Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)Major Program

10340

Total Hours

Contributed.

56884

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

1611

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

7452

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of individuals reporting improved knowledge, opinions, skills, and/or aspirations in understanding: disaster preparedness, pest management, going green, energy conservation, solid waste management, water conservation, home safety or built environment

6813

Number of individuals who identified one or more practices to improve  disaster preparedness, pest management, going green, etc. 

4778

Number of individuals who implemented one or more practices to improve:  disaster preparedness, pest management, going green, etc.

3388

Number of individuals who assessed the cost savings and/or benefits associated with newly adopted practices 

1237

Number of individuals self-reporting reduced costs associated with newly adopted practices 

1071

Number of people engaged in community strategies to improve the built and natural environment to increase active and healthy lifestyles    

1649

Stories

Healthy Homes Inside and Outside Series

Healthy Homes Inside and Outside SeriesAccording to the Commonwealth of Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services 25.9% of Lawrence County residences are below the poverty line. With this information in mind, the Lawrence County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences Education and the Lawrence County Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources Education collaborated to create and deliver a series of classes with the goal of helping under-served and diverse participants to evaluat...

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Healthy Homes Inside and Outside Series

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • Cardinal Hill acessible youth garden

    With our partners at Cardinal Hill, we worked to increase accessibility in their outdoor garden areas. Specifically we added a section of raised garden beds for the early childhood education rehab pro... Read More

  • Stewart Home & School

    Since 1893, Stewart Home & School has been a community dedicated to the education of students with intellectual disabilities. The schools philosophy has always centered on providing enriched opportuni... Read More

  • Senior Expo

    Seventy-six million American children were born between 1945 and 1964. This generation is known as the “Baby Boomers”. Henderson Countys 65 years and older age group has increased by 11.17% over the l... Read More

  • Walking For Health in Rockcastle County

    According to studies by Harvard (2012) individuals can lower their risks for cardiovascular disease by 20% by walking 20 minutes 3 times per week. This was the overall goal that the FCS encouraged... Read More

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