Russell County CES

Title:

Managing Resources Wisely

MAP:

Nurturing Families

Agents Involved:

FCS Agent

MAJOR PROGRAM 1:

Keys to Great Parenting

MAJOR PROGRAM 2:

Grandparents and Grandchildren Together

MAJOR PROGRAM 3:

Securing Financial Stability (general)

MAJOR PROGRAM 4:

Managing in Tough Times

Situation:

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.

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 2009, 26 percent of Kentucky children lived in poverty, ranking Kentucky 48th in the nation. 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. It takes a “village” to support families in rearing children. Furthermore, over 50% of grandparents in Russell County are rearing their grandchildren. It was suggested by Russell County Family and Consumer Sciences Advisory Council that families need additional support and there is a real need for reaching out to grandparents raising grandchildren. 282 grandparents in Russell County live with and are responsible for their own grandchildren (Building Strong Families, 2016).

Kentucky consistently lags behind other areas of the United States in household income indicators, including personal income, population living below the poverty line, unemployment and revolving debt loads

Long-Term Outcomes:

Practice parental leadership skills.

*Embrace people from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

*Access community resources.

*Foster the optimal development of children and youth.

*Grandparents will care for the physical and mental health and well-being of grandchildren in the absence of parental help.

* Number of clientele reporting improved family financial stability

and economic well-being.

*Individuals and families are increasing their income as well as

maximizing income resources consumption.

* Improve the quality of life for Kentuckians resulting in stronger

families.

Intermediate Outcomes:

The number of people who:

* Served healthy snacks and meals

* 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 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 when needed

* Engaged in community outreach activities

* Adopt short, mid and long term financial planning strategies.

*Adopt privacy protection measures; annual, semi-annual, or quarterly

credit-checking practices; and better recognition of fraudulent

attempts from outside sources.

* Improve employability through practical living skills and continued

education practices.

* Demonstrate practical living skills related to economic or enterprise

development, as well as seeking to ascertain advance education

credentials.

* Practice one or more resource management behaviors resulting in

increased savings or investments.

Initial Outcomes:

* Intends to keep healthy snacks on hand

* 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.

* Describes child’s developmental levels relative to averages

* Verbalizes realistic behavior expectations

* Lists developmentally appropriate playthings

* Discusses discipline vs. punishment, and preventive and positive

discipline techniques

* Commits to using logical consequences for misbehavior

* Intends to contact community agencies for

assistance

* Intends to participate in volunteer activities

*Adults will show increased knowledge and skills related to managing available financial and non-financial resources.

*Increase financial literacy related to savings and investments.

Evaluation:

Outcome: Parents will increase knowledge of parenting

Indicator: Verbal feedback and pre and post-test evaluations

Method: Keys to Great Parenting series

Timeline: Spring 

Outcome: SNAP-Ed clients will increase knowledge on budgeting resources wisely

Indicator: NEERS reports

Method: monthly group lessons

Timeline: All Year

Outcome: Homemakers will increase knowledge of “Creating and Maintaining Family Traditions”

Indicator: pre and post evaluations, verbal feedback

Method: Monthly homemaker lesson

Timeline: Fall 

Outcome: Participants will gain financial management skills by participating in KY Saves campaign, MITT, and MoneyWise promotions

Indicator: Verbal feedback

Method: Radio and mass media outlets such as Facebook, newsletters, etc.

Timeline: All Year

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Parents/General Public

Project or Activity: Keys to Great Parenting

Content or Curriculum: FCS Curriculum

Inputs: Early Childhood Coalition

Date: Spring 

Audience: Limited resource families/ general public

Project or Activity: Mass Media/Marketing Campaign

Content or Curriculum: Moneywise, SNAP-Ed curriculum

Inputs: Facebook, Newspapers, radio,

Date: All - year

Audience: Extension Homemakers

Project or Activity: Homemaker Lessons

Content or Curriculum: FCS fact sheet

Inputs: KEHA, Homemakers

Date: Spring

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