Teamwork Strengthens
Wisconsin’s Families
Meeting the Needs of Today’s
Diverse Families
University of Wisconsin-Extension
programs in Family Living help families thrive in a rapidly changing world.
Backed by research, Family Living colleagues work with their communities to
promote family strengths.
An Eye to the Future
Family Living programs
provide education that enables people to …
- Become more effective
parents and caregivers.
- Make healthy choices
about diet, activity and food safety.
- Choose and prepare affordable,
nutritious meals and snacks.
- Enhance economic security.
- Manage family finances
and housing resources.
- Strengthen intergenerational
relationships.
Stronger Families, Better Communities
Family Living programs
offer educational opportunities that strengthen families and communities, enhancing
their uniqueness and diversity.
- Extension works with
community organizations to promote food security and access to a safe, nutritious
food supply.
- Extension helps communities
prepare children for improved learning in school by improving parenting skills,
child care, nutrition and community resources.
- Extension helps make
local assessments of pressing community issues, such as health care, housing
and child care.
- Extension provides research
and knowledge to state and local government officials and community leaders,
to help them design public policies and programs that support families.
What Families Gain
UW-Extension Family Living
faculty and staff work with families to help them solve problems and improve
the quality of daily life in ways that are important to them. This education
meets family needs throughout the life span, from improving prenatal nutrition
and parenting skills to planning an estate and caring for an aging parent. Programs
target the unique local needs of each community. Family Living colleagues provide
education and research, while partnering with communities to build strong families.
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 What
People Say About Family Living Programs
“I wish you
could keep sending Extension’s Parenting the First Year newsletter
until my child is 18!”
Parent and child
care provider
“The local Family
Impact Seminar was a good ‘big picture’ overview that helped
foster an understanding of the plight of individual juveniles. I think
UW-Extension is a very important resource, and I was pleased to have the
expertise of Extension professionals and others whom they brought to the
seminar.”
Milwaukee County
Supervisor
“The lessons
that Extension taught contain valuable real-life information. They help
clients become self-sufficient.”
County provider
for Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development program
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About Cooperative Extension in
Wisconsin
Cooperative Extension is
a division of University of Wisconsin-Extension, which is part of the University
of Wisconsin System. Cooperative Extension programs help people throughout the
state acquire knowledge and skills to …
- Help their children
grow and learn.
- Improve their local
governments and neighborhoods.
- Enhance the quality
of their families’ lives.
- Use natural resources
responsibly.
- Solve problems in their
businesses.
Extension people work in
partnership with people in county, state, federal, and tribal governments; community
organizations; businesses; and industry. With faculty and staff in every county
and on UW-campuses, Cooperative Extension gives Wisconsin citizens quick and
convenient access to University research and knowledge.
Family Living is one of
the Cooperative Extension programs. Others include Agriculture and Natural Resources,
4-H Youth Development, and Community, Natural Resource and Economic Development.
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to the Family Living Programs Homepage
More about Cooperative
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