Nutrition Solutions
NOTE: Our UW Extension Nutrition Educators work in both Kenosha
and Racine Counties. Please visit the Racine
County UW Extension Nutrition Education website for the latest local information.
Mission
Working together as a team to educate limited resource audiences
about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle and making
better food choices with the limited resources that are accessible
to them.
Growing numbers of individuals and families are facing economic
challenges and the problem of food insecurity. More people are
living in poverty and increasing numbers are the working poor.
They are confronted with difficult choices in the areas of food
and shelter needs, credit obligations and high medical bills.
In response to the diverse needs and resources of the economically
poor, our purpose is to develop and implement community-based
nutrition education programs.
RKNEP educators have taught nutrition education to:
- families using food stamps
- pregnant teens and teen mothers
- mothers at WIC & immunization clinics
- women in battered shelters
- prisoners in correctional facilities
- women in homeless shelters
- the elderly at senior nutrition sites
- youth at community centers and elementary schools
We collaborate with the following agencies providing nutrition
education and/or budgeting information to the people they serve:
- Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha
- Division of Health Immunization Clinics
- Kenosha County Job Center
- Kenosha Unified School District
- Kenosha Head Start
- Salvation Army
- Shalom Center
- Sharing Center
- Spanish Center
For food and nutrition information, visit these Related sites:
Staff
If you have any questions regarding Nutrition Education in
Kenosha or Racine Counties, please contact: 
Tonya C. Evans , Administrator
Racine/Kenosha Nutrition
Education Program
1220 Mound Avenue
Racine, WI 53404
Phone: 262-635-6824 or toll-free 877-469-3202
Fax: 262-635-1373
Email: tonya.evans@ces.uwex.edu
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