Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)Major Program

10382

Total Hours

Contributed.

94559

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

1393

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

1406

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of individuals reporting improved knowledge, opinions, skills, and/or aspirations in understanding: disaster preparedness, pest management, going green, energy conservation, solid waste management, water conservation, home safety or built environment

10819

Number of individuals who identified one or more practices to improve  disaster preparedness, pest management, going green, etc. 

4848

Number of individuals who implemented one or more practices to improve:  disaster preparedness, pest management, going green, etc.

2911

Number of individuals who assessed the cost savings and/or benefits associated with newly adopted practices 

2185

Number of individuals self-reporting reduced costs associated with newly adopted practices 

1402

Number of people engaged in community strategies to improve the built and natural environment to increase active and healthy lifestyles    

2044

Stories

Special Cowpokes

Special CowpokesThe Christian County Cattlemens Association set out with a goal to have impact on the youth of Christian and surrounding counties.While many times special needs youth are not given the opportunities of conventional outdoor education, it was the goal of the Cattlemens Association to see that the special needs youth had the opportunity for a new type of educational experience.According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, 13% of public education students have special ...

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