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Metcalfe County CES

Title:
SNAP-Education
MAP:
Accessing Nutrition Foods
Agents Involved:
Blankenship, Branstetter, Bell
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
4-H Family and Consumer Science Core Curriculum
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Food Preparation
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
LEAP
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
Food Preservation
Situation:

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kentucky adult obesity rates rank among the 10 highest in the US; and, Kentucky youth rank among the 10 highest for obesity in the U.S. Thirty percent of Kentucky adults report not participating in any physical activity. The CDC also reports Kentucky adults rank in the 10 highest, for poor consumption of fruits and vegetables in the U.S. In addition to these health indicators, according to the U.S. Census, approximately 19% of Kentucky’s total population is living in poverty; and, approximately 27% percent of children and youth under the age of 18 live in poverty.   


According to KY Health Facts and the U. S. Census, the prevalence of Diabetes in Metcalfe County is high, at 20%.  Metcalfe Co. also has a high prevalence of hypertension (37%) and colorectal cancer (25%).  Metcalfe Co. presents a higher number of annual deaths attributed to stroke and heart disease, than the state rates.  The per capita income in Metcalfe County is low, at $17,265.00 as compared to $28,555.00, nationally.


SNAP-Education programs help limited resource families increase access to affordable nutritious food, stretch food dollars, develop food preparation skills and improve food safety practices.  SNAP-Education efforts also help communities address nutrition and obesity prevention issues related to the social, environmental, and policy work, which supports limited resource individuals in making healthy lifestyle changes.

Long-Term Outcomes:

• Individuals will reduce their risk for nutrition-related health problems.  

• Individuals will maintain a healthy weight. 

• Individuals will prepare meals at home 5 or more times a week. 

• Fewer foodborne illnesses will be reported by healthcare providers. 

• The instance of food insecurity will decline in the community. 

• Individuals will increase food availability by accessing additional healthy foods via community systems and personal productivity. 

• Community social, environmental, and policy systems will reinforce healthy lifestyle behaviors.

Intermediate Outcomes:

• Individuals will adopt one recommendation from the dietary guidelines. 

• Individuals demonstrate food preparation skills.

• Individuals engage in good food safety practices. 

• Individuals adopt one food resource management practice. 

• Individuals engage in regular physical activity.

• Individuals utilize community support systems (farmers market, community gardens, WIC, food pantry, etc.) that provide access to healthy foods.

• Individuals will grow, care for, produce and preserve foods from personal gardens and orchards to gain access to healthy foods.

• Community social, environmental, and policy systems will design opportunities to support individuals toward living a healthier lifestyle.   

Initial Outcomes:

• Individuals will be able to identify the components of a healthy diet as defined by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. 

• Individuals will describe food preparation techniques. 

• Individuals will be able to describe food safety practices.

• Individuals will identify food resource management practices. 

• Individuals will recognize the importance of physical activity as part of a healthy lifestyle. 

• Individuals will locate community support systems (farmers market, WIC, food pantry, etc.) that provide access to healthy foods.

• Individuals will develop skills and knowledge to grow their own garden and/or orchard. 

• Partners will recognize the need for community social, environmental, and policy systems to address efforts toward improving healthier lifestyles.

Evaluation:

Long-term Outcome: Individuals will reduce their risk for nutrition-related health problems.  

Indicator: Individuals will report reduced nutrition-related health problems as a result of making healthy eating choices. 

Method: Pre/Post written evaluation.Change in health/disease data from Kentucky County Healthcare Profile Data.  

Timeline: 2017 -2020


Long-term Outcome: Individuals will prepare meals at home 5 or more times a week.

Indicator: Number of individuals reporting preparing meals 5 more times a week. 

Method: Pre/Post written evaluation.

Timeline: 2017 -2020 


Long-term Outcome: Fewer food borne illnesses will be reported by healthcare providers.

Indicator: A decrease in the number of food borne illness reported. 

Method: Reports from the Department of Public Health. 

Timeline: 2017 -2020


Long-term Outcome: Individuals will have improved food security. 

Indicator: A decrease in the number of individuals reporting hunger. 

Method: Pre/Post written evaluation.Web-NEERS reports. Change in food security data from the Kentucky County Agriculture and Food Profiles. 

Timeline: 2017 -2020


Long-term Outcome: Individuals will increase food availability by accessing additional healthy foods via community systems (community gardens, WIC, food pantry). 

Indicator:  Food insecurity decreases. 

Method: Pre/Post written evaluation.Web-NEERS reports. Change in food security data from the Kentucky County Agriculture and Food Profiles.

Timeline: 2017 -2020


Long-term Outcome: Individuals will increase consumption of fruits and vegetables through community and home gardens/orchards and through access at the local Farmer’s Market. 


Indicator:  Changes in food security. Yields of produce grown. Quantity of food preserved. 

Method: Pre/Post written evaluation.Web-NEERS reports. Garden Survey. Change in food security data from the Kentucky County Agriculture and Food Profiles.

Timeline: 2017 -2020


Intermediate Outcome: Individuals will adopt one recommendation from the dietary guidelines for the purpose of improving their diet.

