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Fiscal year 2021 was especially difficult for individuals, families, and communities across the nation as they experienced personal loss, social isolation, employment uncertainty, and lack of access to food and other resources. Fiscal year 2021 was also difficult for community-based programs as they experienced temporary closures and pivoted to develop and adapt social distancing protocols in a changing and challenging COVID-19 pandemic environment. The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) experienced these challenges, with loss of staff, partners, and participants, hiring challenges, and lack of face-to-face interactions that tested staff morale.  \nFaced with such difficulties, EFNEP remained resilient and experienced continued programmatic success. New partnerships were formed, resources were adapted, and remote approaches were utilized to expand program reach. Universities  \ngave increased attention to training paraprofessional staff (peer educators) to help them feel less isolated. EFNEP leadership across the country developed and shared program content and teaching methods that allowed them to adapt quickly to a virtual teaching environment that supported participant success. Federal partners increased communications and provided technical assistance to university leadership to recognize and support local efforts.  \nThrough these collective efforts, EFNEP experienced similar program results as in previous years. More than 90% of adult EFNEP participants reported improved behaviors following program involvement. Of particular note, program adaptations led to parents/caregivers and children learning together, and applying insights they gained as families, as shown in examples given in this report.  \nEFNEP contributes to nutrition security as program families and youth gain knowledge and skills for healthier food and physical activity choices, increased food resource management (shopping and food preparation), food safety, and food security practices to keep healthy in challenging times. EFNEP – the nation’s first federal nutrition education program for low-income populations – has reached more than 34 million low-income families and youth since 1969, and remains at the forefront of nutrition education efforts to reduce nutrition insecurity of low-income families and youth today.  \nFunded by the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and conducted by Cooperative Extension through land-grant institutions in all U.S.  \nstates and territories and the District of Columbia, EFNEP uses education to support program participants’ efforts toward self-sufficiency and nutritional health and wellbeing. This report reflects how EFNEP continues to make a difference in the lives of low-income families and youth, even, and especially in times of adversity.  \nsigned,   \nHelen Chipman National Program Leader,  \nEFNEP Research and Cost Benefit Studies: Food and Nutrition Education  \n[https://nifa.usda.gov/efnep-research-and-cost-benefit-studies](https://nifa.usda.gov/efnep-research-and-cost-benefit-studies)  \nEFNEP Reports: [https://reeis.usda.gov/reports-and-documents/efnep](https://reeis.usda.gov/reports-and-documents/efnep)  \nIMPROVING LIVES  \nREACHING LOW-INCOME FAMILIES  \n80% of EFNEP participants who reported income are at or below  \n100% of the poverty line, earning $26,500 a year or less for a family of four.  \n20% of families were above the poverty line  \n$49,025  \nfor a family of 4  \n4,230  \n5,848  \n14,355 participants  \n$26,500  \nfor a family of 4  \n$19,875  \nfor a family of 4  \n$13,250  \nfor a family of 4  \nIn 2021, NIFA received $69.4 million for l","cbCail6WgZWXN3X2","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCail6WgZWXN3X2","pdf",644708,"English","# A Message From EFNEP\n## Improving Nutritional Security Through Education\n# Improving Lives\n## Reaching Low-Income Families\n## Reaching Diverse Populations\n# Shared Stories","[{\"question\":\"What challenges did EFNEP face in fiscal year 2021?\",\"answer\":\"EFNEP faced personal loss, social isolation, employment uncertainty, and lack of access to food and resources, along with temporary program closures and the need to adapt to COVID-19 distancing protocols. Programs also reported staff, partner, and participant losses and limited face-to-face interactions.\"},{\"question\":\"How did EFNEP adapt to continue reaching participants during the pandemic?\",\"answer\":\"EFNEP formed new partnerships, adapted resources, and used remote approaches to expand reach. Universities increased training for paraprofessional peer educators, while EFNEP leadership shared content and teaching methods to support virtual instruction.\"},{\"question\":\"What outcomes did the report highlight for program participants?\",\"answer\":\"More than 90% of adult EFNEP participants reported improved behaviors after involvement. The report also emphasizes family and caregiver-child learning together, along with skills for healthier food and physical activity choices, food resource management, and food safety practices.\"}]","2021 IMPACTS - EXPANDED FOOD AND NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAM (EFNEP) | PDF",1792055624]