Extension
It Starts With Us
Families & Individual Development
Promoting the Development of Family and Individual Life Skills
Sue Hughes, FCS/4-H Agent
Securing Financial Stability (general)
Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
4-H Communications and Expressive Arts Core Curriculum
Forty percent of Robertson Countians have less than a high school education. Less than 25% of the county residents over the age 24 have attended one or more college class. Robertson Countians have few opportunities for educational growth. The family remains the main source for development of social and life skills. Almost 30% of Robertson County’s population is over the age of 55. In addition to aging concerns, almost 30% of Robertson County’s households are comprised of non-family (unrelated) members. Other than a Senior Citizens Center and a Nursing Home, Robertson County has few organizations that support our aging residents. Our Statistics came from SNARL, the U.S. Census Bureau, and Kids Count.
Parents and caregivers will become effective in facilitating growth of healthy confident children. Families and households will have more positive relationships. Senior citizens will maintain and enhance their quality of life.
Parents and caregivers will provide developmentally appropriate activities and environments for children. There will be an increase in use of support systems. Participants of Extension educational programs will indicate use of information provided at educational sessions. Youth and adults will participate more at Extension activities and exhibit knowledge gained during Extension events.
There will be improved knowledge of child development and increased knowledge of children’s developmental stages. Parents and caregivers will recognize importance of outside support to acquire effective and responsible parenting skills. Youth will participate more in Extension programs and will learn self-sufficiency skills. Participants will gain knowledge of personal financial management. Participants will recognize the relationship between physical health and overall individual development.
Initial Outcome: There will be an increase in knowledge and understanding of financial management / food resource management, conservation, home preparedness issues and informed choices regarding healthy lifestyles
Indicator: The number of individuals reached through programming related to healthy lifestyle choices will be increased.
Method: Surveys
Timeline: 2019-2020
Intermediate Outcome: Residents will implement one or more practices that will improve home safety, disaster preparedness, environmental conservation, or financial management
Indicator: There will be an increased number of residents reached through programming related to well-being practices (such as housing, finance, or conservation) appropriate for their life cycle
Method: Surveys
Timeline: 2019-2020
Long-term Outcome: Youth, families, and adults have increased their economic, social, and physical well-beings.
Indicator: There will be an increase in the number of participants in programs that benefit youth, families, and adults. Participants in Extension programs will gain knowledge and implement new knowledge related to finance, wellness, arts, and families.
Method: Results of newsletters, 4-H Camp, and Homemaker leader lessons will be measured with written evaluations. Follow-up interviews will be conducted in person and / or by telephone.
Timeline: 2019-2020
Audience: Extension Homemakers and other adults
Project or Activity: "(Souper Suppers)", "(Choose to Move More)", "(Cooking for 1 or 2)",
Content or Curriculum:Specialists-prepared Leader Lessons
Inputs: Community Partners , agents
Date: 2019-2020
Audience: Extension Homemakers
Project or Activity: Homemakers Skills Day and Homemakers Cultural Arts Contests
Content or Curriculum: FCS and KEHA materials
Inputs: FCS Extension Agents, KEHA members
Date: 2019-2020
Audience: 4-H participants, other county residents
Project or Activity: Rally Day, Communications Competition, Germantown Fair, and Kentucky State Fair
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Projects
Inputs: Community partners
Date: 2019-2020
Audience: Senior Citizens, Nursing Home Residents, and Adults
Project or Activity: "Life Skills" Series of Lessons
Content or Curriculum: FCS Publications, Blue to You, HEEL, and Managing in Tough Times (Moneywise), and Small Steps to Health and Wealth materials
Inputs: SNAP-Ed reinforcement items, Community Partners
Date: Monthly 2019-2020
Audience: 4-H Campers, JC's, and AC's
Project or Activity: 4-H Camp
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Lessons for Campers and Camp Volunteers
Inputs: SNAP-Ed Incentive items, volunteers, 4-H / Ag / FCS Agents
Date: Summer 2019
Author: Caroline Hughes
Major Program: Creating and Maintaining Family Traditions
Working with the elderly is always a time of the old meeting the new, each sharing knowledge and information along the way. My monthly meeting with my Homemakers group at the Robertson County Health Care Facility is no exception. The meetings conducted there create a feeling of inclusion enjoyed by the residents as community events and Homemaker activities are discussed, Many of those attending the event each month belonged to a Homemaker club before they came to reside at the facili
Author: Caroline Hughes
Major Program: 4-H Family and Consumer Science Core Curriculum
Robertson County is a small county with few employment opportunities, therefore many families have at least one family member working outside the county. At the end of the day many find there is scant time for anything but fast food, let alone a home cooked meal with family traditions. As I began this semester's after school "4-H Cooking Class" held at the Robertson County School, I considered this and discussed the situation with my volunteers as we chose the lessons w
Author: Caroline Hughes
Major Program: Empowering Community Leaders (general)
Robertson County has a 78% rate of high school graduates, ranking it sixth in its local area; however, of those graduates, 16% of them go on to earn a Bachelor’s degree (Town Charts 2013). Considering that on the average only slightly over 400 students attend grades K through 12 in the school system there, coupled with the fact that the poverty rate there is 30.4% (Lifestories Catalog; US Census 2018), those figures are not to be dismissed. However, some those graduates don’t g
