Shannon County

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Local Resources

Shannon County CHART (Community Health Assistance Resource Team) is an interagency organization that works in various groups such as seniors, adults, teens, and infant/children.  They identify areas of concern and design activities and projects to address those issues.  They have helped sponsor Body Walk- a 25'by 30' walk through exhibit representing the human body.

The Basics of Babysitting is an all-day workshop offered in the class schedule or on a Saturday.  This workshop is geared for beginning level babysitters ages11-14 and covers safety, simple first aid, snacks and meals, and activities.

EXCEL- Experience in Community Enterprise and Leadership summarizes the objectives for a class to build community leaders. It is a sixteen week course that includes activities in demographics, regional problems and issues, Ozarks culture, the legislative process, and education.

Missouri-wide Family Life Resources

• MU Extension Families and relationships section
  Find news, publications, program Web sites, courses and events across the state
• Missouri Families brings you practical information and learning opportunities on health, nutrition, parenting, relationships, aging, personal finance, housing, food safety and more.
  You can sign up for MissouriFamilies' e-newsletter.
• Missouri Saves is part of the national campaign, America Saves. The goal of America Saves is to encourage Americans to save and build wealth, not debt. Through information, advice, and encouragement, we assist those who wish to pay down debt, build an emergency fund, save for a home, save for an education, or save for retirement.

• MO DeptOf SocialServ.
• Parent Link
• MO Dept. Of Health

Links to Other Resources

Note: Links to commercial websites do not imply endorsement.

• US Dept. of Health
• Nat. Institute of Health
• Consumer Economics
• Cyfernet
• Nat.Network /Child Care
• Nat.Network/FamilyRes.

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		University of Missouri Extension Shannon County shannonco@missouri.edu Updated 10/24/07