Get answers to your home and family questions from the specialists at AnswerLine. Connect with them on the phone, email, or Facebook for information about cleaning, food preparation, preservation, and safety, home, equipment, nutrition, and laundry. 1-800-262-3804 or - answer@iastate.edu
Home and Family
Local Highlights
Juntos: Together for a Better Educaiton
The goal of the Muscatine Juntos Project is to help students achieve high school graduation and access higher education. Juntos works to unite community partners to provide Latino middle school students and their parents with knowledge, skills, and resources to prevent youth from dropping out and to encourage families to work together to gain access to college. Read more.
Partnering in education for your congretation and community
Check out this brochure that highlights programs and resources that ISU Extension and Outreach Human Science Specialists can offer.
Bed Bugs 101 Seminar
ISU Extension and Outreach Entomologist, Donald Lewis presented information via webinar on August 17, 2016. The presentation was a cooperative endeavor between ISU Extension and Outreach, Bosch Pest Control, Muscatine County Community Services, UnityPoint Health-Trinity Muscatine Public Health and Muscatine Community School District. The video is 1 hour in duration. Click here to access the video.
Statewide Resources
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A 24-hour resource for legal, finance, crisis and disaster and personal health issues, Iowa Concern provides access to an attorney for legal education, stress counselors, and information and referral services.
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A national resource that brings quality, research-based information to families at the time it can be most useful and make the biggest difference in their lives.
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A series of classes designed to empower family caregivers of older adults to take better care of themselves. Learn more about the six-week series and find a class near you.
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Human Sciences Extension and Outreach is all over the social media networks. Stay in touch with us through our blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest!
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Are you an early childhood professional that provides care and education in your home, a center or a school? Check out our programs, resources, and trainings available to help you be the best early childhood professional you can be.
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Parenting can be fun, enjoyable and stressful! Check out our blog and podcasts for the latest research based information and resources to help parents in their important role of raising children.
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Articles from Ag & Biosystems Engineering for housing issues.
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Specialists have compiled a list of resources to help you prepare for and recover from natural disasters. Remember to take care of yourself and your family first; then deal with the things lost to the disaster.
Muscatine County Events
Families
- Preserve the Taste of Summer: Totally Tomatoes
10/08/2020 - Preserve the Taste of Summer: Totally Tomatoes
10/08/2020 - Preserve the Taste of Summer: Totally Tomatoes
10/12/2020 - Preserve the Taste of Summer: Totally Tomatoes
10/12/2020 - Preserve the Taste of Summer: All About Apples
10/22/2020
All Events for Muscatine County
Statewide Calendar
