NEP PROGRAM (Nutrition Education Program)
The Nutrition Education Program (NEP) is a free program in Dakota County that teaches families on a limited budget.
NEP helps participants acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behavior changes necessary to improve their health. This program is free to all participants who meet income guidelines.
For more information contact: Brenda Sale, 402 987-2140 or via e-mail at: bsale2@unl.edu
NEP participants are taught how to:
- Budget their food dollars
- Save time and money by planning meals
- Stay healthy by making wise food choices
- Keep food safe to eat
- Feed their children
- Prepare healthy snacks
- Importance of physical activity
NEP participants graduate from a specified curriculum that is delivered by nutrition staff within their community. Participants in NEP are taught individually, in small groups, agencies, community sites, at home through mail lessons or phone visits. The nutrition assistant will need to complete a food recall and behavior checklist with you when you begin and end the program. After you have completed six lessons, you will receive a graduation certificate and recipe book.
Online lessons are available. Complete 6 easy lessons and receive a cookbook valued at $15. For more information or to enroll, contact Brenda at 402-987-2140. (You must meet income eligibility requirements.)
NEWtritions quarterly newsletters. Check out what NEP Staff is doing in various counties around the state.
April, May, June 2007
January, February, March 2007
October, November, December 2006
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