Purdue University was awarded a $969,996 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to deliver nutrition education services aimed at improving dietary quality and food security for limited-resource children and families participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The grant was awarded on January 15, 2022 under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive grants program (CFDA #10.310), which provides funding for research, extension, and education projects addressing food and agricultural sciences.
Over a five-year period ending January 14, 2027, Purdue University will conduct a longitudinal randomized controlled study to evaluate the impact of adult-focused direct SNAP education on child dietary intake and household food security. Assessment methods will include repeated 24-hour dietary recalls and the U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module administered before, during, and one year after a 10-week nutrition education intervention period. If effective, supplementary on-demand nutrition education materials will be developed focused on improving healthy dietary intake for children and adults experiencing food insecurity. Two sub-awards were also issued under the grant to Texas A&M Agrilife Research and Wake Forest University Health Sciences to support project objectives.
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