(The) Limited Income Nutrition Education Program
Cooperative Extension System in Maine (that work with
Poverty Programs)
University of Maine County Extension Educators supervising
either Limited Income Nutrition Aids and/or Senior Companions
(The) Limited Income Nutrition Education Program
University of Maine Cooperative Extension System
304 Corbett Hall
Orono, ME 04469
ph: 207-581-3238, 207-581-3107
contact: John Rebar, Rae Clark-McGrath
The Limited Income Nutrition Education Program (LINEP) is funded federally by the EFNEP, state controlled, and locally delivered by about 46 people to 800 people state-wide. The LINEP is a program that expands the EFNEP to include clients who are receiving state distributed food stamps awarded by the Federal Food and Nutrition Service and parents of young children. The LINEP collaborates with Area Agencies on Aging and the State Food Stamp Program to provide education about nutrition for people with limited incomes. A system that reports the client contacts to the EFNEP is used to measure the success of the program. Clients are identified by local organizations, Area Agencies on Aging, and the Food Stamp Program and are reached through home visits, mail, and group meetings. Positive changes which occur as a result of the LINEP are altered eating habits, improved use of food stamps, and increased knowledge about nutrition. Although this method is twenty-six years old, expansion of the EFNEP to include the elderly and food stamp recipients is new. Some of the challenges met in running the program have included administrative as well as client resource issues. Hiring twenty-two new employees for the expansion recently was challenging. Clients' lack of knowledge and access to resources is another predicament the program faces.
Cooperative Extension System in Maine (that work
with Poverty Programs)
Phyllis Drum, Nutrition Professional
301 Corbett Hall
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469
ph: 207-581-3443, 1-800-287-0274
-works with 40 paraprofessionals on Limited Income nutrition programs
Deborah Killam, Project Director, Senior Companion Program (SCP, Older
Americans Act)
322 Corbett Hall
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469
ph: 207-581-3874, 1-800-287-0274
-directs 86 senior companions working in eight counties
Wanda Lincoln, SCP Coordinator
325 Corbett Hall
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469
ph: 207-581-3177, 1-800-287-0274
University of Maine County Extension Educators supervising either Limited Income Nutrition Aids and/or Senior Companions.
Nancy Bradford-Sission, Extension Educator
Aroostook County Extension Office
Central Building
P.O. Box 8
Houlton, ME 04730
ph: 207-532-6548, 1-800-287-1469
Patricia Snell
Aroostook County Extension Office
Central Building
P.O. Box 8
Houlton, ME 04730
ph: 207-532-6548. 1-800-287-1469
Debra Eckart
Washington County Extension Office
11 Water Street
Machias, ME 04605
ph: 207-255-3345, 1-800-287-1542
Joyce Klefner
Hancock County Extension Office
RR #5 Boggy Brook Road
Ellsworth, ME 04605
ph: 207-667-8212, 1-800-287-1479
Jane Conroy
Piscataquis County Extension Office
Court House Complex
Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426
ph: 207-564-3301, 1-800-287-1491
Dorothea Cloutier
Somerset County Extension Office
Norridgewock Avenue
P.O. Box 98
Skowhegan, ME 04976
ph: 207-474-9622, 1-800-287-1495
Marsha Ryck
Kennebec County Extension Office
125 State Street
Augusta, ME 04330-5692
ph: 207-622-7546, 1-800-287-1481
Shirley Hagar
Androscoggin/Sagadahoc County Extension Office
133 Western Avenue
Auburn, ME 04210
ph: 207-786-0376, 1-800-287-1458
Pat Vertefeuille, Extension 4-H Associate
Cumberland County Extension Office
P.O. Box 9300
Portland, ME 04104-9300
ph: 207-780-4205, 1-800-287-1471
Patricia Pierson
Waldo County Extension Office
RR #2 Box 641
Belfast, ME 04915
ph: 207-342-5971, 1-800-287-1426
Lizbeth S. Mullins, Extension Educator
York County Extension Office
RFD 2, Box 1678
Sanford, ME 04073
ph: 207-423-2814, 1-800-287-1535
Wendy Legg Pollack, Extension Educator
Oxford County Extension Office
9 Olson Road
South Paris, ME 04281
ph: 207-743-6329, 1-800-287-1482
Richard Barr
Franklin County Extension Office
78 Main Street
P.O. Box 670
Farmington, ME 04939
ph: 207-778-4650, 1-800-287-1478
Lizbeth Mullins, Member, Pathways from Poverty Taskforce
York County Extension Office
RFD 2, Box 1678
Sanford, ME 40473
ph: 207-324-2814, 1-800-287-1535
Conrad Griffin, Community Development Specialist
Member, Maine Pathways from Poverty Taskforce
5741 Libby Hall, Room 110
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469
ph: 207-581-3168, 1-800-287-0274
John Rebar, Program Administrator
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
5741 Libby Hall
Orono, ME 04469
ph: 207-581-3238, 1-800-287-0274
Comments to: crs@uvm.edu Reviewed on 4/10/97