Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program

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Calfresh Healthy Living, UC Cooperative Extension educators stand next to partners at St. Mary's Community Services in front of the family lodge in Stockton
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Budgeting course provides ‘head start’ for people in transitional housing

April 7, 2025
By Michael Hsu
St. Mary’s – a community-based organization in Stockton that provides essential services, social services, health services, and emergency shelter and housing services – started offering the basic money-management class in January 2024. It's the result of a partnership with University of California…
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EFNEP Impact

California EFNEP is making a positive impact in the lives of low-income families. Participants are making positive changes towards healthy living. They also report an increased knowledge of how to make healthy food and exercise choices with a limited budget.
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Programs

EFNEP is delivered by Nutrition Educators to both Adults and Youth ages 5-18.
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National Nutrition Programs

The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is designed to assist audiences with limited resources to acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behavior necessary for nutritionally sound diets. This page provides links to national nutrition programs.
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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.
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