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| 2066 - Accessing Nutritious Foods (general) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2066.3) | 0 |
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) | 0 |
Number of farmers markets accepting EBT cards |
| 2066.5) | 0 |
Dollars in EBT, WIC or Senior benefits redeemed at farmers markets |
| 2066.6) | 10 |
Number of families who grew a garden this year |
| 2066.7) | 0 |
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 |
| 2066.2) | 0 |
Number of individuals who reported eating more healthy foods |
| 2066.1) | 0 |
Number individuals reporting that their family supplemented their diets with healthy foods that they produced or preserved |
Author: Joy Rose
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
The most recently hired nutritional assistant to the extension office, needed to add more youth to her clientele. The age group, which the current nutritional program, had less attendance was the pre-school to age 8 children. The challenge was how to attract this group to attend, and provide education to parents or guardians who must bring the children. To address this challenge the nutritional assistant used a program designed for this age group of children, The Learning, Eating, and Activities
Author: Joy Rose
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
New clients, ones that had not been served by the local extension office, were needed by the most recently hired nutrition assistant. In observing the current clients who attended programs at the extension office, most seemed to be retired people, without children. The assistant decided to target Families with children of all ages as potential clients for a new program. Materials available to use, in addition to the approved Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program curriculum, were He
Author: Stacy Trent
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse andAlcoholism more than 10 percent of U.S. children live with a parent withalcohol problems, according to a 2012 study. Children are being removed fromthese homes in Wolfe County, to help address this issue the Wolfe CountyCooperative Extension Service, SNAP-Ed Assistant partnered with Kentucky RiverCommunity Care and a program called Solutions. Solutions is a Substance AbuseTreatment for Women that provides trauma informed care. These women a
Author: Stacy Trent
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
According to CNN, Americans spend more than 40% of their food budget on meals outside the home. More and more families are spending less and less time together. Eating as a family has declined and so has cooking together as a family. The Wolfe County Cooperative Extension Service, SNAP-Ed Assistant addressed this issue by providing the families of Wolfe County a new program called, “First Friday Family Cooking.” The program uses the Healthy Choices for Every Body curriculum. On the f
Author: Stacy Trent
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
According to U.S. Census Bureau, more than 12% of low-income seniors live alone in Wolfe County and the poverty rate for seniors is 18%. These older adults are struggling with housing and health care bills, inadequate nutrition, and not having transportation. According to the USSA Economic Research Service in 2015, 2.9 million households with a senior aged 65 or older experienced food insecurity. To help address this issue the Wolfe County Cooperative Extension Service, SNAP-Ed assistant partner
Author: Stacy Trent
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
According to the US Census Bureau 25.6% of Wolfe County residents under the age of 65 have some kind of disability. These disabilities canlimit the residents from doing tasks that any other individual would not have aproblem with. To address this issue the Wolfe County Cooperative ExtensionService, SNAP-Ed Assistant partnered with the TR Center, which is a center thathelps these individuals learn life skills and to become more self-sufficient bygaining cooking and other skills. The Wolfe County
Author: Joy Rose
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Limited income senior citizens come to the Wolfe County Extension Office each month to pick up food boxes from a drive through God's Food Pantry. The Wolfe County Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Education Assistant (SNAP/Ed) looked for a way to attract these senior citizens to come into the office for nutrition education classes. The assistant offered the opportunity for these food box recipients to have their boxes held until the next day, at which time they could come in to t
Author: Stacy Trent
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention empty calories from added sugars and solid fats contribute to 40% of daily calories for children and adolescents age two through eighteen years which affects the overall quality of their diets. Approximately half of these empty calories come from six sources which include: soda, fruit drinks, dairy desserts, grain desserts, pizza, and whole milk. And most of these youth do not consume the recommended amount of water. To help address thi
Author: Stacy Trent
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Basic life skills go mostly untaught in classrooms, so high school youth are sometimes on their own to figure out how to live successfully in the world as adults. To address this problem in Wolfe County, the Nutrition Education Assistant at the Wolfe County Cooperative Extension Service partnered with the Community Education Coordinator to deliver a program for youth in high school using the Teen Cuisine curriculum. The curriculum is designed to help youth become self-sufficient in the kitchen w
