Family Nutrition Education Programs

1. Family Nutrition Education Programs Nutrition and Life Skills for Missouri Families

2. Program Content Areas

3. Target Audience Children and youth and adults that support them Adults Pregnant teens and adults

4. Objective

5. The Family Nutrition Education Program

6. Family Nutrition Program Target audience Eligible for food stamps Series of lessons preferred 12-18 lessons for adults 5-7 lessons for youth Funding requires 1:1 in-kind match with public agencies

7. Show-Me Nutrition for Youth Let’s Read about Healthy Eating Adventures in Nutrition with the Show-Me Chef Fun with Food and Fitness Building MyPyramid Building MyBody Choosing Foods for Me Exploring MyPyramid Digging Deeper Choices & Challenges

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

9. Public schools Community centers Drug rehabilitation programs Abuse shelters Detention centers Mental health centers Assisted living centers Preschools After school programs Homeless shelters Parents as Teachers Mid-Continent Libraries ABE Classes Collaboration

10. FNP Connects Statewide Number of participants for FY 2009 : 340,446 Total direct educational contacts: 1,014,788 Total indirect educational contacts: 1,616,305 Number of groups that participated: 8,385 -336 groups outside of the school setting Number of youth participants: 210,084 Number of adult participants: 130,362

11. Nutrition Classes for Youth Most programs include seven lessons

13. Food Prep

14. Food Power

15. Hand washing

16. Reaching Food Stamp Audiences Post card campaign Special funded projects Assemblies Pyramid of Power MyPyramid for Kids MyPyramid Comes to School (pilot) Show Me Nutrition Education Displays Post Card Campaign – Alma Hopkins, Jo Britt-Rankin, and Candy Gabel Special Funded Projects – Alma Hopkins Assemblies and Displays – Karen SherbondyPost Card Campaign – Alma Hopkins, Jo Britt-Rankin, and Candy Gabel Special Funded Projects – Alma Hopkins Assemblies and Displays – Karen Sherbondy

17. Eat Smart. Play Hard Campaign Reached 100% of Food Stamp households 50,000 households in 47 Missouri counties Post cards focused on increasing fruits and vegetables and physical activity 1-800-ParentLink

18. School Assemblies Pyramid of Power MyPyramid for Kids MyPyramid Comes to School (pilot)

19. Show Me Nutrition Education Displays Viewed by teachers in Teachers’ Lounge Material taken and used in the classroom Reinforce nutrition messages from displays Points to Ponder- take back to the classroom activities to use with students Resource for Healthy Staff Healthy Schools project

21. 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

22. Teachers Report Behavior Change in Students 91% were more aware of nutrition 86% had improved hand washing 59% are more physically active 62% make healthier meal and/or snack choices 46% eat breakfast more often

23. Teachers whose students talked about this change 91% were more aware of nutrition 78% had improved hand washing 61% are more physically active 74% make healthier meal and/or snack choices 50% eat breakfast more often

24. Teachers’ Changes(self reported) 51% make healthier nutrition choices 53% are more aware of nutrition 40% are more willing to try new foods 34% eat breakfast more often 33% improved hand washing 39% increased physical activity 50% make/offer healthier food choices for students

25. Teachers Model Healthy Behaviors (self-reported) 89% more aware of nutrition 87% make healthier meal and/or snack choices 73% eat breakfast more often 80% more willing to try new foods

26. Teachers Model Healthy Behaviors (self-reported) 88% improved hand washing 69% improved food safety other than hand washing 79% increased physical activity

27. Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Target audience Income within 185% of poverty Children in home under 19 Series of 12-18 lessons No match required for funding

28. 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

29. Reaching the Hispanic Audience Bilingual nutrition educators Many of our materials are available in Spanish

30. EFNEP Facts at a Glance Reached 7,515 participants 32% minority 4,291 youth Served 51 of the 78 (65%) WIC offices Served 14 of the 34 (41%) Food Stamp offices Partnered with 163 agencies

32. National EFNEP Impact Cost benefit analyses for savings on health care costs are as high as $10.64 per $1 spent on programming

33. National EFNEP Impact For every $1 spent to implement EFNEP, $2.48 is saved on food expenditures, reducing the need for emergency food assistance

34. National EFNEP Impact The Produce for Better Health Foundation identified EFNEP as the best federal program for increasing fruit and vegetable intake. 2002

35. 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

36. Food Safety 49% 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.

37. Managing Food Dollars 51% more often planned meals in advance 41% more often compared food prices 47% more often used a grocery list for shopping 34% less often ran out of food before the end of the month

38. Healthy Food Choices 45% more often thought about healthy food choices when deciding what to feed their families 35% more often prepared foods without adding salt 57% more often used the food label to make food choices

39. Healthy Food Choices 32% of participants reported that their children ate breakfast more often

40. Employment Opportunities Nutrition Program Assistant Nutrition Program Associate Extension Associate Regional Nutrition and Health Education Specialist Program Coordinator Associate State Nutrition Specialist State Nutrition Specialist

41. Putting a Face to the Name! Jo Britt-Rankin FNEP Administrative Director Candance Gabel FNEP State Coordinator

42. Putting a Face to the Name! Donna Mehrle Assistant Coordinator Ellen Schuster Curriculum Coordinator

43. Putting a Face to A Name! Karen Sherbondy Alternate Educational Delivery Coordinator Kim Keller Evaluation Coordinator

44. Putting a Face to A Name! Jessica Kovarik Show-Me Nutrition Warm Line Coordinator Cindy Deblauw Food Power Coordinator Kraig Kensinger Food Power Young Adventure Coordinator

45. Putting a Face to the Name! Sarah Pickerell Administrative Assistant Holly Kronk Fiscal Manager

46. Credits

47. 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.

48. 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