Springfield Office

Collaborators

The Springfield NEP office offers nutrition education programs for youth, adults and families in the greater Springfield and Holyoke areas. Paraprofessional and professional staff collaborate with local public schools, recovery programs, shelters, after-school community programs, career training programs, young parent programs and community agencies to design, develop and teach nutrition lessons to the children, their teachers and parents. Activities include in-classroom lessons, single-session workshops, lesson series, educational displays and distribution of print materials.

Family Nutrition Program Collaborators:

• Area farmers market.
• Hampden County Sheriffs Dept. Day Reporting Program.
• Springfield North WIC.
• Springfield Public Schools.
• The Care Center.
• YWCA of Western Massachusetts.

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Collaborators:

• Corporation for Public Management.
• Center for Human Development.
• Eleanor House.
• Holyoke Community College Step Program.
• Holyoke public schools.
• Martin Luther King Community Center.
• Massachusetts Career Development Institute. 
• New England Farm Workers.
• Phoenix House.
• Salvation Army.
• Springfield Housing Authority.
• Springfield Parks Department.
• Training Resource of America.
• Weston Rehabilitation Center.