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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.

Take action using the Save SNAP-Ed Advocacy Toolkit or by sharing the resources below with your network!

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

Testimonials

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Nebraska Food Pantry Volunteer
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Nebraska Food Pantry Volunteer

"I am a community member who has assisted at several food pantry distributions in Dakota County, Nebraska. With the education provided by SNAP Ed staff (I believe from the UNL Extension Office), I

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Community Health-Medical Director
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Community Health-Medical Director

Siouxland Community Health-Medical Director, on working with Snap-Ed Growing Together Nebraska Program: "This partnership has allowed us to address social determinants of health in food insecurity." "Though we have been assessing social determinants

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SNAP-Ed Partner
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SNAP-Ed Partner

"I work with SNAP-ed educators to help provide services to underserved communities. With in our program we are able to plant, grown, engage and educate students who otherwise would not have the opportunity

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Pennsylvania Public School Teacher
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Pennsylvania Public School Teacher

"I am a public school teacher. Students in my school receive nutrition classes / cooking classes. This is something students look forward to. Students are excited to prepare and taste what they made.

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Philadelphia Teacher
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Philadelphia Teacher

"I teach in an economically disadvantaged school in Philadelphia. SNAP-Ed and more specifically, Eat Right Philly, provides nutrition education services for my students. Removing this incredible program from our school will have a

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Pennsylvania Teachers
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Pennsylvania Teachers

"Teachers have told me that they've implemented the same language that I, as a SNAP-Ed nutrition educator, use when encouraging the kids to try something new like, "You took a brave bite," or

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School-Aged Student
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School-Aged Student

"We had planted carrot seeds at the end of the 2023-2024 school year during a SNAP-Ed lesson, and when I returned for my first lesson of the new school year, a child ran

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School-Aged Student
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School-Aged Student

"Evelyn requested to try new fruits and veggies a few times at the grocery store after learning about them through Penn State's Healthy Kids Club funded by SNAP-Ed. My daughter was excited to

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Pennsylvania Mom
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Pennsylvania Mom

"Luke requested different apple types after trying a variety with the SNAP-Ed program. He was excited every time he came home with a taster award because he always seemed to be willing to

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Pennsylvania Mom
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Pennsylvania Mom

"One day after a SNAP-Ed lesson at her school my daughter asked me if I could make her something with corn because she had it in class and said it was good. She

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Parents of School-Aged Children
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Parents of School-Aged Children

"The parents enjoyed receiving the paper (taster awards) that shared the new food their child tried and whether or not they liked it. They were often surprised that their child tried it, because

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Montana School District Wellness Committee
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Montana School District Wellness Committee

"I live in Helena, Montana and have had the opportunity to work with SNAP-Ed through both a District Wellness Committee and the Kids Nutrition Coalition. Having SNAP Education at the qualifying schools in

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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

View our full list of SNAP-Ed making headlines

“[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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