Extension
It Starts With Us
Individual and Family Development
Healthy Communities and Individuals
Eric Baker, Isaac Hollon, Thays Flores
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
Leadership 4-H Core Curriculum
4-H Youth Development Programming
Community Members identified strong family systems as well as personal development as key aspects of creating a healthy community
Strengthen the family support system by developing strong communications, financial, and interpersonal skills.
Community members will develop knowledge of skills used in the home, become more confident in all forms and mediums of communication, learn skills needed to live independently within the family
Community members will develop knowledge of skills used in the home, become more confident in all forms and mediums of communication, learn skills needed to live independently within the family
Initial Outcome: Community members will develop knowledge of skills used in the home, become more confident in all forms and mediums of communication, learn skills needed to live independently within the family
Indicator: Increased knowledge
Method: Survey
Timeline: Fall
Intermediate Outcome: Community members will develop knowledge of skills used in the home, become more confident in all forms and mediums of communication, learn skills needed to live independently within the family
Indicator: Change in behavior
Method: Community Survey
Timeline: Fall 2019
Long-term Outcome: Strengthen the family support system by developing strong communications, financial, and interpersonal skills.
Indicator: increased strength in family systems
Method: census
Timeline: Fall 2020
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Communications Projects
Content or Curriculum: Education
Inputs: Agents, curriculum
Date: Year Round
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Teen Leadership
Content or Curriculum: 4-h Curriculum
Inputs: All year
Date:
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Speech and demonstrations contest
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum
Inputs: Agents, Volunteers
Date: Spring
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Teen Summit
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum
Inputs: Agents, Volunteers
Date: Spring
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Teen Conference
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum
Inputs: Agents, Volunteers
Date: Summer
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Leadership Acadamy
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum
Inputs: Agents, Volunteers
Date: Spring
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: 4-H Clubs
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum
Inputs: Agents, Volunteers
Date: Year round
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Eating smart and Healthy the Mediterranean way
Content or Curriculum: Homemakers
Inputs: Agents
Date: September
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Financial Affairs
Content or Curriculum: Homemakers
Inputs: Agents
Date: October
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Tuning into the times
Content or Curriculum: Homemakers
Inputs: Agents
Date: November
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity:Physical Activity
Content or Curriculum: Homemakers
Inputs: Agents
Date: December
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Know your numbers
Content or Curriculum: Homemakers
Inputs: Agents
Date: February
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity:On the road
Content or Curriculum: Homemakers
Inputs: Agents
Date: March
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Making Time for Yourself
Content or Curriculum: Homemakers
Inputs: Agents
Date: April
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Brain Games
Content or Curriculum: Homemakers
Inputs: Agents
Date: May
Author: Thays Flores
Major Program: Communications and Expressive Arts 4-H Core Curriculum
In 2017, it was reported that there were 1.1% Hispanics or Latinos living in Estill County, Kentucky. There are 55,199,107 Hispanic people in the United States and of the English-speaking Hispanics in the USA; an estimated 57.5% are bilingual. Being bilingual is something that many jobs are asking for, it allows you to communicate with a greater part of the population, and it is something that schools want their students to become. The Estill County students do not start to learn a different lan
Author: Thays Flores
Major Program: Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
According to Pew Research, 37 percent of Americans reside in their hometown and have never moved. The same research study says the percentage is much higher for individuals who have a mental, social, or physical disability. Because 30.3 percent of Estill County citizens live at or below the poverty line, the Family and Consumer Sciences Agent decided to host this Cooking Around the World program. The Agent collaborated with another FCS Agent in Bath County to educate participants about dif
Author: Thays Flores
Major Program: Securing Financial Stability (general)
Over the last five years library programs per capita have grown at a rate of 6.3%. People are not viewing libraries as just a place for books anymore. Libraries are now offering more programs of all sorts, whether they be technology programs, or small business centers, to virtual access to e-books and digital materials. For this reason, the Estill County FCS agent and the library collaborated to bring a program called Crafternoons at the library. The lessons taught at these programs vary dependi
Author: Isaac Hilpp
Major Program: Leadership 4-H Core Curriculum
Research suggests distinctive characteristics of young adolescents (middle school aged youth) regarding their physical, cognitive, moral, psychological, and social-emotional development, as well as spiritual development (Scales, 2010). Young adolescents (middle school aged youth) warrant educational experiences and schools that are organized to address their physical, intellectual, emotional/psychological, moral/ethical, spiritual, and social developmental characteristics (Caskey & Anfara, 2
Author: Isaac Hilpp
Major Program: Natural Resources 4-H Core Curriculum
This year was a continuation of a six-year overhaul to the 4-H summer camping program in Estill County. Today the program is a strong and vibrant example of what a summer camping program in a rural county can be and what positive effects it can have on the youth and adults who choose to participate in it. The Camping program is well supported by the community, partnering organizations, parents, and the school system. SituationIn 1999 the Estill County Summer camping program began its long a
