SNAP-Ed

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Education (SNAP-Ed) is a federally funded grant program that supports evidence-based nutrition education and obesity prevention interventions and projects for persons eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through complementary direct education, multi-level interventions, and community and public health approaches to improve nutrition.

SNAP-Ed is an evidence-based program that helps people lead healthier lives. SNAP-Ed teaches people using or eligible for SNAP about good nutrition and how to make their food dollars stretch further. SNAP-Ed participants also learn to be physically active.

Please contact Marylynne Kostick, at 360-740-3327, with any questions about current projects.

In the Spring and Summer of 2024, Blue Zones Activate Lewis County Lewis County Public Health & Social Services conducted a Food Skills Inventory Survey to gather information about food skills learning opportunities in Lewis County that were offered within the last year.

2024 Lewis County Food Skills Inventory full report.

How does SNAP Market Match Work?

Lewis County farmers markets participating in SNAP Market Match, 2024:

Community Famers Market of Chehalis
Every Tuesday, June-October
11am - 4pm @ N Market Blvd at NE Boistfort St, Chehalis

Toledo Thursday Market
Every Thursday
2pm – 6pm @ Steamboat Landing, Toledo

Centralia Farmers Market
Every Friday, May-September
11am – 4pm @ 600 Centralia College Blvd., Centralia

Morton Farmers Market
Every Saturday, May-September
10am - 2pm @ 700 Main Ave., Morton

Look for the SNAP Market Match currency, logo, and vendor signs at local farmers markets. 

How does SNAP Produce Match work?

Lewis County grocery stores participating in SNAP Produce Match, 2024:

Centralia Safeway
1129 Harrison
Centralia, WA 98531

Chehalis Safeway
1100 S. Market Blvd.
Chehalis, WA 98532