Family Living

UW-Extension Family Living Programs enrich families and strengthen communities.  Backed by university research, we work for Wisconsin families by:

• Helping communities respond to issues such as childhood obesity, financial security, and quality child care.
• Providing leadership for policies that help children, youth and families succeed.
• Increasing knowledge about parenting, health and nutrition.
• Offering consumers and families more strategies for managing their money.
• Reaching out to diverse families with education and resources.
• Using cost effective approaches to reduce negative family issues and build more resilient families.

Program Areas

• Family Financial Management
• Parenting support and Child Development
• Building Healhty Families
• Mobilizing Rural Communities to Assess and Improve the Ecological Environment to Prevent Childhood Obesity

Wisconsin Department of Children and Families Day Care List

http://childcarefinder.wisconsin.gov/Search/BasicSearch.aspx

Food Safety

UW-Extension and the UW-Madison maitain a Food Safety and Health website with food safety and preservation information that is available at: http:/www.foodsafety.wisc.edu

Additional Food Safety websites:

• www.fightbac.org
• http://www.befoodsafe.org/
• www.uga.edu/nchfp/

We invest in people to grow stronger communities. For more information on Family Living Programs, go to http://www.uwex.edu/ces/flp

Visit us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/UWExtensionFamilyLiving.

If you have any questions regarding Family Living Education in Iron County, please contact:

Andrea Newby
Iron County UW-Extension
300 Taconite Street, Suite 118
Hurley, WI 54534
Phone:  715-561-2695, Extension 2124
Fax:  715-561-2704
Email:  andrea.newby@ces.uwex.edu