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SNAP-ED

What is Snap-ED?

What is
Snap-ED?

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-ED) is a federally funded grant program that helps participants eat healthier and stay active.

We hope to give Georgians the tools where they live, work, play, learn, shop, and eat so that they can make the healthy choice, the preferred choice.

What is the SNAP-Ed Focus?

SNAP-ED works to teach people about healthy eating and meaningful movement. For those with nutrition-related diseases, such as obesity or diabetes, the program hopes to delay or even prevent them through creating long-lasting healthy habits.

Who Qualifies for Classes and Services?

  • People currently receiving SNAP, WIC, TANF or any other means-tested federal assistance program
  • People at sites such as food pantries, food banks, soup kitchens, public housing and SNAP/TANF job readiness programs
  • People that live in a low-income census tract or zip code
  • People that are eligible for public assistance programs and are currently not receiving public assistance 

CHECK YOUR
ELIGIBILITY

Click the button below to check your eligibility for SNAP-Ed and other federal assistance programs.

SNAP-ED Eligibility

Additional Information

Nutrition education can be offered either in-person or online, and it involves demonstration of recipes and providing guidance on nutrition. The SNAP-ED Program Coordinator conducts awareness campaigns to enroll participants, who must commit to attending 8 sessions that can be held weekly or twice a week.

Additional Information

Nutrition education can be offered either in-person or online, and it involves demonstration of recipes and providing guidance on nutrition. The SNAP-ED Program Coordinator conducts awareness campaigns to enroll participants, who must commit to attending 8 sessions that can be held weekly or twice a week.

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Community Health Assessment / Community Health Improvement Plans

Community Health Assessments (CHA) and Community Health Improvement Plans (CHIP) have been created for the three counties we serve.

The community-wide health assessment, which examines the county’s health status, is intended to help shape the collaborative efforts to improve the health of residents.

The community health improvement plan describes how the Health Department and a variety of community partners will work together to improve the health of the population through various projects and programs.

Access each county’s CHA and CHIP below:

Gwinnett County

Newton County

Rockdale County

To request previous versions of the CHA and CHIP, contact us.

What’s an epidemiologist?​

Epidemiologists are public health workers who investigate patterns and causes of disease and injury. They seek to reduce the risk and occurrence of negative health outcomes through research, community education and health policy.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics https://www.bls.gov/

Benefits

Full-time employees are eligible for an extensive and highly-competitive network of benefits.

Benefits package includes:

  • 13 paid holidays per year

  • Three weeks of Annual (Vacation) Leave per year

  • Three weeks of Sick Leave per year

  • Retirement plan through the State of Georgia Employee’s Retirement System which provides for a defined monthly pension upon retirement

  • 401(k) retirement savings plan to supplement pension plan, which includes an agency contribution based on the employee’s contribution amount

  • Life Insurance
    Payroll deductible health insurance and flexible benefits options including Dental, Vision, Long-term Care, Spouse Life, Dependent Life, AD&D, as well as Short-term and Long-term Disability

  • Medical and Childcare Spending Accounts available

  • Employees are eligible to become members of the Atlanta Postal Credit Union and/or the Georgia’s Own Credit Union.