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Trouble holding onto your cash? UW-Extension trained volunteer
Financial Consultants provide FREE confidential help. Call
284-8288 or 238-8288(metro) for more information. We can
help you:
- List your short and long term goals.
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- Determine how much you owe.
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- Learn ways to reduce expenses.
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- Put together a spending plan (budget) to meet
your goals.
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- Learn how to use free and low-cost community
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GAIN CONTROL OF YOUR MONEY
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Free Educational Financial Consulting/Coaching
for Ozaukee County residents and employees. Trained
volunteers meet with individuals and couples who have questions
about establishing a budget, dealing with credit card debt,
saving for a home or college education, or planning for
retirement. All meetings are confidential. Call
UW-Extension at 284-8288 or 238-8288(metro) to learn more about
the program established in 1990 to educate and empower people to
take control of their finances.
Training for volunteer financial counselors/Coaches is offered annually in either Washington or Ozaukee county.
If you are interested in learning more about the training
sessions, and volunteering in financial consulting, call Ozaukee
County UW-Extension at 284-8291 or 238-8291 (metro).
High School Financial Planning
Program. Help students acquire important practical
skills that will last a lifetime. This program, developed
by the National Endowment for Financial Education in cooperation
with Extension, provides all you need to introduce critical
financial concepts to students. Student workbooks and
instructor manual with supplemental materials are free to public
and private schools. Call UW-Extension for ordering
information and use in Ozaukee County high schools.
Planning Your Retirement. How much do I need to
save for retirement? How do I invest for
retirement? How do I find the money to invest?
Answers to these three questions provided, along with participant
worksheets.
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This series of 16 publications (4-8 pages each in easy to read
newsletter format) presents valuable strategies for dealing with job
loss or a drastic reduction in income. Get help setting spending
priorities, keeping a roof overhead, finding another job, and more.
Click here
for more information
Food
Safety, Preservation and Nutrition
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For good information on common nutrition and dietary
issues, check out the web site developed by the
American Dietetic Association.
Toll free 1-800-366-1655.
USDA Meat & Poultry Hotline - 1-800-535-4555.
FDA Seafood Hotline - 1-800-332-4010.
Questions concerning freezing, canning, pickling, dehydrating
or making jams, jellies & preserves, call UW-Extension
284-8288 or 238-8288(metro). Publications available:
- Tomatoes, Tart & Tasty
- Canning Fruits Safely
- Canning Vegetables Safely
- Canning Salsa Safely
- Freezing Fruits & Vegetables
Educational programs available to clubs, organizations &
schools on a variety of topics, such as Food Guide Pyramid, Fight
Bac (bacteria), Healthy Snacking, Nutrition Facts (food
labeling).
Parenting
Education
(Call
UW-Extension 284-8288/238-8288 for program or resource
information.)
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If you are a parent of a newborn, the
InfoSource
parenting information may be of interest to you.
Parenting First Year Newsletter. This monthly
educational newsletter is available to parents requesting it from
UW-Extension. The 12 issues cover all aspects of child
development during the baby's first year.
Parenting Second and Third Years. This bi-monthly age paced,
research based educational newsletter is mailed free to parents requesting it.
Household Environmental Education
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Household insect identification and suggestions.
Strengthening Family Relationships
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Strengthening Families in the Middle
 Is
your family looking for a fun way to spend time together and learn how
to build their relationships at the same time?
Parents of tweens and teens today are
constantly searching to find ways to spend quality time together with
their children. Adolescent children are forming their own beliefs,
spending more time with friends and involved in a wide variety of
activities, therefore being exposed to more risky behaviors.
The Strengthening Families 10-14 Program
is an evidence-based program that has shown to increase positive
parenting skills and decrease risk factors that lead to alcohol,
tobacco, drug use and acting out behaviors by teens. Ozaukee County
UW-Extension Family Living Programs and Starting Point of Ozaukee
County, in partnership with NAPS are offering a parent, youth, and
family opportunity for families with youth who are 10-14 years old. The
family-focused program teaches parenting skills and builds competency
skills in youth. The goal of the program is to reduce substance use and
behavior problems in youth during their teen years.
In seven two-hour sessions, parents and youth
attend separate skill-building groups for the first hour and spend the
second hour together in family activities. A meal will be offered prior
to each session, providing conversation opportunities for the families.
With the fast paced lives of families with
teenagers, it is important for parents to take the time now to develop
each family member’s relationship skills and to fill their parenting
toolbox with a variety of tools. If you are interested in helping your
family grow together, please turn the page to get more information about
the upcoming class Strengthening Families 10-14 Program.
Strengthening Families 10-14 Program
Family Enrichment Center, Grafton
Wednesdays, February 15th – March
28th
(5:30 – 6:00 pm meal) 6:00 – 8:00 pm Sessions
Come join us for a fun, family-focused program
for 10-14 year olds and their parents or caregivers. This program is
designed to help parents build on their strengths in showing love and
setting limits and to help youth develop skills in handling peer
pressure and building a positive future. Parents and youth attend
separate skill-building groups for the first hour and spend the second
hour together in family activities. A meal will be offered prior to each
session
Contact UW-Extension for registration
materials at 262-284-8288.
$25 fee for class materials. Limited
childcare is available – please register when you sign up for this
class.
Leaders: Carol Bralich, UW-Extension Family
Living Educator and Shea Halula, Starting Point of Ozaukee.
Family Housing Decisions
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Quad County Housing Consortium (Washington,
Ozaukee, Walworth, Waukesha) works with Ozaukee county Housing
Initiative, Inc., (OCHII) to help with residents housing needs.
Community Housing Initiative, Inc., C-Cap
Program, 1-800-371-2227.
About
the Home - Solutions for Home Care Problems
Consumer Resource Management
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Home
and Community Education Association
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Home & Community Education Association Continuing education and
leadeship development working for preservation and improvement
for family and community life. Open to all persons.
The Ozaukee County Home & Community Education Association
offers educational programs, leadership skill development &
opportunities and fun & friendship. Club or individual
membership is open to all residents who pay annual dues.
Clubs are Harborview (Port Washington); Avenue (Grafton) and Cedarettes (Cedarburg-Grafton). Educational
programs and newsletters, "Family Living Update" are
offered several times a year. College Week and advanced
education scholarships available. Annual fund raiser -
Cream Puff sales at Ozaukee County Fair. For membership
information call Co-President, Dorothy Schoessow, 242-1594 or call Extension Office 262/284-8288
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262-284-9411
