Welcome to Kentucky Family Policy

This blog is dedicated to examining issues facing the Commonwealth of Kentucky and providing a nonpartisan, family perspective on public policy making. We hope to provide a forum for Kentuckians to review and discuss current legislative actions and the issues such actions are attempting to address. The opinions expressed herein belong solely to the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Kentucky, its affiliates, or its representatives.

What the authors of this blog will contribute:
1) Summarize current state, national, and international research related to topics relevant to current legilative actions.
2) Describe Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service programs and activities currently addressing issues related to legilative actions in the various counties.
3) Provide expert commentaries via podcasts and videocasts on issues relevant to current legilative actions.

Please see "Priority Bills" section on the right for a short list of the most current legislative actions relevant to the family focus of this blog

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Spotlight Series: Graves County

Our continuing "Spotlight Series": Graves

Cooperative Extension Service provides a range of educational programming and activities to support the well-being of Kentuckians. One good example is in Graves County where The FCS agent is providing science-based nutrition information to help individuals and families make informed decisions through the Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program. The FCS Agent has implemented this program in Graves County with a variety of food stamp eligible audiences. Monthly sessions were provided to senior citizens in addition to special classes with African-Americans, Latinos, and youth. The FCS Agent provided 84 hours of educational programming, reaching 181 males and 331 females.

For more information about the needs of families in Graves County and how UK Cooperative Extension is providing services, please click here to see the full Graves County Family and Consumer Extension Profile

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