Family Consumer Sciences (FCS)

Bay County Building Suite 301 515 Center Avenue Bay City, Michigan 48708-5124

Ann Arnold Extension Educator

Voice (989) 895-4026 Fax (989) 895-4217 TDD/TTY (989) 895-4049 msuextension@baycounty.net

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Formerly known as "Extension Home Economics," the Family Consumer Sciences (FCS) program addresses the concerns of Bay County's families, which must make daily decisions about time, money, child rearing, health, and public affairs in the context of a complex, rapidly changing society, and hard economic realities. To make the right decisions they need practical, accurate, unbiased information. The FCS educators work with specialists on the campus of Michigan State University in a local-state partnership to provide research-based, up-to-date information on important topics that affect families and households.

FCS programming in Bay County includes a number of focus areas:

• Better Kid Care (BKC)
• Breastfeeding Initiative (BFI)
  • Breastfeeding Club 
• Family Nutrition Program (FNP)
  • Project FRESH

Hot Topics for Family Consumer Sciences in Bay County

• For additional information about current programs offered to families in Bay County on nutrition, parenting, and youth, click here for Children, Youth, Families and Community brochure.

• Access this page directly by visiting www.baycounty-mi.gov/MSUE/FCS.

Bulletins and Downloads
Many Extension bulletins and publications for home economics and other program areas are available for download.  For the complete listing of Extension bulletins available for order, visit the Educational Materials Distribution Center.

Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles
Materials to help Bay County reisdents improve nutrition, and locate resources for exercise, have been provided by the Tri-county Healthy Communities Project.

• Better Choices through Local Foods (Book)
• Better Choices through Local Foods (Brochure)
• Exercise Bay!

Newsletters
MSU Extension - Bay County publishes the quarterly Family Focus newsletter to keep day care providers, home economists, and all community residents apprised of the latest programs and projects affecting families in our area. Recent issues of the Family Focus are available for download below:

• Summer 2009
• Spring 2009
• Winter 2009
• Fall 2008 
• Summer 2008
• Winter 2008

Web Links
Note that each of the following links opens in a new broswer window.

• Children, Youth, and Family Programs at MSU Extension
• Food Safety Database at MSU Extension
• Home Maintenance and Repair Database at MSU Extension
• Michigan Department of Education's Parenting Guides

 

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