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Part of the SNAP-Ed Strategies & Interventions Toolkit.*

This program promotes healthy eating and physical activity in communities of faith. Resources for the program include a 9-session Faithful Families curriculum and the Eating Smart and Moving More Planning Guide for Faith Communities. The Faithful Families curriculum is co-taught by educators and trained lay leaders from faith communities in small group sessions. Lay Leaders bring the spiritual elements into each session.

Listed in the SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework Interpretive Guide.

Developer
North Carolina (NC) Cooperative Extension. NC State University, NC Division of Public Health.
Year
2014
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Funding Source
North Carolina (NC) Cooperative Extension. NC State University, NC Division of Public Health.
Free Material
No
Cost ($)
$108.00
SNAP-Ed Toolkit Classification
Practice-tested
Evidence
  • Pilot Tested
Evaluation Framework Indicators
SNAP-Ed Connection Comments

* SNAP-Ed Strategies & Interventions: An Obesity Prevention Toolkit for States is a compilation of interventions. The toolkit was developed by USDA's Food and Nutrition Service, The Association of SNAP-Ed Nutrition Education Administrators (ASNNA), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for Training and Research Translation (Center TRT), and the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR), a partnership between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes for Health (NIH), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the USDA. It is designed and updated to help state SNAP-Ed administrative and implementing agencies identify evidence-based obesity prevention programs and policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) strategies and interventions to include in their SNAP-Ed plans.

Review date
Reviewer Initials
JMA