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 Bracken County Cooperative Extension Service's Family and Consumer Science agent partnered with the family resource center and the dance and fitness class at the Bracken County Middle School to offer eight weeks of nutritional and healthy education classes to their students. By using the "Wellness in Kentucky (WIN)" curriculum, lessons presented varied from fat content in foods to tasting your foods, from fruits and vegetables to calcium. There were a total of 40 students and three teachers in two classes. Overall, 95 percent of the students tried a fruit or vegetable they had never had before, with some stating they would try it again. Pre- and post-tests were given to see increased knowledge. On average, 95 percent of the students showed an increase in knowledge.
To see the entire Building Strong Families county profile for Bracken county, please click the link.
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