Campbell County CES

Title:

Accessing Nutritious Foods

MAP:

Accessing Nutritious Foods

Agents Involved:

Thompson, Rex, Stolz, Turner, Vaughn

MAJOR PROGRAM 1:

Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud

MAJOR PROGRAM 2:

Food Preparation

MAJOR PROGRAM 3:

Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)

Situation:

Nutrition Education Programs help families gain access to food and stretch food dollars; communities to decrease hunger; and local food assistance programs to educate recipients on healthy and safe food preparation methods. Agents, paraprofessionals and volunteers are pivotal in influencing policies, systems, and environments and in training consumers and producers to maximize local access to food products from farm to table.

Long-Term Outcomes:

Kentucky population will increase average fruit and vegetable consumption by 1 or more servings per day. More new mothers attempt to breast feed their babies and increase duration of breastfeeding to six weeks or more. Kentuckians improve food management skills and healthy eating habits. Youth will be food secure when school is not in session

People accessing emergency food sources will select from nutrient dense items.

Intermediate Outcomes:

Number who:

• Access more local foods

• Redeem Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program benefit

• Plant, harvest and preserve produce

• Apply improved food preparation skills, food management skills, food safety and healthy eating habits

Number of:

• New mothers utilize community services to support breastfeeding, such as WIC breast pump services

• Youth who access other food sources when not in school

• Households accessing emergency food sources

Initial Outcomes:

• Understand the importance of sustainable local agriculture to individual health and financial well-being

• Learn to grow, prepare and preserve food

• Learn to incorporate unfamiliar foods or foods not currently eaten into a healthy diet

• New mothers and those who support them increase knowledge about the health and economic benefits of breastfeeding

• Increase knowledge and understanding of healthy eating, food safety and food resource management

• Learn about community support services to increase food security

Evaluation:

Long-Term Outcome: Follow-up evaluations will be mailed to past participants.

Indicator: Documentation or testimonies will be given by the participants that will prove that behavior has changed as a result of the program.

Method: One, two, three, four, (etc.) evaluations will be given to discover behavior change.

Timeline: One, two, three, four, (etc.) year evaluations will be administered. Statistics will be studied and submitted to the Campbell County Extension by professional collaborators/agencies/services that will prove social, economic or environmental change has taken place.

Intermediate Outcome: Follow-up evaluations will be sent to participants.

Indicator: A follow-up written evaluation will be mailed to each participant to determine if he/she is practicing what was learned or demonstrated at the program. Participants will answer the evaluation based on what was learned or demonstrated at the program.

Method: A three, four, or six month follow-up evaluation will be mailed out. Teachers and parents will also be asked questions to determine if children are practicing what they learned in the program.

Timeline: A three, four, or six month evaluation will be mailed to participants.

Initial Outcome: End of Program evaluations will be utilized.

Indicator: Written evaluations will be completed by each participant/student at the end of each program. Hands-on evaluations will also be used to evaluate the progress of the participants/students. Participants will answer questions about the program/subject matter that will show that he/she has learned from the class/program.

Method: Written evaluations and hands-on evaluations will be utilized.

Timeline: End of classes/programs.

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Children ages 6-8 and their parents, grandparents or guardians
Project or Activity: Accessing Nutritious Foods with Mommy and Me
Content or Curriculum: Plate it Up! KY Proud Recipes, Food Preparation, Youth Fruit and Vegetable Access, Accessing Nutritious Foods
Inputs: UK Cooperative Extension FCS agent and Horticulture agent and Assistant
 Date: Every year – 4^th Thursday of every month, February – September

Audience: Pre-schoolers
Project or Activity: LEAP
Content or Curriculum: LEAP Curriculum from U.K.
Inputs: Community and faith-based organizations, daycares and schools
 Date: Monthly

Audience: Adults 65 years old and above
Project or Activity: Matter of Balance
Content or Curriculum: Matter of Balance Curriculum, Plate It Up, NEP
Inputs: Campbell County Cooperative Extension Service, Physical Therapist
Date: meets weekly for 8 week series, Summer 2019

Audience: Seniors at the Campbell County Senior Center, The Campbell County Diabetes Support Group

Project or Activity: Accessing Nutritious Foods Content or Curriculum: Plate it Up! KY Proud Recipes, Accessing Nutritious Foods, and Food preparation, NEP Curriculum and Recipes

Inputs: UK Cooperative Extension FCS Agent, the Northern Kentucky Health Department and the Campbell County Senior Citizen Center

Date: Every 2^nd Thursday of each month throughout the year 

Audience: participants at the Hosea House Soup Kitchen
Project or Activity: Accessing Nutritious Foods by Linking Arms in our Community
 Content or Curriculum: Plate it Up! KY Proud, Youth and Vegetable Access, Accessing Nutritious Foods

Inputs: UK Cooperative Extension Service FCS Agent, Hosea House
 Date: The last Monday of each month throughout the year 

Audience: Campbell County Media Central Viewers

Project or Activity: Farm to Table with Ronda Rex and Sarah Stolz

Content or Curriculum: Plate it Up! KY Proud, SNAP education and recipes, Food Preparation, and Accessing Nutritious Foods, Managing Money in Tough Times

Inputs: UK Cooperative Extension FCS Agent and Campbell Count Media Central

Date:  August 14, October 24, and November 7 (2019)

Audience: Food Stamp Participants at the Department for Health and Family Services Office 

Project or Activity: Accessing Nutritious Foods for SNAP participants in Campbell County

Content or Curriculum: SNAP-education and recipes, Plate It Up!, KY Proud, Food Preparation, Accessing Nutritious Foods

Inputs: UK Cooperative Extension Service FCS Agents and SNAP-ed Office

Date: A new display each month throughout the year 

Audience: St. John’s Lutheran Church Food Pantry Participants

Project or Activity: SNAP Education for St. John’s Food Pantry
Content or Curriculum: NEP and SNAP curriculum and recipes, Food Preparation, Accessing Nutritious Foods
 Inputs: UK Cooperative Extension FCS Agents and St. John’s Lutheran Church and USDA

Date: Every other 2^nd Monday throughout the year 

Audience: Pre-schoolers
Project or Activity: Flowerbuds
Content or Curriculum: LEAP Curriculum from U.K., UK publications in FCS and Horticulture
Inputs: Campbell County Extension Horticulture and FCS areas
Date: Monthly

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