Extension
It Starts With Us
Enhance Life Skills and Build Consumer Awareness
Improving Lifestyle Decisions
FCS, Ammerman, 4H
Financial Education - General
Communications and Expressive Arts
Apparel and Textiles (Non-Master Clothing Volunteer)
Promote positive personal finance behaviors prepares Kentuckians for any future economic shift. The United States has been in an extremely long period of economic expansion; however, expansions are cyclical, meaning growth is eventually followed by recession. Securing financial stability for Kentuckians will help families thrive no matter the economic outlook. Financial stability is achieved when families are able to secure and manage resources needed to supply food, clothing, and shelter. Through increased financial knowledge, families may be able to make wise financial decisions, increase buying power, avoid overextended credit, develop savings habits, and manage risks.
- Better family money management skills, such as reducing debt, increasing savings, and financial planning.
- More effective employees and community leaders.
- Improved financial capability for Kentuckians, results in better quality of life and stronger families.
- Practice one or more resource management behaviors resulting in increased savings or investments.
- Adopt financial planning strategies for short-, mid-, and long-term goals.
- Increased knowledge and skills related to managing financial resources, including savings, credit, and financial planning.
- Change knowledge, opinions, skills, and aspirations, to improve employability through work and practical living skills and continuing education practices.
- Increase financial literacy (knowledge and skills) related to savings and investments.
Initial Outcome: Knowledge Gained
Indicator: Participants are able to show increased knowledge and skills related to managing available resources
Method: Written or Oral Evaluation, Pre and Post Test
Timeline: Immediate
Intermediate Outcome: Behavior Change
Indicator: Apply one or more resource management behaviors resulting in increased savings or investments
Method: Oral and Written Evaluations, Pre and Post Tests.
Timeline: 1-3 Years
Long-term Outcome: Changes in the Financial Well-being of Grant County residents
Indicator: Higher financial stability, lower rates of student debt, increase in economic well-being
Method: Noticeable changes in census data, Number of individuals reporting improved family financial stability and economic well-being, and policy changes that promote financial stability.
Timeline: 10 years
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Farm Succession Planning
Content or Curriculum: UK/OSU Farm Transitions Program
Inputs: Agents, specialists, attorney
Date: Dec 2021
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Small Steps to Health and Wealth
Content or Curriculum: Small Steps to Health and Wealth
Inputs: Agent, Curriculum
Date: Jan 2022
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Estate Planning
Content or Curriculum: Estate Planning, Planning your digital estate
Inputs: Agents, Curriculum, Specialists
Date: Fall 2021
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Where does your money go?
Content or Curriculum: Managing in tough times
Inputs: Agent, Curriculum
Date: Summer 2022
Audience: 7th & 8th Grade Students
Project or Activity: Reality Store
Content or Curriculum: It’s your Reality
Inputs: Agents, Volunteers, Community Partners
Date: October 2021
Audience: 4th & 5th grade students
Project or Activity: Dollars and Sense
Content or Curriculum: It’s your Reality
Inputs: Agents, Volunteers, Community Partners
Date: March 2022
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Credit Education
Content or Curriculum: Good Credit Game
Inputs: Agent, curriculum publications and resources, Good Credit Game set
Date: Fall 2021
Author: Ari Veach
Major Program: 21st Century Skills (Career & Workplace Development)
In November of 2021 Grant County 4-H and Williamstown School Family Resource Center was able to host a day of financial education and literacy. This was a 2 day-program and 3 different programs with youth ranging from Preschool-8th grade. Preschool-2nd Graders were working on understanding earing money through chores and other small jobs by earning beans which in turn they had the opportunity to choose what to "spend" their beans on. Here they were able to see what they earned and what
Author: Asa Conkwright
Major Program: Food Preparation and Preservation
Kitchen Appliance DemoThe small kitchen appliance market in the United States has grown rapidly as of late and according to Allied Market Research it is expected to grow even larger. Small kitchen appliances are gaining momentum as they offer multiple advantages in certain situations, such as preparing healthier, low fat foods (air fryer), cooking foods to accommodate busy schedules (slow cookers), having multi-function appliances that take up less space (multi-cookers), and cooking economically
Author: Asa Conkwright
Major Program: Recipes for Life
Recipes for Life was held by the Grant County Cooperative Extension office for the first time since the beginning the COVID pandemic. 45 Students from Grant County’s Gifted 5th grade program and their teacher took a field trip to the extension office for a day of education and fun. The Grant County FCS agent, 4-H agent, and Senior NEP assistant, taught lessons that included information about food safety, kitchen safety, knife skills, meal preparation, MyPlate, hand washing, table manners,
Author: Ari Veach
Major Program: Family and Consumer Science
Babysitting made easy for all! What an amazing two days we had at the extension office with Babysitting Basics! We hosted 9 4-Hers ranging from 5th grade to 10th grade! They were able to learn about becoming better babysitters! The youth were able to cover basic CPR procedures, basic first aid, developmental stages of youth, toys, an learned new games/activities to do with their kids they watch. We were able to partner with the Williamstown Fire Department to learn some CPR basics and Dry Ridge
