Extension
It Starts With Us
Strengthening Family & Consumer Sciences
Family & Consumer Sciences
Nick Roy, Tony Rose
Financial Education - General
Active Living and Health Promotions General
Food Preparation and Preservation
Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud
In 2019, Adair County Citizens identified health, wellness, and families among the top priority issues through the Extension Community needs assessment. When compared to the state of Kentucky, Adair County falls below average for median household income and above average for unemployment, child poverty, and uninsured individuals. Combined, these issues put strains on families mental, physical, and financial health.
Family and Consumer Science programs offered by the Adair County Cooperative Extension Service are equipped to address the issues to serve as a catalyst to to make Adair a more vibrant community.
Create safe homes within environments that promote and support the physical, financial and mental well-being of families throughout the life cycle.
Examine personal and financial stability on a regular basis (at least annually).
Change in behavior related to healthy aging, independent aging and quality aging.
Participate in an activity or event that improves the built or natural environment.
Participants will identify short, medium and long term personal goals and objectives related to maintaining and improving their financial stability.
Change in awareness, knowledge, and aspirations related to healthy aging, independent aging and quality aging.
Participants will identify one or more practices that will improve going green, disaster preparedness and a built environment.
Initial Outcome: Participants will identify short, medium, and long term personal goals and objectives related to maintaining and improving their physical, mental or financial well-being.
Indicator: Participants will improve awareness of their physical, mental, or financial well-being.
Method: Observations and evaluations
Timeline: Year-round
Intermediate Outcome: Examine personal and financial stability
Indicator: Participants will adopt one or more short, mid and long-term financial planning strategies.
Method: Evaluation tools in the curriculum
Timeline: Summer 2022
Long-term Outcome: Improved the quality of their life resulting in a stronger family.
Indicator: Increase number of individuals reporting improved family financial stability and economic well-being.
Method: Evaluation tools in the curriculum
Timeline: Summer 2022
Audience: General Public
Project or Activity: Know Your Money Style
Content or Curriculum: KEHA Lesson Resources
Inputs: FCS Agents and Volunteers
Date: Fall 2021
Audience: General Public
Project or Activity: Embracing Life as We Age
Content or Curriculum: KEHA Lesson Resources
Inputs: FCS Agent and Specialist
Date: Fall 2021 and Spring 2022
Audience: General Public
Project or Activity: Homemakers
Content or Curriculum: KEHA Lesson Resources
Inputs: Agents, Volunteers
Date: All Year
Audience: General Public
Project or Activity:Plate it Up
Content or Curriculum: FCS, KEHA Lesson Resources
Inputs: Agent, volunteers, specialist
Date:Fall 2021
Audience: General Public
Project or Activity: Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities
Content or Curriculum: Plate It Up Kentucky Proud Recipes
Inputs: Agents
Date: Summer 2021 and 2022
Audience: Cloverbuds
Project or Activity: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Content or Curriculum: LEAP
Inputs: Agent
Date: Fall 2021 and Spring 2022
Audience: General Public
Project or Activity: Accessing Nutritious foods
Content or Curriculum: Food Preservation Workshop
Inputs: Agent and Volunteers
Date: Summer 2022
Audience: General Public
Project or Activity: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Content or Curriculum:Beef Month Promotion, Dairy Month Promotion
Inputs: Agents
Date: Spring 2022
Author: Dylan Gentry
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Adair County recently hired a new Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences, Dylan Gentry. Adair County had been without a FCS Agent since before the pandemic, but despite this local homemaker membership numbers stayed consistent. Dylan quickly got to work offering workshops based on feedback he received from stakeholders who contacted him welcoming him to the position. A strong supporter of him while he was becoming orientated to his position was his homemaker council. With
Author: Dylan Gentry
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Being an informed citizen entails being knowledgable about how state government functions, because it effects your every day life. Your local schools systems funding, your road quality, and hot topic issues are all effected by your elected officials in Frankfort. The general assembly being in-session in Frankfurt, not to mention it being a budget year, means that there is an increased amount of conversations happening around the political process. How is a bill passed, who are your
Author: Dylan Gentry
Major Program: Food Preparation and Preservation
A popular and meaty snack is jerky, made of beef, venison, and other meats. However, a barrier to making homemade jerky is the lack of knowledge of how to safely dehydrate meat. Jerky in the store is often prohibitively expense, so the extension office around deer hunting and slaughter season often gets asked how to make jerky. The dehydration process additionally allows the meat to be shelf stable, so it will not take up room in the clientele’s already likely full deep freez
Author: Dylan Gentry
Major Program: LEAP
LEAP is nutrition education program targeted toward headstart aged youth. Lessons range from promoting exercise to eating more fruits and vegetables. In Adair County, In 2017, according to the US Census there were 1,079 youth in Adair County ages 5 and under or nearly 20% of the population. 30.7% of Adair County families with children live in poverty also according to the Census, therefore it can be estimated that many of these children under five qualify for SNAP benefits. &n
Author: Dylan Gentry
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
The Adair County Homemakers Association consists of nearly 150 active and diverse members. Following a somewhat return to normal after the COVID-19 pandemic, homemakers were excited to restart activities. Adair County Homemaker pride themselves in being involved in the community. Since January of 2022, the homemakers have played a key role in assisting extension activities. Of particular importance is the following...The Happy Homemaker Club assisted in packaging fruit snack samples for the loca
