Assistance program
Healthy Body Healthy Spirit
-$25,019 committed in FY2018–FY2020
- Agency
- Food and Nutrition Service, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants)
- CFDA number
- 10.544
- What it does
- -The Food and Nutrition Service’s Supplemental Nutrition assistance Program (SNAP) provides funding for the SNAP Nutrition Education Program (SNAP-Ed). SNAP-Ed is central to SNAP’s efforts to improve nutrition and prevent and reduce obesity among SNAP recipients. The Food Stamp Act of 1977 mandated creation and distribution of nutrition education materials to program participants. Subsequent legislation has expanded upon this requirement. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) of 2010 established SNAP-Ed as a Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Program and changed its financial structure to that of 100 percent Federal grant funding to States with no State contribution or match. The goal of SNAP-Ed is to improve the likelihood that persons eligible for SNAP will make healthy food choices within a limited budget and choose physically active lifestyles consistent with the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPlate. FNS encourages States to center their efforts on the following behavioral outcomes for SNAP-Ed participants: • Make half your plate fruits and vegetables, at least half your grains whole grains, and switch to fat-free or low-fat milk products. • Increase physical activity and reduce time spent in sedentary behaviors as part of a healthy lifestyle. • Maintain appropriate calorie balance during each stage of life.
- Who benefits
- -To help the SNAP-Ed target audience establish healthy eating habits and an active lifestyle.
- Who applies
- -To help the SNAP-Ed target audience establish healthy eating habits and an active lifestyle.
- Authorized by
- -In the Food and Nutrition Act pf 2008, in Section 17(a)(1) gives the Secretary authority to make grants related to delivering nutrition-related benefits.
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