Central Region — Collaborators

The Worcester NEP office offers nutrition education programs for adults and youth in the greater Worcester area. Paraprofessional and professional staff collaborate with Head Start pre-school programs, public schools, career training programs, community gardens, family shelters, and pregnant and parenting teen programs to design, develop and teach nutrition lessons to participants at these collaborating agencies. Classroom lessons are tailored to various grade levels and meet multiple Massachusetts Curriculum Standards. Nutrition Education activities also include classroom lessons, single-session workshops, lesson series, educational displays and a variety of printable, take-home nutrition information and healthy recipes, many of which are also available in Spanish.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) Collaborators:

• 21st Century at Worcester Public Schools
• Coes Pond Village Apartments (Worcester)
• Community Harvest Project (Grafton)
• Fitchburg Public Schools
• Florence House and You, Inc. (Worcester)
• Framingham Public Schools
• Girls, Inc. of Worcester
• Guild of St. Agnes Child Care (Worcester)
• Pernet Family Health Service (Worcester)
• Quinsigamond Community College (Worcester)
• Rainbow Child Development Center (Worcester)
• Regional Environmental Council - REC
• South Middlesex Opportunity Council - SMOC Child Care and Head Start
• Webster Public Schools
• Worcester Child Development Head Start
• Worcester County Action Council (Southbridge Head Start)
• Worcester Partnership Program
• Worcester Public Schools

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Collaborators:

• Adult Learning Center, Worcester
• Beryl's House, Worcester
• Centro Las Americas, Worcester
• Clinton Public Schools, ESL Program, Clinton
• Elizabeth's House, Fitchburg
• Faith House, Worcester
• Fieldstone School, Worcester
• Jeremiah’s, Worcester
• Orchard Street, Leominster
• Regional Environmental Council, Worcester
• South Middlesex Opportunity Council,
  • ESOL, Framingham
• Training Resources of America, Worcester
  • CNA training program
  • ESOL
  • Focus
  • Young Parenting Program
  • Youth Build
• Worcester Adult Learning Center, Worcester
• Worcester Community Housing, Worcester
• Y.O.U. Inc., Southbridge