Healthy Beverage Consumption and Purchase Toolkit
The Healthy Beverage Strategy Guide
The Healthy Beverage Consumption and Purchase Strategy Guide is an introductory resource that supports the planning, adoption, and implementation of healthy beverage strategies at the site, organizational, and community levels. The guide outlines strategies to increase access to safe, appealing drinking water in a variety of settings, support the development and implementation of healthy beverage policies, and raise awareness about the health impacts of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). It also provides talking points about the benefits, challenges, and common counter-arguments related to beverage policies.
Policy Packet
The Policy Packet showcases effective policies that promote healthy beverages. The packet outlines the key features and settings for policies related to healthy checkout, healthy procurement, healthy vending, Early Care and Education and school wellness, and SSB taxes. Each section includes recommended model policies.
Project Tools
SSB Tax Infographic
A graphical tool to communicate the benefits of an SSB tax to community members.
Action Plan
A practical tool to organize long-, medium-, and short-term goals, identify actions, and assign roles to support successful project planning.
An Excel tool for building a functional timeline to plan, track, and coordinate key project activities.
Implementation Timeline Template (.xlsx)
Presentation Template
A customizable slide deck designed to help communicate unmet needs, policy or project goals, research results, and recommendations to stakeholders and decision-makers. Instructions for using the file are in the notes section of each slide.