CCE Wyoming County
>>
Nutrition
>> Eat Smart New York
Download
Flyer (pdf)
EAT Smart New York is the Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program.
The program offers classes to teach participants about food budgeting,
meal planning, nutrition, and food preparation. Nutrition Teaching
Assistants (NTA) can visit homemakers in their homes to help them
choose nutritious foods and to offer help in making wise choices
in feeding their infants and young children.
Anyone who is eligible to receive or is receiving food stamps
is eligible. Participants are often juggling multiple responsibilities
of family and returning to work.
Classes meet in churches, schools, and community centers where
there are cooking facilities adequate to accommodate a group.
Individual homemakers usually meet the NTA’s in their own
homes, but other meeting places can be arranged.
Classes are designed to help members learn how to budget limited
food dollars, prepare tasty, nutritious meals acceptable to their
families in a limited amount of time. Each class prepares a complete
meal, eats together, and cleans up. Participants each receive
a computer printout of their dietary intake indicating nutrients
which are adequate and areas for nutritional improvement.
To sign up for a ESNY class
contact a DSS case worker at 585-786-8900, WIC representative,
or call the Cornell Cooperative Extension office at 585-786-2251.
Young women interested in one-to-one visits from an NTA ( Nutrition
Teaching Assistant) should contact their TANF caseworker.
|
