Now more than ever, our young college students need support. Parents and other caring adults should check in on their college students living away from home. They need to know that they have a connection, a safe place, and that they will be okay.

Rent Smart is designed for people with little or no rental experience or those that have had difficulty obtaining rental housing.

The Parent Connect is a free, weekly opportunity for parents and caregivers to talk with each other, offered each Thursday evening in October, starting at 7pm. Each Parent Connect is facilitated by an Extension Educator and lasts one hour. Participants can join via phone or video-chat.

Just as people have their own developmental path, families also uniquely grow, develop, and change. The family life cycle includes common transition points that families experience as a way of identifying times of change and/or potential stress on the family.

Join in on a free weekly zoom for parents and caregivers to connect on parenting skills that promote a child’s growth and learning. Each week an Extension educator will highlight a different skill and lead a conversation about how parents can guide their children.

During the uncertain times of COVID-19, family routines can provide structure and predictability. The transition from summer vacation to back to school can be a challenging time to establish routines, however children need patterns they can count on.

We are raising children in a digital age and screens are part of our lives. Parents oftentimes wonder if their children are spending too much time in front of screens like phones, computers, laptops, televisions, etc. How much is too much screen time? How do we set limits and find screen-free activities? And how to find that balance.

During this time of coronavirus, the “new normal” for many families includes a heightened level of stress. Some of the stress individuals and families are facing include fears of illness to financial challenges to new childcare and distance learning demands.