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
With ten percent of Mercer County families living below the poverty level and 163 grandparents caring for grandchildren, financial planning, and literacy are important to the community. Mercer County Extension Agents worked with local banks, funeral homes, and financial advisers to offer three major programs. Serving more than 120 individuals, programs covered QuickBooks®, estate planning, and investments. Estate-planning survey results show that 88% of the participants did not have an estate-planning team, and 78% did not have an estate plan. In its second year, the estate-planning series will be offered based on these survey results and feedback from the Agriculture Advisory Council, which confirms ongoing need for information on this topic.
To see the entire Building Strong Families county profile for Mercer county, please click the link.
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