Family and Consumer Sciences

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Welcome

MSU Extension Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) programs help Michigan’s families live happy, healthier lives. These programs help us decide what foods to eat and how to prepare and store them safely. They help parents work with their children to improve nutrition and increase exercise, new mothers feel comfortable with breastfeeding and people with chronic health conditions take control of their disease. There are programs to teach us how to be better parents or caregivers, keep our homes safe, manage our money more wisely and make the most of the aging process. FCS uses its statewide network of Extension offices and partners and a wide variety of resources and programs to improve quality of life across the lifespan through:

Childcare program development
Healthy families, communities and lifestyles development
Health education
Financial literacy education
Nutrition education
Parenting education

For more information about the FCS programs available in your area, contact your county MSU Extension office (look under county government in your phone book).

News & Events

Given Michigan's economic difficulties, the 2010 budget proposal put forth by Governor Granholm's office is a tough one for many state-funded agencies and programs, including MSU Extension and the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station. Learn how the proposal, if adopted, would affect MSUE and MAES by visiting our new Budget page.

NEW! Family Economics and Consumerism Update

Family Economics and Consumerism Resource Update

PROGRAM - 2009 Family and Consumer Science Educators of MI Annual Conference
November 18-20, 2009

NEFE High School Financial Planning Program Training (PowerPoint)

Key Provisions of the Credit Card Act of 2009*

Save the Date - Strengthening Michigan Family Finances