About SNAP-Ed

SNAP-Ed Fact Sheet (PDF | 1.2 MB)

USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.

This two-page fact sheet provides an overview of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed), including a description of how SNAP-Ed encourages healthy choices, new directions in SNAP-Ed, and resources that support SNAP-Ed.
SNAP-Ed Guiding Principles (PDF | 1.64 MB)

USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.

Updated for the FY2014 Plan Guidance, the SNAP-Ed Guiding Principles provide FNS's "vision of quality nutrition education and address the nutrition concerns and food budget constraints faced by those eligible for SNAP." The FY2014 Guiding Principles updates include information on the SNAP-Ed Intervention toolkit (PDF | 592 KB).
Briefing Room: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Nutrition Education

USDA. Economic Research Service.

The USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) supports nutrition education through its research and evaluation studies. This page provides an overview of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's support of nutrition education activities, and links to information and reports on ERS studies and reports relating to SNAP-Ed.
Approved Federal Funds for SNAP Education By Fiscal Year (PDF | 21KB)

USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.

Reflects approved budgets for FY2002 through FY2010 by region and by state.
Historical Approved Federal Funds for Food Stamp Nutrition Education (PDF | 24KB)

USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.

FSNE funding approvals from fiscal years 1992 to 2007.
Nutrition Education Studies

USDA. FNS. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Reports and studies related to nutrition education in SNAP.
Food Stamp Nutrition Education Systems Review Reports

USDA. FNS. Office of Research and Analysis.

Food Stamp Nutrition Education Systems Review: Final Report (PDF|1.1 MB)
Final Report of the FSNE Systems Review. September 2006.

July 2005 (PDF|11 KB)
The data collection for the FSNE Systems Review is now complete. This update describes the process, the current analysis and provides contact information for more information.

May 2004
This update provides information about the proposed data collection and information about the 60-day notice in the Federal Register requesting comments by June 28, 2004.

December 2003 (PDF|75 KB)
This report documents the results of the first quarter of a two-year study of food stamp nutrition education (FSNE). The objective is to obtain a comprehensive and systematic picture of FSNE operations among States, implementing agencies, and local FSNE projects.
Reaching Food Stamp Eligibles Using Program and Census Data (PDF | 933 KB)

USDA. FNS. Office of Research and Analysis.

Presented at the FNS 2nd National Nutrition Education Conference, September 15, 2005.

Presents a basic introduction to readily available sources of population, economic, and demographic data, and focuses on data available for communities (cities, towns, counties or smaller).