Statistical Contact Report for FY2024Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024

882188.2

Total Hours

Contributed.

4116128

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

8867.2

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

199952

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Stories

Three county collaboration result in new 4-H Homeschool Club

According to the National Home Education Research Institute, about 3.1 million homeschooled students in grades K-12 in the United States in 2021- 2022. According to the John Hopkins School of Education, 5% of Kentuckys K-12 students were homeschooled. In Kentuckys far Mississippi River counties, the number of homeschooled students seems to have significantly increased since the COVID-19 pandemic. As this number continues to rise, homeschool families are looking to take advantage of Extension pro...

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Three county collaboration result in new 4-H Homeschool Club

People

Noel Novelo

Extension Faculty

Noel
Research Focus/Interests. My research focus is on improvement and effective use of genetic and reproduction resources in aquaculture. Research includes studies on DNA marker and color inheritance in o... More

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