Family Living Related Links of Interest

Consumer Resource Management

• Consumer Information Center
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Federal Trade Commission
• National Fraud Information Center
• Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection

Family Financial Management 

• American Savings Education Council
• Federal Trade Commission
• Social Security Administration
• The Investors Clearinghouse
• The Young Investor Website
• Financial Help for Everyone
• National Endowment for Financial Education
• Consumer Reports for Kids
• Resources for Consumer Information from the Federal Government
• Retirement Planning via the Web
• How is Financial Strain Measured? (2 pages, 60 KB)
• Investing for Your Future
• Planning for a Secure Retirement
• Early Retirement Decisions
• MoneyWi$e
• Power Pay Online

Building Strong Families

• Child & Family Web Guide
• Children, Youth & Family Information Service
• Home Alone
• National Extension Parenting Educators' Framework
• Balancing Work, Family & Caregiving (3 pages, 540 KB)
• Building Strong Single-Parent Families
• Co-parenting After Divorce
• Parent Education from the University of Wisconsin
• CYFERNet - Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network
• Children, Youth & Families Publications from the University of Georgia
• Family Keys
• Grandparenting
• Family Caregiving

Child Development

• Parenting the First Year
• Parenting the 2nd & 3rd Years
• I Am Your Child
• Helping Children Understand Divorce
• Developing a Parenting Plan: A Guide for Divorcing Parents
• National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
• National Network for Child Care
• Parenting the Preschooler Newsletter
• Parenting Again Newsletter
• Aprendiendo a Compartir
• Desarrollo de la Autoestima (Development of Self-Esteem)
• ¿Como Fortalecer la Autoestima? (How to Build Self Esteem)
• Estrategias Disciplinarias Efectivas para los Ninos (Effective Discipline for Young Children)
• La Autoestima y los Ninos (Self-Esteem and Children)
• Through the Eyes of a Child - Relationships
• Raising Courageous Kids

Foods & Nutrition

• Meals for You
• USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
• Fight Bac!
• Food Safety Initiative
• Thermy - Thermometer information
• Nutrition Navigator
• Nutrient Data Laboratory
• Healthfinder
• Weight and Health
• Wisconsin Food Security Project
• FoodSafety.gov

Housing

• UW-Extension About the House
• Consumer Handbook to Credit Protection Laws
• Home & Consumer Solutions
• Radon
• Healthy Indoor Air for America's Homes
• Indoor Air Quality: Molds and Dust
• Lead Poisoning and Your Child's Health (2 pages, 32 KB)
• Flooding, Mold and Your Health (4 pages, 348 KB)
• Accessing Affordable Housing in La Crosse County (8 pages, 658 KB)
• About the House
• HomeWorks News
• Rent Smart
• Publicaciones en Español
  

Community

• America's Diversity at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Reflections from Census 2000 (15 pages, 36 KB)
• Nurturing Volunteers
• Growing Volunteers
• Wisconsin Impacts Report
• Hunger Close to Home - La Crosse County (5 pages, 148 KB)
  • Other Counties
  • PowerPoint presentation
• Wisconsin Connections - an eligibility guide to assistance programs for Wisconsin Households.

UW-Extension

• University of Wisconsin Family Living Programs
• University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Home and Family Publications

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STAFF

If you have any questions regarding Family Living in La Crosse County, please contact:

Mary Meehan-Strub

Professor, Department of Family Development
Family Living Agent

La Crosse County - UW Extension
400 4th Street North - Room 3140
La Crosse, WI 54601-3200
Phone: 608-785-9593
Fax: 608-789-4808
Email: mary.meehan-strub@ces.uwex.edu