The URI SNAP-Ed Transition Project examined how the discontinuation of federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) would affect nutrition education services, resources, and community partnerships across Rhode Island. In collaboration with the Rhode Island Department of Human Services, the project used a community-driven approach to identify partner priorities, anticipated gaps, and opportunities to sustain nutrition education following the program\u2019s end in September 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project included 26 semi-structured interviews with community partners representing diverse sectors, including early care and education, K\u201312 schools, older adult services, food access organizations, Tribal communities, and state agencies. Findings highlighted SNAP-Ed\u2019s value in providing accessible, evidence-based nutrition education, practical resources, staff training, and community connections, while identifying concerns related to staffing capacity, funding, and continued access to educational materials and technical assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Informed by community partner perspectives, the project supported the transition and long-term stewardship of nutrition education resources to organizations across Rhode Island. Additional priorities included strengthening collaboration, identifying opportunities for ongoing technical assistance, and fostering a Community of Practice to support resource sharing and continued coordination among community organizations. This work aims to help preserve the impact of SNAP-Ed and support the continuity of nutrition education for Rhode Islanders with limited resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The URI SNAP-Ed Transition Project examined how the discontinuation of federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) would affect nutrition education services, resources, and community partnerships across Rhode Island. In collaboration with the Rhode Island Department of Human Services, the project used a community-driven approach to identify partner priorities, anticipated gaps, and opportunities […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2097,"featured_media":0,"parent":27678,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"6240,26974,23661,26100,22613,22233","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-27682","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/community-nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/community-nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/community-nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/community-nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2097"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/community-nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/community-nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27687,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/community-nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27682\/revisions\/27687"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/community-nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/community-nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}