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 McCracken County Family and Consumer Science Agents partner each St. Patrick's Day to host "Spring into Green," which over 50 adults attended. This year, the speaker addressed money and estate planning. As a result, 94% were motivated to make a change; 92% will consider plans for their estate; 79% plan to start saving; 88% will use tips learned when deciding to update or sell their home; 84% learned the first thing to do if they lose their job; and 94% learned the best thing to do if they lose their job or have a reduction in salary. Participants ranked their knowledge of estate planning before and after the presentation. 24% of participants reported having "little" knowledge before the program, whereas 92% reported "some" knowledge after the program.
To see the entire Building Strong Families county profile for McCracken county, please click the link.
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