The OSU Extension Family and Consumer Sciences programs are focused on helping people address the following issues:

• Healthy People
  • Healthy Weight Management
  • Health Promotion
  • Health-Care Costs
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
    
• Healthy Relationships
  • Issues of Parenthood
  • Early Child Care and Development
  • Couple and Marital Relationships
  • Aging and Relationships in Later Life
    
• Healthy Finances
  • Financial Stability
  • Financial Security
  • Employment Success

Our vision is:
To be recognized as a leader for enhancing the quality of life for individuals, families, and communities through research, education, and outreach.

Our values are:

• Helping people help themselves.
• Education directed toward, and jointly determined by, participants.
• Lifelong learning.
• Accessible and reliable information.
• Collaborations.
• Assets and diversity of individuals, families, and communities