Expanded Nutrition Program

Expanded Nutrition Program (ENP) of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service is a flagship nutrition education program funded by USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service. At the national level, it is known as the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). Since 1969, ENP has worked in local Texas communities providing food and nutrition education to vulnerable limited resource families and youth. Today the program is located in nine counties: Bexar, Cameron, Dallas, El Paso, Harris, Hidalgo, Nueces, Tarrant, and Travis. Trained ENP educators teach basic nutrition, food safety, shopping on a budget, and food preparation skills to clients using hands-on activities and practical, easy-to-understand materials.