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Impact Report
| For plan | KA 703. Nutrition Education and Behavior (Union County) |
| Date | October 28, 2010, 4:53 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | Ideas for Cooking and Nutrition Union County's ICAN Nutrition Program reached 160 youth and 140 adults with 600 indirect contacts. The home economist provided support to one ICAN Nutrition Educator who teach a variety of classes to a variety of participants. Organizations reached by the ICAN Nutrition Educator include: Head Start, Commodities - Clayton, Des Moines, Amistad and Sedan, Senior Citizen Center, Alvis and Kiser Elementary Schools, Golden Spread Coalition, ISD office. Participatns increase their knowledge in making healthy food choices, food safety, food preparation skills, food purchasing, budgeting, healthy snacks. The home economist and the ICAN nutrition educator attended the ICAN nutrition inservice held in March 2010. A better understanding of what a client trying to get assistance from ISD has to go through to get assistance was achieved role playing with various scenarios at the meeting. It was eye opening. The ICAN nutrition educator has made major strides forward in reaching clientele in the county. |