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@omarleal97 SNAP-Ed (CalFresh Healthy Living) helps low-income families make healthier food choices and live active lives through nutrition education and community programs. It empowers kids in schools, parents at home, and communities across the country. I’ve been working for this program for 5 years and have seen the positive impact it has made in people’s lives. Thank you @Gavin Newsom #SaveSnap ♬ original sound - Omar L

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SNAP-Ed saves money and stretches dollars.

Congress is considering a bill that would eliminate SNAP-Ed—a critical program that helps low-income families make healthier food choices and lead more active lives.

SNAP-Ed is a proven, cost-effective program that empowers people who receive SNAP to improve their health, stretch their food dollars, and become self-reliant.

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Read the rebuttal to the Statement that SNAP-Ed is duplicative.

Testimonials

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SNAP-Ed Provides Hands-On Nutrition Learning for Title I Students
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SNAP-Ed Provides Hands-On Nutrition Learning for Title I Students

"My students and I have benefitted greatly from the WSU Extension Office in Clallam County. The Staff comes into my classroom and provides gardening and nutrition instruction. Amelia has been such an influence

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Mom of Young Child Uses Skills Years Later
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Mom of Young Child Uses Skills Years Later

""Being a first time Mom to (at the time) a 1 year old, the nutritional class I took with Kate was a Godsend. I was given so many tips, tricks, and tools that

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North Carolina SNAP-Ed Partner
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North Carolina SNAP-Ed Partner

"I have worked with the DINE (SNAP-Ed) team for years now, through a professional lens and collective impact resource. Their efforts in the community are invaluable to the support our kids need in

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Registered Dietitian Attests to Value of SNAP-Ed for Chronic Disease Prevention
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Registered Dietitian Attests to Value of SNAP-Ed for Chronic Disease Prevention

"As a registered dietitian with a MPH in public health, I can attest to the importance of SNAP-Ed. SNAP-Ed funding is crucial to ensure that individuals have access to nutrition education, which is

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SNAP-Ed Program Helps to Improve Failing School
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SNAP-Ed Program Helps to Improve Failing School

"SNAP-Ed has been an integral part of the Lacoochee Elementary School Garden club for the entire time I have been associated with the school, thirteen years. When I started volunteering at Lacoochee it

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Nutrition Class Paired with Movement With Community Non-Profit
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Nutrition Class Paired with Movement With Community Non-Profit

"I am Ivania G. Executive Director at Connecting Community CBO non profit we host every month an inclusive movement class. Youseff came to provide nutritional information after the class. Community loved it. We

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Kansas SNAP-Ed Implementer
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Kansas SNAP-Ed Implementer

"Snap Ed is a wonderful program that provides and teaches nutrition of all ages from grade school age to adults. It teaches them how to prepare nutritious food. We have seen changes in

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Public School Teacher
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Public School Teacher

"As a teacher in Durham Public Schools, I’ve seen firsthand the incredible impact DINE – SNAP-Ed has had on my students. The engaging lessons and hands-on activities have not only helped them build

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SNAP-Ed Improves Health of Affordable Housing Residents
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SNAP-Ed Improves Health of Affordable Housing Residents

"I want to take a moment to share why I stand behind SNAP-Ed, more commonly known as Nutrition Connections here in New Hampshire. As a provider of affordable housing, I've seen firsthand how

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Students Prepare SNAP-Ed Recipes at Home
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Students Prepare SNAP-Ed Recipes at Home

"My students love the DINE programs. They get so excited when they know it is going to be coming to class. Many times it's the first time my students are trying a food.

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Childcare Center
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Childcare Center

"I truly appreciate this program and the support it provides in helping our children learn more about healthy eating. I also love that it introduces them to how food is grown, including hands-on

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SNAP-Ed Educating Hypertension Patients
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SNAP-Ed Educating Hypertension Patients

"DINE helped us put on a fantastic event promoting Heart Health amongst some of our patients with Hypertension. Ms. M was able to show folks how to make a healthy meal that we

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Research Articles

LT17: Health Care Cost Savings

“Existing studies show that for every $1 spent to implement programs such as EFNEP and SNAP-Ed education programs, up to $10.64 is saved in health care costs.5 These studies pre-date the provisions of HHFKA and SNAP-Ed's expanded reach through comprehensive scope of services, thus we anticipate potential health care costs savings to be even greater.”

SNAP-Ed (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education) Increases Long-Term Food Security among Indiana Households with Children in a Randomized Controlled Study

Rivera, R. L., Maulding, M. K., Abbott, A. R., Craig, B. A., & Eicher-Miller, H. A. (2016). SNAP-Ed (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education) Increases Long-Term Food Security among Indiana Households with Children in a Randomized Controlled Study. The Journal of nutrition, 146(11), 2375–2382. https://doi.org/10.3945/jn.116.231373

The SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework: demonstrating the impact of a national framework for obesity prevention in low-income populations

This article introduces and describes the benefits of the newly developed SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework (Framework) and companion Interpretive Guide to consistently measure SNAP-Ed outcomes across different settings

Effect of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program–Education (SNAP-Ed) on food security and dietary outcomes

This narrative review summarizes current investigations of SNAP-Ed’s effectiveness at improving food security and dietary outcomes, and it can help inform future policy and implementation of the program.

Creating healthier Illinoisans: SNAP-Ed generates up to $135 million in future benefits

Cost-benefit analysis conducted for nutrition education in California:

A cost-benefit analysis was conducted using the program demographics and food-related dietary behavior of participants enrolled in California’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), based on methodology developed by Virginia Cooperative Extension.

The US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Education improves nutrition-related behaviors

This study suggests that SNAP-Ed direct education is associated with positive behaviour changes in the US Southeast.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education reductions during COVID-19 may have exacerbated health inequities

Woodward-Lopez, G., Esaryk, E. E., Hewawitharana, S. C., Kao, J., Talmage, E., & Rider, C. D. (2023).

Making Headlines

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“[SNAP] is really MAHA for low-income people,” Jerry Mande, adjunct professor of nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, told your host. “Not just SNAP recipients, but all low-income people.”
GOP reconciliation bill inches forward Politico
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education, or SNAP-Ed, faces elimination in a GOP bill, sparking concerns about the impact on low-income Americans' health education.
Nutrition program for Americans on food stamps at risk in GOP bill The Washington Post
"The cost of this program is roughly half a billion dollars a year, not even a rounding error in the federal budget. Cutting it does no good for anyone, undercuts the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) agenda, and is thoughtless and unnecessary."
The next tragic—absurd—budget cut: SNAP-ED Food Politics
“It does, in fact, enact deep cuts to Medicaid and SNAP that will result in eligible people losing those benefits. It will raise grocery prices and health care costs for tens of thousands of West Virginia families,”
‘A really bad deal for West Virginians’: Advocates decry GOP’s cuts to health care, food assistance The West Virginia Daily News
“The loss of SNAP-Ed funding may further hinder public health efforts, reducing resources for obesity prevention and nutrition education in immigrant communities. States may face pressure to cover these gaps, but fiscal constraints could limit such efforts, disproportionately harming low-income and immigrant populations.”
Anti-hunger, food, farm groups react to House GOP ag proposal The Fence
An initial analysis by the Wisconsin DHS showed that a set of proposals in the new bill to cut funding for the SNAP program would take food away from families, shift costs to Wisconsin taxpayers, and increase red-tape requirements, making it harder for parents, kids, people with disabilities, and older adults to get food assistance.
REPORT: New House Bill Harms Wisconsin Economy, Drives People Into Hunger B105

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