{"id":6864,"date":"2014-02-05T10:30:29","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T15:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sourcelive.wordpress.com\/?p=6864"},"modified":"2014-02-05T10:30:29","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T15:30:29","slug":"getting-ahead-with-the-family-resource-center-and-msu-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=6864","title":{"rendered":"Getting ahead with the Family Resource Center and MSU Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We know your work life is full. Take some off the stress of yourself by working with our partners here at MSU. The MSU Family Resource Center (FRC) has a ton of resources for the MSU community to benefit from, including but not limited to, housing benefits, tutoring for students K-12, transportation resources, health services, employment information and child care centers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6873\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6873\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/pleasant_view_school.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6873\" alt=\"Teacher and Schoolchildren\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/pleasant_view_school.jpg?resize=300%2C263\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/pleasant_view_school.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/pleasant_view_school.jpg?resize=300%2C264&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/pleasant_view_school.jpg?resize=455%2C400&amp;ssl=1 455w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Your family can benefit from MSU&#8217;s Family Resource Center! Photo courtesy of Communications and Brand Strategy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is a great time to explore what the FRC has to offer. Resources are offered at a low cost for MSU faculty and staff, and a significant amount of them are free! I\u2019m confident that there is at least one program your family can benefit from. Check out the <a title=\"FRC's main page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.frc.msu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FRC\u2019s website<\/a> for useful <a title=\"MSU Resources\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hr.msu.edu\/resources_links.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">links to MSU resources<\/a>. Lastly, here are a few tips for a great spring semester!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>1) Shop ahead! If you plan to buy your children new clothing for the upcoming spring and summer season, see what you find while it\u2019s still cold outside. This is a great time to gear up.<\/p>\n<p>2) Look around MSU! Michigan State University has many free and low-cost resources that we can all benefit from. These are usually offered to faculty, staff and students.<\/p>\n<p>3) Find some ways to help out the MSU community! Great organizations like <a title=\"MSU Safe Place\" href=\"http:\/\/safeplace.msu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSU Safe Place<\/a> and campus departments such as the <a title=\"Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inclusion.msu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office for Inclusion and Intercultural initiatives<\/a> both provide opportunities for civic engagement!<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a title=\"Things to Do at MSU \" href=\"http:\/\/frc.msu.edu\/publications\/ThingToDoAtMSU2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this guide<\/a> for fun activities for the whole family provided to you by the FRC!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We know your work life is full. Take some off the stress of yourself by working with our partners here at MSU. The MSU Family Resource Center (FRC) has a ton of resources for the&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=6864\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> Getting ahead with the Family Resource Center and MSU Resources<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-1MI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6864"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}