Author: Alethea Price
Major Program: Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
The COVID pandemic caused an abrupt change to all programming for Extension. Meetings, programs, and events were cancelled. Outreach still needed to be completed.Instead of offering programs in person, the FCS Agent prepared kits for people to be able to safely stop by the office to pick up. Those programs could include activities, publications and incentive items. The FCS Agent created several varieties of these programs on the go to meet the needs of Boyle County residents staying safe at home
Author: Laken Campbell
During the time of the COVID 19 pandemic, schools went to online learning, offices closed, and businesses shut down. With everyone being quarantined at home, the Lee County Extension Office used this opportunity as a unique approach of programming. With a team effort from the office, each member played an important role in preparing our new programming method, Grab-N-Go bags. The items within the Grab-N-Go bags varies week to week. Each bag has its own theme and the items inside correspond
Author: Nellie Buchanan
COVID-19 is a public health crisis for both physical and mental well-being. According to David Weisenhorn, UK Senior Specialist for Parenting and Child Development, “the uncertainty around COVID-19 is even harder for children.” Morgan County Extension service aimed to support mental health among youth and families during this crisis while following CDC and social distancing guidelines. The goal of the 4-H, FCS & ANR program was to provide hands-on progra
Author: Jordan Crain
Green County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences offered a newsletter-based walking program designed for individuals who have not previously been physically active or who have not been physically active in a long time. There were 11 participants. 100 percent of participants increased the amount of walking that they did on a weekly basis. 100 percent of participants examined ways to set goals for walking. A follow-up evaluation revealed that 100 percent of participants are still enga
Author: Caroline Hughes
During the COVID-19 situation, everyone has tried to focus on the health of friends, family, colleagues while continuing to support their communities. While responding to community needs in new and unique ways, Extension outreach is evident in the impact we are making locally and area wide. Social distancing has created a challenge in finding new ways to meet the needs of our clientele, but sometimes a great way may be using a local resource that has been readily available all along in our area-
Author: Jessica Marquez
Issues: What is the situation? Who cares and why?The number of Grandparent-headed households (GrandFamilies) is rapidly growing. Low income and minorities are disproportionately represented and lack adequate access to community-based services and programs. Many grandparents are challenged with generational gaps when raising their grandchildren and may lack knowledge on how to address issues that are due to this.Response: What has been done? Summarize your program, project, or response to the iss
Author: Margie Hernandez
Since the start of the coronavirus quarantine in early March 2020, strict restrictions on meetings with clientele were put into practice and therefore, no face-to-face meeting were allowed. As a way of being able to reach out, staying connected and providing continued programming, Nutrition Information Packets were prepared and distributed to families in Pulaski county during the pandemic.The Pulaski County SNAP-Ed (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) assistant collaborated with other Ext
Author: Joan Bowling
The National Soap and Detergent Association, getting rid of clutter would eliminate 40 percent of housework in the average home. The National Association of Professional Organizers reports we spend one year of our lives looking for lost items. 23 percent of adults say they pay bills late (and incur fees) because they lose them. 1 in 11 American households rent a self-storage space and spend over $1000 a year in rent. A 2008 survey of 400 consumers nationwide, 27 percent said they feel disorganiz
Author: Heather Cheek
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, families and individuals were encouraged to stay Healthy At Home. This meant that traditional Extension programming had to change. In an effort to still reach clientele and provide them with research based information and hands on activities to support that information and encourage a better understanding of it for those who may not be visual learners, the Mason County FCS Agent and program assistant worked together to provide different Programs On The Go to the c
Author: Douglas Shepherd
With the outbreak of COVID-19 and the need for massive amounts personal protective equipment as well as certain other medical needs, and as a result of our large, new facility; agent was contacted by local EMS director as well as Lincoln Trail Area Health Department about the possibility of our office serving as a drop point for all FEMA supplies coming into this eight county area. We agreed and our Extension leadership requested and received a donated forklift from local commercial
Author: Tracy Cowles
Covid 19“Grab Bag” programs during the Covid 19 became the new way of teaching and reaching our clientele.The Family & Consumer Science Agent, Nutrition Education Program Assistant, and the 4-H Youth Development Agent, partnered to provide 100-110 garden kits that included several SNAP recipes, Plate It Up recipes and material along with excepts from ID 128 as well as information on other publications about gardening. Teaching others were their food comes from, how to grow, and t
Author: Shonda Johnston
During the COVID-19 pandemic that began in March 2020, our country (and local communities) experienced closures and restrictions like never before. Offices closed and in-person programming ceased. In an effort to increase extension visibility in the community of Clark County and offer educational outreach during the “Healthy at Home” request of Kentuckians; the Clark County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent along with the 4-H Youth Development Agent teamed up to offer grab-and-go st
Author: Lyndall Harned
I was contacted by the local hospital about the Homemakers making cloth mask for them since, at that time, PPE was next to impossible to find to purchase. So I contacted our two Master Clothing Volunteers, one of which aslo happened to be our county Homemaker president. They rallied the troops and got several other ladies to volunteer to ,ake the masks. KDMC, the health care center, paid for the materials, which the ag and hort agent ordered and picked up. The material was made into packets that
Author: Tamera Magee
In 2015, 25.5% of Kentuckians reported using the Emergency Department in the past year (State Health Access Data Assistance, 2017.) In 2018 there were 2.1 million Emergency Department Encounters in Kentucky. (Source: Kentucky Emergency Department Encounter Claims) https://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/ohda/Documents/2018Emergency.pdf. Nearly half of all US medical care is delivered by emergency departments, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (U
Author: Julia Wilson
In 2020 the Edmonson County School Systems had already closed multiple days for illness. The Family Resource Center reached out to the Edmonson County Family and Consumer Sciences Agents to teach a lesson about the importance of hand washing.The FCS agent worked with 200 students in the middle and high school in February and March of 2020. An initial lesson was on the importance of proper hand washing utilizing glow germ to show students spots they missed when they washed their hands. Afte
For many years the Edmonson County Soil Conservation Office has given away hundreds of tree seedlings to Edmonson County Residents. Current events caused the 2020 tree seedling giveaway to be canceled. The Edmonson County FCS Agent and ANR Agent partnered with the Soil Conservation for a tree seedling giveaway in a different way in May 2020. The FCS Agent developed an online event where Edmonson County residents could request a bundle of tree seedlings. The bundle included Red Bud, White Oak, Hi
In response to COVID-19, Extension To Go bags were started to assure that community members could still be active and engaged in Extension Programming from the comfort of their home. The Extension To Go bags have been offered to any Green County resident wishing to participate. Topics of Extension To Go bags included: Life Story, Managing Stress, Physical Activity, Recipe Kits, Meal Planning, Green Cleaning, Grill Safety, Nature Walks and Sun Safety to name a few. Extension To Go bags were well
Author: Rachel Hance
Everyone is exposed to some type of indoor air pollution at some point in time in their lives. According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, research indicates that people spend approximately 90% of their time indoors resulting in, for many people, the risks to health may be greater due to exposure to air pollution indoor than outdoors.To bring light to this need for indoor air quality education, the Logan County Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent taught the
