UGA Cooperative Extension
Walker County Cooperative Extension Office:
Family & Consumer Sciences
UGA Family and Consumer Science Publications provide information on a variety of topics ranging from food preservation to home energy conservation.
Children, Youth, and Families
Provides parents and caregivers positive guidance and nurturance for children, promotes positive development with all ages and encourages informed consumer decisions.
Foods and Nutrition
Helps consumers understand the relationships between food and health, promote informed nutrition decisions and regular physical activity, etc.
Consumer Economics
Information on how consumers can best budget their resources, the most efficient way to save for retirement, and how to manage through a dinancial crisis.
Housing and Enivornment
Teach how to reduce exposure to environmental contaminants in the home, enable consumers to acquire and maintain affordable housing, and the most efficient ways to manage househld demand on natural resources.
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCE WEB SITE LINKS
General
University of Georgia Family & Consumer Science **www.gafamilies.org
Ciencias de la Familia y del Consumidor en la UGAwww.fcs.uga.edu/ext/pubs/spanish.php
Georgia FACES*************************http://georgiafaces.caes.uga.edu
Federal-Citizens Information Center**********www.pueblo.gsa.gov
Senior Citizens**************************www.aging.dhr.georgia.gov
Safety
American Red Cross*********************www.redcross.org
US Consumer Product Safety Commission****www.cpsc.gov
National Safety Council******************www.nsc.org
Georgia Traffic Injury Prevention Institute***www.ridesafegeorgia.org
Caring for Children in Georgia************www.decal.state.ga.us
Poison Prevention*********************www.poisonprevention.org
Food Safety & Nutrition
National Center for Home Food Preservation**www.homefoodpreservation.com
Nutrition Information********************www.mypyramid.gov
Serv Safe Food Safety Courses************www.fcs.uga.edu/ext/servsafe
USDA********************************www.fsis.usda.gov
FDA*********************************www.cfsan.fda.gov
American Diabetes Association************www.diabetes.org
American Heart Association**************www.americanheart.org
American Cancer Society*************www.cancer.org
Financial
Free Credit Reports, Federal Trade Commission*www.ftc.gov
Credit Card Protection Request Example
Housing Programs-Resources Links
**************************www.fcs.uga.edu/ext/housing/index.php
For more information, please contact us at (706) 638-2548.
