Family, Community and Financial StabilityPlan of Work

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Taylor County CES

Title:
Family, Community and Financial Stability
MAP:
Family, Community and Economic Development
Agents Involved:
Audrey Myers, Amanda Sublett, Pat Hardesty, Kara Back
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Securing Financial Stability (general)
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Embracing Life as We Age (general)
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Nurturing Families (general)
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
Situation:
Healthy couple and parenting relationships and family stability benefit the well-being of adults and children. According to the American Community Survey between 2099-2013 in Taylor County 29.4% of households included one or more persons age 65 and over, 343 grandparents lived with and were responsible for their own grandchildren, 59.6% of children under 6 years and 71.2% of children 6-17 years had all parents in the labor force. Of those age 5 and older 908 of those children spoke a different language other than English.
In 2013 the median household income was $36,599 compared to $43,307 for the state of Kentucky. The American Community Survey estimates, 29.2% of families with related children were below poverty, 12.4% of people age 65 and over were below poverty and 3.5% of individuals working full time were below poverty.
Taylor County has a diverse economic base including agriculture and natural resources, manufacturing, social services, Green River Lake parks and marinas, Campbellsville University, preserved historic sites, hospital retail establishments and restaurants. However, instability in these, higher prices and a stagnate economy have stressed families. There is greatly increased use of the Food Pantry, homeless shelter, Crisis Relief, Salvation Army and government services. Individuals and families are becoming aware of their need for financial educations to live better on less.
Long-Term Outcomes:
•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 wish 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.
•Decrease number of individuals with chronic disease
•Improve financial education
•Improve healthy homes and communities
•Increase estimated health savings
Intermediate Outcomes:
•Serve healthy snacks and meals
•Set and use family rules, routines and limited screen time
•Ate family means four or more times a week
•Reduce stress levels, made time for selves, and/or made wise decisions about money, time, etc.
•Play with child(ren) 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 outreach activities
•Enhance brain activity
•Create a legacy
•Work as a family unit to acknowledge and embrace aging issues
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(ren) 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
•Is more aware of the risks of falling
•Aware of age related family issues
Evaluation:
Initial Outcome: People learn personally applicable strategies to improve financial fitness.
Indicator: Number of people reporting change in knowledge, opinions, skills and aspirations.
Method: Post-test
Timeline: End of program series

Intermediate Outcome: Individuals make wise financial and business decisions.
Indicator: Number of people who implement at least one financial management strategy.
Method: Follow-up self-reporting
Timeline: Annually

Long-Term Outcome: Families enjoy more financial stability from skills learned in Extension programming.
Indicator: Number of individuals reporting changes in knowledge, opinions, skills or aspirations related to economic or enterprise development.
Method: Monitoring of social economic indicators.

Learning Opportunities:

Audience(s) Participation:

County Agents, individuals and families, low income individuals, policy makers, current and potential program users, key stakeholders, health professionals, child care providers, minority groups, faith based organizations, KEHA, schools, professional organizations, service agencies, businesses, community coalitions and organizations and government.


Activity: Keys to Embracing Aging

Content or Curriculum: Keys to Embracing Aging

Date: July 2017-June 2018


Activity: Know the 10 Signs

Content or Curriculum: Know the 10 Signs

Date: February 2018


Activity:  Social Media Training

Content or Curriculum:  Hands on Training and Publications

Date:  July 2017-June 2018


Activity: Estate Planning

Content or Curriculum: Estate Planning Curriculum, publications, community partners

Date: October 2017


Activity: Adulting

Content or Curriculum: Adulting curriculum 

Date: September 2017-April 2018


Activity: Reality Town

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum

Date: March 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020


Activity: Financial Literacy

Content or Curriculum: Building a Healthy, Wealthy Future, 4-H Dollars and Sense, Reality Store Curriculum, High School Financial Planning

Date: March 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020


Activity: Beginning Sewing, Needlework Nights

Content or Curriculum: Master Clothing Volunteers, 4-H sewing curriculum

Date: July and October 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020


Activity: Investigating Alternative Energy Sources for the Farm and Home

Content or Curriculum: Environmental Sustainability and Responsibility Curriculum, eXtension content

Date: April 2018


Activity: Transitioning Businesses to the Next Generation

Content or Curriculum: Financial planning curriculum, living with loss content

Date: November 2017



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