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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

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craig.wood@uky.edu

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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu




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Jul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2019


Success StoryMuhlenberg County SNAP By The Numbers



Muhlenberg County SNAP By The Numbers

Author: Viola Wood

Planning Unit: Muhlenberg County CES

Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General

Outcome: Initial Outcome

The Muhlenberg County Cooperative Extension Service provides practical education by helping individuals, families, and communities solve problems, develop skills, and build a better future. Muhlenberg County, KY is a county in the Western Kentucky Coalfield.  The population of the county is 30,816.  The adult poverty rate is 19.6%, and the child poverty rate is 35%.  

 The Muhlenberg County SNAP-Ed paraprofessional taught twenty five limited resource families how to serve more nutritious meals, to keep foods safe, and the utilize local food resources effectively.  95.8 of the families that completed the minimum of 6 lesson Nutrition Education Program: Healthy Choices for Everybody made an improvement in the nutritional quality of their diet.  

Families enrolled in the Healthy Choices curricula showed at 79% improvement in Food Resource Management skills.  73% of the families learned to plan meals ahead of time, while 73% stated they used a grocery list more often to guide food selections.  64% of families tried to compare food prices more often and 87% of Muhlenberg County families cook dinner at home more times per week.

Overall 61% of families in the Nutrition Education Program showed improvement in their Food Safety behaviors, with the largest increase of 90% of families use a meat thermometer more often to check for doneness in cooking.   

79% of families made improvements in Food Resource Management.  

Upon the completion of the Healthy Choices Program 100% of adults reported they were making small changes to be more physically active.

The SNAP-Ed Nutrition Education Program in Muhlenberg County enlisted the help of 14 community agencies and 18 community volunteers to reach out to limited resource families to improve skills, and change behaviors necessary to achieve good health and well being  for families in Muhlenberg County.






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