NEP equips limited-resource families to live healthier lives through classes and policy, system and environmental (PSE) initiatives. In 2024, NEP in Lancaster County taught 5,500 adults and 7,700 youth in 1,850 classes. NEP fostered 51 PSE changes to increase health accessibility and affordability.
Pictured:
• (Upper left) Alaya Greene teaching youth at the Malone Center about healthy eating.
• (Upper right) Hannah Schielke serving samples at a local farmers’ market to promote the Double Up Food Bucks program (which gives SNAP recipients up to $20 a day in fresh produce).
• (Lower left) Lori Vossler preparing fresh garden produce with Healthy Recipe Kit recipients (over 600 kits were distributed in 2024).
• (Lower right) Zahraa Rida working with a participant to learn their cultural food practices.