Engagement and Service

Leadership for ISU Extension to Families is housed in the College of Human Sciences. Extension specialists on campus and in every county provide information and assistance to families across the lifespan. Extension to Families works in partnership with other organizations and agencies to meet the needs of Iowa families with research based education related to aging, child care, consumer decisions, family financial management, family relationships, food safety, housing choices,nutrition and health, parent education and public policy affecting families. In FY05, 117,236 Iowans participated in Families extension programs. An additional 127,131 contacts were made through targeted newsletters, hotlines, and individual consultations.
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/families/

Outreach, not specific to Extension, originates in department-led efforts. The following examples include both centers and projects: Child Welfare Project, Great Plains IDEA, Food Safety, Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic, Financial Counseling Clinic,Child Development Labs, the MidWest Quality Child Care Project, Wellness Counseling, Center for Designing Foods and Nutrition, Nutrition Sensory Work, the Center for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education, the Center for Technology in Learning and Teaching, the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, The Community College Leadership program including the Community College Leadership Initiative Consortium (CLIC) and The Leadership in the New Century (LINC) program, and the Research Institute for Studies in Education ( RISE), Competitive Manufacturing by Design, DaVinci Project, First in the Nation in Education, Math-Science Teacher Attraction and Retention, Multi-cultural and International Curriculum Studies, Team Nutrition and Sports Medicine/Injury.