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Somerset County Family & Community Health Sciences 2025 Impact Report
Community Outreach:
- 65,224 – Total audience reached by FCHS
- 615 youth reached between in-person and online classes
- 4,019 – indirect outreach
- 231 total educational sessions held
Social Media:
- 1,531 followers across our entire social media presence
- 191 hours of content watched across our Facebook and YouTube accounts
- 1,040 subscribers to our monthly email newsletter
Family & Community Health Science Spotlight:
- 178 people reached in food bank programming
- 95 videos created for programming in 2025
- 5 national, regional, state, and county awards
- $259,085 in grant funding received in 2025
Awards & Recognition:
- Healthier Somerset Coalition Driving Change Award
- ESP State Distinguished Team Award – 4-H AgVenture
- NEAFCS Distinguished Service Award – Shailja Mathur
- NEAFCS 1st Place State & Regional Winner for Program Excellence in Theory & Research – NJEP
- NJA4-HYDP Program of Excellence – 4-H AgVenture
Community Partners:
Alzheimer’s Association • Bedminster Township • Catholic Charities • Center for Great Expectations • Family & Community Health Sciences State Office • Food Bank Network of Somerset County • Franklin Food Bank • Franklin Library • Growing Tree Preschool • Haven-Gladstone Preschool • Healthier Somerset • Hillsborough Health Collaborative • Hillsborough YMCA • Montclair University, MS / DI Programs •
Montgomery Health Department • North Branch Reformed Church Preschool • North Plainfield Senior Group • Pine Grove Manor Elementary School • Regional Morristown & Somerset Chronic Disease Coalition • Richard Hall Community Health & Wellness Center • Ridge Oak Senior Housing • Ruby Ke Kitchen Se • Rutgers Institute for Health • Health Care Policy and Aging Research • Rutgers Master Gardeners of Somerset County • Rutgers School of Nursing • Rutgers School of Public Health • Rutgers – The State University of NJ, MS / DI Programs • Sai Datta Peetham • Agriculture and Natural Resources of Somerset County • Somerset County 4-H Youth Development • Somerset County Department of Health • Somerset County Library System • Somerset County Office on Aging & Disability Services • Somerset County Wellness Committee • St. George Syro Malabar Catholic Church • The College of New Jersey • Watchung Senior Group • William Paterson University