The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is a federally funded educational program designed to assist limited resource children and families with children in improving the total family's nutritional well-being and health through a series of practical lessons on basic nutrition and healthy lifestyles, resource management, and food safety.

A unique feature of EFNEP is in its method of program delivery.  Series of lessons are taught through Extension Associates or paraprofessionals who are from the areas in which they work.  Adults are taught in small groups or individually and are able to complete the EFNEP curriculum in less than 12 months.  The youth curriculum focuses on providing food and nutrition education to contribute to the personal development of middle-school age youth.  This age group is taught during the school day in order to strengthen existing educational standards, in after-school enrichment programs, and summer camps.

For more information about EFNEP, contact Kate Alie, EFNEP coordinator, at 304-766-4282 or alieke@wvstateu.edu.