Cooperative Extension’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program’s (EFNEP) mission is to improve the health of limited resource youth and families with young children through practical lessons on basic nutrition and healthy lifestyles, resource management and food safety.

Families Eating Smart Moving More (FESMM) targets grandparents raising grandchildren, single parent families, foster families, and all family structures. The curriculum is also used for high school youth.

There are 21 lessons under four major headings.

1. Eating Smart at Home
2. Eating Smart Throughout the Lifecycle (For Pregnant and Nursing mothers)
3. Eating Smart on the Run
4. Moving More, Every Day, Everywhere, Watching Less

The CORE lessons are:

1. Introduction to EFNEP

2. Choosing More Fruits and Vegetables

3. Fix it Safe

4. Plan: Know What’s for Dinner

5. Shop for Value, Check the Facts

6. Shop: Get the Best for Less

7. Fix it Fast, Eat at Home

8. Making Smart Drink Choices

9. Choosing to Move More Throughout the Day

10.Choosing a Healthier You for Life

Evaluation of impact and effectiveness of the curriculums are measured using the pre and post participant data approved for use through the federal Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program.