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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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School Teacher

School Teacher

"Our school partnered with the SNAP-ED program for the 24-25 school year. This school-based outreach nutrition expert visited our school numerous times to educate our students on healthy eating, nutrition, and overall wellness.

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School Principal

School Principal

"SNAP-Ed has been such a valuable resource for our school community. It’s more than just nutrition lessons—it's a program that helps our students make better choices, stay active, and think about their health

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School-Based Nutrition Educator

School-Based Nutrition Educator

"I'm honored to be involved with some very important and incredible work. Throughout my last 2+ years as a nutrition educator, I've seen that SNAP-Ed Works! Whether it's the look of awe on

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Nutrition Educator

Nutrition Educator

"I have been working in community-based nutrition as a counselor and educator for almost a decade. This job is more than an income to me; it is my livelihood. I work with PreK

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Nutrition Educator

Nutrition Educator

"I deliver nutrition education to school-age children in my region. Our audience gains agency over their own health as they learn about and try different foods. SNAP-Ed curricula is evidence based, colorful and

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SNAP-Ed Agriculture Partner

SNAP-Ed Agriculture Partner

"SNAP Ed across the state of Kansas has been so impactful in helping low income folks make healthy food choices- and it is such important work!"
HUD Housing Manager

HUD Housing Manager

"I work with senior adults and disabled people in a HUD low-income apartment complex. Although most of our tenants already know how to cook nutritionally, they benefit with more information and help learning

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Kansas Parent

Kansas Parent

"It's good to learn newer tips and tricks for healthy meals and snacks"
Kansas Senior

Kansas Senior

"As a senior citizen with chronic illnesses, I myself took the SNAP-Ed course. I now make it a point to include more fruits and vegetables into my daily meals. By doing so, I

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SNAP-Ed Participant

SNAP-Ed Participant

"I really like this class. I learned a lot about changing my eating habits and exercising habits. I have been eating a lot better and exercising more. I have also shared the paperwork

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Participating Mom Gains New Skills
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Participating Mom Gains New Skills

"I work with the Head Start/Pre-K Program in Cowley County as a family advocate. I have been honored to participate in the Create Better Health classes with several of our families. I am

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SNAP-Ed Educator, Ohio
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SNAP-Ed Educator, Ohio

"In the final class of a Senior Center SNAP-Ed series, one of the seniors approached our SNAP-Ed Staff with a success story. She shared that she went to the SNAP-Ed series at another

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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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