To support collaboration among universities and community-based programs, the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), USDA, created four 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 (CYF) Network, are linked and accessed through CYFERNet, and internet-based Children, Youth and Family information system operated by the CSREES.
The CSREES currently funds the four networks for Child Care, Collaboration, Family Resiliency, and Science and Technology.