Building Farm and Farm Family Resilience in our Communities

P U R P O S E O F CH A P T E R TH R E E

The purpose of this section is to provide information about assessment and educational tools and resources developed by the authors and other professionals. The tools address individuals, families, farms, communities, and policy. There are three defining characteristics of Section Three. 1. The first defining characteristic is the inclusion of links to theories to guide program decision- making. With its literature review and resulting logic models, this guide provides approaches that can strengthen program decision-making and design. 2. A second characteristic is the use of our social-ecological framework. A social-ecological, systems model illuminates the relationship between parts and the whole to guide program planning and implementation. 3. A third characteristic is the use of multiple tools to capture attention, increase understanding and skills and move people toward action. To move programming to a more systems approach, may require a combination of tools or developing additional tools that will create desired outcomes. 4. A fourth characteristic is the inclusion of assessment and planning tools and logic models to frame programming and types of outcomes. To organize the tools into a program plan, we created the Farm and Farm Family Risk and Resilience Program Planning Worksheet, available in Appendix D. This tool can aid educators in developing programming consistent with social- ecological approaches.

Contents of Chapter Three

In Section Three, we provide assessments and programmatic tools and resources in three categories:

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Health and Well-Being

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Financial Management

3. Personal, Family, Farm and Community Resilience

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