FAMILY LIVING PROGRAMS IN RACINE COUNTY

UW-Extension helps build strong families, which serve as the foundation for community life, by enhancing family relationships, parenting, child development, nutrition, financial literacy, and the community institutions that promote family well-being.

Families and Communities

• Helping families connect with community resources
  • Quick List - Resources for Families in Racine County (updated April 2008, 2 page brochure, 89 KB)
  • Family Resource Directory (updated November 2007, 44 pages of community resources, 173 KB)
  • 211 Website - call "211" for help finding community resources, or go to the 211 website, which includes some sections in Spanish
  • Wisconsin Connections - an eligibility guide to assistance programs for Wisconsin Households
  • Beyond Your Door - for online regional events go to: http://www.beyondyourdoor.com/dynamicdata/eventcalender.asp
    
    
• Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Programs - Evidence-based Practice
  
  
• Early Care & Education Training Project - Training sessions available to child care providers in Racine, Kenosha, Milwaukee, and Waukesha counties.
  
  
• Early Learning Series - Monthly seminars on a variety of topics such as mealtime, bedtime, potty training, challenging behaviors, crying, etc.
  To view the current Early Learning Series Seminar, click here.
  

• Parenting, Grandparenting, and Family Caregiving - UW-Extension offers excellent information helpful to families in a variety of formats.
  

• Touchpoints Project - Workshops for families and professionals to learn about emotional and behavioral development of young children, effective communication tools and community resources. The Touchpoints Project is supported by United Way of Racine County in partnership with a variety of local partners.

• Apple Seeds - A family-school-community network resulting from a combination of community expertise, systems planning and the research-base on the 14 foundational experiences needed by all young children during early childhood for later school success. The pilot project focuses on the Burlington area, where a group of community volunteers and organizations designed Apple Seeds in support of families and young children.

Food and Nutrition

• UW-Extension's Racine Kenosha Nutrition Education Program - nutrition educators specialize in helping low income families stretch their food dollars for nutritious and safe food.

• Weight and Health - overview describes the impact of obesity, risk factors, and related costs.

Family Economics

• Accessing Affordable Housing (8 pages) - learn how Racine County compares to other counties for home ownership and rent burden, and awareness of need and ways to help.
• Household Food Survey (2 pages) - 2004 survey of 740 families in the Burlington Area School District elementary schools looking at availability of food, eating habits, and policy recommendations.
• Hunger Close to Home (5 pages) - learn how Racine County fares and what can be done about food insecurity (updated February 2006)
  
• Making Ends Meet (8 page PDF, 486 KB) - learn how Racine County fares and what can be done about making ends meet (2004)

• Wisconsin Food Security Project

UW-Extension Family Living Programs - connect to a variety of statewide resources.

STAFF

If you have any questions regarding the Family Living Program in Racine County, please contact:
Racine County - UW Extension
14200 Washington Avenue
Sturtevant, WI 53177-1295
Phone: 262-886-8460
Fax: 262-886-8489
Relay: 711