Extension Update
Food Stamp Program Changes Name
The National Food Stamp Program is now the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP. This name change better reflects changes to the Food Stamp Program over the last 40 years.
States have the option of changing their Food Stamp Program name. In New Hampshire, the Dept. of Health and Human Services has decided to keep the name "Food Stamp Program" due largely to the expense of changing the name.
This change impacts UNH Cooperative Extension's NH Food Stamp Nutrition Education (FSNE) Plan. FSNE is now called SNAP-Education, or SNAP-Ed. Because Extension's program is funded by the federal SNAP program and not New Hampshire, UNH Cooperative Extension will follow the national program's lead and change our grant's name to SNAP-Ed. The "Nutrition Connections" umbrella remains the same.
Posted September 14, 2009
The National Food Stamp Program is now the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP. This name change better reflects changes to the Food Stamp Program over the last 40 years.
States have the option of changing their Food Stamp Program name. In New Hampshire, the Dept. of Health and Human Services has decided to keep the name "Food Stamp Program" due largely to the expense of changing the name.
This change impacts UNH Cooperative Extension's NH Food Stamp Nutrition Education (FSNE) Plan. FSNE is now called SNAP-Education, or SNAP-Ed. Because Extension's program is funded by the federal SNAP program and not New Hampshire, UNH Cooperative Extension will follow the national program's lead and change our grant's name to SNAP-Ed. The "Nutrition Connections" umbrella remains the same.
Posted September 14, 2009