The Human Development & Relationships Extension Program is dedicated to serving the community to support healthy, thriving individuals and families.
Parenting and Family Education:
Parenting information when you need it. Finding reliable parenting information and advice on the web can be overwhelming! How do you know what you can trust — especially when you are busy and there’s just so little time? Just in Time Parenting is a free parenting newsletter that is delivered by email and specific to a child’s age and needs. They are designed so that information that’s relevant to your family is automatically delivered to you just in time!
Just in Time Parenting Spanish
Visit our Parenting the First Year links to additional information on topics of interest.
Healthy Families and Communities:
AmeriCorps Farm-to-School Program
FoodWIse provides nutrition education to schools, senior sites and more in Waupaca County
Waupaca County Nutrition and Activity Coalition (NuAct) is a coalition dedicated to creating an environment that is supportive of healthy behaviors
Food Safety:
Safe & Healthy: Preparing and Preserving Food at Home – Division of Extension
- What’s up with Lettuce – January 21, 2020
- Microwave Food Safety – January 7, 2020
- Tips for Cooking Safely in a Slow Cooker – January 7, 2020 (January 3, 2019)
- Consumer Warning: Hard Boiled Egg Products – December 30, 2019
- Reduce Food Waste: A Resource of Food Banks and Food Pantries – December 30, 2019
- More sick from lettuce; Wisconsin hardest hit – December 20, 2019
- Pesticide residues in food products – December 17, 2019
- Cookie season in the midst of flour recalls – December 13, 2019
- Check your refrigerator (again): lettuce and blackberries – December 12, 2019
- Wisconsin warned of E. coli outbreak linked to Fresh Express salad kits – December 10, 2019
- Fresh vegetable products recalled for Listeria risk – November 5, 2019
- Hy-Vee stores recalling 3.1 tons of beef and chicken – September 11, 2019
- The story of your dinner – September 4, 2019
- The science is in: don’t wash your poultry – August 21, 2019
- Food Recall Basics – August 20, 2019
- Invisible danger for pets and humans: Salmonella – August 19, 2019
- Back-to-School: Lesson #1 – August 19, 2019
- Cyclospora infections linked to fresh basil – August 17, 2019
- Your questions answered steam canning – August 16, 2019
- Consumers need wake up call about potential dangers of Flour August 14, 2019
- Centers for Disease Control warns of Salmonella linked to backyard flock – June 27, 2019
Financial Capability and Literacy:
UW-Extension Resource on Financial Capability
STAFF
Sandy Liang
Human Development & Relationships Extension Educator
Extension Waupaca County
Courthouse, 811 Harding Street
Waupaca, WI 54981-2087
Phone: 715-258-6230
Fax: 715-258-6232
Office Hours: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
email: sandy.liang@wisc.edu
Annette Spieth, Program Assistant
Extension Waupaca County
Courthouse, 811 Harding Street
Waupaca, WI 54981-2087
Phone: 715-258-6224
email: annette.spieth@wisc.edu
