UK Cooperative ExtensionNutrition Education Program

September 10, 2014

2015 SNAP-Ed Grant Focus

• Behavior-focused evidence-based nutrition education

• Obesity prevention intervention• Our target audience is the low income

population

Social Ecological Framework

SNAP-Ed 2015

• Policy• Systems• Environmental

Measuring NEP Social Ecological Impact in Kentucky

• Current Findings from 2012 Priority Indicators:– 551: Number of environmental changes

implemented to support physical activity guidelines in the county

– 28,890: Number that reported supplementing their diets with healthy foods that they produce/preserve

– 51,450: Number that reported utilizing delivery systems/access points that offer healthy foods

Final KERS Community data collection piece:

Overall Purpose/goal:________________________

End Result/ impact:

Other SNAP-Ed NotesCounting your piece of the PIE.

Use of Reinforcement items

Professor Popcorn is Back!

• Youth Curriculum • Grades 1 to 6• Focused on MyPlate

and Food Groups• Adapted from Texas

A&M Extension

In Route to your county!

Important Deadlines

• Food reimbursements & replacement items: – Original receipts Mailed on or before September

19nd

– Receipts must be received by the NEP state office by 4:00 PM Eastern Time on Friday, September 26th

– Purchases made after September 19th will be at the county’s expense

• KERS SNAP-Ed data due October 10th

Contacts• Rita May rmay@uky.edu – Reimbursement questions

• Leslie McCammish leslie.mccammish@uky.edu – Help with KERS

• Deonna Ralls – deonnna.ralls@uky.edu - Budget questions• Debra Cotterill dcotteri@uky.edu • NEP department phone; (859) 257-2948

Educational programs of Kentucky Cooperative Extension serve all people regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, disability, or national origin.

UK Cooperative Extension

Nutrition Education Program

September 10, 2014

Educational programs of Kentucky Cooperative Extension serve all people regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, disability, or national origin.