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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 Garden Program Wins State Excellence Award
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SNAP-Ed Garden Program Wins State Excellence Award

"A SNAP-Ed educator worked in partnership with master gardeners and other Extension staff in Sumner County in central Tennessee to offer continuing nutrition classes and gardening education in a local community center’s afterschool

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Middle School Student Cooks for Family
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Middle School Student Cooks for Family

"Middle school students who attended a SNAP-Ed Teen Cuisine class in Hawkins County in east Tennessee enjoyed the lesson on making fresh salsa, where they discussed proper measuring techniques, the use of fresh

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Daughter Shares Knowledge with Parents
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Daughter Shares Knowledge with Parents

"My daughter gained so much more confidence to make healthy snacks in the kitchen. She is more knowledgeable after the course and even teaches us (her parents) about good food to fuel our

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New York Fourth Grade Students
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New York Fourth Grade Students

"We have had the SNAP- ED program come and work with our fourth grade students for many years. They teach them about healthy eating, misleading advertising, and how to stay healthy through exercise.

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Ohio Library Kids Program
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Ohio Library Kids Program

"I manage a small village library in NW Ohio and SNAP-Ed comes in a handful of times every other programming season with a series of nutritional and educational cooking/food programs. I have personally

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Washington Farm to Food Pantry Study
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Washington Farm to Food Pantry Study

"In 2024, SNAP-Ed funded a highly impactful research project conducted in the rural Northeast region of Washington state. The research was a photovoice project that evaluated the WA-State funded Farm to Food Pantry

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Young Mother in Michigan
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Young Mother in Michigan

"I was a young mother when my son was in Head Start. Michigan State University Extension provided a multi-week SNAP-Ed program that taught me so much! It sounds so simple, but I didn’t

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Tennessee SNAP-Ed Participant
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Tennessee SNAP-Ed Participant

"A SNAP-Ed educator in Wilson County in central Tennessee implemented a series of nutrition education classes in a faith-based residential facility that supports female survivors of trafficking through trauma-informed, holistic services and evidence-based

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Foodbank Recipients Harvest Thanksgiving Veggies
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Foodbank Recipients Harvest Thanksgiving Veggies

"Recipients at a foodbank in Scott County in east Tennessee participated in a SNAP-Ed nutrition education program, where they planted and tended a garden over a 6-month period. The educator noted that participants

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SNAP-Ed Helps HS Grads with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities
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SNAP-Ed Helps HS Grads with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities

"A program in Washington County in upper east Tennessee that helps recent high school graduates with intellectual or developmental disabilities develop life skills was the site of a SNAP-Ed nutrition program called "Eating

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Senior Housing Community in Tennessee
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Senior Housing Community in Tennessee

"An educator who teaches SNAP-Ed classes in a senior housing community in Hamblen County in east Tennessee created maps of a walking path around the property and created tracking documents, so that participants

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NY Participant
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NY Participant

"The SNAP-Ed program is a must! [Our educator] makes it fun, tasty and educational. I learned a lot about recycling, food storage and expiration dates. The [vouchers] are a good hook!"
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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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