UGA Cooperative Extension

Oconee County Extension Office:
Family & Consumer Sciences

General Information

Eating Right, Spending Smart and Raising Kids… Living Well!

Family & Consumer Sciences (FACS) Extension Agents offer non-biased, research-based solutions and cutting edge knowledge on many topics, including:

FACS agents also partner with employers and other agencies to enhance economic development by educating our present and future work force. Examples include:

Health education and chronic disease prevention programs;
Required employee training such as food safety for restaurant workers and child development training for child care providers;
Life skills education to reduce turnover and increase productivity, such as managing finances and balancing work/family responsibilities.

Georgia CA$H

Consumers Aquiring Savings Habits. Sign up to receive a quarterly newsletter that will include research-based information from nationally-recognized experts at the University of Georgia. The purpose of the Georgia CA$H Tips newsletter is to help you replace spending habits with saving habits.

Extension Connection

Weekly columns published in The Oconee Enterprise featuring current topics in Family and Consumer Sciences can be found at Extension Connection.

So Easy To Preserve Book

The 5th Edition is ready! Order forms can be found at the UGA Web site. The book costs $18.00 and contains the U.S. Department of Agriculture recommendations for safe food preservation.

Newsletters

Diabetes Life Lines Newsletter
Archived Newsletters can be found on the University of Georgia Family and Consumer Sciences Pages on Diabetes. Current Newsletters are available:

Senior Sense Newsletters
Information for seniors from the University of Georgia publications can be found in current Newsletters.

Growing Together Childcare Newsletter

Additional Resources

Contact

For more information please contact Denise Everson, Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, at deverson@uga.edu or (706) 769-3946 or in Clarke County at (706) 613-3640.