College of Industrial Labor Relations
College ofVeterinary Medicine
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
College of Human Ecology
APPLES AND ORANGES? A TALE OF TWO COUNTIES IN NEW YORK STATE
Jamie DollahiteDivision of Nutritional SciencesCornell University March 3, 2011
Overview
Cornell Cooperative Extension nutrition programs, including EFNEP
Statewide distribution Showcasing 2 counties: Oswego and New York Campus guidance/initiatives Questions
Seamless programming with EFNEP and SNAP-Ed Mostly small group audiences Minimum of 6 lessons per participant for graduation Currently 58 different counties offer nutrition
programming—supervisor + paraprofessional staff in each site (~350 total staff)
CCE Nutrition Programs
Western Region
Finger Lakes Region
North Country Region
Hudson Valley Region
Capital Region
NYC Region
Long Island Region
Counties with only SNAP-Ed
Counties with 1 Nutrition Educator
Oswego County and NYC
Cornell Cooperative ExtensionOswego County
Cornell Cooperative ExtensionBrooklyn, New York City
Snapshot of Oswego
Residents: 121,377 (128/sq mile) Poverty : 16% < poverty level
34% <185% poverty: Staff: 2.7 FTE’s
(1.4 EFNEP; 1.3 SNAP-Ed; effort ~95% adult: 5% youth)
Adult graduates per year: ~20053% one-on-one47% group
Key initiative: Stork program for pregnant women
A Story from Oswego
Snapshot of Brooklyn
Residents: 2,486,235 (10,000/sq mile) Poverty: 22% Staff on site: 18.6 FTE’s
(5.7 EFNEP; 12.9 SNAP-Ed; effort ~90 adult:10 youth)
Adult graduates per year: ~2,500100 % group
Key initiatives: CHANCE, Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program, Brownsville Medical Center partnership
A Story in Brooklyn
Courtesy of Adrian Miles
Courtesy of Megan Lent
At the end of the day….
“It’s all neighborhoods!”- Ruth Lowenburg, former extension associate in Harlem
Foundation for all programming: Professional Development
Initial training Paraprofessionals—Navigating for Success) Supervisors—Training for New Nutrition Supervisors;
Taking the Helm)
Continuing Professional Development Nutrition Updates—twice a year for supervisory staff Regional trainings—at least quarterly for
paraprofessional staff
Foundation for all programming: Standard Operating Procedures
Policy and Procedure Manual Site visit protocol Dialogue approach/ 4A lesson planning Approved curricula Progression records
Current campus-based initiatives
Children CHANCE (Collaboration for Health, Activity and
Nutrition in Children’s Environments—includes Healthy Children, Healthy Families: Parents Making a Difference)
Choose Health: Eat and Play Well (for 8-11 year olds)
Cooking Up Fun! (for 9+ years old)
Pre-diabetes/diabetes-oriented curriculum Breastfeeding/perinatal curriculum
Questions?