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UF/IFAS tells Flagler County nutrition program faces funding cutoff; local educators seek alternatives
Summary
UF/IFAS Extension presented the Family Nutrition Program’s work in Flagler County and warned federal funding has been zeroed out effective Oct. 1, 2025; the university and local educators said they are exploring carry-forward funds and alternative local funding to keep classes, school gardens and other supports running.
Carla Shellnut, professor and associate dean for extension engagement at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS), told the Flagler County Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 4 that the UF/IFAS Extension Family Nutrition Program provides nutrition education for SNAP-eligible youth in Flagler County but faces a funding cutoff on Oct. 1, 2025.
Shellnut said the Family Nutrition Program (FNP) is an implementing agency of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) education in Florida and that federal funds flow through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (USDA FNS) and the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) to UF/IFAS Extension. She described classroom and…
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