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Impact Report
| For plan | KA 703. Nutrition Education and Behavior (Doņa Ana County) |
| Date | October 28, 2010, 5:13 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | 2009-2010 Dona Ana County Report ICAN (Ideas for Cooking and Nutrition)UNIT Program Report (SNAP-ED and EFNEP)and Kitchen Creations Diabetes Cooking School Submitted by Gayla Weaver, Extension ICAN Home Economist October, 2009 - September 2010 ICAN PROGRAMS (Ideas for Cooking and Nutrition) The Dona Ana County ICAN program receives funding through the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education (EFNEP) USDA grant dollars, and through the Supplemental Nutrition Education Program(SNAP)Food and Nutrition Service/ USDA grant dollars. EFNEP funding is provided to work with limited resource families with young children to improve dietary habits and health. All EFNEP participants complete a pre and post 24 hour diet recall and behavior survey before they graduate. The SNAP funding is provided to work with limited resource families, individuals, and/or senior citizens who qualify for food stamp assistance or who receive food stamps. The Dona Ana County ICAN unit updates the ICAN bulletin board monthly at each of the three ISD offices in Dona Ana County. A SNAP scantron is completed at the end of a series of classes by each participant measuring their before and after nutrition behavior. All 30 hour ICAN Nutrition Educators are required to graduate a minimum of 100-150 adults and 40 hour educators are required to graduate a minimum of 115-150 adults per program year. Thirty hour educators graduate a minimun of 200 youth and 40 hour educators graduate a minimum of 400 youth per program year. The Dona Ana County Action Plan (CAP) total graduation goal for both youth and adults was 2168. We exceeded out total graduation goal with 2736 graduates. ICAN ADULT PROGRAMMING: ICAN nutrition educators in Dona Ana County provide at least a four week series of nutrition and cooking lessons for limited resource individuals using the "Eating Right is Basic" curriculum as well as USDA's "Loving Your Family, Feeding Their Future" and the new senior "Eat Smart, Live Strong" materials. Four hundred one of the adult graduates were child care providers. In addition to the core lessons, the child care provider classes include two specific lessons related to child nutrition. The core required lessons are: Back to Basics; My Pyramid and Serving Sizes; Reading Food Labels; Keeping Food Safe; Quick and Easy Meals; and Making the Most of Your Food Dollar. Classes are offered in Spanish as well as English and include a hands-on food preparation activity. One thousand five (989) adults graduated from the ICAN program completing at least eight intensive hours of nutrition and cooking classes. The following is a summary of the number of food and nutrition practices improved within cluster of questions by EFNEP graduates. FOOD RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF EFNEP PARTICIPANTS IMPROVED AS INDICATED BY THE FOLLOWING: 63% of |