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
Prenatal and newborn healthcare was identified as a topic important to Union County residents. To address that, community partners developed the sixth "World's Greatest Baby Shower," a free, educational program that covered infant dental health, breastfeeding, and bathing a newborn. Sixteen expectant mothers, ages 15-40, attended. The educational event was sponsored by West Area Health and Education Center, Union and Henderson County Methodist Hospitals, Union County Schools, Green River District Health Department, USES Family Resource Center, Community Education, Cooperative Extension Service, and Union County Extension Homemakers. Exit evaluations showed that 96% of the participants learned new skills and received useful information to care for their newborns.
To see the entire Building Strong Families county profile for Union county, please click the link.
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