Embedded across multiple Career Clusters, Family and Consumer Sciences contributes to many state and local level programs of study starting in the middle grades and extending into postsecondary experiences. This brief centers this discipline and discusses where and how these careers can be accessed across the modernized National Career Clusters Framework.
This resource, developed by Advance CTE, is intended to support the adoption and implementation of the National Career Clusters® Framework, the central building block to achieve consistently designed and high-quality Career Technical Education (CTE) programs. First introduced in 2002, a version of the Framework is used by the majority of states with Advance CTE as its steward. A modernized Framework was unveiled in October 2024 after a 2-year development and validation process.
Visit the Career Clusters section of the Advance CTE website for additional information about the full Framework and all associated tools and resources.
