Family & Consumer Sciences
Healthy families make healthy communities.
Virginia Cooperative Extension
The Virginia Cooperative Extension strives to improve the lives of families by teaching them how to utilize research-based knowledge to develop financial literacy and make nutritious food choices.
Consumers learn how to protect themselves from scams and identity theft. They also learn professional development and job readiness skills.
Karen Munden
KMunden@vbgov.com
(757) 385-4263
Family & Consumer Sciences (FCS) Agents help community members understand money management and financial responsibility. Through various workshop and training opportunities, participants learn how spending styles affect financial decision-making. Additionally, participants develop the following skills:
- How to review one's financial situation.
- How to develop a spending plan.
- How to set financial goals and create strategies to achieve them.
Master Financial Education Volunteers
This program focuses on helping families build their financial capacity by teaching families about managing money, planning for home ownership, getting out of debt, planning for retirement and preventing identity theft through classes and one-on-one mentoring.
Karen Munden
KMunden@vbgov.com
(757) 385-4263
The Virginia Cooperative Extension’s Family Nutrition Program helps families with limited resources learn how to eat healthier and be more active.
All programming and materials are free; however, you must be eligible for (but not necessarily enrolled in) the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Virginia Beach’s Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program in order to qualify.
Michelle Foster
SNAP Ed Adult, Seniors & Pregnant Women Program Assistant
MBFoster@VBgov.com
(757) 385-8159
Jerome Lawrence
Adult Expanded Family Nutrition Program Assistant
jlawren@vbgov.com
(757) 385-8154
Bertille Lomas
SNAP Ed Extension Agent
blomax@vbgov.com
(757) 385-4629
Laurel Wilcox
SNAP Ed Youth Program Assistant
LWilcox@VBgov.com
(757) 385-8158