This article was cross-posted from Catawba County Center

About Catawba County’s Extension Home & Family Programs

About Our Family and Consumer Sciences Programs

Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) offers a wide range of topics designed to provide individuals, families, and communities with dynamic, issue driven education across the spectrum of family needs. These include nutrition, food safety, parenting, human development, aging, housing, volunteer development, health and family resource management.

Family Resource Management

Family resource management, a part of Family and Consumer Education Programs within the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, is based on the philosophy that the quality of life of individuals and families is largely dependent on their knowledge and skill in obtaining, using and conserving financial and other resources. People of all ages need education in personal finance and in their consumer and legal rights and responsibilities.

Financial Management

  • Budgeting and Record Keeping
  • Planning for Financial Security
  • Increasing Family Income

Consumer Education and Protection

  • Consumer Decision Making
  • Consumer Rights and Responsibilities
  • Consumer Fraud

Legal Issues

  • Planning for Dependency and Disability
  • Estate Planning
  • Family Law
  • Small Business Law

Family Development

The basic unit of society is the family. Rapid changes in society create multiple family challenges and increase stress. Like the rest of the nation, Catawba County faces challenges such as , poverty, homelessness, unemployment, changes in family structure, retirement, care for children and older adults, and violence. Through community educational programs offered by Cooperative Extension, families and individuals can learn to increase their options, broaden their understanding, develop their coping skills, and determine how to contribute to their communities.

Cooperative Extension offers educational opportunities on a variety of family development topics:

Children, Youth, and Parenting

Human Development and Family Relationships

  • Family Communications and Conflict Management
  • Family Dynamics and Diversity
  • Building Family Strengths
  • Managing Stress and Crisis Resolution

Adult Development and Aging

Housing

Research-based information and resources on housing are available in these areas:

  • Home and Furnishing Modifications for Older Adults
  • Home Buying, Construction, and Remodeling Information
  • Home Environment, Indoor Air Quality and Safety
  • Mildew and Moisture Control Information
  • Help Yourself to a Healthy Home

For Family & Consumer Sciences information, contact:

Glennie Daniels, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
E-mail: glennie_daniels@ncsu.edu

For household pest identification and pesticide use information, contact:

Kevin Starr, County Extension Director
E-mail: Kevin_Starr@ncsu.edu

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