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Adult EFNEP

EFNEP promotes good nutrition and physical activity as a means of maintaining a healthy lifestyle free of chronic disease. Our goal is to help adults and their families establish & maintain healthy eating habits & physically active lifestyles.
Participants learn to:

  • Plan nutritious meals
  • Increase physical activity
  • Stretch their food dollar
  • Practice safe food handling
  • Prevent obesity through healthy lifestyles

Target Audience

The adult program aims to enroll adults from both urban and rural households with children under the age of 18 years. Participants should be responsible for planning and preparing family meals.

Adult participants are recruited through inter-agency referral requests and partnering agencies in communities. Some of our partnering agencies include, but are not limited to:
  • WIC
  • CalFresh (SNAP benefits)
  • Head Start
  • Child Nutrition
  • TANF
  • TEFAP

Eligibility

Participants must satisfy at least one of the following:
  • Receive or be eligible to receive federal food assistance

  • Have a monthly household cash income that is at or below 185% of the Federal Poverty Level

  • Be a pregnant teen or foster youth in transition, regardless of income or age

How can I participate?

Find a local EFNEP program by searching for your County EFNEP Office. 

 

Program Delivery

Adult EFNEP is administered by the University of California Cooperative Extension using Eating Smart • Being Active, a curriculum for adults developed jointly by Colorado State University and the University of California. It is a research-based curriculum based on the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines, designed for paraprofessional nutrition educators to assist limited-resource families with young children to make healthy lifestyle choices. 

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The curriculum consists of 9 core lessons that each last 60-90 minutes and also includes 2 supplemental lessons targeted at pregnant women and new mothers. These supplemental lessons are designed to be taught alongside the 8 core lessons. Each lesson comes with a lesson enhancement and a tool designed to help participants adopt certain healthy behaviors!