Recruiting EFNEP Participants: Process and Materials

Abstract

In response to hunger in the United States, the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) was created in 1968 to provide information about nutritious food choices, food safety, food budgeting, and physical activity to adults and children with limited resources. The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program is taught by paraprofessionals who come from the target population. According to Colorado State University EFNEP, families are usually referred to EFNEP by program participants and graduates; community agencies affiliatedwith the EFNEP also refer adults and children. Prior to this project, Colorado EFNEP did not use any printedmaterials to recruit potential EFNEP participants, similar to the lack of recruitment materials for potential EFNEP agency partners.