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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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New Diabetic Embraces Whole Grains
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New Diabetic Embraces Whole Grains

"At the beginning of session four, participants reflected on their challenge to build a better sandwich using MyPlate guidelines. One participant shared: 'I had extra money left in my budget and bought whole

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Food Service Director
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Food Service Director

"On November 15th, I taught my third class in a series of three from Small Bites to the second grade classes at Nashville Elementary. This particular lesson covered foods in the protein group

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Residential Treatment Facilities
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Residential Treatment Facilities

"I taught a six class series at each of OneEighty’s residential treatment facilities: Women’s Residential Treatment Center (WRTC), and Pathway for Men. I started my schedule at WRTC and followed with Pathway. As

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More Movement for Seniors

More Movement for Seniors

"During SNAP-Ed Direct Education provided by Odessa at the Golden Years Activity Center in Brown County, participants asked to play table volleyball during the lesson on reducing sedentary behavior. Odessa arranged for them

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Ohio Pantry Partner
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Ohio Pantry Partner

"Gallia County SNAP-Ed Program Assistant, Tina, prepared a packet of information to share with local food pantries. She was met by one pantry director who needed help teaching clients how to use the

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SNAP-Ed: A Family Affair
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SNAP-Ed: A Family Affair

"The SNAP-Ed Program Assistant in Highland County, Leeanna, was surprised to hear from one of her Cooking Matters class participants how SNAP-Ed had recently impacted her family. When the mom brought her son

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Senior Citizen SNAP-Ed Participant
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Senior Citizen SNAP-Ed Participant

"SNAP-Ed has really been a wonderful program. It has helped us make changes in our own lives. We now eat whole grains, vegetables and low-fat dairy products whereas before we did not. We

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Second Grade Student
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Second Grade Student

A second grader who never ate vegetables because she thought they were disgusting was encouraged to try new vegetables before our next class. One week later, she said, "I ate a salad! It

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Second Grader
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Second Grader

"Hey, I love peppers! I'm telling my mom to buy me some because I really love these peppers!" (Second grade student) During the next class, the student said that his mom did buy

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Teen SNAP-Ed Student
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Teen SNAP-Ed Student

"Teen student said, 'The recipe we made in last week's class was so good! I made it for my mom, and she loved it! You made it look a lot easier when you

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Pre-K and Kinder Students in Ohio
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Pre-K and Kinder Students in Ohio

"SNAP-Ed provides my early learners (PK and K students) with ample opportunity to explore and be exposed to healthy eating habits. The students enjoy the monthly lessons and apply their learning during lunch

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Head Start Early Childcare Program
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Head Start Early Childcare Program

"SNAP Ed educators partner with our Head Start program. They visit to provide interactive lessons and summer gardening with preschool children, as well as free sample days with families. Our children, families, and

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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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