Family & Consumer Sciences

The FVSU Family and Consumer Sciences Cooperative Extension Program serves hundreds of people throughout Georgia every year.

Cooperative Extension Family & Consumer Sciences (FCS) delivers research-based educational programs that improve the quality of life for individuals, families and communities. The program seeks to identify unexpressed needs affecting individual and family well-being, and improve abilities to understand and adapt to social change by exploring solutions which most effectively deal with identified problems and concerns. Our family and consumer sciences extension program educates Georgians on current issues affecting their daily lives. Programs focus on six main subject areas:

• Food Safety/Nutrition Education and Health
• Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
• Family Life Program
• Housing Program
• Family Resource Management Program
• Apparel and Textiles