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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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Florida Teacher
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Florida Teacher

"I am a teacher in a suburban area. My students have been able to learn and enjoy the SNAP-Ed program for many years. They look forward to their lessons on nutrition each week.

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Maine Adult Education Program
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Maine Adult Education Program

"Each semester our Adult Education program hosts a Maine SNAP-Ed Nutrition Educator to teach Cooking Matters™ classes to our community. We serve 11 mostly rural Maine towns across Cumberland and Oxford counties, and

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Teen Center in Maine
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Teen Center in Maine

"As the coordinator of the South End Teen Center in Waterville, Maine, I’ve seen firsthand how SNAP-Ed helps bridge the gap for youth and families facing food insecurity. Through our partnership, teens have

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Youth and Adult Athletes with Disabilities
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Youth and Adult Athletes with Disabilities

"I work at the Alfond Youth and Community Center (AYCC) in Waterville, Maine as the Unified Champion Club (UCC) Coordinator. This is a free program overseen by Special Olympics Maine and has the

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First Grade Teacher
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First Grade Teacher

"I have had the opportunity to have Snap-Ed come into my first grade classroom every month for the past several years! My students get so excited to try new fruit and vegetables! The

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Rural Grocery Store Owner
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Rural Grocery Store Owner

"As a rural grocery store owner, I see firsthand how SNAP-ED can make a meaningful difference in our community. Many of our customers are navigating generational poverty, and programs like SNAP-ED and Double

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Philadelphia SNAP-Ed Implementer
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Philadelphia SNAP-Ed Implementer

"I work for a Philadelphia nonprofit that provides SNAP-Ed services to adults and school-aged children. I’ve seen how providing nutrition and agriculture education in the classroom and school gardens makes kids and adults

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Pittsburgh Mother and Kids
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Pittsburgh Mother and Kids

"In the few years I’ve implemented SNAP-Education programs, I’ve taught healthy lifestyle changes to communities all over Pittsburgh, PA. While I have many success stories from SNAP-Ed programming, one sticks out in particular

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Supportive Housing Community Garden
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Supportive Housing Community Garden

"I work in supportive housing for formerly homeless individuals. Many of my residents are in recovery from mental illness or substance use, and all of them have lived through trauma or violence. SNAP-Ed

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Pennsylvania Teacher
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Pennsylvania Teacher

"A teacher shared that parents have been asking for the recipes after their children had tried a new fruit or vegetable when the SNAP-Ed nutrition educator visited their classroom. The teacher said: 'I

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Pennsylvania School Teacher
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Pennsylvania School Teacher

"The kids loved having our nutrition educator come in and share the lessons so much that we ended up doing a whole plant/garden study unit. A lot of the kids said that learning

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Head Start Family Partner
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Head Start Family Partner

"I am a Head Start Family Partner (Early Head Start) and have used the Penn State - CCOR online modules about responsive feeding in infants and toddlers with the families that I work

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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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