Community Resources: Why use community resources?

Community resources are important to individuals and families. When you need information about a public service or need to learn something new, seek out and find a useful resource. Ask for help, when needed. Assistance can be a just a phone call or a computer click away; websites and phone numbers can link you with assistance and valuable information quickly.

Community resources are like community assets. They help meet certain needs for those living in and around the county. Community resources can be used to improve the quality of community life. Often needed resources are only a phone call away. A newly discovered resource and/or a helpful resource person can be like finding valuable treasure. It is a good thing to be able to positively help another person and it is also personally rewarding to assist others in need.

When individuals and families actively engage with and use available resources, they can respond more effectively to their health-related, disaster and other types of identified needs. They help us develop healthy behaviors and promote independent individuals and families.

UF/IFAS Extension Broward County has information on a wide range of topics from health and nutrition, food safety, disaster preparedness, saving money at the grocery store, gardening, community development and much more.

Our evidence-based resources and Family and Consumer Sciences Extension agent and staff are resources that are available to help. Whether you’re retired, a parent, a teen, a visitor or somewhere in between, we’ve got Solutions for Your Life.

The Family and Consumer Sciences Extension program provides science-based information and educational programming to the community to empower individuals and families to make informed decisions about their well-being and to help them make changes to improve their health and quality of life.

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.” ― Maya Angelou

 

The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.” ― Barack Obama

Community resources can be essential in helping the people access assistance and expand their range of outlets of support to meet their needs. Community resources help build stronger, more resilient individuals and communities.

Search out and use a needed resource today.

UF/IFAS Extension Broward County Family Youth and Consumer Sciences

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Posted: August 13, 2018


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