Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program

The purpose of this funding is to increase the impact of nutrition education disseminated to low-income families and youth in the 50 States, the U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia. EFNEP serves two primary low-income audiences: 1) families with young children (parents and other caregivers with primary responsibility for feeding young children); and 2) youth/children (grade range - kindergarten through 12th grade). The priorities of EFNEP are to assist low-income families and youth in acquiring knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behaviors necessary for nutritionally sound diets and to contribute to their personal development and improvement of the total family diet and nutritional well-being. Participation in EFNEP should result in improved diets and nutritional well-being of the total family. Individuals and families should experience improvements in four core areas: Diet Quality and Physical Activity�Improved diets and nutritional and physical well-being through the adoption of Federal food and physical activity recommendations. Food Resource Management�Increased ability to buy, grow, or otherwise appropriately obtain, prepare, and store food that meets nutritional needs. Food Safety�Improved household food safety and sanitation practices. Food Security�Increased ability to get food directly�and from food assistance programs where necessary�to ensure having enough healthy food to eat.

Only 1862 and 1890 land-grant institutions are eligible for this program.

Fiscal year 2025: Consistently, annual data shows that more than 90 percent of adults and 80 percent of youths report improved behaviors following EFNEP involvement. Individual and family improvements are seen for EFNEP's four core areas: Diet quality and physical activity, Food resource management, Food safety, and Food security. In FY25, EFNEP is this State enrolled 3,026 adults, which is a 5% increase from FY24 and a 34% increase from FY22. Adult outcome data remains strong illustrating a commitment to program priorities. Youth outreach and enrollment remained strong during FY25 with 9,661 youths enrolled. This forward progress was aided by the EFNEP team partnering with the state 4-H Healthy Living Coordinator to provide peer-educator training on youth topics such as classroom management and youth development.