History of FACS

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    Justin Smith Morrill

    Justin Smith Morrill (April 14, 1810 – December 28, 1898) was a Representative (1855–1867) and a Senator (1867–1898) from Vermont, most widely remembered today for the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act that established federal funding for establishing many of the United States' public colleges and universities. He was one of the founders of the Republican Party.

  • "A Treatise on Domestic Economy"

    The first FACS textbook recognized by the Department of Education by Catherine Beecher. She wrote 33 textbooks.
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    Ellen Richards

    Lifespan of Ellen Richards. MIT graduate, combined science and improving home life, influential in FACS and water pollution.
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    W.O. Atwater

    Lifespan of Atwater. Invented the bomb calorimeter. "Father of Nutrition".

  • Land-Grant University

    A land-grant university (also called land-grant college or land-grant institution) is an institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. The LGU's in Arkansas are U of A and UAPB.

  • Morrill Act of 1862

    Morrill is best known for sponsoring the Morrill Act, also known as the Land Grant College Act. This act was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln in 1862, and established federal funding for higher education in every state of the country.
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    Caroline Hunt

    Lifespan of Hunt. Conducted two important studies of immigrant and ethnic populations in Chicago. Collected dietary histories and social and economic information. Worked with Atwater.

  • Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford)

    First to label nutrition as a science. The Rumford Kitchen was named after him in 1893. Invented the first range with temperature controls.

  • School Lunch Programs

    Ellen Richards began implementing school lunch programs.

  • Chicago World's Fair: The Rumford Kitchen

    Chicago World's Fair: The Rumford Kitchen
    The year Richards sold lunches at the Fair. The intention of the exhibit was to illustrate the present state of knowledge in regard to the composition of materials for human food, the means of making these materials most available for nutrition, and the quantity of each necessary for a working ration.

  • Lake Placid Conference

    Lake Placid Conference
    11 leaders of the new field "Home Economics" gathered in Lake Placid NY to discuss and share information on the topic

  • Cornell Extension Service Programs

    Developed by Martha Rensselaer in 1900. President of AAFCS. Attended Lake Placid Conference.

  • Smith-Lever Act

    Created the Cooperative Extension Service including FACS.

  • ADA Founded

    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics was founded by 58 people who saw the need for people to be educated in the science of nutrition and trained in the art of feeding people. Dedicated to helping the government conserve food and improve the publics health during WW1

  • Smith-Hughes Act

    Established FACS as part of vocational education.

  • Vocational Education Acts of 1963

    The Vocational Education Act of 1963 provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs. The funds were earmarked for occupations in demand.

  • Vocational Amendment of 1968

    The Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 extend the work of the 1963 amendments, but the emphasis has changed from occupations to people. National and state advisory councils are required. In addition each state must submit a plan consisting of administrative policies and procedures and an annual and 5-year program plan.

  • Vocational Amendment of 1973

    This act redirected the vocational rehabilitation program making its first priority to serve severely disabled individuals. The behavior disorder category was discontinued. The act authorized funding for demonstration independent living centers that could work with individuals regardless of vocational potential, but a vocational objective and feasibility of reaching it was maintained as an eligibility requirement for the state-federal program.

  • Vocational Amendment of 1976

    This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on May 11, 1976 but was never passed by the Senate. A bill to amend the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Introduced Mar 29, 1976.

  • Carl Perkins Vocational Act of 1984

    Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act - Amends the Vocational Education Act of 1963 (VEA) to extend and revise VEA programs and to establish programs emphasizing the acquisition of job skills through technical, as well as vocational, education.

  • UCA Changed Profession Name

    UCA changed to the new profession name, FACS, in August 1994.

  • Profession Name Change

    AHEA voted to change the name of the profession to FACS, association to AAFCS.

  • Carl Perkins Act of 1998

    The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act was first authorized by the federal government in 1984 and reauthorized in 1998, 2006 and 2018. Named for Carl D. Perkins, the act aims to increase the quality of technical education within the United States in order to help the economy.

  • Carl Perkins Act Of 2006

    The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV) is a principal source of federal funding to states and discretionary grantees for the improvement of secondary and postsecondary career and technical education programs across the nation. The purpose of the Act is to develop more fully the academic, career, and technical skills of secondary and postsecondary students who elect to enroll in career and technical education programs.