Healthy Families and Communities
Empowering Healthy Home and Communities
Dora Centers, Chad Conway, and Lorie Adams
Community Vitality and Leadership -FCS
Faithful Families
Cook Together, Eat Together
Financial Education - General
The 2019 community assessment indicated:
The lack of jobs in the area is an important issue for Knott County. An additional challenge is lower waged jobs leave little income, particularly with the high cost of commuting.
Drug use also was identified as a priority issue. Substance abuse has negative consequences for individuals directly affected and their families. Some of these side-effects are cos rehabilitation, emergency response cost, jail, employability, and grandparents raising grandchildren.
A lack of maintained roads, adequate infrastructure, and the overall condition of the county is a hindrance to improving life. A lack of job skills and “soft job skills” hinder employability. Families in Knott county lack financial resources to thrive.
Volunteer leaders are critical for the sustainability of the community infrastructure. These volunteer leaders can help families become engaged, educated, and empowered to understand family and community issues and take ownership of implementing local solutions.
- More effective employees and community leaders
- Improved financial capability for Kentuckians, results in a better quality of life and stronger families
- Better family money management skills, such as reducing debt, increasing savings, and financial planning
- Community problems are solved through active engaged local leaders
- Improve the built and natural environment to increase active and healthy lifestyles
- Practice better employee “soft skills” such as communication, networking, teamwork, time management, problem-solving, etc
- Improve employability through practical living skills and continued education practices
- Practice one or more resource management behaviors resulting in increased savings or investments
- Adopt financial planning strategies
- Change knowledge, opinions, skills, and aspirations to improve employability through work and practical living skills and continuing education
- Increase knowledge and skills related to managing financial resources, including savings, credit, and financial planning
- Assist and participate in Knott County Drug Abuse Council with activities/events
Observation and the use of pre and post-test results.
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Holiday Showcase
Content or Curriculum: UK Extension Curriculum
Inputs: FCS Agents
Date: November 2024
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Savings Challenge
Content or Curriculum: Moneywi$e
Inputs: FCS AgentDate: January 2025
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Cook Together, Eat Together: Couples
Content or Curriculum: Cook Together, Eat Together
Inputs: FCS Agent, SNAP-ED
Date: Monthly July/Oct 2024
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Communication Essentials
Content or Curriculum: UK Extension Curriculum
Inputs: FCS Agent
Date: October 2024
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Tips for Increased Productivity
Content or Curriculum: Time Well Spent Curriculum
Inputs: FCS Agent
Date: January 2025
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: It's Your Reality Financial Literacy
Content or Curriculum: UK Curriculum
Inputs: 4-H Agent
Date: Fall 2024
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Lifeskills
Content or Curriculum: UK Extension Curriculum
Inputs: Agents
Date: On-going
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: College & Career Readiness
Content or Curriculum: National 4-H Build Your Future
Inputs:4-H Agent/Teachers
Date: September-March
Author: Lorie Adams
Major Program: Emergency Disaster Preparedness - FCS
Describe the Issue or Situation.According to the University Of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Community Needs Assessment from Fall 2023, community members listed "preparations for county wide disasters and/or climate impact as one of the top fifteen issues for the county. In 2022, many of our Eastern Kentucky counties dealt with a 100 year flood. In Knott County, 22 residents lost their lives as a result of the disaster. Residents did not understand the alerts/warnings and went to bed