Overview

Population

Total population is 130,273 (2006)

• 93.1% White, 2.8% African American, 3.3% Asian,.2% Native American/Alaska, .6% reported two or more races.
  
• Median Household Income $87,701 (2004)
• Persons below poverty level 3.1%
• Hunterdon County has one of the highest rates of increasing poverty populations in the state

USDA SNAP Participating Families

• Hunterdon County has the lowest percentage of SNAP Participants in the entire state
• 371 households in Hunterdon County are SNAP participants
• 1,088 individuals are SNAP Participants as of September 2008.
• Flemington has the highest number of SNAP families with concentrated pockets of SNAP families living in Lambertville, Raritan Township and Readington

Hunterdon County SNAP-Ed Project

• Non Duplication

  There is no EFNEP programming in Hunterdon County

• Project Objectives

  To promote the SNAP-Ed program and its statewide mission. To increase food security through nutrition education programs to SNAP eligible families, adults and children.

• Project Activities

  Hunterdon county pilots Food Wise, the Home Study SNAP-Ed Program. The Food Wise curriculum will be delivered to supervised living facilities such as: (Anderson House Inc., Good News Home for Women, Easter Seals). Five A Day Supermarket Tours are offered in conjunction with several retail grocery chains in Hunterdon County with focus on fruits and vegetables.

• Evaluation

  The evaluation methodology which is used includes an overall measurement of the impact of nutrition education amongst the senior population of SNAP program participants. The ERS reporting system is used for Pre and Post Diet Recalls and Behavioral Checklists. Only the Behavioral Checklist is used in programs lasting less than 6 weeks. An evaluation report of the project will be submitted for possible publication in a peer reviewed Nutrition and/or Family and Consumer Sciences journal.

Collaborative Relationships

RCE of Hunterdon County
Anderson House Inc.
The ARC of Hunterdon County
Easter Seals of NJ - Hunterdon County
Good News Home for Women
Hagedorn Geo-Psychiatric Hospital
Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission - Adult Basic Education
United Cerebral Palsy

Contact

Kim Seppelt, Program Associate
Hunterdon County SNAP-Ed
RCE of Hunterdon County
4 Gauntt Place
Flemington, NJ 08822
Phone: (908) 788-1342
Fax: (908) 806-4735
Kssep@rci.rutgers.edu