Indicator: Number of individuals who reported adopting at least one of the recommendations from the dietary guidelines. 

Method: Pre/Post written evaluation.Web-NEERS reports.

Timeline: 2017 -2020


Intermediate Outcome: Individuals demonstrate food preparation skills.

Indicator: Number of individuals who implemented food preparation practices and behaviors.  

Method: Pre/Post written evaluation.Web-NEERS reports.

Timeline: 2017 -2020 


Intermediate Outcome: Individuals engage in good food safety practices.

Indicator: Number of individuals who implemented the recommended practices for safe storage, handling, or preparation of food. 

Method: Pre/Post written evaluation.Web-NEERS reports.

Timeline: 2017 -2020


Intermediate Outcome: Individuals adopt one food resource management practice.

Indicator: Number of individuals reporting adopting one or more practices to make food more affordable. 

Method: Pre/Post written evaluation. Garden survey.  Web-NEERS reports.

Timeline: 2017 -2020


Intermediate Outcome: Individuals utilize community systems (farmers market, WIC, food pantry, etc.) that provide access to healthy foods.

Indicator: Number of individuals reporting utilization of community systems that provide access to healthy foods. 

Method: Pre/Post written evaluation.Web-NEERS reports.

Timeline: 2017 -2020


Intermediate Outcome:  Individuals will grow, care for, produce and preserve foods from personal gardens and orchards to gain access to healthy foods. 

Indicator: Number of individual reporting growing, producing, and preserving fruits and vegetables. 

Method: Pre/Post written evaluation.Web-NEERS reports. Garden Survey, community garden project data.

Timeline: 2017 -2020

Intermediate Outcome: Community social, environmental, and policy systems will design opportunities to support individuals toward living a healthier lifestyle.   

Indicator: Number of community social, environmental, and policy systems implemented for the purpose of addressing healthier lifestyles for limited resource and SNAP-eligible individuals. 

Method: Community surveillance to report number of systems changes as a result of partnership efforts. 

Timeline: 2017 – 2020


Initial Outcome: Individuals will be able to identify the components of a healthy diet as defined by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Indicator: Number of individuals reporting an increase in knowledge related to the components of a healthy diet. 

Method: Pre/Post written evaluation.Web-NEERS reports.

Timeline: 2017 – 2020


Initial Outcome: Individuals will describe food preparation techniques.

Indicator: Number of individuals reporting an increase in knowledge related to food preparation techniques. 

Method: Pre/Post written evaluation.Web-NEERS reports.

Timeline: 2017 – 2020


Initial Outcome: Individuals will be able to describe food safety practices.

Indicator: Number of individuals reporting an increase in knowledge or opinion change related to food safety practices. 

Method: Pre/Post written evaluation.Web-NEERS reports.

Timeline: 2017 – 2020


Initial Outcome: Individuals will identify food resource management practices.

Indicator: Number of individuals reporting change in knowledge related to food resource management practices. 

Method: Pre/Post written evaluation.Web-NEERS reports.

Timeline: 2017 – 2020


Initial Outcome: Individuals will locate community support systems (farmers market, WIC, food pantry, etc.) that provide access to healthy foods.

Indicator: Number of individuals reporting knowledge of community systems (farmers market, WIC, food pantry, etc.) that provide for food security.  Increasing Farmer’s market customer base.  

Method: Pre/Post written evaluation.Web-NEERS reports.  Farmer’s market data.

Timeline: 2017 – 2020


Initial Outcome: Individuals will develop skills and knowledge to grow their own garden and/or orchard.

Indicator: Number of individuals reporting positive knowledge change and skill development related to home gardening and orchard growing practices.

Method: Pre/post written evaluation. Garden Survey. Community Garden project activity data.

Timeline: 2017 – 2020

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Metcalfe Co. residents
Project or Activity: Increase access to affordable and healthy food
Content or Curriculum

  • Guide to Kentucky Fresh Vegetables
  • Home & Garden Vegetable Publications
  • Food Preservation
  • Plate It Up KY Proud
  • LEAP Curriculum (youth)
  • UK NEP Adult Curriculum
  • Super Star Chef
  • Community Gardening project

Inputs: Extension Agent/SNAP-ED Program Assistant time, location/space for program, community partners such as the schools, farmers market, library, local government, local employers, Homemakers: volunteer time/resources, SNAP food reimbursement, SNAP incentive items, grant opportunities/resources
Date: Annually as needed, during the local outdoor and high-tunnel extended, growing season March - December

Audience: Metcalfe County Residents
Project or Activity: Obesity prevention, nutrition 
Content or Curriculum: 

  • Home Vegetable Gardening/Production
  • WIC and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Voucher Program
  • Food Preservation
  • UK NEP Adult Curriculum
  • USDA materials
  • Plate It Up
  • Food preparation programs
  • Teen Cuisine (youth)
  • We Can: Energizing Our Community (youth)
  • Jump into Food and Fitness (youth)
  • LEAP curriculum

Inputs: Extension Agent/SNAP-ED Program Assistant time, location/space for program, community partners such as the schools, farmers market, library, local government, local employers, Homemakers: volunteer time/resources, SNAP food reimbursement, SNAP incentive items, grant opportunities/resources
Date: Annually during the local growing season and after the winter holidays.


