Consumer Resource ManagementPlan of Work

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Allen County CES

Title:
Consumer Resource Management
MAP:
Develop Economic Sustainability
Agents Involved:
Adam Huber, Anna Meador, Kelly Burgess
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Securing Financial Stability (general)
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Money Habitudes
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Home & Consumer Horticulture
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
4-H Family and Consumer Science Core Curriculum
Situation:

Financial security of Allen County families and individuals continues to be the most critical priority issue identified by community leaders’ needs assessments. Specific issues identified include lack of financial literacy, lack of retirement planning and consumer resource management. Allen County’s 2013 median income is $39,798, substantially below Kentucky’s median income of $43,307. The continued lack of employment opportunities or underemployment situations, coupled with increased living costs , demand higher consumer skills in resource management and financial planning for sustaining quality of life.

Long-Term Outcomes:

*Number of clientele increasing their income as well as maximizing consumption value per resource

*Number of families reporting improved financial sustainability as a result of sustained financial planning skills

Intermediate Outcomes:

*Number of people demonstrating practices resulting in increased savings or investments for retirement security

*Number of families developing multigenerational financial planning strategies

*Number of clientele practicing resource management skills for value purchases

Initial Outcomes:

*Adults & youth increasing financial literacy regarding money habitudes and general attitudes for saving money

*Clientele demonstrate practical living skills related to improved consumer consumption and employability

Clientele increase knowledge to retirement planning and investment skills

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Youth increase awareness of money attitudes and behavior changes necessary for financial literacy

Indicator: activity completion

Method: Money Habitude classroom evaluations

Timeline: October, 2019


Intermediate Outcome: Practice life skills consumer resource management for savings and value purchases

Indicator: demonstrated implementation of value purchasing concepts

Method: Homemaker surveys

Timeline: July, 2019-June 2020


Long-term Outcome: Allen County families increase financial stability

Indicator: per capita income increase

Method: government financial data measures

Timeline: July, 2019-June, 2021

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Pre-retirement men & women

Project or Activity: Financial Literacy Month "Road to Retirement" media campaign

Content or Curriculum: state specialist curriculum, social security program content

Inputs: social security administration resources, UK retirement curriculums

Date: April, 2020


Audience: Teens

Project or Activity: Money Habitudes classroom programs, "PiggyBank Pageant" design project

Content or Curriculum: Money Habitides

Inputs: state specialist resources, curriculum fact sheets, activities , High school teacher support, community bank funding, resources;

Date: October, 2020


Audience: General Public

Activity: Monthly Radio and weekly Newspaper Features – WVLE and Citizen Times

Content or curriculum: Moneywise, America Saves, Kentucky Saves

Inputs: local station and newspaper public service airtime & column space;

Date: July 2019-June 2020


Project or Activity: Extension Homemakers

Project or Activity: Community Recycling Day – spring & fall drives

Content or curriculum: solid waste management; recycling information

Inputs: County fiscal court recycling equipment, support staff for collections; news media, member club challenges & recognition.

Date: November, 2019; March 2020


Audience: Extension Homemakers

Project or Activity: Club leader trainings \educational programs: "Home Repairs", "Household Pest Control"

Content or Curriculum: UK publications, specialist/agent curriculum

Inputs: UK specialist expertise, Extension Homemaker cash resources, member volunteer time

Date: January, May 2020



Audience:4-H Youth

Project or Activity:Dollars and Sense, Reality Store, APES

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum

Inputs: Paid staff, school administration, teachers, Volunteers

Date: July-June


Audience: Master Gardeners

Project or Activity: Master Gardener Association Monthly Meetings and Volunteer Activities

Content or Curriculum: Master Gardener Curriculum, Member and County Staff Presentations, Volunteer Projects

Inputs: County Staff, Extension Specialists, Industry Personnel, Extension Publications, Local Media, Social Media.

Date: Year Round


Audience: Prospective Master Gardeners

Project or Activity: Master Gardener Class

Content or Curriculum: Master Gardener Curriculum

Inputs: County Staff, Extension specialists, Industry Personnel, Local Media, Social Media.

Date: February 2019 - April 2020



Audience: Home Vegetable Gardeners

Project or Activity: Vegetable Gardening Workshop

Content: Vegetable production, fertility, pest control, etc.

Inputs: County Extension Staff, Extension Specialists, Extension publication and educational materials, social media, etc.

Date: May 2020



Success Stories

Farm to Table

Author: Adam Huber

Major Program: Local Food System Development and Mapping

Allen County is home to major agriculture production. We take pride in our agriculture community. National Farm city week is held in November every year and to support our farmers we have a farm to table lunch at the extension office. This event is presented by the Allen County Extension Service, Chamber of Commerce, Kentucky Farm Bureau and local farmers. The purpose of this event is to show appreciation for our farmers and so stakeholders, elected officials and community members can get to kno

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Innovative Teaching Tools

Author: Adam Huber

Major Program: Sustainable Agriculture

According to research from HubSpot, YouTube is the second most trafficked website behind google, and four times as many people prefer watching video on YouTube rather than on social media platforms.  The Simpson County Ag Advisory Council and local clientele indicated that they would benefit from credible educational videos about local timely topics pertaining to agriculture, horticulture and natural resources.Therefore, the Simpson and Allen County Extension Agents for Agriculture &am

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Extension Toolbox

Author: Adam Huber

Major Program: Community Engagement

In response to COVID-19 closings, Allen County Cooperative Extension sought to meet a community need to provide continued education opportunities amid the new social and distance learning climate along with maintaining agriculture services for Extension clientele.  In an effort to provide new and innovative opportunities, the 4-H, ANR and FCS programs collaborated to develop programs during COVID-19 that would meet youth, families, home-owners and farmer’s needs.  The E

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