Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Published: 2019
By Julianne Snedigar

SNAP-Ed continues to provide nutrition education to eligible individuals within Blaine and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap Reservation. Some individuals who are eligible are families with children, youth, seniors, single individuals and individuals with developmental disabilities. The program strives to help Montanans “Buy, Eat, Live Better” by saving money on food, making healthy eating choices, and incorporating more physical activity into their daily lives. Over the past year, Blaine County SNAP educator Joann Beard focused largely on education with youth in area schools. She visited five area schools and taught a series of lessons to more than 250 youth in first, third and fifth grades. The people of Blaine and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap Reservation continue to benefit from the direct and indirect contact they have with the Blaine County SNAP-Ed program.