Extension
It Starts With Us
Managing Resources Wisely
Nurturing Families
Pam York
Keys to Great Parenting
Grandparents and Grandchildren Together
Securing Financial Stability (general)
Managing in Tough Times
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
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.
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.
* 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.
Outcome: Parents will increase knowledge of parenting
Indicator: Verbal feedback and pre and post-test evaluations
Method: Keys to Great Parenting series
Timeline: Spring 2017
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 2016
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
Audience: Parents/General Public
Project or Activity: Keys to Great Parenting
Content or Curriculum: FCS Curriculum
Inputs: Early Childhood Coalition
Date: Spring 2017
Audience: Grandparents/General Public
Project or Activity: Grandparent Support Group
Content or Curriculum: FCS fact sheets, SNAP-Ed,
Inputs: NEP program incentives, ADD office grant
Date: September 2017 – May 2018
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: Las Latinas
Project or Activity: monthly meetings/lessons
Content or Curriculum: SNAP-Ed/FCS fact sheets
Inputs: NEP incentives, FCS materials and demonstrations
Date: September 2017-May 2018
Audience: Extension Homemakers
Project or Activity: Homemaker Lesson “The Ins and Outs of Downsizing Your Home”
Content or Curriculum: FCS fact sheet
Inputs: KEHA, Homemakers
Date: Spring 2018
Author: Laura Rogers
Major Program: KSU Small Farm Program
Through the Kentucky State University Small Farm Project and Beginning Farmer Grant and a collaborative program with the University of Kentucky Extension limited resource farmers Beginning Beekeeping was taught to inmates in the prison system.Upon the request of several correctional facilities for honeybee classes, 64 inmates in Kentucky now understand basic beekeeping. Three different basic beekeeping series were completed each with 5 different classes. These Classes covered “Sustainabili
Author: Laura Rogers
Major Program: KSU Small Farm Program
Through the Kentucky State University Small Farm Project and Beginning Farmer Grant and a collaborative program with the University of Kentucky Extension limited resource farmers learn information about honeybees. These classes were taught once a month through the Russell County Bee Club at the Russell County Extension Office.The club over the past 5 years averages now 18 people in attendance at each meeting including several young adults. I instruct beekeepers in topics such as “Bee
