Hardin County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2018





2066 - Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
2066.1) 56

Number individuals reporting that their family supplemented their diets with healthy foods that they produced or preserved

2066.2) 123

Number of individuals who reported eating more healthy foods

2066.3) 546

Number of individuals reporting that they utilized delivery systems/access points (e.g. farmer’s markets, CSA’s WIC, Food Pantry) that offer healthy foods

2066.4) 1

Number of farmers markets accepting EBT cards

2066.5) 2500

Dollars in EBT, WIC or Senior benefits redeemed at farmers markets

2066.6) 18

Number of  families who grew a garden this year

2066.7) 11

Number of first time growers or those who haven’t grown in five or more years

2066.8) 0

Number of restaurants/other institutions utilizing local foods as a result of Extension programming



Success Stories

Eating more vegetables

Author: Toina Williams

Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)

 Alm Care FacilitySuccess StoryFebruary 27, 2018Outcome: Long Term SNAP-Ed Assistant: Toina "Toni" WilliamsHardin County has a total of five day center for people with disabilities. Individuals with disabilitieshave a tendency to have bad eating habits, because sometimes they have to fendfor themselves and they lean towards things that is easy to make but nothealthy for them.Working with adults thathave disabilities is rewarding to me. The participants are so receptive of&nbs

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Know the Limits

Author: Toina Williams

Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)

Steward ManorSuccess StoryJanuary 2018Outcome: Long termSNAP-Ed Assistant: Toina “Toni” Williams/Hardin CountyWhen working with senior adults, they don’t want you messing with their ability to make food choices. They feel that this is the one area that they still have control over since moving into an assistant living facility, when they were use-to doing things on their own. When someone comes in talking making better food choices, you will have some resistant from them, they

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weight loss and health issues improving.

Author: Toina Williams

Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)

March 27, 2018ALM Care FacilityToni Williams-SNAP-Ed AssistantOne of my participants at the ALM Care Facility has been having some health issues. We talked about what the issues were, I suggested that she eat more vegetables and fruits, to see if there is a change in the health issues she was having.In today’s class we started out with what everyone has been eating over the pass few days and if any one had made any changes to their eating routines. The participant that was having the healt

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Making Healthy Choices as Teenagers

Author: Toina Williams

Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)

EXTENSION PROFESSIONAL: Toina Z. WilliamsTITLE: Making Healthy Choices as TeenagersMAJOR PROGRAM: 2066 – Food PreservationOUTCOME TYPE: Long-TermOn September 30, 2016, I was invited to present to the Girl Power Conference at Elizabethtown Community & Technical College. The target audience was 40 middle school girls in the group. I talked on hygiene and healthy eating in how they are all tied together. The young ladies had a lot to say about how and what they were eating and what they w

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