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Clay County CES

Title:
Family Relations
MAP:
Nurturing Families
Agents Involved:
Lora Lee Frazier, Alissa Sebastian
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Family Mealtime (Curriculum)
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Relationship Smart Plus 3.0
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Nurturing Families (general)
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
Situation:
Clay County is rural county in Eastern Kentucky.29% of our head of households are 65 or older. 66.4% of our households are husband wife with their own children, 33.6% of our households are single parent with children under 18, 62% of our grandparents are responsible for their grandchildren. 46.2% have been responsible for their grandchildren over 5 years. 42% of our population is living below the poverty level.

Family communication is the key to the success of family life. Helping families to overcome stereotypes, appreciating individual differences, understanding the developmental stages, sharing a value system and goals and making wise decisions impacts family life by providing a supportive environment for the entire family unit thus impacting the community.
Long-Term Outcomes:
-Families will foster the optimal development of family members, care for the physical and mental health and wellbeing of each individual over the long term.
-Build personal strengths and self control, interpersonal communication, life skills, including wise decision making.
Intermediate Outcomes:
-Practice skills to strengthen and sustain relationships.
-Reduce stress level, make time for selves, and make wise decisions about time money and family.
-Identify realistic expectations for child and adult.
Initial Outcomes:
-Realize realistic behavior expectations for adults and children.
-Participants learn to manage stress, bond with family members and interact
with children and other family members; teach responsibility in use of money and time.
Evaluation:
Long-Term Outcome: Care for the physical and mental health and wellbeing of each individual over the long term.
Indicator: Number of adults and youth who demonstrate informed and effective decision making and who make lifestyle changes that improve personal health.
Method: Program evaluation long term, word of mouth.
Timeline: July 2016 - June 2020

Intermediate Outcome: Practice skills to strengthen and sustain relationships, reduce stress and improve decision making skills.
Indicator: number of adults and youth that demonstrate informed and effective decision making.
Method: Word of mouth, program evaluation, surveys.
Timeline: July 2016 - June 2020

Initial Outcome: Participants attending program gain knowledge of realize realistic expectations for themselves and their children.
Indicator: number of individuals reporting changes in knowledge, opinions and skills aspirations related to aging or personal relationships.
Method: Total number attending, immediate program evaluation and talking with participants.
Timeline: July 2016-June 2020
Learning Opportunities:


Audience: Families

Project or Activity: Reading in Winter wonder Land

Content or Curriculum: Children’s Books

Inputs: Family & Consumer Sciences Agent volunteers, FCS Council, teens

Date: Winter 2017


Audience: Grandparents

Project or Activity: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

Content or Curriculum: One Day Workshop

Inputs: Family & Consumer Sciences Agent volunteers,FCS Council,

Date: 2017-2018


Audience: Retired Adults 

Project or Activity: The New 40 Keys to Embracing Aging 

Content orCurriculum: The New 40 Keys to Embracing Aging

Inputs: FCSAgent

Date: 2017-2018

 


Audience: Families

Project or Activity: Know the 10 Signs of Alzheimer’s

Content or Curriculum: Know the 10 Signs of Alzheimer’s

In puts: FCS Agent

Date: 2017-2018


Audience: Middle School

Project or Activity: Relationship Smarts

Content or Curriculum Relationship Smarts

Inputs: Curriculum

Date  2017-2018


Audience: Elderly

Project or Activity: It’s a Matter of Balance

Content or Curriculum: It’s a Matter of Balance

Inputs: Curriculum, Red Bird, Assisted Living

Date: 2016-17


Audience:  Families

Project or Activity:  Creating and Maintaining Traditions Making Memories

Content or Curriculum: Publications

Inputs FCS Agent 

Date: 2017-2018







Success Stories

Nuturing Families

Author: Lora Howard

Major Program: Nurturing Families (general)

Clay County is a rural county in Eastern KY, 66.4% of our households are husband /wife with their own children, and 33.6% off our households are single parent with children under 18.  62% of our grandparents are responsible for their grandchildren.  46.2% have been responsible for their grandchildren over 5 years.  Family communication is the key to the success of family life.  Helping families to overcome stereotypes, appreciating differences and understanding the developmen

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