Iowa State University Extension implements programs to address a variety of policy issues that effect families and support community efforts to collaboratively design service delivery systems and policies that improve outcomes for families.
Horizons - Community Leadership to Reduce Poverty - helps communities build stronger leaders to address economic issues and find ways to implement change
Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Poverty Simulation - an educational program that provides an opportunity to "walk a mile in the shoes" of someone living in poverty
Child Care Lasts a Lifetime - practical information about quality child care
Child, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) - improving the ability of families at risk to raise children who are healthy, contributing citizens and to improve the well-being of children, youth, and families
Food Insecurity, Security and Hunger - helping Iowa families and communities work together to solve the problems of individual, household and community food insecurity and hunger
Families and Communities Data Sources