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Carroll County CES

Title:
Nurturing Families
MAP:
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Agents Involved:
Cathy Jansen, Joyce Doyle, Christin Herbst
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Mold and Moisture Module
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Radon Module
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Grandparents and Grandchildren Together
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
4-H Communications and Expressive Arts Core Curriculum
Situation:

Per County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, Carroll County is 87out 120 Counties for health outcomes. 44% of children in single-parent households


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 2013, 25 percent of Kentucky children lived in poverty, ranking Kentucky 40th in the nation. Children who live in poverty are more likely to have learning disabilities and developmental delays. Furthermore, 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.


How we live life is ever-changing but learning basic life skills is still as important as ever. Learning to practice healthy habits, select clothing to emphasize one’s best appearance, create and live within a budget, prepare nutritious meals safely, nurture children, create a safe and pleasant home environment, practice common courtesies, and form relationships with others—all of these skills are basic to everyday life.

Long-Term Outcomes:

Kentucky families are able to:

•Care for the physical and mental health and well-being of each individual over the long term

•Foster the optimal development of children and youth

•Practice parental leadership skills

•Build personal strengths and self-control, interpersonal communication, life skills including wise decision-making.

•Embrace people from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds

•Reach out with empathy to people dealing with severe stress

•Access community resources when needed

•Become volunteers to make their community a better place to live for everyone

•Youth will be responsible and contributing individuals and family members.

•Youth will gain and maintain employment through life skill development.

•Youth will contribute to a safe, pleasant and productive home and family.

Intermediate Outcomes:

The number of people who:

•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 and spent quality time 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 and resources when needed

•Engaged in community outreach activities

•Youth will utilize and practice life skills in projects and life situations

•Youth will project a positive image and self-confidence

•Youth will practice responsible consumer and financial decision-making

•Youth will practice healthy eating choices

•Youth will make choices that lead to responsible and beneficial results

•Youth will adopt habits and skills that contribute toward employability in the future

Initial Outcomes:

•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.

•Verbalizes realistic behavior expectations

•Discusses discipline vs. punishment, and preventive and positive discipline techniques

•Commits to using logical consequences for misbehavior

•Youth will gain knowledge and develop skills in Family & Consumer Sciences projects and programs

•Youth will understand the decision-making process

•Youth will gain skills in setting a goal and developing a plan of action

•Youth will learn to read and follow instructions

Evaluation:

Long Term Outcome:

Decrease in Currently Carroll County is 87 out of 120 Counties for health outcomes, reduce counties rankings.

Indicator:

Decrease in rankings

Method:

County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, survey

Timeline:

July 2016 – 2020


Intermediate Outcome:

Healthy, nurturing families that spend quality time together, set realistic expectations for themselves and children.

Indicator:

More time spent together at community events/library, park indicated/reported

Method:

Surveys, observations

Timeline

July 2016-2020


Initial Outcome:

Identify families enroll in Learning opportunities to increase knowledge of nurturing families

Indicator:

Increase in class size and audiences not typically reached for regular programing

Timeline:

1-1 ½ years

Learning Opportunities:

Audience:

Families: elementary school, Head Start, Early Start, Child Care Centers, Family resource centers 

Project or Activity:

ABC’s parenting, Grandparents and Grandchildren Together 

Content or Curriculum:

Keys to Great Parenting

Inputs:

Agent, UK Specialist, Newspaper (Weekly Columns) 

Date(s):

2018

2019


Audience:

Eighth Grade Students

Project or Activity:

Truth and Consequences:  The Choice is Yours!

Content or Curriculum:

Truth and Consequences:  The Choice is Yours!

Inputs:

Extension Agents, UK Publications, Local community volunteers, Time, Money

Date(s):

March 31, 2017

March 16, 2018

March 15, 2019

2020


Audience:

Carroll County Residents

Project or Activity:

Girls’ Night Out

Content or Curriculum:

Crafts

Inputs:

Extension Agent, Staff Assistant, Volunteers, Time, Money

Date(s):

January 18, 2019

February 15, 2019

March 15, 2019

April 19, 2019

May 17, 2019

October 18, 2019

January 17, 2020

March 20, 2020

May 15, 2020


Audience:

Carroll County Youth and Parents

Project or Activity:

4-H Homemakers

Content or Curriculum:

4-H Project Books

Inputs:

Extension Agents, Staff Assistant, Volunteers, 4-H Project Books, Time, Money

Date(s):

January 14, 2019

February 11, 2019

March 18, 2019

April 8, 2019

May 13, 2019

September 9, 2019

October 14, 2019

November 11, 2019

December 9, 2019

January 13, 2020

February 10, 2020

March 9, 2020

April 13, 2020

May 11, 2020



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