Cooperative Extension

To support collaboration among universities and community-based programs, the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES), USDA created five National Networks to marshal faculty and program resources to directly respond to the economic, social and human stresses faced by children, youth and families. These networks, which constitute the Cooperative Extension System Children, Youth and Family Network (CYF), are linked and accessed through CYFERNet, an Internet-based children, youth and family information system operated by CSREES. The CSREES currently funds the five Networks for Child Care, Collaboration, Family Resiliency, Scienc