Military Family Programs
Supporting Military Families
The Extension Military Families Program began in 2008 by UK Family and Consumer Sciences through a small grant partnership between the Department of Defense (DoD) and the USDA. Since then, partnerships have been formed with military and non-military entities across the state and country to develop programs and grounded in research to improve the lives of military families.
Two collaborative programs developed through the partnerships that have been recognized nationally for their focus on the military family: Military Teen Adventure Camps (MTAC) and Operation Military Kids (OMK).
The goals of the Extension Military Families program are to assist Active Duty, Guard, Reserve and Veteran families by: 1) connecting military families to needed resources and supports; 2) helping service members more effectively reconnect with their children before, during and after deployments; 3) improving healthy parent/child relationships and family communication skills by providing programs that involve the entire family; and 4) improving the sense of connectedness for geographically dispersed military families by providing opportunities for interaction, community resources, activities involving multiple local/regional/state organizations, and introducing military families to Extension programs.
Programs:
Military Teen Adventure Camps (MTAC)
For more information contact:
Tyrone Atkinson
Program Coordinator
859-218-1546
tcatki2@uky.edu
Kerri Ashurst
Senior Extension Specialist for Family and Relationship Development
kgoodman@uky.edu
859-257-3032
115 Huguelet Drive
233 Scovell Hall
Lexington, KY 40546-0064
Equipping Military Service Providers
OneOp is a USDA-NIFA sponsored collaboration, housed at Auburn University, between Cooperative Extension Service and the Department of Defense (DoD). OneOp supports the DoD Military Family Readiness System by enhancing the knowledge, readiness, and networks of professional who support military service members and their families. Its free and open-access resources are created in collaboration with DoD and national university-based subject matter experts, offering no-cost continuing education credits that span a wide variety of subject areas and credentialing agencies. The University of Kentucky holds the OneOp subaward for Personal Finance.
For more information contact:
Nichole Huff, Ph.D., CFLE
Assistant Extension Professor
nichole.huff@uky.edu
Kristen Jowers, M.S.
Extension Specialist for OneOp
kristen.jowers@uky.edu