A FREE program helping families with children eat better for less
Learn how to:
- ~ Save $$ on grocery bills and stretch your food dollars
- ~ Prepare low-cost quick and healthy meals
- ~ Keep your family healthy by staying active and eating right
Who is eligible for this program? Families with children ages 19 and under (or pregnant) who are participating in WIC, SNAP, Head Start, Medicaid, free or reduced price school lunches*
Lesson series to choose from:
- Pregnancy and Infant Feeding
- Finding a Balance (pre-diabetes / Type 2 diabetes focus)
- Healthy Children Healthy Families (parents of 3-11 year-olds)
- Family Nutrition Education Curriculum (FNEC)
- Eating Smart * Being Active (families with children)
- Choose Health: Fun, Food, and Fitness (youth grades 3-6)
- Healthy Cents (families with children)
If you complete all 8 sessions with our curriculums, you will receive our EFNEP tote with either the 85-page full-color “Let’s Cook!” cookbook with over fifty recipes or assorted kitchen utensils!!
Call us at 315-866-7920 or email us at herkimer@cornell.edu for more information or to see if you qualify.
To sign up for personalized nutrition education, click here.
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EFNEP is Hiring!!
Find the information on how you can join this team by clicking here!
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*EFNEP Young Adults Ages 18-25:
Young adults (18-25) without children (or pregnant) living independently (or moving towards independence) who are at or below 185% poverty (under or unemployed) who are interested in learning life skills to support living and working in Herkimer County as stable and productive adults can also be part of EFNEP. For more information, contact herkimer@cornell.edu See Young Adult Agency Referral Form.
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See our new “Stretch your dollars with EFNEP” promo.
Herkimer County EFNEP brochure
For more information, call (315) 866-7920
Click here if you are from an agency or organization and would like to make a referral:
Nutrition Education Program Referral
Click here for a “bookmark” referral document (3 per page):
EFNEP Information Bookmark
EFNEP Newsletter-A monthly publication with timely nutrition information, seasonal recipes, a “Kids Korner,” and more!
For more information on EFNEP in NY State, see Cornell University Food and Nutrition Education in Communities
50 Years of EFNEP in NYS ~ 2019
Since 1969, the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) has aimed to assist limited resource audiences in acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes and changed behavior necessary for nutritionally sound diets, and to contribute to their personal development of the total family diet and nutritional well-being (USDA, CSREES, 2009). Read more about EFNEP and it’s history here.
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Click below for resources available in Herkimer County:
Emergency Feeding Programs in Herkimer County
For information and the schedule for Immunizations in Herkimer County, see the Herkimer County Public Health page.
For great ideas on how to eat healthy and stay active, see MyPlate.
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