This document printed from the University of Illinois Extension Cook County at http://www.extension.uiuc.edu/cook/
Family Nutrition Program (FNP)
Educational Programs for Youth and Adults
Buying nutritious food and feeding a family on a limited budget is not easy. Many limited income individuals and families often need additional resources to help them buy food for their families. Eligible Illinois residents receive an average of $2231 a month in food stamp benefits each month. A large number of the food stamp recipients are children, elderly or working poor. In addition, more than 63%2 percent of the Cook County's school age children are eligible for free or reduced breakfast and lunch.
The Family Nutrition Program is a federally funded program that provides nutrition education for persons eligible for food stamps. The program is designed to help these individuals learn ways of using their food stamp benefits and limited income to purchase healthy foods for themselves and their families.
We offer a variety of workshops in English and Spanish in these general areas:
¨ Basic Nutrition
¨ Active Lifestyles
¨ Food Safety
¨ Food Dollar Budgeting
These programs are available for groups of youth and adults at community based organizations and health fairs throughout Cook County. FNP is funded through the Food Stamp Administrative Funds by the Food, Nutrition and Consumer Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Click HERE to schedule a program at your organization or to request addtional information.
1United Stated Department of Agriculture Food & Nutrition Service, Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 2006 (Alexandria, VA: Office of Analysis, Nutrition and Evaluation, 2007).
2Illinois State Board of Education, Free and Reduced-Price Meal Eligibility Data (Springfield, IL: ISBE, 2008).
