The basic mission of Extension CFS is to provide informal educational programs to increase knowledge,attitudes, skills, and aspirations to improve the quality of individual, family, and community life through the adoption of new practices and the application of knowledge. Programs focus on families in various forms and strive for the development of individuals, to the end that they may effectively identify and solve the various problems directly affecting their welfare.
Programs are primarily preventative in nature.
Extension CFS is unique among other social and governmental institutions because it considers the wholeness of family life instead of fragmentary aspects. It brings the current research and educational programs of Purdue University to bear on local situations, as well as transmitting needs for new knowledge to the university. Consumer and Family Sciences Extension has a long history of serving Hoosier families through education and assistance. They are Foods and Nutrition , Human Development , and Family Resource Management . The Warren County Extension Homemakers Association is an affiliate of the Indiana Extension Homemakers Association.