Extension
It Starts With Us
Family and Individual Well Being
Enriching Family Lives
FCS
Embracing Life as We Age (general)
Keys to Great Parenting
Nurturing Parenting
Blue To You
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. Stresses on
military families are more difficult and prolonged because of the demands on military personnel to serve multiple
deployments, frequently in combat zones. 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
Care for the physical and mental health and well-being of each individual over the long term
Build personal strengths and self-control, interpersonal communication, life skills including wise decision-making.
Reach out with empathy to people of diverse cultural, ethnic, racial groups and those experiencing severe stress
Foster the optimal development of children and youth
Practice parental leadership skills
Access community resources when needed
Become volunteers to make their community a better place to live for everyone.
Serve healthy snacks and meals
Set and used family rules, routines and limited screen time
Eat family meals four or more times a week
Reduced stress levels, make time for selves, and/or made wise decisions about money, time, etc.
Played with child daily
Report child’s developmental progress over time
Identify realistic expectations for child’s tasks
Report 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
Engage in community activities
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
Initial Outcome: Participants attending programs have realistic expectations
Indicator: number of people reporting change in knowledge or skills
Method: program evaluation per attendees
Timeline: 2017-2018
Intermediate Outcome: Practice skills to maintain and strengthen relationships
Indicator: number of participants demonstrate informed decision making
Method: immediate program evaluation, word of mouth
Timeline: 2017-2018
Long-term Outcome: Care for the physical and mental health and well being of each individual over the long term
Indicator: Number of informed and effective decision making
Method: Program evaluation for short term and long term
Timeline: 2017-2018
Audience: Seniors
Project or Activity: Monthly Lessons
Content or Curriculum: eXtension resources, Ky CES publications, Nurturing Parenting, Embracing Life as you Age
Inputs:FCS Agent
Date: Monthly 2017-2018
Audience: Homemakers
Project or Activity: Leader Trainings with CES publications
Content or Curriculum: Blue to You
Inputs: FCS Agents
Date: 2017-2018
Audience: Families
Project or Activity: Family Time, Baby Gala
Content or Curriculum: Keys to Great Parenting
Inputs: FCS Agents
Date: 2017-2018
Audience: 3rd, 4th, 5th, graders
Project or Activity: Marvelous Manners
Content or Curriculum: UK pubs, 4-H
Date: 2017-2018
Author: Shannon Smith
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
~~With families busier and always on the go with little time to cook and prepare meals at home, the Bracken County 4-H and FCS felt the need to continue to offer the Super Star Chef Day Camp for the 3rd year in a row to local youth. We feel the need to learn basic cooking skills is more important than ever. The youth will have the skills and knowledge needed to help prepare healthy and nutritious meals. We feel that these youth need food and equipment safety, knife safety, safe food
Author: David Appelman
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
For many folks in Fleming County, the best apple to use in cooking is the Goddard Apple.This variety of apple tree is named for the area of the county it was established in and for Joseph Goddard, the founder of the community. The concern for this variety, is the few trees that are left are over 100 years old and in major decline. An apple tree workshop for the region was held at the Fleming County Extension office in March with participants attending from 7 counties. Along wit
Author: Shannon Smith
Major Program: Nurturing Families (general)
According to a 2012 survey conducted by The American RedCross, good babysitters are often hard to find. The survey reviled that fiftyfive percent of parents stay home from activities because they could not find asitter. (http://www.redcross.org/news/press-release/Survey-Shows-Parents-Struggling-to-find-Trusted-Babysitters-and-Would-Pay-More-for-Well-Trained-Teens).This same survey also found that nearly 30 percent of parents rejected apotential babysitter due to safety concerns. Durin
Author: Shannon Smith
Major Program: Nurturing Families (general)
The Bracken County FCS along with the Bracken FRYSC Office collaborated with Taylor Elementary to offer a Kindergarten Readiness program for the first time in the county. This program’s main goal was to expose kindergarten age children and their parents to the school system and help children succeed in kindergarten and beyond. It was grant funded through the United Way. When offering this program we asked counties close to us and was told they had not had good attendance.
