Extension
It Starts With Us
Family Relations
Nurturing Families
Lora Lee Frazier, Alissa Sebastian
Family Mealtime (Curriculum)
Relationship Smart Plus 3.0
Nurturing Families (general)
Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
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.
-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.
-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.
-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.
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
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
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
