2010 Impact

EFNEP IMPACT STATE 1

EFNEP IMPACT STATE 2

COUNTY IMPACTS

Family Impacts & Outcomes

In FY2010, California EFNEP Provided nutrition education to 8065 families and 37,026 youth. Overall, more than 67,000 people were directly or indirectly affected by EFNEP.

More than half the participants showed improvement in nutrition and healthy lifestyles, resource management, and food safety.

Nearly half of our adult participants increased servings as well as variety of fruits and vegetables that their families consumed each day.

EFNEP fosters a sense of personal accomplishment and self-sufficiency.

Cost-Benefit

National studies show that for every $1 spent to implement EFNEP, up to $10.64 is saved on healthcare costs and $2.48 is saved on food expenditures.

An independent study cited EFNEP to be by far the most effective federally funded program in increasing fruit and vegetable consumption.

Families Served

Ethnicity:

Hispanic/Latino 72%

Race:

Asian 9%
White 64%
Black 6%
Alaska Indian, American Native 2%
Native Hawaiian, other, Pacific Islander 1%
Not Provided 81%

Youth Served

Ethnicity:

Hispanic/Latino 63%

Race:

White 35%
Black 10%
Asian 10%
Not Provided 43%

"Our efforts made in the EFNEP Youth Program are in line with the Healthy People Healthy Communities Initiative. Our efforts are to improve children’s food behavior and help them practice healthy lifestyle that balance healthy eating and active life. Our work is more significant because we serve with youth at-risk, most of them reside in low-income communities that have been hit hard with the economy. Learning how to eat with fewer resources and keep active is important for children who are at-risk of food insecurity."
-Alameda County Educator