The expanded food and nutrition education program (efnep) at the university of arizona's focus is to work in low-resourced communities across the state, and particularly, families within these…

The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded the University of Arizona $758,221 under the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP, CFDA 10.514) on October 1, 2025.

The University of Arizona will deliver multi-series direct education classes in six Arizona counties to adult and youth audiences using nationally recognized curricula, targeting low-resourced families with children ages 0–19. The program addresses dietary choices, physical activity, food safety, food resource management, and food security. The University of Arizona will partner with community organizations to encourage policy, systems, and environmental changes that promote healthy choices in the places where families live, work, and play. Deliverables include pre- and post-intervention survey data, entry and exit 24-hour food recalls, and participant and partner success stories to assess program effectiveness.

Work is performed in Tucson, Arizona, across six of Arizona's 15 counties. The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030. This is a formula grant to an 1862 land-grant institution, the only eligible recipient category for EFNEP funding.

The expanded food and nutrition education program (efnep) at the university of arizona's focus is to work in low-resourced communities across the state, and particularly, families within these communities who have children ages 0-19. The program's focus is to increase knowledge, skills, and healthy behavior adoption in dietary choices, physical activity, food safety, food resource management, and food security. Currently, the university of arizona's efnep program isin six of the state's 15 counties. The program will provide multi-series direct education classes in these counties to adult and youth audiences using nationally recognized curricula. The program will also work with community partners where classes are occurring to encourage policy, systems, and environmental changes to make the healthy choice the easy choice where families live, work, and play. Deliverables will include pre and post survey data, entry and exit 24-hour food recalls, and success stories provided by participants and community partners to determine the effectiveness of the program in supporting families and communities to achieve their health and well-being goals.