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
According to Kentucky Health and Family Services Cabinet rankings, 14.8% of Fleming County children live in poverty. To improve the health of Head Start students, other 3- and 4-year old children, and students in Ward elementary school's reading program, the Family and Consumer Sciences Agent conducted 46 sessions of Literacy, Eating, and Activity for Preschoolers (LEAP), reaching 252 youth and 75 adults. Each group was visited six times, with topics that included gardening, dental hygiene, healthy food choices, food tastings, and physical activity. As a result, the 252 youth and 75 adults sampled a variety of fruits and vegetables, 247 youth and 25 adults increased physical activity, 252 youth and 75 adults practiced proper hand-washing.
To see the entire Building Strong Families county profile for Fleming County, please click the link.
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