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

723317.3

Total Hours

Contributed.

3424710

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

6812.2

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

161179

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Stories

Logan County Youth Get Kindergarten Ready

According to the Governors Office of Early Childhood, only 44.1% of Kentucky children and 43.5% of Logan County children were ready to enter kindergarten in 2022. The Kentucky State University Area Agent for Family and Consumer Science and the Logan County Cooperative Extension Service, in partnership with the Allen, Logan, and Simpson County Early Childhood Council, seek to improve kindergarten readiness in Logan County by engaging and educating families with children ages three to five.The Pre...

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Logan County Youth Get Kindergarten Ready

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Craig
I have been at the University of Kentucky and Cooperative Extension since 1985. Originally from Texas, I received my B.S. degree from Texas Tech University, and my M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from New Mexi... More

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • 4-H Teen Leadership Academy

    The Green River 4-H Teen Leadership Academy is a community leadership development program for Senior 4-H members in 8 Western Kentucky counties. The 7-month program is a series of sessions held month... Read More

  • 4-H Youth Entrepreneurship

    “The greatest investment of all is in our youth,” Gov. Andy Beshear said. “The next generation in agriculture is supported and encouraged through funding projects such as the Youth Agriculture Incenti... Read More

  • Mothers and Daughter Bonding Over Blooms

    With parents and children engrossed in their mobile devices for hours on end, face-to-face interactions have declined, hindering relationship development. Its crucial to acknowledge how technology, am... Read More

  • Teen Leadership Academy Builds Leaders

    Leadership education builds several important assets in Kentucky youth and provides critical elements of youth development (Search Institute, 2004; Pittman, Irby & Ferber, 2001.) Youth who participate... Read More

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