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 Jackson County Nutrition Education Program (NEP) paraprofessionals taught 214 limited resource families how to serve more nutritious meals, to keep foods safe, and to utilize local food resources effectively. 98.95% families made an improvement in the nutritional quality of their diet. 55.5% of NEP graduate families consumed a diet of higher quality because they planned meals using the food guide pyramid, considered healthy choices, and used the "Nutrition Facts" label. 41% of families increased the frequency of moderate physical activity for 30 minutes per day. 49% of families demonstrated an improvement in safe food handling practices and hand washing behavior. 61% of families learned to plan meals ahead of time and use a grocery list to guide food selections.
To see the entire Building Strong Families county profile for Jackson county, please click the link.
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