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10 Tips for Adults
2018 | University of New England
10 Tips for Adults (10 Tips) is a multi-level direct education intervention designed to reinforce messages related to increasing fruit and vegetable consumption, increasing physical activity, consuming more water, and providing...

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Clinical-Community Linkages—Connecting Food Insecure Patients to Hunger Resources
2020 | Maine
“It has been extremely rewarding to provide nutrition education to the patients. They not only are getting emergency food, they are getting support, resources, and a class to help them take charge of their health” —...
Creating a Standardized Program Evaluation System
2016 | Maine
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services contracts with the University of New England to deliver SNAP-Ed through 23 community-based coalitions. Maine’s nutrition educators enhance direct education with obesity prevention...
Eat the Streets: Exposure to Fruits and Vegetables
2017 | Maine
Summary In 2016, Maine SNAP-Ed and Healthy Rivers (Opportunity Alliance) teamed up with a University of New England graduate student and the Downtown Westbrook Coalition to build and install eight garden planters in Blue Note Park...
Edible Main Street: Exposure to Fruits and Vegetables
2017 | Maine
Summary In 2016, Maine SNAP-Ed and Healthy Oxford Hills teamed up with the Center for an Ecology-Based Economy (CEBE) to build planter boxes to line Main Street in Norway. The goal is to demonstrate how to grow vegetables and herbs...
Fresh Produce and Recipes Distributed through Maine’s Commodity Supplemental Food Program
2020 | Maine
At locations in western Maine, SNAP-Ed is working with a local community coalition to enhance monthly food boxes with farm fresh fruits and vegetables! The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) aims to help low-income older...
Gardening Takes Root in Maine Schools: Kingfield Elementary Kids Grow and Eat their Own Produce in Outdoor Classroom
2019 | Maine
From 2015 until 2018, Maine SNAP-Ed and Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County teamed up with the local Master Gardener program and Kingfield Elementary School. They worked together to expand their school garden...
Gleaning from Farms to the Communities
2017 | Maine
An updated story on this program is available.SummaryIn 2016, Maine SNAP-Ed, Access Health, and Healthy Lincoln County worked with community stakeholders and flourishing local food councils to identify ways the community could come...
Healthy Beverage Choices for Healthy Lifestyles
2018 | Maine
SNAP-Ed works in low-income communities to provide nutrition education to youth and adults. Series-based curricula like 10 Tips for Adults and Teens encourage water as a healthful substitute for sugary beverages, and participants...
High Risk Patients Learn Nutrition Skills
2017 | Maine
Type of Program Nutrition Education and Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change Summary Community Care Teams (CCTS) are multi-disciplinary, community-based, practice-integrated care management teams that work with...