Additional Resources

Children, Youth and Family (CYF) Policy Briefs

Family Stress     Financial Management     Food Safety

Additional Children, Youth and Family (CYF) Resources

Children, Youth and Family (CYF) Policy Briefs A tool for MSU Extension staff to communicate with decision makers, policy makers and other organizations about the impact of CYF programming across the state.

• Supporting Literacy Development Across the Life Cycle
• Developing Healthy Children One Family at a Time
• Working to Promote Healthy Weight Through Nutrition Education
• Helping Families Succeed Financially Across the Life Span
• Positive Youth Development During the Out-of-School Time

Additional Family Stress Resources

Clemson University Extension has developed a series of six lessons surrounding issues of family stress. Topics include:

• Stress Management for the Health of It
• Stress Management: Taking Charge
• Understanding Depression
• Resolving Family Conflicts
• From Family Stress to Family Strengths
• Enhancing Family Strengths

CYFERnet, or Children Youth and Families, Education and Resource Network, provides research based information from across the nation.

The University of Georgia’s Extension Services have developed a series of publications that deal specifically with farm related stress. Topics Include:

• Farm Stress Management Plan
• Farming: A Stressful Occupation
• Stress Symptoms
• Stress Management for Farmers

Developed by Iowa State University Extension,
Stress: Taking Charge is a series of publications targeting a wide variety of stress-related issues.

The University of Minnesota’s Extension Services developed a series of Stress Management Briefs. Topics include:

• Children and Stress
• Coping with Stress in Your Life
• Coping with Change and Loss
• Helping Others in Crisis
• Depression
• Unemployment or Occupational Stress
• Identifying Stress Factors

The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) is the country's oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness. Visit them at: www.nmha.org if your stress level concerns you.

Penn State University Extension’s
Bouncing Back When your Income Drops series provides readers will useful information on a number of job-stress related topics.

• Bouncing Back When Your Income Drops 1: Overview
• Making Sense of My Losses
• Working Together as a Family
• Checking Financial Resources
• Setting Spending Priorities
• Paying Creditors and Maintaining Your Financial Reputation
• Cutting Corners and Economizing
• Using Community Resources
• Finding New Employment

Virginia Tech’s Cooperative Extension developed the Families First series, with information on the following stress topics:

• Families First-Keys to Successful Family Functioning: An Introduction
• Families First-Keys to Successful Family Functioning: Problem Solving
• Families First-Keys to Successful Family Functioning: Communication
• Families First-Keys to Successful Family Functioning: Family Roles
• Families First-Keys to Successful Family Functioning: Affective Responsiveness
• Families First-Keys to Successful Family Functioning: Affective Involvement
• Families First-Keys to Successful Family Functioning: Behavior Control

Virginia Tech Cooperative Extension’s Families Taking Charge provides information on how to address the many different types of family stressors.

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Additional Financial Education Resources

Financial Matters
Financial Matters is a website developed by Michigan State University Exension. This website was designed to assist individuals and families in gaining an understanding in basic financial management and housing related topics through web-based resources and educational tools.

Do you have questions on Estate Planning?

Getting Through Tough Times
This series of bulletins by University of Illinois Extension offers a wide array of resources for individuals and/or families attempting to overcome tough times in dealing with financial stress.

Life Changing Events and Job Loss
Check out this bulletin on Job Loss by the National Endowment for Financial Education to assist you with tips on how to successfully manage job loss and overcoming difficult situations.
Other resources available by the National Endowment for Financial Education can be found at www.nefe.org/pages/multimedia.

Living on Less
Purdue University Extension has developed a series of bulletins available to individuals on a variety of financial loss issues. There are three major categories of bulletins, as well as a link to other links from other land grant institutions:
When Your Income Drops
Managing Your Credit
Talking to Your Family
Other Links

Losing a Way of Life? Ambiguous Loss in Farm Families
An article created by the University of Minnesota to assist farm families in family and financial stress when dealing with loss in the farm.

Retirement Estimator for Farm Families
Are you contemplating retirement? If so, Purdue University Extension offers a wide variety of resources to assist you in planning for your retirement needs.

If you have any questions on any of the resources listed above, please contact Erica Stevens-Tobe, Associate Program Leader, Michigan State University Extension at 517-355-9655 or stevense@msue.msu.edu

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Additional Food Safety Resources

Agricultural Marketing Service
National Organic Program - The National Organic Program is part of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act that was to be implemented in October 2002. The website provides information on rules and regulations.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Provides information on hot topics in food safety and an image library for use on websites, journal articles, research, etc.

Code of Federal Regulations
This website provides the federal safety and health standards including the GRAS list (Generally Recognized As Safe).

Free MedLine Searches
This website is a collection of databases available for health-related web searches provided by the National Center for Biotechnology Information and the National Institute for Health.

Gateway to Government Food Safety Information
Provides information on many food safety topics

Michigan State University: The Food Domain
This website is an outcome of the work done as part of the Voices and Visions Food Safety Project directed by the MSU Extension Food Safety Area of Expertise Team and the National Food Safety and Toxicology Center at Michigan State University. Be sure to look at the page of useful links.

Partnership for Food Safety Education
Fight BAC! Provides educational material on keeping food safe from bacteria for educators, consumers, and media including brochures and images.

Tufts University: Tufts Nutrition Navigator
This extensive website provides a rating and review guide for food and nutrition websites.

U.S. Department of Agriculture

• USDA Home Page: Home page has links to the Food and Agricultural Policy: Taking Stock for the New Century report, “Fight Bac” organization, and other current events and topics.
• Food Safety and Inspection Service: This website provides information on inspections
• Thermy: The Thermy website provides brochures and information on the correct use of temperature for food.
• National Agricultural Library: Food and Information Center. This site provides lots of resources for educators on food safety and HACCP (Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points).
• Foodborne Illness Education Information Center: Part of the National Agricultural Library, this site provides information for educators on foodborne illness.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Provides information on pesticides used on food plants.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
This website is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Home page provides a list of different topics that are available including press releases and fact sheets, information about the National Food Safety Initiative, foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins, the FDA Food Code, etc.

U.S. Dept. Health and Human Services: Healthfinder
This website is a database of selected organizations providing information on health topics.

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