Extension
It Starts With Us
Families & Individual Development
Promoting the Development of Family and Individual Life Skills
Sue Hughes, FCS/4-H Agent
Securing Financial Stability (general)
Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
Forty percent of Robertson Countians have less than a high school education. Less than 25% of the county residents over the age 24 have attended one or more college class. Robertson Countians have few opportunities for educational growth. The family remains the main source for development of social and life skills. Almost 30% of Robertson County’s population is over the age of 55. In addition to aging concerns, almost 30% of Robertson County’s households are comprised of non-family (unrelated) members. Other than a Senior Citizens Center and a Nursing Home, Robertson County has few organizations that support our aging residents. Our Statistics came from SNARL, the U.S. Census Bureau, and Kids Count.
Parents and caregivers will become effective in facilitating growth of healthy confident children. Families and households will have more positive relationships. Senior citizens will maintain and enhance their quality of life.
Parents and caregivers will provide developmentally appropriate activities and environments for children. There will be an increase in use of support systems. Participants of Extension educational programs will indicate use of information provided at educational sessions. Youth and adults will participate more at Extension activities and exhibit knowledge gained during Extension events.
There will be improved knowledge of child development and increased knowledge of children’s developmental stages. Parents and caregivers will recognize importance of outside support to acquire effective and responsible parenting skills. Youth will participate more in Extension programs and will learn self-sufficiency skills. Participants will gain knowledge of personal financial management. Participants will recognize the relationship between physical health and overall individual development.
Initial Outcome: There will be an increase in knowledge and understanding of financial management / food resource management, conservation, home preparedness issues and informed choices regarding healthy lifestyles
Indicator: The number of individuals reached through programming related to healthy lifestyle choices will be increased.
Method: Surveys
Timeline: 2017-2018
Intermediate Outcome: Residents will implement one or more practices that will improve home safety, disaster preparedness, environmental conservation, or financial management
Indicator: There will be an increased number of residents reached through programming related to well-being practices (such as housing, finance, or conservation) appropriate for their life cycle
Method: Surveys
Timeline: 2017-2018
Long-term Outcome: Youth, families, and adults have increased their economic, social, and physical well-beings.
Indicator: There will be an increase in the number of participants in programs that benefit youth, families, and adults. Participants in Extension programs will gain knowledge and implement new knowledge related to finance, wellness, arts, and families.
Method: Results of newsletters, 4-H Camp, and Homemaker leader lessons will be measured with written evaluations. Follow-up interviews will be conducted in person and / or by telephone.
Timeline: 2017-2018
Audience: Extension Homemakers and other adults
Project or Activity: "(Gardening in Small Places)", "(Savvy Sellers and Bargain Hunters)", "(Know Before You Go)",
Content or Curriculum:Specialists-prepared Leader Lessons
Inputs: Community Partners , agents
Date: 2017-2018
Audience: Extension Homemakers
Project or Activity: Homemakers Skills Day and Homemakers Cultural Arts Contests
Content or Curriculum: FCS and KEHA materials
Inputs: FCS Extension Agents, KEHA members
Date: 2017-2018
Audience: 4-H participants, other county residents
Project or Activity: Rally Day, Germantown Fair, and Robertson County Fair
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Projects
Inputs: Community partners
Date: 2017-2018
Audience: Senior Citizens, Nursing Home Residents, and Adults
Project or Activity: "Life Skills" Series of Lessons
Content or Curriculum: FCS Publications, Blue to You, HEEL, and Managing in Tough Times (Moneywise), and Small Steps to Health and Wealth materials
Inputs: SNAP-Ed reinforcement items, Community Partners
Date: Monthly 2017-2018
Audience: 4-H Campers, JC's, and AC's
Project or Activity: 4-H Camp
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Lessons for Campers and Camp Volunteers
Inputs: SNAP-Ed Incentive items, volunteers, 4-H / Ag / FCS Agents
Date: Summer 2017
Author: Caroline Hughes
Major Program: Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
This is a chance to tell a story of how my connection with Extension has truly come full circle in my life. I had not been long a college graduate in 1981 when I was contacted by the FCS Agent at that time to teach a Sewing Class for adults in Robertson County where I was raised. It was quite an undertaking for me as I felt ill equipped to teach ladies the same age as my mother, a very competent seamstress herself, the basics of sewing! I didn't feel myself yet far removed from the 4-H
