"Spotlight Series": Magoffin County

Our continuing "Spotlight Series": Magoffin

Cooperative Extension Service provides a range of education programming and activities to support the well-being of Kentuckians. One good example is in Magoffin County where statistics show that approximately 1,000 children go to bed hungry every night. In an effort to provide nutritious foods for hungry children, the FCS agent organized the Backpack Program and the mobile food pantry for our community. One hundred and twenty-three youth from local schools were identified by school personnel to participate in the Backpack Program. School personnel reported that as a direct result of the program: 93% of students looked healthier; 85% of students were more alert and less sleepy; 93% of students attended school more regularly; 77% of students’ grades improved; and 63% of students were less aggressive or had fewer mood swings.1

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