As families are forced to cut back and downsize or relinquish their homes, keeping a pet becomes much less affordable or even impossible.

Practical financial advice from experts that will help you plan ahead.

You'll find suggestions on appropriate dress for an interview.

This information will help you to become resilient in protecting yourself from becoming a victim of identity theft.

Be prepared for the possibility of a hurricane in your area.

Begin teaching kids about money at an early age.

You'll find examples of what to discuss with your new college student.

You'll find suggestions on how to approach kids on the topic of money.

What impact does a Federal Reserve rate cut have on you, the consumer? We hear and read about rate changes, but we don’t always understand how they affect us as consumers, according to LSU AgCenter family economist Gloria Nye.

You'll find suggestions that will help you prepare and research various avenues in finding an affordable answer.

Links to food and health resources that have been provided by Extension Agents with the LSU AgCenter Family and Consumer Sciences Division.

Links to resources on different fruit varieties and preservation.

The St. Landry Parish Extension Office offers Family & Consumer Sciences Programs in the following areas: Family Resource Management, Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), Nutrition & Health and Parenting Education.

An LSU AgCenter and Southern University AgCenter Community Nutrition Programs Newsletter.