You can find EFNEP in these Extension Offices: Escambia, Hillsborough, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach. EFNEP, the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, is a federally-funded program through the United Stated Department of Agriculture Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) designed to provide nutrition education to limited resource families and children in all 50 states and U.S. In Florida, EFNEP is an integral part of the University of Florida IFAS Extension’s Family and Consumer Sciences and 4H Youth Programs. EFNEP empowers participants to adopt healthy lifestyle practices. For both adults and youth, classes are learner-centered with fun activities focused on developing healthy new skills and exercises. Lessons are designed to build upon participants’ strengths and past experience to encourage and support optimal learning. Throughout a series of lessons delivered in small groups, EFNEP focus on food-related practices to help participants achieve personal and family wellness. UF/IFAS Extension EFNEP intends to educate, inform and provide updated information on EFNEP’s activities and to support and promote EFNEP's objectives for these activities through its social media site. All EFNEP comments are made by EFNEP designees. This site is not a public forum. Social media users may share ideas through commentary that is consistent with and furthers the objectives of an EFNEP post and the University of Florida reserves the right to remove any comments that do not fall within this purpose. Disclaimer:
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