For Agencies

Call today and arrange to partner with our staff to bring FREE Eat Smart New York (ESNY) Nutrition Education to your income-eligible clients who qualify for and/or receive benefits through SNAP (the new name for Food Stamps), WIC, Head Start, Medicaid, TANF, SSI and AFDC. Choose a one-time lesson or a series of lessons led by a trained nutrition educator at your location or ours, or at another community site.

Why request a group Eat Smart NY program?

ESNY nutrition education has been shown to make a difference in. By partnering to provide ESNY lessons, you'll help enable your participants to make informed choices and decisions about food and nutrition for their families.

One-time Programs for Adults

Includes (1) 45-60 minute session for a group organized by your agency on one of the following topics:

• Eating Well for Less (Saving Food Dollars)
• Feeding Young Children
• Keeping Food Safe
• Making Healthy Choices and Modifying Recipes (amount of fat, sugar, and sodium in food)
• Reading a Nutrition Label to make healthier choices
• Using MyPlate to help plan healthy meals

Six-Lesson Group Series

Includes (6) lessons with a nutrition program educator at your location, at CCE, or in another community setting.

Participants learn about nutrition, meal planning, healthy food shopping on a budget, cooking and food safety, weight control and physical activity, and much more. The program is based on increasing positive health behaviors. Key messages of the program include:

• Eat fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and nonfat or low-fat milk or milk products every day.
• Be physically active every day as part of a healthy lifestyle.
• Balance calories eaten from foods and beverages with calories used when being physically active.

How to request a program:

Just call the contact listed below and ask to make a referral to the nutrition education program.

Last updated December 4, 2014