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 "What's in the Doctor's Bag" curriculum was offered to the two Head Start classes to introduce children to the doctor's office - the doctor's instruments and what they experience when going to the doctor. The program also introduced them to a different healthy food each month and showed the benefits of eating healthy. At the beginning of the class, only 90 percent of the students would try the foods presented, with 100 percent trying them at the end of the year. The teachers observed 85 percent of the class choosing healthier snacks at snack time. At the completion of the program, students were requested to name the instruments and describe what they were used for. About 98 percent of the students could name the instruments and their purpose.
To see the entire Building Strong Families county profile for Butler county, please click the link.
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