Programs

• Program Delivery
• Adult
• Youth

Program Delivery

County extension Family and Consumer Science educators provide on-the-job training and supervise nutrition educators and volunteers who teach EFNEP. The educators usually live in the communities where they work. They recruit families and receive referrals from neighborhood and wellness centers, social service agencies, schools, HeadStart, and other gathering places. Methods for program delivery may be one-to-one but more commonly group lessons or classes are conducted in public places.

Adult

Adult program participants learn how to make food choices to improve the nutritional quality of meals they serve their families. They do this by participating in a series of 6-8 lessons (using Eating Right Is Basic 2 national curriculum and the Dietary Guidelines) taught by nutrition educators and volunteers. Lesson or classes help participants learn about food storage, preparation, safety and sanitation, how to better manage their food budgets, shopping, and how nutrition affects their health. They also learn practical skills necessary to make positive behavior changes.

Youth

EFNEP provides nutrition education classes for children and youth through pre-school and Head Start programs; Elementary, Middle, and High Schools; after-school and summer programs. Classes are targeted at low-income children, primarily those attending schools which have a Free and Reduced Lunch percentage of 50% or higher. Classes include the following:

Tickle Your Appetite: a nutrition curriculum for 3 to 4 year old children. A fun and lively curriculum featuring puppets, animation and real children in a video that teaches lessons such as: trying different types of foods; learning about taste, touch, and smell of foods; and understanding how foods grow.
Topics for lessons include:
Getting to know you: The Food Pyramid
Scrumptious snacks
My fantastic Body
Let's Vote: Taste, Touch, Smell
Agriculture Celebration Day

Food, Fun, and Reading: a nutrition and literacy program developed for pre-kindergarten through grade two. Children learn about food and nutrition by having children's story books with food related themes read to them and then participating in hands-on nutrition activities. Topics for lessons include:
The bread group and snacks
The fruit and vegetable groups
The milk group
Breakfast

yourSELF: A nutrition curriculum designed for middle school youth. Designed to help students understand how their decisions about eating patterns and physical activity today can affect the way they grow and their health for years to come. Topics for lessons include:
It's normal to be different
What's a serving anyway?
Nutrition facts
10 ways to get physical
Tips to help you grow into you
Six steps to help you reach your goals

Professor Popcorn: a nutrition education curriculum for students in grades 1 - 6. Professor Popcorn involves five one-hour sessions conducted in the classroom, taught by a nutrition educator. The curriculum is designed to build on previous years but can also be delivered to single grade levels. Topics generally include the Food Pyramid and food groups, serving sizes, physical activity, food safety, and healthy snacks. Topics for lessons include:
The New MyPyramid
Food groups
Grains and carbohydrates
Fruits and vegetables, nature's candy
Milk and calcium
Fast food choices