USDA Food Stamp Benefit Calculator

This USDA Food & Nutrion Services Pre-Screening Tool can be used to determine if clients may be eligible to receive Food Stamp benefits.

SC DSS Food Stamp Benefit Calculator

This South Carolina DSS calculator can be used to determine if clients may be eligible to receive Food Stamp benefits.

Area Agencies on Aging

Directory of agencies and services which coordinate and plan for the delivery of services for senior,s prepared by South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

USDA Nutrition Assistance Programs

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) increases food security and reduces hunger in partnership with cooperating organizations by providing children and low-income people access to food, a healthful diet, and nutrition education in a manner that supports American agriculture and inspires public confidence. Information on five Nutrition Assistance Programs provided by USDA FNS.

Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program National Website

This is the website for administrators of state Food Stamp Nutrition Education Programs and statewide networks.The site provides timely updates, facilitate communication between state, regional, and national staff, enchance program design, implementation and evaluation, and strengthen the link between research and practice.

USDA Community Food Security Initiative

This site allows the viewer to learn about the Community Food Security Initiative, Funding and Technical Assistance,the Extent of Hunger in America, and how to take action on The Seven Components of Food Security.

USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center

Discussion of food systems, which includes everything from farm to table, and community food system, which emphasizes eating seasonally while eating locally grown and produced foods are discussed on this site through various articles and papers.

South Carolina Department of Education

Website for SC State Department of Education. A very user friendly site.

US Census Bureau

This is the site for information. Some of the areas on the Census site are People, Geography, Business, Newsroom, and Special Topics.

Clemson University Public Service

Clemson University public Service site covers Economic and Community Development, Food Safety and Nutrition, Youth Development, Environmental Conservation, and Agrisystems Productivity and Profitablity.

The Food Stamp Nutrition Connection

The Food Stamp Nutrition Connection is a resource system for Food Stamp Program nutrition education providers. The site has a Training Center, Resource Library, an area for Hot Topics, and an E-mail discussion Group.

America's Second Harvest Food Bank Locator

America's Second Harvest is the nation's largest domestic hunger relief organization. Through a network of over 200 food banks and food-rescue programs, they provide emergency food assistance to more than 23 million hungry Americans each year, eight million of whom are children.

Programming for Limited-Resource Families

This publication, "Programming for Limited-Rources Families", was developed to help educators expand programming to reach limited-resource learners.

SC Department of Health & Human Services

Department of Health and Human Services official website.

The Nutrition Information Resource Center

The NIRC offers information about food science and nutrition. Through email, users may request information and answers to specific questions. The NIRC also offers links to many other nutrition websites.

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program

The official site for Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service's (CSREES) Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). The site includes publications, Fact Sheets, related links, and success stories.

Healthy Helpings

This site discusses the various programs, commodities, and other information from SC Department of Social SErvices (DSS).

Food Safety Table Tents

Free Adobe Acrobat file with six Food Safety Table Tents that you can print and display at classes.

Nutrition.gov

This government nutrition site covers food facts and food safety, lifecycle issues, health management, food assistance, research, and resources.

Bureau of Epidemiology

The Bureau of Epidemiology has partnerships and linkages with a diverse array of governmental, academic, and non-profit organizations and associations.

The WIC Works Database

The WIC Works database is a comprehensive WIC resource tool. The resources listed in the database span a wide range of topics for all of the WIC audience. Materials include WIC nutrition risk code subject areas such as weight gain guidelines, breastfeeding complications and appropriate feeding techniques, handouts on folic acid for the WIC participants, and technical documents about WIC.

South Carolina Kids Count 2002

The data on families, economic status, health, readiness, school achievement, and adolescent risk behaviors, included in this site, provide a troublesome picture of the condition of children in South Carolina.

Food for Thought: Childrens' Diets in the 1990's