Extension
It Starts With Us
Targeting Life Skills and Family Lives
Enriching Family Lives
David Davis, Shannon Farrell, Clay Stamm, Brandy Calvert, Shonda Johnston
Home & Consumer Horticulture
Securing Financial Stability (general)
Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
4-H Communications and Expressive Arts Core Curriculum
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.
-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.
-Practice skills to strengthen and sustain relationships
-Demonstrate basic life skills such as sewing, cooking, personal care
-Securing basic family needs
-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
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
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
Author: Shannon Farrell
Major Program: 4-H Family and Consumer Science Core Curriculum
Following the 2019 Clark County 4-H Summer Camp, a discussion that had been had by 2 of the adult female counselors was presented to 4-H Agent Shannon Farrell. One counselor, an employee of Goodwill Industries of KY, and the other, the Clark County 4-H Sewing Leader had brainstormed a partnership between Goodwill and 4-H. The partnership would allow Goodwill to have a larger outreach in the community sharing their mission of helping those with disabilities find and maintain employmen
Author: Shonda Johnston
Major Program: Food Preservation
Food preservation is a great way to preserve harvest from personal gardens/farmer’s markets to be able to enjoy safe food year round as well as save money and have more control of what goes in your food. A survey of Clark County Extension Council as well as Clark County Homemakers was distributed at the beginning of the 2019 calendar year. The survey asked about desired extension programming and there was interest in food preservation programming. Learning the most current, research-based
Author: Shonda Johnston
Major Program: Securing Financial Stability (general)
Research shows that planning for retirement can be a difficult and even stressful exercise. Many people lack the financial education to know where to start in order to make a significant effort to plan for retirement. The Clark County Extension Council identified financial management skills as an area that Extension Programming could benefit the community.In November of 2019, the Clark County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, in collaboration with a local attorney and certified financial plann
