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The Extension and Outreach Program in the department of Consumer Sciences is part of the Family & Consumer Sciences Extension group, in the College of Human Ecology and Ohio State University Extension. Our programming services are linked to the county offices of Ohio State University Extension. Any citizen can access services by contacting their local county, click here.
Programming Services
Extension and Outreach Programs of the Department of Consumer Sciences are available to the public. If you would like to talk with us about programming services available, you can contact us through:
email to Cyndi Renn at renn.7@osu.edu, phone 614-292-0858, or fax: 614-688-8133
Consumer Sciences Extension Activities 2008
New Start for Financial Success
This is an educational program for bankruptcy filers. New Start for Financial Success fulfills filers' requirement for pre-discharge financial education, a mandatory requirement since October 2006. The required 2-hour classes on financial management are currently offered in 45 counties in Ohio and since October 2006 more than 700 individuals have participated in the workshops. Additional counties will be recruited to offer the program, a revised evaluation tool will examine planned behavior changes and a profile of participants, and expanded marketing will include an updated website for consumers.
Project Director: Nancy Hudson
Affiliated staff: Sharon Seiling
Link: http://newstart.osu.edu/
Partner: Administered through the U.S. Trustees office of the Department of Justice. See participating county educators by clicking on Class Schedule at http://newstart.osu.edu
CS Extension contact: Nancy Hudson (hudson.2@osu.edu)
Master Money Mentor
The Master Money Mentor program is a project of the OSU Extension Healthy Finances Team with the broad goal of helping individuals and families improve their financial well-being. It is designed to prepare professionals and/or volunteers to work effectively with people who have financial concerns. Professionals attend workshop trainings where they gain teaching skills and techniques to help participants grasp money concepts and change money-management behaviors, acquire knowledge of money management subject matter, learn to select appropriate resources to share with clientele, and select appropriate evaluation instruments to measure impact.
Project Director: Chris Olinsky
Affiliated staff: Cäzilia Loibl, Nancy Hudson, Sharon Seiling, Cyndi Renn
CS Extension contact: Nancy Hudson (hudson.2@osu.edu)
Ohio Saves Campaign
Ohio Saves is intended as an Ohio-wide campaign to encourage regular savings among Ohio citizens. Three Extension-based campaigns are running in Ohio: Columbus Saves, Hancock County/Ohio Saves, Miami Valley Saves (includes nine counties).
Project Director and Research staff: Cäzilia Loibl
Affiliated staff: County FCS educators in participating counties
Links: http://www.columbussaves.org
http://hancock.osu.edu/money/savehome.htm
Partner: Consumer Federation of America
CS Extension contact: Cäzilia Loibl (loibl.3@osu.edu)
High School Financial Planning Program
The NEFE High School Financial Planning Program® (HSFPP) is aimed at increasing the financial literacy of America's youth. The six-unit program provides teens with a greater understanding of and ability to manage their personal finances in the areas of financial planning, careers, budgeting, saving & investing, credit, and insurance.
Project Director: Nancy Hudson
Link: http://www.nefe.org/pages/highschool.html
Partners: National Endowment for Financial Education, Ohio Credit Union League
CS Extension contact: Nancy Hudson (hudson.2@osu.edu)
Ohio Women and Money
The "Ohio Women & Money" workshops offered a free, day-long, personal finance seminar in 10 to 12 Ohio cities between June and August for women. Since its inception in1999, Healthy Finance Team members served as an exhibitor. Since 2005 and continuing through 2008, Master Money Teachers serve as presenters at the workshop series.
Project Director: Cyndi Renn
Affiliated staff: Extension Healthy Finances team members and other extension educators
Link: http://www.ohiowomenandmoney.org
Partner: Ohio Treasurer of State
CS Extension contact: Cyndi Renn (renn.7@osu.edu)
Ohio High School Teachers' Financial Literacy
This project addresses the scope and determinants of personal finance instruction in Ohio high schools. The project will determine the personal finance topics taught in Ohio high schools, what teachers are teaching the courses, and what students attend the classes; determine the personal finance education and knowledge of high school teachers and their sources of information. The survey was conducted in January 2007.
Principal Investigator: Cäzilia Loibl
Affiliated staff: Susan Shockey, Nancy Hudson
Link: http://p12.osu.edu/scholars.php
Sponsor: P to 12 Project, OSU
CS Extension contact: Cäzilia Loibl (loibl.3@osu.edu)
Compiled by Cäzilia Loibl, Nancy Hudson, Cyndi Renn, and Sharon Seiling.