Relationship Education That Fits Right Into Your Extension Work
As an Extension professional, you’re already in the business of bringing research-based programming to the young people who need it most — in classrooms, after-school settings, county offices, and everywhere in between. Dibble Institute materials were made for educators like you.
This toolkit is your starting point for bringing relationship education into your Extension programming. Whether you work with children in a 4-H setting, teens exploring healthy relationships, or young adults building their futures, Dibble offers a curriculum to fit your audience. Our programs are evidence-based, easy to facilitate, and designed to complement the work Extension professionals are already doing.
Here you’ll find program overviews, webinars, case studies, evaluations by Extension professionals, and everything you need to get started — all in one place.
Curious which Dibble program is right for your community? Request a free review copy today and see how Dibble can become a natural part of your Extension programming.
Love Notes
Our Extension Clients Using Love Notes:
- Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Louisa County (IA)
- Utah State University Extension (UT)
- University of Arizona – Maricopa Co. Coop Extension (AZ)
- University of Delaware – Coop Extension (DE)
- University of Tennessee-Knoxville Extension (TN)
- University of Maryland Extension (MD)
Mind Matters
Our Extension Clients Using Mind Matters:
- New Mexico State University Department of Extension Family and Consumer Sciences (EFCS) (NM)
- Ohio State University Extension, Scioto (OH)
- Ohio State University Extension, Stark County (OH)
- Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension (TX)
- Russell County Extension Service (KY)
- University of Delaware – Coop Extension (DE)
- University of Georgia Extension (GA)
- University of Wisconsin Extension – Saulk County (WI)
- University of Wisconsin Extension – Menominee Nation (WI)
- UW Madison Division of Extension Health and Wellbeing Institute Health & Well-Being Institute (WI)
Relationship Smarts PLUS
Our Extension Clients Using Relationship Smarts PLUS:
- Alabama Cooperative Extension System (AL)
- Midway Extension District (KS)
- University of Maryland Extension (MD)
- Bullitt Co. Extension Services (KY)
- University of Tennessee-Knoxville Extension (TN)
- University of Georgia Extension (GA)
Emerging Relationships
Our Extension Clients Using Emerging Relationships:
- Alabama Cooperative Extension System (AL)
- Central State University – Extension (OH)
- University of Illinois Extension – Livingston, Mclean, Woodford (IL)
Project WITH
Our Extension Clients Using Project WITH:
- University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture/Giles County Extension (TN)
- University of Tennessee-Knoxville Extension (TN)
Money Habitudes
Our Extension Clients Using Money Habitudes:
- Central State University – Extension (OH)
- University of Maryland Extension (MD)
- Franklin County Coop Extension (KY)
- South Dakota State University – Extension – Lincoln County (SD)
- Johnson County Cooperative Extension Service (KY)
- University of Kentucky Extension – Hopkins County (KY)
Read more about Mind Matters: Implementing Across New Mexico
This webinar will highlight the experiences of the Extension Family Life team that spearheaded and implemented Mind Matters in their communities. They will share their successes reaching diverse audiences as well as lessons learned to improve future implementation efforts.
Check out our Extension Case Studies below!
Goal: Prevent Domestic Violence
Funding: Local County Grant
Setting: Middle and High School Classrooms
Curriculum: Relationship Smarts Plus
Goal: Increase wellbeing in their communities
Funding: Farm and Ranch Stress
Setting: Schools, 4-H clubs, Virtually
Curriculum: Mind Matters
Goal: Help Inmates become less emotionally reactive and to decrease anxiety
Funding: Extension Funds
Setting: Jail, Corrections
Curriculum: Mind Matters
Goal: School-wide relationship improvement
Funding: Family and Child Development Budget from Cooperative Extension
Setting: Public Schools
Curriculum: Emerging Relationships
Goal: develop supportive connections after release, which could reduce isolation and lower their risk of returning to jail
Funding: University of TN Extension grant
Setting: Giles County jail
Curriculum: Project WITH
- Effectiveness of relationship education among high school youth: the role of context, International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, Esra Şahin, Joshua J. Turner, J. Scott Crapo, Kay Bradford & Brian Higginbotham (2025).
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Love Notes: A quasi-experimental comparison of formats and a 3-month follow up. Crapo, J. S., Bradford, K., & Higginbotham, B. J. (2025).
- For the full report and presentation by Dr. Crapo, Click Here.
- UGA 2017-2018 Relationship Smarts Plus Impact Report Futris, T., Molter, M., Rylee, L., & Farner, K. (2018).
- Factors Associated with Romantic Relationship Self-Efficacy Following Youth-Focused Relationship Education. Family Relations. Futris, T. G., Sutton, T. E. and Duncan, J. C. (2017). Family Relations, 66(5), 777-793.
- An Evaluation of the Relationship Smarts Plus Program on Adolescents in Georgia. Futris, T. G., Sutton, T. E., and Richardson, E. W. (2013). Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 1(2).