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EFNEP collaborates with The Center for Poverty Solutions to offer the Super Pantry Program Goals of the Super Pantry Program are:

• Help Participants Become Food Secure
• Improve the Diet and Nutritional Status of Participants
• Increase Self Reliance and Self Esteem
• Create Strong Support Networks
• Empowerment

The Program includes:

• Eight (two hours each) lessons
• A bag of groceries to carry home
• The opportunity to prepare and consume the foods prepared
• Recipes
• Tips regarding food safety, food storage
• Food budgeting, supermarket shopping, unit price, understanding food labels, cutting fat from foods
• Use of the food guide pyramid
• The program also provides information about food coops, and other programs such as The Share Program and The Ship Program which allow clients to stretch their food dollars

The Super Pantry Program

• Funding Sources: EFNEP, Center for Poverty Solutions, MCE's Program Enhancement Grant
• Collaborators/Partners: Center for Poverty Solutions
• Curriculum: Developed in-state
• Location: Allegany County, Washington County
• Program Components: Food Safety Food Safety in Your Kitchen Stretching Your Food Dollar - Shopping, Cooping, Bartering Food Safety while Shopping Balanced Diet - Balanced Budget Weight, Exercise, Label Reading
• Evaluation: Inputs (EFNEP) 24-Hour Recall (pre and post) Behavior Checklist
• Data gathering not completed yet
  
  

Improve Birth Outcomes for Pregnant Teens

• Funding Sources: EFNEP MCE's Program Enhancement Grant
• Other Collaborators/Partners: Prince George's County Public Schools The Paquin School, Baltimore
• Location: Prince George's County Public Schools The Paquin School, Baltimore
• Expected Number of Participants: 200 +
• Program Delivery: 6 - 8 Lessons
• Curriculum: 'Have a Healthy Baby' Purdue Extension Service Program

Program Components

How can I have a healthy baby?

• Understanding low birth weight
• Gaining adequate weight during pregnancy
• Fetal development
• Common discomforts and how to manage them

Food Choices During Pregnancy

• What should I eat
• How much should I eat
• Healthy Snacking the Pyramid Way
• Fast Food

Preventing Low Birth Weight and Birth Defects

• Caffeine
• Alcohol
• Drugs
• Folic Acid

Feeding the Baby

• Breastfeeding or Bottle Feeding
• Feeding the Infant and Toddler