In March 2020, COVID-19 hit our community shutting down many businesses. The Nutrition Education Program (NEP) addressed the need by media trainings to help NEP assistants reach their clients. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP-Ed) Assistant enrolled in these trainings to learn how to use ZOOM virtual classroom to reach clients. Having a resource to provide services to Kentucky River Community Care Solutions, is vital to their recovery process.

The Breathitt County SNAP-Ed assistant continued to provide nutrition classes through Zoom, once a week to sixteen participants at KRCC. The Healthy Choices for Every Body Curriculum was used to cover several nutrition topics including meal planning, eating better on a budget, sodium, and MyPlate. 100% of participants showed a positive increase in a food group and eighty-seven percent of participants showed an increase in their food resource management practices.