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 Ohio County Cooperative Extension Service is committed to providing nutrition education programs to low income families and individuals who may be struggling with economic hardship due to the economy and/or lack of personal or financial resources. The goals of programs are to educate limited resource families with young children and SNAP-Ed (formerly the Food Stamp program) clientele to plan nutritious meals on a limited budget, acquire safe food handling practices, improve food preparation skills, and change eating and activity behaviors to enjoy a healthier lifestyle. As a result of these programs, 420 people were encouraged to access nutritious foods at local farmers markets and 4,014 youth were taught the basics of making nutritious food choices.
To see the entire Building Strong Families county profile for Ohio county, please click the link.
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