El Paso County Harris County Tarrant County Travis County Urban Co. Home Strengthening Tarrant County's Families Families are the fundamental building blocks of a community. The Extension Service believes in providing programs designed to strengthen the community through its families by sponsoring a thrift program that improves families' financial well-being, by conducting community service activities and by teaching teen parents life skills. Another educational program sponsored by the Extension Service helps families get out of debt by encouraging savings.
Participants receive a quarterly newsletter with money saving tips and ideas on reducing debt.
They also attend regular seminars on financial management topics with opportunities to interact and receive individual attention on specific topics. The clubs meet regularly for educational programs and community service activities that serve to strengthen our community through family, education and service. Community service projects conducted in 1998 involved 101 FCE members and focused on literacy efforts, serving residents at nursing homes, and services for under-served children and families. Teenage pregnancy is a serious issue in Tarrant County. The Extension Service formed partnerships with other organizations in the community to sponsor a Building Young Families Conference targeting teen parents and focusing on the needs and interests of young parents in helping them develop life skills.