Extension helps communities prepare children for improved learning in school by improving parenting skills, child care, nutrition and community resources. Extension helps make local assessments of pressing community issues such as health care, housing, and child care. Extension provides research and knowledge to state and local government officials and community leaders, to help them design public policies and programs that support families. What Families Gain UW-Extension Family Living faculty and staff work with families to help them solve problems and improve the quality of daily life in ways that are important to them. This education meets family needs throughout the life span, from improving prenatal nutrition and parenting skills to planning an estate and caring for an aging parent.
Programs target the unique local needs of each community.
Family Living colleagues provide education and research, while partnering with communities to build strong families. I think UW-Extension is a very important resource, and I was pleased to have the expertise of Extension professionals and others whom they brought to the seminar. They help clients become self-sufficient. Help their children grow and learn. Improve their local governments and neighborhoods.