Programs sponsored by the Manitowoc County Family Living Educator help families thrive in a rapidly changing world. Backed by research, the Family Living Educator assesses the needs of the community and develops programs to meet those needs.

FAMILY LIVING PROGRAM AREAS OF INTEREST

Investing in Healthy Children, Strong Families, and Caring Communities (7 pages, 50 KB)

Food and Product Recalls Stay informed...

Manitowoc County Issues and Demographics

• Accessing Affordable Housing
• Family Caregiving
• Hunger Close to Home
• Making Ends Meet
• School Breakfast

• Covering Kids & Families 2009 Benefit Brochures are available.
  These brochures are specific to each of WI's 72 counties and provide a quick reference for benefit programs, inlcuding BadgerCare Plus, Free/Low Cost School Meals, Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance, WI Shares, FoodShare, WI Works, and WIC. You can download and print: http://www.ckfwi.org/CountyBrochuresMap.htm
• Better Kid Care
• Co-parenting: Focus on the Children
• Consumer Products Safety Commission
• Disaster Recovery
  • EDEN floods - Extension Web Sites - Regularly updated due to current conditions - Resources available through these sites deal with an exhaustive list of flood-related issues (i.e. agriculture, human safety, and financial losses/compensation.
  • Family caregiving disasters -  Information on stress and decision making, safe sheltering of your home, things caregivers should know in a disaster.
  • Floods - Information on what to do when you enter the home for the first time.
  • Agro security - This includes information about animals, food safety, worker safety, assessing risks and much more.
  • The Disaster Handbook
• Disaster Menus and Shopping List
• Flood Recovery Resources
• UW-Extension Disaster Management and Recovery
• Diversity Circles
• Family Living Links of Interest
• Family Living News Releases (prior to 2006)
• Focus on Energy Resources - Residential

• Food Safety
• Food Preservation
• Food Resources - Get good food at low or no cost in Manitowoc County!
  • Food Resources Get good food at low or no cost in Manitowoc County! (English) (2 pages, 60 KB)
  • Food Resources Get good food at low or no cost in Manitowoc County! (Spanish) (2 pages, 60 KB)
• Hispanic/Latino Resources
• Home & Community Education (HCE)
• Home Wise: House & Environmental Resources - UW Extension Publication (122 pages, 946 KB)
• How to Cope with a Sudden Drop in Income (8 pages, 460 KB)
• Identity Theft
• Lending Library
• Money Management Basics/Administracion Basica Del Dinero (1 page, 16 KB)

• Nutrition & Health
• Parenting Future Readers
• Parenting Newsletters - UW Extension
• Parenting Newsletter: Family Matters- Colorado State Extension
• Parenting Resources
• Preparing to Parent
• Resources Directory (11 pages, 57 KB) - Spanish and English: lists Church, Clothing, Counseling etc. in Manitowoc County.
• Resources for Immigration in Wisconsin (2 pages, 17 KB)
• Taxes-Earned Income Credit
• Wisconsin Bookworms (1 page, 21 KB)

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

Faye Malek
Manitowoc County - UW Extension
Manitowoc County Office Complex
4319 Expo Drive
PO Box 1150
Manitowoc, WI 54221-1150
Phone: 920-683-4171
Fax: 920-683-5062
Email: fayemalek@co.manitowoc.wi.us