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Celebrating 30 Years of SNAP-Ed

This past year, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Education (SNAP-Ed) celebrated 30 years of providing evidence-based nutrition education and obesity prevention initiatives to SNAP…

Steps to Health Makes Virtual Impacts in FY22

During FY22, Steps to Health messages to support healthy eating and physical activity made 517,070 impressions on social media and 3,804,985 impressions through social marketing implementation of…

3 Steps to Health Toolkits Selected for National SNAP-Ed Website!

Steps to Health is getting some acknowledgement and exposure on the national level! Every year, the National SNAP-Ed team collects submissions from implementing programs from around the country. The…

Steps to Health SNAP‑Ed infographic summarizing outcomes: 10,720 participants; 4,683 residents

Making Impacts in New Ways!

Social media and social marketing have taken center stage in reaching people during a pandemic. In FY2021. Steps to Health was able to provide at least five messages a week to followers on Facebook,…

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow Tapped for Vaccine Education Program

As NC State Extension continues its effort to deliver vaccine education to North Carolina farmworkers, a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty member is playing a leading role in a…

Report of Steps to HEalth Impact, infographic

Steps to Health Reaches Out Virtually in 2020

Steps to Health is NC State University’s SNAP-Ed program. We empower youth, adults, and communities through evidence-based nutrition programs to promote healthy eating behaviors and food resource…

Enjoying Apples From the Farm to the Table

Help us celebrate NC Crunch Day by biting into an apple with us tomorrow. Every year the Farm to School Coalition of North Carolina organizes a day in which we all can crunch into one of our most…

SNAP Benefits to Increase in Fiscal Year 2021

2020 has been a difficult year but in every tragedy, there is triumph. The USDA has decided to increase SNAP benefits for the upcoming fiscal year. SNAP participants will receive more assistance to…

In the Cards

As unemployment surged in North Carolina this spring during the COVID-19 pandemic, so did the demand for food from food banks, food pantries and other emergency sources. Two NC State Extension…

SNAP-Ed Makes Big Impacts Across the State

North Carolina State University's Steps to Health program is just one of nine SNAP-Ed programs in the state of North Carolina. Every day, all of the implementing agencies empower North Carolinians to…