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FCS Resources and Professional Organizations

ACTE: Family and Consumer Sciences Division The Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Education Division helps to promote and enhance FCS education throughout the United States and cooperates with other Divisions to advance the purposes of ACTE®
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences National organization for professionals in Family and Consumer Sciences.  AAFCS has a preprofessional student unit for undergraduates and graduate students.
Association for Career and Technical Education ACTE provides a strong collective voice for professionals representing all facets of career and technical education. We support you and your CTE programming, initiatives and innovations by providing a rich array of professional development resources, events and networking opportunities.
Family and Consumer Sciences Educators This website is provided by the National Partnership to Recruit, Prepare, and Support FCS Educators, with funding from a USDA-NIFA Higher Education Challenge Grant.
Family and Consumer Sciences Education Association The purpose of the Family and Consumer Sciences Education Association is to improve the quality of family and consumer sciences instruction in our nation’s classrooms.
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is a national Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) for young men and women in Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) education in public and private school through grade 12. FCCLA offers intra-curricular resources and opportunities for students to pursue careers that support families. Since 1945, FCCLA members have been making a difference in their families, careers, and communities by addressing important personal, work, and societal issues through Family and Consumer Sciences education.
Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, and History HEARTH is a core electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines. Titles published between 1850 and 1950 were selected and ranked by teams of scholars for their great historical importance. The first phase of this project focused on books published between 1850 and 1925 and a small number of journals. Future phases of the project will include books published between 1926 and 1950, as well as additional journals. The full text of these materials, as well as bibliographies and essays on the wide array of subjects relating to Home Economics, are all freely accessible on this site. This is the first time a collection of this scale and scope has been made available.
Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences Education The purpose of JFCSE is to facilitate communication among members of the family and consumer sciences education professional community. JFCSE publishes original research and other manuscripts such as literature reviews, conceptual and theoretical essays, position papers, and reports of innovative practice. JFCSE encourages the submission of research papers representing alternative modes of inquiry. Authors should include a strong implications section for educational practitioners. Papers should not have been published nor be under consideration for publication by another journal. Authors do not need to be NATEFACS members.
LeadFCS LEAD FCS Education has a vision to empower individuals and families, across the lifespan, to manage the challenges of living and working in a diverse global society through Career & Technical Education (CTE).  Our unique focus is on family, work, and their interrelationship.
National Coalition for Family and Consumer Sciences Education The National Coalition for Family and Consumer Sciences (The Coalition) provides a unified voice for its member organizations on federal and state policy that influences Family and  Consumer Sciences Education. The Coalition facilitates continuous dialogue among its member organizations and communicates issues and positions to the Family and Consumer Sciences Education field and stakeholders.

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