-728-3848 x122

Address: 238 East Colorado AvenueSuite 8

Hours: N/A

Eligibility: For low income families Area Served: Delta County

Categories: Food Stamps/SNAP Fresh Food Cooking Classes Nutrition Education

Application Process: Call to register in advance.

Languages Offered: English, Spanish

Disability Access: Full Access

Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes

Available to Immigrants w/o Documentation: No

Insurance Accepted: No