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FIMC Working Groups

FIMC Working Groups offer ongoing opportunities for organizations and individuals dedicated to improving health outcomes in Delaware through the power of nutrition to use their skills and insights to enact change. See the next meetings held by each Working Group below.

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Program & Implementation

Purpose: To establish shared implementation guidelines and best practices for FIM programs statewide.

Focus Areas:

  • Model definitions
  • Cultural responsiveness
  • Community-based provider readiness
  • Technical assistance for scaling programs
  • Shared protocols across organizations

Funding, Policy, & Sustainability

Purpose: To align and advocate for funding mechanisms, policy changes, and sustainable reimbursement.

Focus Areas:

  • Medicaid 1115 waiver and managed care organization partnerships
  • State budget alignment
  • Federal and foundation funding
  • Reimbursement models

Data, Research, & Evaluation

Purpose: Define and track success through shared metrics, outcomes, and evidence generation.

Focus Areas:

  • Standardized evaluation frameworks
  • Return on investment and health outcome analysis
  • Data-sharing across partners
  • Inventory of existing programs and outcomes
  • Research partnerships

Delaware Food is Medicine Committee Members

Lt. Governor Kyle Evans Gay

Lieutenant Governor

Chair, FIMC

Dr. Alethea Miller

Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance, Maternal & Child Health Clinical Director

Allison Karpyn

Co-Director, Center for Research Education and Social Policy (CRESP)

Working Group Chair: Data, Research, Evaluation

Amanda Bodine

Bodine Farms

Dr. Bhavin R. Dave

MD., Bayhealth, Gastroenterology

Jaclyn Hulihan

Kent and Sussex Manager, Office of the Lt. Governor

Dr. Josette Covington

Highmark Health Medical Director

Kimberly Robbins

Delaware Pharmacists Society

Larry Haas

Chief Development Officer, Food Bank of Delaware

Michelle Axe

Farm and Food Policy Council Manager, Food is Medicine, Christiana Care

Working Group Co-Chair:

Funding, Policy, & Sustainability

Rob Gurnee

Executive Director, Lutheran Community Services

Sarah Stowens

Chief of Staff, Office of the Lt. Governor

Alexa R. Scoglietti

Chief Policy Advisor,

Delaware Department of Health and Social Services

Senator Russ Huxtable

Delaware General Assembly

Representative Jeff Hilovsky

Delaware General Assembly

Dr. Thao-Ly Phan

MD, MPH, Medical Director,

Nemours Healthy Weight and Wellness Clinic

Maggie Norris-Bent

Chief External Affairs & Communications Officer,
Westside Family Healthcare

Working Group Chair: Program Implementation

Andrew Wilson

Division Director, Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance  

Working Group Co-Chair:

Funding, Policy, & Sustainability