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Clark County CES

Title:
Targeting Life Skills and Family Lives
MAP:
Enriching Family Lives
Agents Involved:
David Davis, Heather Cassill, Shannon Farrell, Clay Stamm, FCS
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Home & Consumer Horticulture
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Securing Financial Stability (general)
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
Situation:

In the current economy, the security and management of basic human needs of food, clothing and shelter dominate the needs of families as they work to improve their lives. There are many skills necessary for individuals and families to acquire in order to strengthen their family life. By utilizing Extension programming individuals and families can build personal strengths and develops basic life skills such as cooking, sewing, food accessibility and financial management. Clark County Extension will promote programming such as Master Gardener, Character Education, financial education, Community Life skills, Farmers’ Market, home horticulture, summer youth enrichment activities so that families can develop strong values, make wise decisions and encourage a supportive environment.

Long-Term Outcomes:

-Improve quality of life for families

-Families are able to care for the physical and mental health and well being of each individual over the long term

-Build personal strengths and self-control, interpersonal communication, and development of basic life skills.

Intermediate Outcomes:

-Practice skills to strengthen and sustain relationships

-Demonstrate basic life skills such as sewing, cooking, personal care

-Securing basic family needs


Initial Outcomes:

-Identify basic family needs

-Learn best practices related to self-control and positive interpersonal communication

-Increase in knowledge of basic life skills: sewing, cooking, personal care needs

Evaluation:

Outcome: Knowledge of basic life skills: sewing, cooking, personal care needs

Indicator: increase quality of work produced by individuals engaging in development of basic life skills needs: sewing, cooking

Method: Self-Evaluation and Danish Ribbon Results

Timeline: After Project Completion


Outcome: Self-control and positive interpersonal communication

Indicator: Increase of number of individuals indicating an increase in learning/developing skills in basic family needs best practices

Method: Reduction in repeat families in utilizing community needs services

Method: Survey of Participants

Timeline: Monthly Reports of Services Utilized


Outcome: Individuals gaining knowledge of how to plan and implement gardening budgets/purchasing best practices

Indicator: Increase in number of individuals utilizing budgets in home gardening

Method: Survey of Participants,

Timeline: Monthly, Annually


Learning Opportunities:

Audience: 6th Grade Students

Project or Activity: 4-H Dollars and Sense

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Dollars and Sense

Inputs: Clark County 4-H, Public School, Community Volunteers and Agencies

Date: Spring 2019


Audience: 8th Grade Students

Project or Activity: 4-H It’s Your Reality

Content or Curriculum: 4-H It’s Your Reality

Inputs:Clark County 4-H Staff, Public School Staff, Community Volunteers and Agencies

Date: Fall 2018


Audience: 4-H Age Youth

Project or Activity: 4-H Sewing

Content or Curriculum: KY 4-H Sewing Curriculum

Inputs: Clark County Cooperative Extension Facilities and Equipment, 4-H Staff, Master Clothing Volunteers, 4-H Volunteers

Date: 2018-19 program year


Audience: 4-H Character Education

Project or Activity: 4-H School Enrichment K-4th Grade

Content or Curriculum: Character Counts, Manners, Take a Stand

Inputs: Schools and 4-H Program Assistant

Date: 2018-19


Audience: Youth age 9-14 years old

Project or Activity: 4-H Summer Camp

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Core Content

Inputs: Clark County Extension Staff, 4-H Camp and Staff, 4-H Volunteers, Clark County 4-H Program Support/Materials

Date: Summer 2018


Audience: 4-H age youth

Project or Activity: 4-H Cooking Club

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Approved Curriculum

Inputs: Clark County Cooperative Extension Facilities/Materials, 4-H Extension Staff, 4-H Volunteers

Date: 2018-19


Audience: Adults

Project or Activity: Gardening Classes & Workshops

Content or Curriculum: UK Publications and Specialists

Inputs: Master Gardener Volunteers, Clark County CES Facilities, Community Garden Locations

Date: Spring, Summer, Fall 2018-19


Audience: Financially insecure individuals

Project or Activity:Community Life skills Workshop

Content or Curriculum:UK Curriculum

Inputs:Clark Co CEC facilities, staff, UK curriculum and resources

Date:monthly


Audience: 5-8 yr olds

Project or Activity: Cloverbud Club

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Core Content

Inputs: 4-H Extension Staff/Facilities/Materials, 4-H Volunteers

Date: 2018-19


Audience: 11th Graders

Project or Activity:  American Private Enterprise System

Content or Curriculum:  4H Core Content

Inputs:  School Administration and staff, Extension Staff, Community leaders

Date:  Fall 2018


Audience:  Adults

Project or Activity:  Farm Enterprise Creation/Expansion

Content or Curriculum:  UK Publications, UK Specialist and Community Resources

Date:  Spring, Summer, Fall 2018-19



Success Stories

It's Your Reality

Author: Shannon Farrell

Major Program: Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum

It's Your Reality

On November 21, 2018; nearly 350 8th grade students participated in the 4-H It’s Your Reality financial series.  Partnering with the 8th grade counselor at Campbell Jr. High, materials for the curriculum were distributed to the 14 classroom teachers.  Students receive lessons in Needs versus Wants, Budgeting Basics, and Financial Goal Setting.  As the culminating exercise, the students work with community partners and volunteers to keep track of an expense ledger at 19 diffe

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American Private Enterprise Youth Program established in Clark County

Author: Brandy Calvert

Major Program: Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum

Recognizing the need to establish programming in Clark County that focuses on financial literacy and allows potential young leaders and entrepreneurs opportunities, Clark County 4-H Agents established the American Private Enterprise Youth Program (APES) in 2019. Clark County 4-H received a $500 start-up scholarship from the Kentucky Council of Cooperatives to help get the program founded. The high school juniors (Youth Scholars) and seniors (Junior Leaders) who participate in The Ameri

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Truth or Consequences: The Choice is Yours

Author: Shonda Johnston

Major Program: Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours

There is a strong need for continued substance abuse prevention and intervention in Clark County. Substance use/abuse issues continue to negatively impact a large number of families in the community. According to the recent Kentucky Extension Community Assessment, “issues related to drugs and substance abuse were raised as pressing issues for Clark County” The assessment also indicated that “Drug abuse impacts the individuals and families directly affected and carries economic

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Truths and Consequences: The Choice is Yours

Author: David Davis

Major Program: Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours

Addressing substance abuse has been identified as a main goal for many organizations in Clark County.  At numerous forums, community planning meetings, community economic development planning sessions, and much more substance abuse keeps reoccurring as a main community concern.  This is because substance abuse has impacted almost every individual indirectly, and most directly.  Substance abuse has become such a large scale community issue in recent years that community health serv

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Truth & Consequences impacts youth and community partners

Author: Brandy Calvert

Major Program: Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours

There is a strong need for continued substance abuse prevention and intervention in Clark County.  Substance use/abuse issues continue to negatively impact a large number of families in the community.  According to the recent Kentucky Extension Community Assessment, “Issues related to drugs and substance abuse were raised as pressing issues for Clark County.”  The assessment also indicated that “Drug abuse impacts the individuals and families directly affected an

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