Extension
It Starts With Us
Safe Communities
Healthy Home and Environment
Hardy, Druin, Johnson, Lambert
4-H Health Core Curriculum
Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours
Urban Environments (water issues)
Each year, on average, Kentuckians deal with 30-50 days associated with thunderstorms, 12 tornadoes and 3 fatalities related to tornadoes. Preparing for emergency situations can be crucial to survival and safety. In 2014, there were 627 firearm deaths in Kentucky.
There has been an increase of child-involved shootings meaning when a child happens upon a gun, or is left alone with one, and ends up shooting themselves or another person. These disasters result in hundreds of child fatalities and have made American children nine times more likely to die in gun accidents than children anywhere else in the developed world.
Individuals will use scientific techniques, responsible practices, and create safe homes within their environment.
Individuals will practice gun safety and how to protect their homes and communities
Individual will gain knowledge and understanding of home safety and disaster preparedness.
Initial Outcome:Change in knowledge on disaster preparedness,and home safety
Indicator: how much they already know
Method: pre-test
Timeline: Spring 2020
Intermediate Outcome: Individuals demonstrate skills that improves disaster preparedness and home safety
Indicator: what are their skills
Method: survey
Timeline: Spring 2020
Long-term Outcome: Individuals create safe homes within the environment that are prepare for disasters
Indicator:What they are doing
Method:survey
Timeline:Spring 2020
Audience: Henderson Residence
Project or Activity: Disaster Preparedness
Content or Curriculum: UK Publications and Material
Inputs: Extension Agent, Specialist
Date: Spring 2020
Audience: Henderson County Students
Project or Activity: Truth and Consequences
Content or Curriculum: UK material
Inputs: Extension and School System
Date: Fall 2019
Audience: Henderson County Landowners and Land managers
Project or Activity: Water Quality Awareness
Content or Curriculum: Extension Publications, Seminars, on farm demonstrations
Inputs: Extension Agents, Extension Specialists, Farmers, Landowners
Date: Winter 2019
Author: Amanda Hardy
Major Program: Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
Seventy-six million American children were born between 1945 and 1964. This generation is known as the “Baby Boomers”. Henderson County’s 65 years and older age group has increased by 11.17% over the last 10 years. Henderson County Extension FCS agent has partnered with Redbanks senior apartments programming coordinator and director for the last eight years to promote a program called the “Senior Expo”. This event was created to bring information to our seniors
