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The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) assists low-income families and youth acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behavior necessary for nutritionally sound diets and to contribute to their personal development and the improvement of total family diet and nutritional welfare.

Participation in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) results in:

• Improved diets and nutritional welfare for the total family.
• Increased knowledge of the essentials of human nutrition.
• Increased ability to select and buy food that satisfies nutritional needs.
• Improved practices in food production, preparation, storage, safety, and sanitation.
• Increased ability to manage food budgets and related resources such as food stamps.
• Improved levels of physical activity among participants and their families.

Instruction reflects the nutritional needs and cultural heritage of the audience.  Lessons and activities are taught in peer-to-peer fashion by staff and volunteers recruited in their neighborhoods.

 Audience:

The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) audience includes adults and youth.  Adult participants are low-income homemakers/individuals in households with young children, living primarily in urban areas.  They are responsible for planning and preparing the family’s food. EFNEP also serves youth participants in Wayne County.