Ohio's Family Nutrition Program

OHIO’S FAMILY NUTRITION PROGRAM

• Ohio State University Extension's Family Nutrition Program (FNP) is funded by Midwest Region Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture.  The Family Nutrition Program is sometimes referred to as the Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program.  FNP is a partnership between the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services and Ohio State Unviersity Extension in an effort to improve the nutrition of families and individuals who are food stamp program participants or eligible nonparticipants in non EFNEP counties and food stamp program participants or eligible nonparticipants who are elderly and/or adults without young children in EFNEP counties.

·  HOW ARE PROGRAMS DELIVERED?

• The delivery of educational programs at the county level is done by the Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Educator and by a FNP Program Assistant.  FNP targets food stamp program participants; disseminates educational information through public service announcements, basic food and nutrition demonstrations, newsletters, fact sheets, individual consultations, and group educational sessions with displays and videotapes; and uses curriculum materials selected for the audience's unique diversity.