Audience: Metcalfe County Residents
Project or Activity: Increase food preparation skills
Content/Curriculum

  •  Home based processing and micro processing certification and re cert classes
  • Plate It Up
  • UK publications and Food preparation program curriculua
  • UK NEP Adult Curriculum
  • USDA materials
  • Super Star Chef
  • Teen Cuisine (youth)
  • 4 - H Cooking

Inputs: Extension Agent/SNAP-ED Program Assistant time, location/space for program, community partners such as the schools, farmers market, library, local government, local employers, Homemakers: volunteer time/resources, SNAP food reimbursement, SNAP incentive items, grant opportunities/resources
Date: Annually as needed and/or upon request

Audience: Metcalfe County Residents
Project or Activity: Increase adoption of appropriate food safety behaviors
Curriculum/content:

  • UK NEP Adult Curriculum
  • Glow Germ (Youth)
  • Home based processing and microprocessing certification and re  cert
  • UK Food preservation publications & Ball Blue Book

Inputs: Extension Agent/SNAP-ED Program Assistant time, location/space for program, community partners such as the schools, farmers market, library, local government, local employers, Homemakers: volunteer time/resources, SNAP food reimbursement, SNAP incentive items, grant, community partner w/ Community education
Date: Annually as needed and/or upon request

Audience: Metcalfe County Residents
Project or Activity: Increase knowledge and behavior changes toward adopting the recommendations of the dietary guidelines
Curriculum/Content

  • Professor Popcorn curriculum (youth)
  • Organ Wise curriculum (youth)
  • Wellness in Kentucky (WIN) Kentucky curriculum (youth)
  • Super Star Chef curriculum (youth/adults)
  • LEAP curriculum (youth)
  • UK NEP Adult Curriculum
  • Food Preservation
  • USDA materials
  • Dining with Diabetes
  • Steps to a Healthier Teen Curriculum (youth)
  • Teen Cuisine (youth)
  • Jump into Food and Fitness
  • FCS Extension publications

Inputs: Extension Agent/SNAP-ED Program Assistant time, location/space for program, community partners such as the schools, farmers market, library, local government, local employers, Homemakers: volunteer time/resources, SNAP food reimbursement, SNAP incentive items, grant
Date: Annually as needed and/or upon request


Audience: Metcalfe County Government, Producers, Employers, Parks, Schools, Farmers Market and Residents
Project or Activity: Food Systems, Nutrition and Youth/School PSE  
Possible PSE Efforts/Partnerships:

  • Farmers Market
  • WIC and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Voucher programs
  • GAP Training 
  • Farm to School
  • Local Food Brokers
  • Sustainable Community Food Systems
  • School or Community Gardens
  • Summer Food Service Programs
  • Food Pantry 
  • Grocery and Food Retailing Promoting SNAP Benefit Acceptance
  • Worksite Wellness
  • Nutrition Billboard Campaigns and Related Programs 
  • Steps to a Healthier Teen environmental surveillance activities (youth)
  • School Wellness Policy
  • School Wellness Committees 
  • Backpack Programs 
  • Physical Activity Breaks 

Inputs: Extension Agent/SNAP-ED Program Assistant time, location/space for program, community partners such as the schools, farmers market, library, local government, local employers, Homemakers: volunteer time/resources, SNAP food reimbursement, SNAP incentive items, grant
Date: Ongoing, as needed and/or upon request


Audience: Metcalfe County Homemakers
Project or Activity: Holiday Appetizers 
Curriculum/content: FCS Agent compiled, research based materials, UK Publication materials, PIUKYP recipes

Inputs: Extension Agent and staff assistant time, location/space for program, Homemakers: volunteer time/resources, Extension Agent program funds, Homemaker council program funds
Date: October 2019


Audience: Metcalfe County Homemakers
Project or Activity: Award winning jars
Curriculum/content:

  • Univ of KY Food Preservation publications, Ball Blue Book

Inputs: Extension Agent and staff assistant time, location/space for program, Homemakers: volunteer time/resources, Extension Agent program funds, Homemaker council program funds
Date: April 2020


Audience: Metcalfe County Homemakers
Project or Activity: Pot Luck Encourages Healthy Eating
Curriculum/content:

  • KEHA State sponsored/created lesson materials

Inputs: Extension Agent and staff assistant time, location/space for program, Homemakers: volunteer time/resources, Extension Agent program funds, Homemaker council program funds
Date: May 2020


Audience: 4-H Youth
    Project or Activity:  Camp
    Content or Curriculum:  4-H Curriculum
    Inputs: Agents, Volunteers, Camp Staff
    Date: June 2018

Audience: 4-H Youth
    Project or Activity:  TAG
    Content or Curriculum:  4-H Curriculum
    Inputs: Agents, Volunteers, Community Partners
    Date: October 18 -April 19

Audience: 4-H Youth
    Project or Activity:  Health and Fitness Days
    Content or Curriculum:  4-H Curriculum
    Inputs: Agents, Volunteers, Community Partners, Specialist
    Date: Spring 2018

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