Overview

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CSREES' Family Science program strengthens families through effective and widespread collaborations among federal, state, and local agencies throughout the nation. Advancing CSREES' goal to improve quality of life in rural areas, the Family Science program increases the understanding of family systems, family performance, and the overall well-being of families in society.

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In Focus

• 2009 Extension Human Sciences Network Conference
• Strengthening Family Relationships
• Healthy Child Development
• Adult Development and Aging
• Military Family Life
• Professional Development


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Partners/Partnership

• CSREES partners with NIA Collaborative Initiative to share resources and to improve older Americans' well-being through research and outreach efforts.
• CSREES joins the Federal/National Partnership for Transforming Child and Family Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment
• CSREES collaborates with land grant universities and defense agencies on research and extension programs focusing on military families.


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Events

• 2010 Food Safety Education Conference, Advancement in Food Safety Education: Trends, Tools and Technologies, Atlanta, GA, March 23-26, 2010.
• Grantsmanship Workshops, November 10-11, 2009, Kansas City, MO; Embassy Suites Kansas City - International Airport
• Grantsmanship Workshops, November 18-19, 2009, Washington, D.C.; Marriott Crystal Gateway

Selected Results and Impacts

• CSREES and multistate extension teams use presentations and other tools to educate Medicare beneficiaries about the new Medicare Prescription Drug Card Program.
• CSREES and a multistate team developed the Age Paced Parenting Newsletters, showing parents how to improve their parenting skills.
• CSREES partners with a multistate team to study impacts of changing economic conditions and welfare reform on the well-being and functioning of rural families.

Resources

• Aging Integrated Database, Administration on Aging. On-line query system that provides access to AoA-related program performance results, surveys, & data files
• Carsey Institute. Research and analysis on the challenges facing families and communities.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Science-based instructional materials that help school enhance health education curriculum.


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Contacts

Caroline E. Crocoll

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