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For the past 100 years, the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service has been about the business of improving the lives of families through educational programs in financial management. Beginning in 1914, home demonstration agents taught homemaking, resource management and food preservation. In the 1940’s agents had a tremendous impact on family economics, helping people save on home food production, food preservation, repurposing of clothing and reconditioning of furnishings.
    Just as home demonstration agents responded to economic needs created by World War II, the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment and Cooperative Extension Service launched the Managing in Touch Times (MITT) initiative in 2010 in response to consequences created by another period of recession. The MITT initiative focuses on increased household savings and debt reduction as a solution to the debt problems many consumers face. Many Kentucky families were unprepared to manage in the rapidly changing economic conditions. In 2013, participants reported:
•    80,216 received the monthly MITT MoneyWi$e newsletter.
•    21,659 increased awareness of how to manage household, farm or business income.
•    20,946 identified financial management strategies or experienced increased confidence in financial matters.
•    14,040 indicated they valued the program and information received.

To receive weekly financial tips, become a fan of MITT MoneyWi$e on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/moneywise.

To access free, research-based financial information, please visit the MITT MoneyWi$e website which includes over 100 links to financial resources:  http://www.uky.ag/moneywise.

If you do not have access to a computer, stop by the Butler County Cooperative Extension Service, located at 112 E. G.L. Smith Street and request a printed copy of any of these resources. A monthly MITT MoneyWi$e newsletter with helpful consumer money-saving tips is also available.  Contact Tracy Cowles at 270-526-3767 for more information.

For more information, contact the Butler County Extension Office at 112 East G L Smith Street, Morgantown or call 526-3767. Educational programs of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service serve all people regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, disability, or national origin. 
Source: Vicki Wynn, Marshall County Extension agent for Family & Consumer Sciences.

Tracy M. Cowles, County Extension Agent for Family & Consumer Sciences