Basic Life Skill EducationPlan of Work

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Nicholas County CES

Title:
Basic Life Skill Education
MAP:
Strengthening Youth & Adult Life Skills
Agents Involved:
Madison McAlmond and Lindsay Hayne
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Financial Education - General
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Food Preparation and Preservation
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Horticulture, Consumer and Home
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
Communications and Expressive Arts
Situation:

Nicholas County has a population of 7,135 according to the census. Of that number 19.4% of the population lives at or below the poverty rate, with an additional 12% of youth (ages 18 and under) who receive SNAP and/or WIC benefits. In addition to that, Nicholas County has over 100 students, grades K-6, in the backpack program and 90+ seniors receiving monthly commodity boxes.

The Nicholas County Extension Service wants to combat these numbers through extension programming focusing on budgeting, parenting skills, gardening/food preservation and youth communication and leadership opportunities. 

Long-Term Outcomes:

Nicholas County families will be better eqipped to reach financial stability and more to be more self sufficient. This will decrease the number of those in need of local food and clothing banks as well as assitance programs.

Intermediate Outcomes:

Families will practice healthy meal planning and experiment with new fruits and vegtables.


Initial Outcomes:

Youth will participate in communications and leadership programming. Adults and families will practice healthy meal planning and experiment with new fruits and vegtables. 

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Families will develop a monthly budget

Indicator: number of families participating in annual holiday assistance program

Method: attendance sheets

Timeline: ongoing


Intermediate Outcome: Families will have a better understanding of basic gardening

Indicator: Number of families growing their own produce and increased sale of fruits and vegtables at local grocery store and farmers markets

Method: survey of producers and grocery

Timeline: ongoing


Long-term Outcome: Youth will possess basic communication and leadership skills leading them to become contributing members of society

Indicator: Number of youth in leadership roles and participation in communications contest

Method: Enrollment forms

Timeline: Ongoing

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: NC Families

Project or Activity: Holiday Assistance Program

Content or Curriculum: budgeting 101, bean game, meal planning resources

Inputs: FRYSC coordinator, families, handouts/publications, worksheets

Date: 2021-2025


Project or Activity: Parenting Classes

Content or Curriculum: Keys to Great Parenting, Parenting Piece by Piece

Inputs: FRYSC coordinator, families, handouts

Date: 2021-2025


Audience: NC Families

Project or Activity: Food Preservation Boot Camp

Content or Curriculum: UK Food Preservation guidelines, Ball Blue Book

Inputs: Curriculum, UK specalists, produce and plants

Date: 2021-2025


Project or Activity: Home and Horticulture

Content or Curriculum: Horticulture ID

Inputs: Curriculum, UK specalists, produce and plants

Date: 2021-2025


Audience: NC Youth

Project or Activity: Middle School Leadership Academy

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Citizenship, Civic Engagement

Inputs: Teen Conference, Teen Summit, monthly meetings

Date: 2021-2025


Project or Activity: County Communications Contest

Content or Curriculum: Picking up the Pieces, 4-H Speeches and Demonstrations

Inputs: Classroom instruction, handouts and silly speeches

Date: 2021-2025



Success Stories

Nicholas County Youth Livestock Sale Goes Virtual

Author: Lindsay Arthur

Major Program: Agriculture

The Nicholas County 4-H livestock club has a long history of putting on the Youth Livestock Sale each September after the Kentucky State fair is over and the livestock projects from the summer are completed. This sale is hosted at the livestock pavilion and averages over 250 parents, family members, business personnel and community stakeholders in attendance. With using precautions related to COVID-19 it was decided that an in-person sale would not be safe and a virtual sale was implemented for

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