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County Impact Statements - Bradley County
Extension Programs Work to Strengthen Families - Programs Target All
Ages
Families today are confronted with hard times everywhere they look. Most
children grow up in homes where both parents work, leaving child care for
centers and other homes. Some children are raised in one-parent homes. Today,
violent behavior among children seems to be at an all-time high. To make things
harder, economic times in Bradley County are slipping.
Extension provides a Parenting Newsletter with 114 recipients. Monthly topics
discuss issues facing today’s families: Parenting issues; nutrition and health
information; resource management; and healthful recipes. Ten issues are
delivered annually.
The Best Care program offers 10-hours of continuing education to Child Care
providers free of charge. Providers learn ways to improve their child care
programs. Business management topics are taught along with nutrition and health
topics and issues effecting children with special needs.
The Groark Violence Prevention program teaches kindergarten age children
about controlling their anger, dealing with conflict, handling bullying and
dealing with prejudice. The children learn to improve skills that will prevent
violent behavior.
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Hermitage kindergarten students learn to prevent violence.
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Impacts
- Since FY99, the Best Care Program has grown from 28 to 47 Child Care
Providers.
- Forty-five kindergarten students participated in the Groark Violence
Prevention program.
- One hundred fourteen families across Bradley County receive 10
"Parenting Monthly" newsletters annually.
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