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Our Mission:

To strengthen the family unit.

To build strong families, we:

Help adults and children find their strengths and build on them
Provide relevant, research-based life skills information and activities through workshop series
Train facilitators and build partnerships

The Building Strong Families: Challenges and Choices program helps families find their strengths, build on those strengths, and learn skills to create stronger families, improve relationships, and increase communication. The program covers 13 topics and uses hands-on activities to involve participants. Currently, 525 facilitators from Extension and various agencies (e.g., Community Action, Head Start, schools, social services) in Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois and Minnesota have completed certification training. Over 6,000 participants have been reached since 1997 in Missouri.

Building Strong Families is based on research showing family members can make significant changes in their behavior by focusing on strengths rather than on problems.

Building Strong Families covers:

1.	Family Strengths	8.	Working
2.	Communicating	9.	Positive Discipline
3.	Managing Stress	10.	Money Matters
4.	Child Self-Care	11.	Setting Goals
5.	Food and Fitness	12.	Consumer Beware
6.	Kids and Self-Esteem	13.	Healthy House
7.	Balancing Responsibilities

Building Strong Families:

Provides fast-paced interactive sessions
Helps families learn from each other
Makes learning fun

A team from University of Missouri Extension developed the Building Strong Families: Challenges and Choices program in 1997.

If you have any questions or need information contact:

Lucy Schrader
Building Strong Families Program Coordinator
University of Missouri Extension
162 Stanley Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
573-882-4071
SchraderL@missouri.edu