Community Nutrition Education Programs (CNEP)

1. Community Nutrition Education Programs (CNEP)

2. CNEP Community Nutrition Education Programs encompass two programs. EFNEP: Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Ex ONE or SNAP- ED: Oklahoma Nutrition Education. Part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. and Nutrition Education Program

3. EFNEP Oklahoma State Cooperative Extension has been providing EFNEP for over 30 years. EFNEP provides basic food and nutrition lessons to limited resource families with children and limited resource youth. USDA – National Institute of Food and Ag (NIFA) Provides oversight Land-Grant Universities - OSU & Langston.

4. EFNEP Educational approach • Community-based • Relationship-driven • Hands-on Directly impacts economic, obesity, and food insecurity challenges that hinder the health and well-being of the population.

5. EFNEP • Evaluation and reporting directly to federal government and is analyzed nationally. • WebNEERS: Nutrition education evaluation and reporting system

6. ONE or SNAP - ED It is the nutrition education program for Oklahoma food stamp recipients and the food stamp eligible. The ONE Program is sponsored by the Food and Nutrition Service of USDA and the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service in cooperation with the Food Stamp Program of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services. USDA - FNS Provides oversight OSU, OU (ONIE), CHICKASAW NATION & OKTEP Deliver SNAP- Ed in Oklahoma

7. ONE or SNAP - ED Goal • To improve the likelihood that persons eligible for SNAP will make healthy choices within a limited budget and choose active lifestyles consistent with the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPlate

8. CNEP Our goal is to create behavior change in four core areas: • Diet quality • Physical activity • Food resource management • Food safety

9. Food Stamps Commodities Who is eligible for CNEP? • Eligible for Food Assistance • People attending Food Banks • WIC & Head Start in Select Counties • Low-Income Seniors and youth

10. Long & Short Term Nutrition Education for LimitedIncome Families • Personalized • Long & Short Term • Group or In-Home • Family Needs

11. Coach for Positive Behavior Change • Peer Teaching • Hands-on Learning • Relevant to needs of participant • Weekly Lessons • Mini-Goals

12. Reaching Families in Need In 2018, CNEP reached 2,982adults and 55,673youth directly and 9,925family members indirectly.

13. Community Based Paraprofessionals Experience with Public Assistance Some graduated from our program Nutrition Education Assistants(NEAs)

14. Long & Short Term Adult Programs • Fresh Start • Faithful Families Eating Smart and Moving More

15. Long & Short Term Fresh Start • Research Based Curriculum developed by North Carolina Cooperative Extension

16. Options • Short term option: 8 core lessons and could last from 2months to 4 months depending on how often the participant/s can meet • Long term Option: From 8 core lessons to 21 lessons depending on participant/s needs and interests. Could last from 4 months to 10 months depending on how often participant/s can meet.

17. Examples of Lessons: • My Plate • Plan: Know what is for Dinner • Choosing More Fruits and Vegetables • Fix it Safe • Shop for Value, Check the Facts • Eating Smart Throughout the Lifecycle: Feeding Infants & Children • Making Smart Drink Choices • Choosing to Move More Throughout the Day

18. Examples of Visual Aids • Food Models • Food cut-outs • Posters with pictures • MyPlate portions

19. Evaluation Tools • 24 Hour Food Recall • CNEP Food & Physical Activity Questionnaire

20. 93% of adults participating in Fresh Start demonstrated a positive change towards a healthy diet in FY 2018. As a Result… Documented Increases: • Fruits • Vegetables Documented Decrease: • Calories from Solid Fats and Added Sugars

21. As a Result… 35%of adults participating in Fresh Start reported eating less food than they wanted less often in order to feed their family.46% of adults participating in Fresh Startreported planning meals before grocery shopping more often.

22. Collaborative Partners: DHS OK Department of Health University of Oklahoma Chickasaw, Creek, & Comanche Nations WIC Regional Food Banks Low-income Housing Authorities Public Schools & Child Nutrition Programs Langston University (1890 institution) Some of our Partners

23. Collaborative Partners: Faithful Families Eating Smart and Moving More – Research based curriculum develop by North Carolina Cooperative Extension Uses the same lessons as Fresh Start. Engages faith communities in health education, environmental changes to support health, and community-wide health initiatives.health education, environmental changes to support health, and community-wide health initiatives. Faithful Families

24. Long & Short Term Youth Programs Show Me Nutrition

25. Total Youth Served In 2018, CNEP reached 55,673Oklahoma youth directly utilizing Show Me Nutrition, OrganWise Guys, and Farm to You.

26. Show Me Nutrition • Comprehensive nutrition curriculum for K-5th grade • Several important health themes are taught in each grade level • nutrition, food safety, physical activity, media influence and body image  • Age-appropriate content, activities and handouts make learning about healthy eating fun for students • Includes family newsletters that help family members and caregivers support learning from each grade level

27. Show Me Nutrition Impacts Youth K – 5th Impacts: • 74%of youth improved their abilities or knowledge to choose healthy foods • 23% of youth improved their physical activity practices or knowledge • 39%of youth improved safe food handling practices or knowledge

28. 40’ x 40’ enclosed walk-through exhibit • Designed to involve kindergarten through 6th-grade students in learning how foods from the farm are used by their bodies for good health. • Includes 9 stations • Oklahoma Farmland • Farmer’s Life • The Farmer’s Market • The Mouth • The Stomach • The Intestines • The Muscle • The Bone • The Brain

30. Groups of approximately 10 children go through the exhibit together. • The groups are rotated every 6 minutes. • 9 stations x 6 minutes = approximately 1 hour to complete the exhibit with rotation time included. • Station volunteers are provided with a script to guide them through their station topic.

31. Impacts • As part of a comprehensive nutrition/health intervention, Farm to You was found to enhance behavior change among 4th and 5th grade students. • The exhibit was also found to have a statistically significant enhancement on self-reported behavior change in students who were exposed to both classroom nutrition education lessons and the exhibit compared to those exposed solely to the classroom lessons.

32. Reach

33. A science-based, cost-effective elementary school nutrition and physical activity program • By bringing the body to life via lovable organ characters, kids of all ages learn what it really means to live a healthy lifestyle. • Showed statistically significant improvements in • children’s weight and blood pressure measures • higher average standardized test scores

34. Impacts Youth K – 5th Impacts: • 75%of youth improved their abilities or knowledge to choose healthy foods • 24%of youth improved their physical activity practices or knowledge • 42%of youth improved safe food handling practices or knowledge

35. A hands-on cooking program that teaches important life skills for eating smart • Students in grades 8-12 • Lessons cover how to choose healthy foods and prevent food borne illness. • With a cooking demonstration in each lesson, students learn by doing.

36. Youth Partnerships