FOOD STAMP NUTRITION EDUCATION-PROGRAM - ASSISTING FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT

The Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program (FSNEP) has been assisting food stamp recipients since the first state program began in 1986. Fun ding, provided by the Food Stamp administrative budget, is available a s an option to all states; for those states that participate, there is a 50% match requirement. USDA Food and Consumer Service (FCS) is the federal agency that approves the Nutrition Education Plan (NEP). This paper will describe the FSNEP from the perspective of seven states: Ca lifornia, Georgia, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Wisconsin. These states were chosen to represent various program admin istrative models used, as well as to describe the various forms of int eragency collaboration.