Community-based nutrition educators can come to an agency or individual homes to provide research based nutrition education at no cost.
What is the Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program?
The Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program (WNEP) is made up of 2 federally-funded nutrition education programs: Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Education (SNAP-Ed).
WNEP helps limited resource families and individuals:
- Choose healthful diets and be physically active
- Handle food safely to avoid food-borne illness
- Become more food secure by planning how to spend their food dollars, planning meals, and using thrifty food shopping practices.
Who Can Participate?
The programs are available to families and individuals within established guidelines. This includes, but is not limited to, families who are eligible for: the QUEST card (food stamps/FoodShare), WIC, Wisconsin Works (W-2), Head Start, Free or Reduced Price School Meals, SSI or SSDI. Visits and materials are free.
Home Visitation
We help build supportive communities for children and families.
Our home visitation program is governed by the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) grant and allows our adult nutrition educators to conduct home visits to limited-resource families with young children. To qualify for the EFNEP home visitation program, participants must be food stamp eligible. Classes are offered in English, Spanish and Hmong.
EFNEP programming can be done on an individual basis or as a group. The EFNEP Program uses the “Eating Smart, Being Active” curriculum. This learner-centered curriculum is an 8 week series (90 minutes per session) with lessons focusing on planning meals, increasing fruits and vegetables, whole grains, building strong bones, choosing lean proteins and making healthy food choices. Each lesson contains food safety information and has an optional physical activity component with exercise bands. Participants will receive incentives at most lessons and a graduation certificate upon completion of the course.
Are you or someone you know interested in our home visitation program?
Please contact us at… with your name, address and phone number. We will have the nutrition educator in your area contact you shortly.
Who can I Contact for more Information?
Contact your nutrition educator for more information on any of these programs or with any related questions.
E.L Luther
Nutrition educator focusing on food safety, high quality foods, and nutrition on a budget.
608-555-5555
