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
Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service Nutrition Education Program (NEP) paraprofessional and agents taught 270 limited-resource families how to serve more nutritious meals, keep foods safe, and use local food resources. 85% of NEP graduate families improved their diet because they used the food guide pyramid, made healthy choices, and read nutrition facts, and 37% increased the frequency of moderate physical activity. Extension also conducted "LEAP for Health" in eight Head Start and early childhood classes, reaching 238 children ages 3 to 5. As a result of the LEAP program, 93% of the youth tried a new fruit or vegetable and 96% could name at least one or more health benefits of eating fruits and vegetables.
To see the entire Building Strong Families county profile for Jefferson county, please click the link.
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