CSREES Family Science Program

[IN FOCUS] Military Family Life Research and Extension Programs

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:01:00 GMT

Today’s military families face a lifestyle that includes frequent deployments and increased family separations. These stressful challenges can affect military readiness. CSREES, the Land-Grant University System, and a variety of partners support military family quality of life through special projects that help curb family violence and support parenting, family readiness for deployments, and provide funding for extension educators who operate on major military installations to assist families and soldiers. The following are related projects at seven land-grant institutions.

Auburn University

Healthy Parenting Initiative

Cornell University

Kansas State University

Projects, Research, and Aid to Military Families

Projects include the following four Air Force programs: identifying “high needs” fathers, marriage enrichment, batterer intervention, and a resource information program.

University of Maryland

University of Maryland Cooperative Extension

University of Maryland Cooperative Extension provides support to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Army Community Service, Consumer Affairs/Financial Assistance program to assist service members and their families in areas of basic financial management. This financial management training has improved the quality of life and financial readiness of soldiers and their families. In 2007-2008, over 350 service members received the training and most reported the training to be beneficial.

University of Missouri

Healthy Parenting Initiative

Texas A&M University

Virginia Polytechnic Institute State University

Healthy Parenting Initiative

Family Science Home Page

[IN FOCUS] The FCS Administrator's Directory provides easy access to names and contact information for all family and consumer science administrators.

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:38:57 GMT

[IN FOCUS] Graphic Recordings from Futuring for Families Think Tank

Wed, 21 May 2008 16:56:39 GMT

Graphic Recordings from Futuring for Families Think Tank

CSREES National Program Leaders (NPLs) working in family and consumer science (FCS) disciplines place a high value on interdisciplinary FCS programming to address the many and complex problems facing the nation’s families from an ecological or systems perspective. In July 2007, CSREES NPLs in Family Economics, Family Science, and Housing and Indoor Environments hosted a “Futuring for Families” (FFF) Think Tank in Atlanta, Georgia to:

Understand the benefits of addressing family issues from an interdisciplinary perspective;
Gain exposure to integrated Extension programs with potential for national reach;
Frame priorities for national program leadership and state and local application.

The think tank was held as a preconference to the National Extension Family Science Specialists’ Biennial Conference. Hosted by the College of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Georgia, specialists and administrators from all FCS disciplines assisted in facilitating the FFF event. Discussions and group consensus were captured in graphic recordings by Visual Logic of Atlanta.

[PARTNERSHIP] The Coalition of Organizations on Disaster Education recently launched online the updated guide, "Talking about Disasters: Guide for Standard Messages."

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:46:59 GMT

[PARTNERSHIP] CSREES co-chairs Family Strengthening Peer Network meeting to review programs aimed at helping families access benefits.

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:47:24 GMT