About EFNEP
EFNEP is an integral part of the Cooperative Extension Service’s Family and Consumer Sciences and 4H Youth Programs. EFNEP teaches low-income audiences how to improve their dietary practices and become more effective managers of available food resources.
EFNEP focuses on educational programs to enhance the quality of the individuals’ and families’ nutrition through enhanced knowledge of nutrition, food buying, and food safety.
The adult phase of EFNEP provides a food and nutrition education program to enhance the quality of the families’ nutrition through enhanced knowledge of nutrition, food buying, and food safety. The 4H phase provides educational program to youth from low-income areas which are primarily urban.
Three distinguishing features of EFNEP are:
- Intensive education on an individual or small group basis
- Conducted by Extension paraprofessionals and volunteers trained and supervised by Extension professionals
- With low-income families and youth
