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 unemployment at 9.8%, many families must reduce food expenditures. "Couponing 101" teaches how to plan meals and shop wisely. The Marshall County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent taught the lesson 23 times to over 460 participants. Each class covered meal planning, using a master shopping list, keeping a price book, coupon etiquette, store policies, coupon resources, and stockpiling. Follow-up reports indicated that 80% of participants now use meal planning and couponing to increase savings. 60% consistently save 20 to 50%, and have shared what they learned with family and friends. Participants said, "The weekly meal planning should be a must for every household" and "Using what we learned has allowed us to keep gas in our automobiles."
To see the entire Building Strong Families county profile for Marshall county, please click the link.
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