SNAP-Ed Nutrition Education Success, Outcome, and Impact Report - 2022 Tri-Regional Edition

Oct 15, 2026

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2022 SNAP-Ed Nutrition Education Success, Outcome, and Impact Report summarizes program results across Mountain Plains Region, Southwest Region, and Southeast Region. Funded by USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service, the report highlights how SNAP-Ed supports nutrition security through nutrition education and policy, systems, and environment (PSE) change approaches. It details reach, multilevel interventions, and extensive partnerships, and presents state-level success stories and equity practice highlights. The document also provides an acronym glossary and a tri-regional SNAP-Ed approach overview.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages99

Reading Time4 h 9 min

AccessFree to download

Welcome

Executive Summary

Glossary

The SNAP-Ed Approach

State Agencies

Summary

State Reports

Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas

Colorado

Georgia

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

New Mexico

North Carolina

North Dakota

Oklahoma

South Carolina

South Dakota

Texas

Utah

Wyoming

Mountain Plains Region, Southeast Region, and Southwest Region SNAP-ED Nutrition Education Success, Outcome, and Impact Report 2022 TABLE OF CONTENTS 01 Welcome 02 Executive Summary 03 Glossary 04 The SNAP-Ed Approach 05 State Agencies 08 Summary 09 State Reports 12 Alabama 16 Arizona 20 Arkansas 24 Colorado 28 Georgia 32 Kansas 36 Kentucky 40 Louisiana 44 Mississippi 48 Missouri 52 Montana 56 Nebraska 60 New Mexico 64 North Carolina 68 North Dakota 72 Oklahoma 76 South Carolina 80 South Dakota 84 Texas 90 Utah 94 Wyoming This material was funded by USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) . WELCOME W elcome to the 2022 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) Tri-Regional Success, Outcome, and Impact Report. The Mountain Plains Region first pubished this report in 2017, and by 2019, the Southwest and Mountain Plains regions partnered to develop a cross-regional approach. 2022 marks the report’s 6th edition and the first time three Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) regional offices collaborated on SNAP-Ed outcomes. The Mountain Plains Region, the Southwest Region, and the Southeast Region extend appreciation to all states for their hard work in creating this groundbreaking report. Please join us in welcoming the Southeast Region and celebrating the success of SNAP-Ed. 01 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY F unded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) FNS, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation’s largest domestic food and nutrition assistance program for low-income Americans. SNAP-Education, commonly referred to as SNAP-Ed, is the nutrition education arm of SNAP benefits. SNAP-Ed aims to help individuals stretch their food budgets wisely while working to make healthy living as easy as possible. The 2022 SNAP-Ed Nutrition Education Success, Outcome, and Impact Report brings together 23 state agencies and 78 implementing agencies across three federal FNS regional offices to highlight program outcomes and demonstrate the success of SNAP-Ed.1 During Federal Fiscal Year 2022, over 41 million people in nearly 22 million households received SNAP in the United States.2 Due to the nutrition insecurity crisis brought on by COVID-19, federal nutrition programs such as SNAP became a critical component of the nation’s recovery. As the country unwinds from the public health emergency, SNAP-Ed has continued responding to community needs by refining and evolving its program design. The Mountain Plains, Southwest, and Southeast regions served over 846,569 people through nutrition education, incorporating online and inperson programming. States fine-tuned innovative educational approaches, such as virtual learning, into their program design. Additionally, in all three regions, SNAP-Ed reached participants an estimated 49,595,311 times through multilevel interventions, which include nutrition education, policy, system, and environment (PSE) change approaches, social marketing, and other public health approaches. While this number represents an estimated count that may capture an individual more than once, it demonstrates the scope for population-level interventions. These outcomes emphasize the outstanding success and flexibility of the program and illustrate how SNAP-Ed maximizes the use of PSE change approaches when complementing direct nutrition education. Coordination and collaboration between federal, state, and local partners have continued to be critical to SNAP-Ed’s success. State Nutrition Action Councils (SNACs) have served as a model for coalescing state programs around nutrition education, food security, and obesity prevention efforts. Within the tri-regional area, SNAP-Ed reported 12,749 partnerships in 2022. The programs have prioritized partnerships with community-and faith-based organizations, state chronic disease programs, food banks and pantries, school and early childhood centers, far

FAQs

What is SNAP-Ed and what does it aim to do?

SNAP-Ed is the nutrition education arm of SNAP benefits. It aims to help people stretch food budgets wisely while making healthy living as easy as possible.

How is the 2022 report structured across regions and states?

The report brings together state agencies and implementing agencies across three FNS regional offices, then provides an overview of each state’s SNAP-Ed program results and related success stories.

What kinds of interventions are reported in 2022 SNAP-Ed outcomes?

Outcomes include nutrition education delivered online and in-person, along with multilevel interventions such as PSE change approaches, social marketing, and other public health approaches.

Oct 15, 2026

Uploaded by Sarah