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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.

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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SNAP-Ed Adult Participant
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SNAP-Ed Adult Participant

“Since I started taking the [SNAP-Ed] classes, I changed my diet to a healthier one. I exercise more and thanks to this I have lost 5 pounds.”
SNAP-Ed Inspired Water Over Sugary Drinks

SNAP-Ed Inspired Water Over Sugary Drinks

"One of the participants in SNAP-Ed changed from drinking sugary drinks to water after a lesson on added sugar. She stated, 'I went to the doctor and I lost four pounds, I drink

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Adults Discover New Favorite Snack: Bok Choy!
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Adults Discover New Favorite Snack: Bok Choy!

"I delivered a six-week adult series at Help Network. My second lesson was on eating a variety of fruits and vegetables. In the session we discussed how the different colors benefit our bodies:

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SNAP-Ed Increases Physical Activity in Schools
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SNAP-Ed Increases Physical Activity in Schools

"In November of 2024, Portage County was awarded a PSE mini grant to assist with the implementation of our “Waterloo Wholesome Trail” PSE. The goal of the PSE was to increase the students’

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Housing Residents Share Healthy Recipes
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Housing Residents Share Healthy Recipes

"At a permanent supportive housing apartment complex located in the heart of Cuyahoga County, in Cleveland, Ohio, the SNAP-Ed program has motivated residents to try out new recipes as well as healthier adaptations

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Early Childcare Students
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Early Childcare Students

"During an indirect SNAP-Ed sampling day, the head cook from a local Head start approached me to share how she loves all of the healthy food tastings that I bring to the preschool

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Participants with Developmental Disabilities
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Participants with Developmental Disabilities

"I work with folks with developmental disabilities, SNAP-Ed comes into our workshop and teaches our folks (in terms they get!) about nutrition and the need to add more fruits and vegetables to their

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Ohio Teacher
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Ohio Teacher

"SNAP-ED is a great program that comes into classrooms and teaches my students about healthy eating and nutrition. Many of my students try healthy foods for the first time through this program. We

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Maine SNAP-Ed Educator
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Maine SNAP-Ed Educator

"I am a Maine SNAP-Ed Nutrition Educator and hear everyday from the participants I am working with how much they enjoy programming and classes. Whether it’s the Head Start and daycare children, students

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Central Maine Parent and Daughter
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Central Maine Parent and Daughter

"I most often work with youth in a rural Central Maine town, and my SNAP-Ed classes are a constant reminder of how important it is to serve this community. I frequently receive feedback

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Learning to Cook Builds Health for Life
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Learning to Cook Builds Health for Life

"I have seen SNAP-Ed classes build confidence in adult cooks who have struggled with cooking healthful foods for themselves and their family. Spending time cooking in the kitchen with a nutrition educator and

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School Teacher

School Teacher

"The students were presented with a variety of health topics and even had the opportunity to try out fruits that they probably would have never tried."
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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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