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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu

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Contact Information

Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu




Fiscal Year:
Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025


Mental Health and Well-being - FCSMajor Program

2648

Total Hours

Contributed.

9193

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

5

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

201

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of partnerships with community organizations, institutions, agencies, or individuals to address mental health and wellbeing in the community.

297

Number of participants who reported an increased knowledge of how to respond to mental health concerns.

934

Number of participants who intend to adopt self-care strategies to improve their own mental health and wellbeing.

1696

Number of participants who intend to adopt strategies to support or promote mental health and wellbeing in their community.

805

Number of participants who reported intended behavior change as a result of participation in mental health and wellbeing programming.

901

Number of participants who adopted self-care strategies to improve their own mental health and wellbeing.

892

Number of participants who adopted strategies to support or promote mental health and wellbeing in their community.

744

Number of participants who reported behavior change as a result of participation in mental health and wellbeing programming.

885

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We are blessed in Grayson County with a local hospital that holds patients and community as a top priority. Over the past several years, FCS Extension in Grayson County has built a strong partnership with Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center. One of the many programs supported by the Womens Auxiliary in the hospital provides hand made sock monkeys to all children undergoing surgery. This program has been implemented for decades, but their stock was running low and they were at risk of not ...

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