FAMILY NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Nutrition and Life Skills for Missouri Families

Program Content Area

• Nutritional Quality

• Food Availability

• Food Safety • Physical Activity

Target Audience Children and youth and adults that

support them

Adults Pregnant teens, Relatives raising

children

Objectives Achieving life long health and fitness

Choosing healthy food choices Increase food preparation skills Increase knowledge and practice of

food safety skills Using a Food Label Nutrition Facts Panel Adopting the habit of being Physically

Active

The Family Nutrition Education Program

What is FNEP?

EFNEPExpanded Food and Nutrition

Education ProgramFNP

Family Nutrition Program

Family Nutrition Program

Target audience Food Stamp Recipients Eligible for food stamps

Series of lessons preferred 8 – 12 lessons for adults 5-7 lessons for youth

Show-Me Nutrition for Youth Let’s Read about Healthy Eating Adventures in Nutrition with the Show-Me

Chef Fun with Food and Fitness Food Group Express Building My Body Choosing Foods for Me Exploring the Food Groups Digging Deeper Choices & Challenges

Additional Programs Food Power Food Power Young Adventure Kids in the Kitchen Teen Parents Jump Into Action Eating from the Garden Kindergarten Initiative FRIDGE

Collaboration

Public schools Community centers Abuse shelters Food Pantries Shelter Workshops Senior Centers Health Clinics Public Health

Departments

Preschools After school

programs Homeless shelters Parents as Teachers Mid-Continent

Libraries ABE Classes Head Start

Agencies with Local Public Funding

FNP Connects Statewide Number of participants for FY 2013 : 1,069,104 Total direct educational contacts: 1,030,393 Total indirect educational contacts: 3,162,641 Number of groups that participated:

9,696 Number of youth participants: 252,414 Number of adult participants: 816,690

Nutrition Classes for Youth

Most programs include seven lessons

Kids learning to make healthy

choices

Educational Activities

Food Prep

Food Power

Hand washing

Reaching Food Stamp Audiences

Food Pantry Recipe and Information cards Buddy Pack Program

Reaches more than 6000 children Assemblies

Power Panther Show Me Nutrition Education Displays Billboards

School Assemblies

Show Me Nutrition Education Displays

Teacher Lounges Food Pantries Health Fairs WIC Offices Grocery Stores

FNEP Making an Impact in the Community

Nutrition classes for adults and teens who prepare the meals for their families

Improving the prenatal nutrition of pregnant teens and adults

Providing nutrition classes in classrooms Pre-K-12

Involving youth in nutrition in after school and summer programs

Teachers Report Behavior Change in Students

91% were more aware of nutrition 82% had improved hand washing 65% are more physically active 68% make healthier meal and/or snack

choices 49% eat breakfast more often

Teachers whose students talked about this change

91% were more aware of nutrition 79% had improved hand washing 70% are more physically active 81% make healthier meal and/or snack

choices 56% eat breakfast more often

Teachers’ Changes(self reported)

51% make healthier nutrition choices 51% are more aware of nutrition 43% are more willing to try new foods 35% eat breakfast more often 31% improved hand washing 40% increased physical activity 52% make/offer healthier food choices for

students

Teachers Model Healthy Behaviors (self-reported)

95% more aware of nutrition 94% make healthier meal and/or snack

choices 81% eat breakfast more often 90% more willing to try new foods

Teachers Model Healthy Behaviors (self-reported)

94% improved hand washing 79% improved food safety other than

hand washing 88% increased physical activity

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program

Target audienceIncome within 185% of poverty

Children in home under 19 Series of 6 – 12 lessons

Agencies Served Through EFNEP

WIC Head Start Churches 4-H Food pantries Salvation Army

Shelters YMCA after school

programs Day care centers Teen pregnancy shelters

Reaching the Hispanic Audience

Bilingual nutrition educators Many of our materials are available in

Spanish

EFNEP Facts at a Glance

Reached 3,888 participants 55% minority 993 youth Partnered with 153 agencies

National EFNEP Impact Cost benefit analyses for

savings on health care costs are as high as $10.64 per $1 spent on programming

National EFNEP Impact For every $1 spent to

implement EFNEP, $2.48 is saved on food expenditures, reducing the need for emergency food assistance

National EFNEP Impact The Produce for Better Health Foundation

identified EFNEP as the best federal program for increasing fruit and vegetable intake.

2002

National EFNEP Impact Overall diet improvement in

all food groups Preventing food-borne illness

through improved safety practices

Collaboration with other agencies reinforces common nutrition message

Food Safety 37% of participants more often practiced

not thawing their foods at room temperature

24% more often practices not allowing meat and dairy foods to sit out for more than two hours.

Managing Food Dollars 36% more often planned meals in

advance

31% more often compared food prices

33% more often used a grocery list for shopping

30% less often ran out of food before the end of the month

Healthy Food Choices 35% more often thought about healthy

food choices when deciding what to feed their families

35% more often prepared foods without adding salt

45% more often used the food label to make food choices

Healthy Food Choices 32% of participants reported that their

children ate breakfast more often

Employment Opportunities Nutrition Program Associate Extension Associate Regional Nutrition and Health Education

Specialist Program Coordinator Associate State Nutrition Specialist State Nutrition Specialist

Putting a Face to the Name!

Jo Britt-RankinFNEP Administrative Director

Candance Gabel FNEP State Coordinator

Putting a Face to the Name!

Donna MehrleAssistant Coordinator

Alejandra GudinoDiversity Education Coordinator

Putting a Face to A Name!Karen Sherbondy Alternate Educational DeliveryCoordinator

Sarah MarchFood Pantry and Buddy Pack Coordinator

Putting a Face to A Name! Cindy Deblauw Food Power Coordinator

Kraig Kensinger Food Power Young

Adventure Coordinator

Putting a Face to the Name!

Stefanie CrupeAdministrative Assistant

Tom PitchfordFiscal Manager

Credits

The Family Nutrition Education Program (FNEP) is partially funded by the USDA, Food and Nutrition Services. The funding is channeled to the University of Missouri Extension Human Environmental Sciences through the Missouri Division of Family Services.

Credits Equal opportunity is and shall be provided

to all participants in Extension programs and activities, and for all employees and applicants for employment on the basis of their demonstrated ability and competence without discrimination on the basis of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or status as a Vietnam-era veteran. This policy shall not be interpreted in such a manner as to violate the legal rights of religious organizations or military organizations associated with the armed forces of the United States of America.

Credits Funded in part by USDA’s Food Stamp

Program.

Running out of money for food? Contact your local Food Stamp office or go to:

www.dss.mo.gov/fsd/fstamp