The Springfield NEP office offers nutrition education programs for youth, adults and families in western Massachusetts. Paraprofessional and professional staff collaborate with local public schools, recovery programs, shelters, after-school community programs, career training programs, young parent programs and community agencies to design, develop and teach nutrition lessons to the children, their teachers and parents. Activities include in-classroom lessons, single-session workshops, lesson series, educational displays and distribution of print materials.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) Collaborators:
- Chicopee Public Schools
- Gandara Center - Springfield Family Resource Center
- Greenfield Public Schools
- Holyoke Public Schools
- Springfield Housing Authority
- Springfield Public Schools (Health/PE Program)
- Springfield Public Schools (Preschool Program)
- Square One, Springfield
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Collaborators:
- Acorn St. Boys and Girls Club, Springfield
- Boys and Girls Club of Greater Westfield
- Care Center, Holyoke
- Carew St. Boys and Girls Club, Springfield
- Center for Human Development, Springfield
- Community Adolescent Treatment Program, Springfield
- Shelter, Holyoke
- Foster Parenting Program, West Springfield
- Community Education Project Adult Education, Holyoke
- Department of Youth Services (DYS) Teen Program, Springfield
- Gandara-
- Main Street, Springfield
- Residential Shelter, Chicopee
- Serenity House, Holyoke
- Community Housing Program, Holyoke
- Holyoke Adult Learning Program (Halo)
- Holyoke Public Schools Parent Programs
- Martin Luther King Community Center, Springfield
- Meadow Brook Apartments, Florence
- New England Farm Workers Council, Springfield
- Family First Shelter, Springfield
- New England Farmworkers, Holyoke
- New Beginnings, Holyoke
- Open Pantry Community Service: Teen Living Program, Springfield
- Orange St. Parent Group, Springfield
- Pioneer Valley Opportunity Council- Main St. Inn, Holyoke
- Phoenix Corporation - Phoenix Academy, Springfield
- Providence Ministries – Foodworks, Holyoke
- Salvation Army Youth Program, Holyoke
- Springfield Housing Authority
- Sullivan Housing
- Talk Read and Succeed
- Springfield Parks Dept.
- Springfield Public Schools Parent Programs
- Training Resource of America
- Young Parenting Program, Springfield
- Young Parenting Program, Holyoke
- ESOL programs, Springfield
- Wayfinders, Springfield
- Prospect Shelter, Springfield
- Residential Housing, Indian Orchard
- Woodside Terrace, Springfield
- The Wright Home, Easthampton
- West Springfield Library – ESL Program
- YWCA of Western Mass
- Parent Group, Springfield
- Teen Parents, Springfield