DollarWorks (Jean Bauer)

an educational package that helps teach the basic elements of economic literacy

Financial Security in Later Life (Marlene Stum)

a curriculum to increase knowledge of issues regarding later life financial security and help consumers assess their preparedness for later life financial security and create a plan of action to meet their personal needs and goals

Financing Long Term Care (Marlene Stum)

a resource center for families making decisions about financing long term care

Who Gets Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate?  (Marlene Stum)

provides people with practical information about the inheritance of personal property and improving family decision making through education and research

Minnesota/Texas Adoption Research Project (Hal Grotevant)

a research project that focuses on the consequences of variations in openness in adoption for all members of the adoption triad: birthmothers, adoptive parents, and adopted children, and for the relationships within these family systems.

MN - NY Ambiguous Loss Project (Pauline Boss)

documents the work of FSoS faculty and graduate student to provide mental health services to the Service Employees International Union, 32-BJ following the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 in New York - team members worked with individuals, small groups, and large groups on issues of grief, ambiguous loss, and family stress

Putting Family First (Bill Doherty)

a resource site for the development of community-based projects that strengthen families - the model stresses the importance of civic engagement to strengthen family life and a vision of families creating public initiatives

Rural Families Speak (Jean Bauer)

the project assesses changes in the well-being and functioning of rural families in the context of policies that reform welfare 

Rural Minnesota Life (Sharon Danes & Martha Rueter)

provides resources for rural families, businesses, and communities as they meet the challenges of change

TEEN-LINK (Jodi Dworkin)

a searchable database of resources on teen issues that was developed as a means for educators, parents, teachers, youth and professionals working with adolescents to obtain quick access to books, journal articles and web sites addressing teen issues.