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The Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program
The Food Stamp Nutrition Education (FSNE) Program is a program of the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension. FSNE provides nutrition education programs to food stamp participants and/or food stamp eligible individuals and households. The program encourages collaborative nutrition education programming with school districts, community organizations and state agencies.
University of Maryland Extension nutrition educators, trained by the University of Maryland, collaborate with community organizations to deliver nutrition education to low income youth and adults.
FSNE programs are jointly planned by Extension educators and staff from organizations such as yours who work together to ensure the program meets participants needs. Benefits of the collaboration include the joining of resources and strengthening of programs.
FSNE can benefit your organization by providing:
Extension professionals to collaborate with you on planning innovative programs designed to meet the goals of your organization. Nutrition educators deliver programs to clients or students and train your staff. The partnership also provides you with access to excellent educational materials provided to your organization at no cost.
Your Contribution to FSNE may include:
- Participating in planning, implementing and evaluating the program’s impact.
- Providing access to program participants, meeting space, supplies, and/or the use of equipment.
Family & Consumer Sciences
As part of the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension, we provide health and nutrition- related information, resources and classes at low or no cost in Charles County. All individuals, organizations, agencies, churches and businesses are welcome to participate. Here are some of the classes that we offer:
- Parenting and Quality of Life Programs
- Food Safety in the Community
- Foods to Look Out For
- Food Pyramid
- Obesity/MyPyramid
- Child Care Provider Trainings
- Universal Precautions/Bloodborne Pathogens
Nutrition and Health
NOAH Net– Nutrition for Older Adults Health Lessons includes the following topics:
- Fruits and Vegetables
- Nutrition and Bone Health
- Eat Well, Live Well – Diabetes
- Whole Grains
- General Nutrition
- Blood Pressure
We Can! – Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition
- Energize Our Families: Getting Started
- Maintain a Healthy Weight: The energy Balance Equation
- What to Feed My Family: Manage Energy In
- Maintain a Healthy Weight…for Life!
Contact: Lorraine Harley, FCS Extension Educator lharley@umd.edu
Finance
Programs available:
ORGANIZATION
- Stash It or Trash It - Discover the cost of storing clutter and the reasons why individuals do it. Learn how to eliminate it.
- Get Your Act Together - Financial documents are important papers. Learn which ones to keep and where to keep them.
- Recordkeeping and Organization Made Easy - Learn to organize your personal files to make life easy.
DEBT MANAGEMENT
- 66 Ways to Save Money - Common sense strategies and easy to try techniques for saving money.
- Get A Handle on Your Money - Learn the basics of monthly income, expenses and cash flow statements.
- Getting Out of Debt - Discover how and why getting out of debt can save you thousands of dollars.
- Identity Theft - Understand your credit reports, how to protect & defend yourself in case your documents are stolen.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
- 10 Minute Financial Checkup - Identifies areas that should be periodically reviewed to save and plan for the future.
- Making Sense of Your Dollars and Cents - See where the hidden fees rob you of your monies.
- Investment Basics - Understand the difference between stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETF's CD's and money markets.
- Prescription for Financial Wellness - Learn how to control your monies for a healthier financial future.
ESTATE PLANNING
- Long Term Living - Discover your plans for growing old gracefully, and financially sound.
- You Can't Take It With You - Reveals why estate planning is critical for leaving a lasting family legacy.
- Who Gets Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate - Reveals unstated family communication concerning family's other heirlooms.
FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE VOLUNTEERS
We need you to become a Volunteer Financial Counselor. Maryland Cooperative Extension needs volunteers to provide free, confidential counseling to families and individuals who want to manage their money more wisely and reduce their debt.
Qualifications required to become a Volunteer Financial Counselor:
- Interest in helping others
- To keep client information confidential
- To use and follow the financial counseling practices of Maryland Cooperative Extension
- To work under the supervision of an Extension Educator
- To communicate effectively with others
- To know limitations and when to refer questions to extension faculty
- Attend and participate in In-service training's and planning meetings.
Training
What.....20 plus hours of classroom, self-study and demonstrated counseling skills.
When.....Training is offered twice a year. Volunteers must attend all classes and pay a registration fee, which will cover the Volunteer Manual, other resources and refreshments
Where.....Maryland Cooperative Extension, Prince George's County, 6707 Groveton Drive, Clinton, MD 20735 or call for other locations.
How.....Interested persons may call: (301) 868-9366
Contact: Okarsamaa B. White, Extension Educator, Finance obwhite@umd.edu
For more information, contact Marcia Wakefield
Last updated: 07/3/2008