Family & Community Development

Extension's Family and Community Development Program offers effective educational opportunities to help Oregon families meet the practical challenges of daily life. Programs address critical issues for individuals and families and help Oregonians become healthy, financially secure, and responsible members of society. This is accomplished by faculty, volunteers, professionals, and support staff, who organize and conduct educational experiences through the media and in group, community, and family settings.

  Topics addressed may include:

• Nutrition
• Fitness and Physical Activity
• Stress Management
• Food Safety & Food Preservation
• Disease Prevention

Resources are also available for childhood development, financial planning and aging.

FCD Faculty bring the research and expertise of OSU, Department of Nutrition and Exercise Science and College of Health & Human Sciences to Coos County Extension.  Programs focus on providing tools to improve the health and wellness of you and your family through education and empowerment.  The FCD agent provides opportunity for knowledge and development through workshops, seminars, home study courses, newsletters, media events and health fairs. Meet your FCD Agent.

FCD collaborates with food banks, public health departments, schools, hospitals, businesses and community service organizations.  Partnering provides opportunity to pool resources and address larger issues in our community.  Many organizations and community partners support health promotion and others are encouraged to join with FCD in creating healthy children, families and communities.

Current Collaborations:

• Community Health Advisory Coalition (CHEC)
• Coos County Public Health Department
• Curry General Hospital
• Chronic Disease Coalition
• School Health Advisory Council (SHAC)

One focus of the FCD program area is to expand nutrition education to limited income adults and youth through the Oregon Family Nutrition Program (OFNP).  This component of Oregon State University Extension Service is funded by the Western Region Food and Nutrition Services (FNS/USDA) through a contract with the Oregon Children, Adult and Family Services (CAFS) Division of the Oregon Department of Human Services.  The program helps Food Stamp program participants and those eligible (but not receiving) Food Stamps learn how to better feed their families and make their food stamps go further.

Bring It Home (pdf) Health Promotion Classes for October 2006 through May 2007

FCD is currently involved in the following programming:

• Cardiac Rehabilitation - nutrition education for heart disease prevention and recovery
• Childhood Obesity - addressing issues that contribute to this growing disease
• Community Nutrition Education - opportunity for community to attend nutrition seminars
• Diabetes Prevention - healthy eating and activity practices that can reduce your risk
• Food Safety and Preservation Training through Family Food Educators (FFE)
• Nutrition Training through FFE
• School Wellness Policy - addressing nutrition, physical activity for students, teachers and staff
• Strong Women - strength training fitness program for women
• Worksite Wellness Programs - improving productivity and reducing health costs for employees enrolled in a wellness program at work
• The latest Family and Community newsletter

Volunteers in FCD

Family Food Educators (FFE)

Family Community Education (FCE)

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