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APPLES AND ORANGES? A TALE OF TWO COUNTIES IN NEW YORK STATE

Jamie DollahiteDivision of Nutritional SciencesCornell University March 3, 2011

Overview

Cornell Cooperative Extension nutrition programs, including EFNEP

Statewide distribution Showcasing 2 counties: Oswego and New York Campus guidance/initiatives Questions

Seamless programming with EFNEP and SNAP-Ed Mostly small group audiences Minimum of 6 lessons per participant for graduation Currently 58 different counties offer nutrition

programming—supervisor + paraprofessional staff in each site (~350 total staff)

CCE Nutrition Programs

Western Region

Finger Lakes Region

North Country Region

Hudson Valley Region

Capital Region

NYC Region

Long Island Region

Counties with only SNAP-Ed

Counties with 1 Nutrition Educator

Oswego County and NYC

Cornell Cooperative ExtensionOswego County

Cornell Cooperative ExtensionBrooklyn, New York City

Snapshot of Oswego

Residents: 121,377 (128/sq mile) Poverty : 16% < poverty level

34% <185% poverty: Staff: 2.7 FTE’s

(1.4 EFNEP; 1.3 SNAP-Ed; effort ~95% adult: 5% youth)

Adult graduates per year: ~20053% one-on-one47% group

Key initiative: Stork program for pregnant women

A Story from Oswego

Snapshot of Brooklyn

Residents: 2,486,235 (10,000/sq mile) Poverty: 22% Staff on site: 18.6 FTE’s

(5.7 EFNEP; 12.9 SNAP-Ed; effort ~90 adult:10 youth)

Adult graduates per year: ~2,500100 % group

Key initiatives: CHANCE, Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program, Brownsville Medical Center partnership

A Story in Brooklyn

Courtesy of Adrian Miles

Courtesy of Megan Lent

At the end of the day….

“It’s all neighborhoods!”- Ruth Lowenburg, former extension associate in Harlem

Foundation for all programming: Professional Development

Initial training Paraprofessionals—Navigating for Success) Supervisors—Training for New Nutrition Supervisors;

Taking the Helm)

Continuing Professional Development Nutrition Updates—twice a year for supervisory staff Regional trainings—at least quarterly for

paraprofessional staff

Foundation for all programming: Standard Operating Procedures

Policy and Procedure Manual Site visit protocol Dialogue approach/ 4A lesson planning Approved curricula Progression records

Current campus-based initiatives

Children CHANCE (Collaboration for Health, Activity and

Nutrition in Children’s Environments—includes Healthy Children, Healthy Families: Parents Making a Difference)

Choose Health: Eat and Play Well (for 8-11 year olds)

Cooking Up Fun! (for 9+ years old)

Pre-diabetes/diabetes-oriented curriculum Breastfeeding/perinatal curriculum

Questions?