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
The FCS Advisory Council identified hunger in children as a problem in Hart County schools. A county wide effort to support the Feeding America Backpack project included School authorities, a steering committee, homemaker clubs, churches, Leadership Hart County, Eastern Star Chapters, Diabetes Coalition, Hart County Library, Rotary, and individuals raised $9000. Up to 125 children identified as at risk discreetly received a bag of food each Friday, with 10 to 12 items for the weekend. One wide-eyed child exclaimed, “This is all for me and I’m going to get it every Friday?” Families and children have gotten additional nutritious food to help in stretching the limited food dollar, and the county worked toward a common goal.
To view the entire Building Strong Families Hart county profile, please click the link.
1 comment:
Thanks for sharing such a great post. We are thankful for the support people have shown the backpack program.
Sarah
Feeding America
http://feedingamerica.org/
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