Category: Home Management

New EDIS/Ask IFAS Documents Published by Family, Youth and Community Sciences During July and August

by Amanda Quintos
September 8, 2025

Read the latest Family, Youth and Community Sciences publications for July and August 2025. In this post, you can click on the title of interest to go to the Ask IFAS page and download the document in PDF format. Stay informed about the latest ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Professional Development, Relationships & Family, Work & Life
Tags: Ask IFAS, Department Of Family Youth And Community Sciences, EDIS, Healthy Harvest

Protect Your Family with a Home Safety Check – Burn Prevention

by gwhitworth
February 13, 2018

The first blog on performing a home safety check focused on poison prevention, scald burns, and trips and falls. This second blog will focus on all forms of burns, as February 4 – 10 was Burn Awareness Week. According to The American Burn ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Relationships & Family
Tags: Burn Prevention, Family Safety, Home Safety

The smelly facts behind mold!

by sellis
October 18, 2016

By: Sarah M. Ellis, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent at UF/IFAS Extension Citrus County Reviewed by: Randall A. Cantrell, PhD, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, University of Florida A few weeks ago I attended ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Work & Life
Tags: Family Resource Management, Health And Wellness, Housing

Stop! Don’t Fall for These “Mortgage Relief” Scams

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June 29, 2015

By Carol Church, Writer, Family Album Reviewed by Michael Gutter, PhD, Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida “Avoid foreclosure—guaranteed!” “Government approved!” “90% of customers stay ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Money Matters, Work & Life
Tags: Budgeting, Family Resource Management, Housing, Personal And Family Finances

Protect Your Loved Ones from Deadly Carbon Monoxide

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April 2, 2015

By Carol Church, Writer, Family Album Reviewed by Randall Cantrell, PhD, Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida This past winter, during the coldest part of the year, a friend of mine who lives in Chicago ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Work & Life
Tags: Health And Wellness

This Spring, Cut Through the Clutter and Make a Fresh Start

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March 31, 2015

By Sarah Ellis, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent at UF/IFAS Citrus County Reviewed by Randall Cantrell, PhD, Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida The other night I heard my first Chuck-wills-widow ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Work & Life
Tags: Health And Wellness

Spring Cleaning and De-cluttering? Don’t Forget Your Medicine Cabinet!

by mskennington
March 5, 2015

By Mary Sue Kennington, Family & Consumer Sciences Extension Agent at UF IFAS Extension-Orange County Reviewed by Randall Cantrell, PhD, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, University of Florida Spring is on its way, ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Work & Life
Tags: Health And Wellness

Keeping Your Home Clean: Choosing a Sanitizer

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February 26, 2015

By Carol Church, Writer, Family Album Reviewed by Amarat Simonne, PhD, Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida I have two elementary-school-aged kids, and sometimes, especially in fall and winter, I start ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Home Management, Work & Life
Tags: Food Safety, Health And Wellness

Radon: An Invisible Threat

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January 12, 2015

By Carol Church, Writer, Family Album Reviewed by Pamela R. Turner, PhD, Department of Financial Planning, Housing, and Consumer Economics, University of Georgia This post is in honor of Radon Action Month (January). Pesticides, plastic water ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Work & Life
Tags: Health And Wellness

Help for Older Homeowners

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November 12, 2014

By Carol Church, Writer, Family Album Reviewed by Martie Gillen, PhD, Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida We bought our home in 2003, and sometimes it seems like it will be forever until we pay off the ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Money Matters, Work & Life
Tags: Budgeting, Family Resource Management, Healthy Aging, Personal And Family Finances

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