UGA Cooperative Extension
Richmond County Extension Office:
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
- Mission Statement
- Adults
- TAMS - Teenage Mothers
- Educational Events
- Newsletters
- Additional Resources
- Contacts
Mission Statement
The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is federally funded and conducted through the Cooperative Extension Service in every state and U.S. territory. For over 30 years, EFNEP has been helping families learn how to eat healthier meals and snacks, stretch their food dollars, and reduce the risk of food-borne illness and chronic diseases. Families and youth acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behaviors necessary for nutritionally sound diets.
Adults
In these demanding times with the challenges of increase food prices, EFNEP provides a variety of tools and ideas to help families cut food costs and provide healthy meals and snacks for family members. Participants enrolled in EFNEP will enjoy a rewarding experience.
Participation in the program should result in:
- Improved diets and nutritional welfare for the total family.
- Increased knowledge of the essentials of human nutrition.
- Increased ability to select and buy food that satisfies nutritional needs.
- Improved practices in food production, preparation, storage, safety, and sanitation.
- Increased ability to manage food budgets and related resources such as food stamps.
Other benefits
- Receive free recipes and shopping tips
- Classes to fit any schedule
- Small group instructions
- Graduation certificate upon completion
- Reducing The Risk of Food Borne Illness
- Decrease Risk of Chronic Disease
- Heart
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Parenting skills and support group for Teen Mothers
- Improving Nutrition and Exercise Habits
- Increasing Knowledge of Food Budgeting
- Safe Food and Handling
- Food Preservation
TAMS - Teenage Mothers
The average weight gain for pregnant women enrolled in EFNEP, specifically for pregnant teens, falls within the recommended weight gain range for pregnancy. The average birth weight of babies is 1-1/12 pounds above low birth weight. Improved diets of pregnant women can lower the risk of babies being born with birth defects or of low birth weght. Pregnant women enrolled in EFNEP learn how to:
- Eat healthy
- Properly feed infants and the benefits of breastfeeding
- Properly feed pre-school children
- Provide positive food experience for children
Through the use of innovative ideas, EFNEP staff bring fun food experiences that teach children healthy food choices. Programs are conducted in a variety of settings:
- Pre-school child care centers
- School-based classes
- After-school community classes
- Summer workshops and day camps
- 4-H classes
Education Events
- 4-H and Day Camps
- Power to Prevent Diabetes
- Choose to Live Diabetes Education
Newsletters
Additional Resources
Contacts
For more information contact Ramona Adams, Area Extension Agent and EFNEP County Program Coordinator for Augusta-Richmond and Washington Counties or an EFNEP Program Assistant. (706) 821-2578.
| Name | Phone | Extension | |
| Adams, Ramona | 706-821-2482 | 304 | mona@uga.edu |
| Brooks, Janet | 706-821-2578 | 311 | jmbrooks@uga.edu |
| Gwendolyn Jackson | 706-821-2578 | 305 | gtjack@uga.edu |
| Leverett, Sonia | 706-821-2578 | 312 | smlev@uga.edu |
| VACANT | 706-821-2578 | 313 | |
| VACANT | 706-821-2578 | 314 |
Address & Phone
Richmond County Extension
EFNEP Program
602 Greene Street
Augusta, GA 30901-1428
(706) 821-2482
(706) 821-2584 Fax
