Extension
It Starts With Us
Nurturing Families
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Cathy Jansen, Joyce Doyle, Christin Herbst
Mold and Moisture Module
Radon Module
Grandparents and Grandchildren Together
4-H Communications and Expressive Arts Core Curriculum
Per County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, Carroll County is 87out 120 Counties for health outcomes. 44% of children in single-parent households
Healthy couple and parenting relationships and resulting family stability benefit the well-being of adults and children. Co-habiting, same-sex, divorced, widowed and single households are the new majority. Stresses on military families are more difficult and prolonged because of the demands on military personnel to serve multiple deployments, frequently in combat zones. Children who live absent from their biological fathers are two to three times more likely to be poor, to experience educational, health, emotional and behavioral problems than their peers who live with their married, biological (or adoptive) parents. In 2013, 25 percent of Kentucky children lived in poverty, ranking Kentucky 40th in the nation. Children who live in poverty are more likely to have learning disabilities and developmental delays. Furthermore, children who start kindergarten with delayed development and fewer assets are by far more likely to repeat grades, get tracked into lower-tier classes and drop out of high school than more advantaged children. More than half of Kentucky’s 56 judicial circuits have some form of mandated divorce education; more such education is needed.
How we live life is ever-changing but learning basic life skills is still as important as ever. Learning to practice healthy habits, select clothing to emphasize one’s best appearance, create and live within a budget, prepare nutritious meals safely, nurture children, create a safe and pleasant home environment, practice common courtesies, and form relationships with others—all of these skills are basic to everyday life.
Kentucky families are able to:
•Care for the physical and mental health and well-being of each individual over the long term
•Foster the optimal development of children and youth
•Practice parental leadership skills
•Build personal strengths and self-control, interpersonal communication, life skills including wise decision-making.
•Embrace people from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds
•Reach out with empathy to people dealing with severe stress
•Access community resources when needed
•Become volunteers to make their community a better place to live for everyone
•Youth will be responsible and contributing individuals and family members.
•Youth will gain and maintain employment through life skill development.
•Youth will contribute to a safe, pleasant and productive home and family.
The number of people who:
•Set and used family rules, routines and limited screen time
•Ate family meals four or more times a week
•Reduced stress levels, made time for selves, and/or made wise decisions about money, time, etc.
•Played and spent quality time with child daily
•Reported child’s developmental progress over time
•Identified realistic expectations for child’s tasks
•Reported using preventive and positive discipline techniques in response to misbehavior, and setting and enforcing logical consequences
•Practice skills to strengthen and sustain relationships
•Accessed community agencies and resources when needed
•Engaged in community outreach activities
•Youth will utilize and practice life skills in projects and life situations
•Youth will project a positive image and self-confidence
•Youth will practice responsible consumer and financial decision-making
•Youth will practice healthy eating choices
•Youth will make choices that lead to responsible and beneficial results
•Youth will adopt habits and skills that contribute toward employability in the future
•Commits to set family rules regarding eating together, limiting screen time, active play and exercise, set routines
•Intends to manage stress; make time for self; listen, talk, bond with family members; read with child daily; teach responsibility in use of money, time, etc.
•Verbalizes realistic behavior expectations
•Discusses discipline vs. punishment, and preventive and positive discipline techniques
•Commits to using logical consequences for misbehavior
•Youth will gain knowledge and develop skills in Family & Consumer Sciences projects and programs
•Youth will understand the decision-making process
•Youth will gain skills in setting a goal and developing a plan of action
•Youth will learn to read and follow instructions
Long Term Outcome:
Decrease in Currently Carroll County is 87 out of 120 Counties for health outcomes, reduce counties rankings.
Indicator:
Decrease in rankings
Method:
County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, survey
Timeline:
July 2016 – 2020
Intermediate Outcome:
Healthy, nurturing families that spend quality time together, set realistic expectations for themselves and children.
