Better Lives, Stronger Communities

OSU Extension family and consumer sciences (FCS) gives people the knowledge, skills and tools needed to make healthy, informed choices. We teach and promote safe food practices, better nutrition, better finances and better relationships – helping people acquire the knowledge and skills to make smart decisions in these areas.

Our family and consumer sciences professionals turn evidence-based, impartial, current research into useful information that can improve the quality of people’s lives. We work to make information accessible to all Ohioans.

You can count on FCS to provide reliable, evidence-based information to encourage – and empower – people to adopt practices and behaviors to improve their finances, build more positive relationships with friends and family, and embrace healthier, nutritious lifestyles.

Lisa Manning is a Licensed Independent Social Worker through the State of Ohio (LISW-S) with an undergraduate degree from Kent State University and a Master of Science Degree in Social Administration from Case Western Reserve University. Ms. Manning has almost 30 years’ experience working with children and families for programs in Lake, Cuyahoga, and Geauga County. Her areas of experience consist of county children services work, a therapist and supervisor in residential treatment programs with emotionally and behaviorally challenged youth, administration and supervision of community early childhood programming, parenting classes, and clinical practice in private and not for profit agencies providing assessments, individual, group and family counseling with children youth and families with diverse issues and backgrounds. Lisa also had been a Guardian ad Litem in the Domestic Relations court. She currently is working as a Family and Consumer Sciences Educator for the Ohio State University Extension office in Lake County. She was a co-author of the Successful Co-Parenting curriculum and the Peacefully Parenting program. Her primary focus is Healthy Families with her specialization in parenting and family/parenting issues, health finances, family wellness and trauma informed care. Lisa is a certified Parent Project Facilitator and Trauma Informed care trainer. Lisa is also the Extension Educator for the Lake County 4-H Program.

Lisa can be reached at 440-853-2632 or by email at manning.539@osu.edu.

Sandra Slater is a Licensed Social Worker through the State of Ohio with a Master of Science Degree in Professional Counseling in Health and Wellness. Sandra is a certified Trauma Professional, Infant Mental Health and Early Childhood Developmental Specialist with over 25 years of certificate training and education in mental health, life skills, parenting & intensive family services education. She has been the Director of Workforce development programs, Site Administrator for Head Start, private business owner, and Director of Help Me Grow. Her history includes supervising Parents As Teachers staff and home visitation programs, oversight for the county developmental screening team and Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule program. She has taught community college and graduate level class and has been a state trainer for the Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services, the Ohio Department of Education Step Up to Quality, and registered with the Ohio Childcare Resource and Referral Association. She is an Ohio coach for Strong Couples, Program Coordinator for the Parent Café Program, Team lead for Ohio State University Extension State Mental Wellness team. 

Sandi can be reached at 440-853-2627 or by email at slater.216@osu.edu

You can also learn more about all OSU Extension family and consumer sciences programs at http://fcs.osu.edu.

Extension has been helping all Ohioans build better lives, better businesses and better communities since 1914.