Extension
It Starts With Us
Enhancing Life Skills and Building Consumer Awareness
Youth and Families
Pullin, Hieneman, Stephens, Grubb
Community Leadership Development
Substance Use Recovery - ANR
Financial Education - General
Advancing the Creative Economy
Promote positive personal finance behaviors prepares Kentuckians for any future economic shift. The United States has been in an extremely long period of economic expansion; however, expansions are cyclical, meaning growth is eventually followed by recession. Securing financial stability for Kentuckians will help families thrive no matter the economic outlook. Financial stability is achieved when families are able to secure and manage resources needed to supply food, clothing, and shelter. Through increased financial knowledge, families may be able to make wise financial decisions, increase buying power, avoid overextended credit, develop savings habits, and manage risks.
Cultural awareness and pride, along with the creative community, contribute to community development and growth. 82% of Americans believe arts and culture are important to local businesses and the economy and that 87% of Americans believe arts and culture are important to quality of life. "Arts and cultural organizations are valued members of the business community. They employ people locally, purchase goods and services from within the community, art members of their Chambers of Commerce, and promote their regions." (Americans for the Arts, Arts & Economic Prosperity report, 2015)
- Better family money management skills, such as reducing debt, increasing savings, and financial planning.
- Improved financial capability for Kentuckians, results in better quality of life and stronger families.
- Making Greenup County a more desirable place to live and work
- Promoting local Tourism
- Building Arts Audiences
- Supporting arts that improve the quality of our personal live and our communities
- Creating event-related spending by audiences that will positively impact local economy
- Practice one or more resource management behaviors resulting in increased savings or investments.
- Adopt financial planning strategies for short-, mid-, and long-term goals.
- Establish and continue arts and cultural events that promote tourism
- Increased knowledge and skills related to managing financial resources, including savings, credit, and financial planning.
- Change knowledge, opinions, skills, and aspirations, to improve practical living skills.
- Increase financial literacy (knowledge and skills) related to savings and investments.
- Establish arts and cultural events that promote tourism
Outcome: Increased awareness of sound financial behaviors
Indicator(s): Number of individuals who implemented at least one strategy to reduce expenses or manage moneyNumber of individuals who made a sound financial decision (regarding credit, budgeting, savings, and/or debt)
Method: Retroactive pre-post
Timeline: Following financial education workshops
Outcome: Increase knowledge and skills related to managing financial resources
Indicator: Number of individuals reporting increased levels of understanding in the area: confidence in handling money issues or specific financial matters
Method: Retroactive pre-post
Timeline: Following financial education workshops
Outcome: Businesses who report an impact from local events
Indicator: business reports
Method: Tourism surveys
Timeline: seasonal
Outcome: Students and adults who report an increase in public speaking, self managing, and performance skills
Indicator: teacher, student, and audience interviews, surveys
Method: retroactive pre-post
Timeline: school year
Audience: Adults, young adults, and teens
Project or Activity: Money Habitudes Workshop
Content or Curriculum: Money Habitudes
Inputs: FCS Agent, curriculum publications and resources, Money Habitudes cards
Date: Multiple uses each year
Project or Activity: Recovering your Finances
Content or Curriculum: Recovering your Finances
Inputs: FCS Agent, curriculum publications and resources, Money Habitudes cards
Date: Multiple uses each year
Project or Activity: Financial Education/ Basic Life Skills
Content or Curriculum: Real Skills for Everyday Life
Inputs: FCS Agent, Curriculum publications and resources
Date: Multiple uses each year
Project or Activity: Basic Food Preparation Skills
Content or Curriculum: Cook Together Eat Together, Dining with Diabetes, Super Star Chef, Faithful Families, Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud Resources
Inputs: Programmatic materials, paid staff, community partners, faith-based organizations, health coalitions
Date: Multiple projects throughout the year
Project or Activity: Tourism events
Content or Curriculum: Summer Music Series, Old Time Music Day, Old Fashion Days, outdoor performing arts events, venue partner performing arts events
Inputs: FA Agent, FA volunteers, local artists, touring artists, teaching artists, audiences, business partners
Date: Multiple scheduled and special events throughout the year
Project or Activity: Breakfast With The Arts, Jesse Stuart junior novel music/drama, Ukulele Club
Content or Curriculum: rehearsals leading to community performance events
Inputs: local schools, teacher volunteers, students, teaching artists, specialists, guest presenters, parents
Date: school year
Project or Activity: All-County Art Show, Community Choir/Orchestra performance of Handel's Messiah
Content or Curriculum: performance events/shows with rehearsal or jury process
Inputs: local schools, teacher volunteers, students, teaching artists, specialists, guest presenters, parents
Date: school year
Audience: Community
Project or Activity: Community Events
Content or Curriculum: Handcrafted Weekend
Inputs: Community Arts Agent, artisans, musicians, Quilt Guild, Greenbo Lake State Resort Park
Date: yearly events
Author: Presley Grubb
Major Program: Camping
4-H Summer Camp- Memories That Last a Lifetime Greenup County had 67 youth, teens and adult volunteers attended 4-H Summer Camp at North Central 4-H Camp. A typical 5-day 4-H Camp session offers upwards of 96 hours of direct, uninterrupted contact between youth and their cabin leaders/counselors. That’s the equivalent of a family sitting down at the dinner table for 30-minutes, 192 days of the year. The interactions offered in a residential camp/group living setting i
Author: Anne Stephens
Major Program: Artistic & Essential Skill Development
The Greenup County Quilt Guild (GCQG) was established in 1983. Since that time, they have only been "loosely" affiliated with the Greenup County Extension Office. There were members who had been in leadership positions for many years who had an unwillingness to partner with Extension for leadership and administrative support. After the success, partnership, and growth of the Greenbo Quilt Show into a holistic event: Handcrafted Weekend, the Greenup County Community Arts Agent was invit