Indicator:
More time spent together at community events/library, park indicated/reported
Method:
Surveys, observations
Timeline
July 2016-2020
Initial Outcome:
Identify families enroll in Learning opportunities to increase knowledge of nurturing families
Indicator:
Increase in class size and audiences not typically reached for regular programing
Timeline:
1-1 ½ years
Audience:
Families: elementary school, Head Start, Early Start, Child Care Centers, Family resource centers
Project or Activity:
ABC’s parenting, Grandparents and Grandchildren Together
Content or Curriculum:
Keys to Great Parenting
Inputs:
Agent, UK Specialist, Newspaper (Weekly Columns)
Date(s):
2018
2019
Audience:
Eighth Grade Students
Project or Activity:
Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours!
Content or Curriculum:
Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours!
Inputs:
Extension Agents, UK Publications, Local community volunteers, Time, Money
Date(s):
March 31, 2017
March 16, 2018
March 15, 2019
2020
Audience:
Carroll County Residents
Project or Activity:
Girls’ Night Out
Content or Curriculum:
Crafts
Inputs:
Extension Agent, Staff Assistant, Volunteers, Time, Money
Date(s):
January 18, 2019
February 15, 2019
March 15, 2019
April 19, 2019
May 17, 2019
October 18, 2019
January 17, 2020
March 20, 2020
May 15, 2020
Audience:
Carroll County Youth and Parents
Project or Activity:
4-H Homemakers
Content or Curriculum:
4-H Project Books
Inputs:
Extension Agents, Staff Assistant, Volunteers, 4-H Project Books, Time, Money
Date(s):
January 14, 2019
February 11, 2019
March 18, 2019
April 8, 2019
May 13, 2019
September 9, 2019
October 14, 2019
November 11, 2019
December 9, 2019
January 13, 2020
February 10, 2020
March 9, 2020
April 13, 2020
May 11, 2020
Author: Catherine Jansen
Major Program: Embracing Life as We Age (general)
As the population gets older in the community and life experiences have changed over the last 30 years, the Baby Boomer generation is experiencing many types of heart ache. Many people are depressed because of a loss of a loved one, loss of a job, there children have moved out, they have relatives that are incarcerated, they are raising grandchildren, there is addiction of a loved one or many other issues that have changed in their life. The Carroll County Extension Service FCS progr
Author: Catherine Jansen
Major Program: Embracing Life as We Age (general)
In January 2020, the Northern Kentucky Family and Consumer Sciences agents planned the upcoming year and conducted the winter Extension Homemaker “Learn with Us” lesson event titled, “Simplify Your Life”. Almost 100 Extension Homemakers from Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Kenton, Gallatin, Grant, Owen and Pendleton Counties descended on the Boone County Enrichment Center to learn new strategies to reduce food waste, minimize clutter, speed cleaning, organizing, minimizin
Author: Joyce Doyle
Major Program: 4-H Youth Development Programming
My! Has times really changed. For a person in their seventies, it is a whole new world. All meetings are on zoom, You Tube, and/or Facebook live. I love face to face contact and am learning to adapt. Although things are different, it does not prevent the 4-H program to be any less. Supplies are ready for pick up for those members who have signed up for certain county fair projects where we assign times to come in and pick them up and the same goes for cleaning our c
Author: Catherine Jansen
Major Program: Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
Carroll County Extension Efforts During COVID-19The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, has made a significant impact across Kentucky, the United States, and the world. The first case in Kentucky was confirmed on March 6. As social distancing recommendations were put into place, the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service quickly transitioned to alternative educational delivery methods to support Kentuckians through a very fluid situation. All agents and staff of the Carroll County Coo
Author: Joyce Doyle
Major Program: 4-H Youth Development Programming
The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, has made a significant impact across Kentucky, the United States, and the world. The first case in Kentucky was confirmed on March 6. As social distancing recommendations were put into place, the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service quickly transitioned to alternative educational delivery methods to support Kentuckians through a very fluid situation. All agents and staff of the Carroll County Cooperative Extension Service utilized social media
