Bath County CES

Title:

Develop Life Skills & Promote Family Cohesion

MAP:

4-H Family and Consumer Sciences

Agents Involved:

Amburgey, Gwishiri, Clemons

MAJOR PROGRAM 1:

Family and Consumer Science

MAJOR PROGRAM 2:

Health

Situation:

From findings through Community Surveys, Focus Groups, Personal Interviews, and Second Data, Bath County top 3 priority issues are 1) More Youth Life Skills Training, 2) Better Family Skills in Reducing debt, Increasing Savings, and Financial Planning, and 3)More Support For Relatives Raising Children of Family Members.   

Based on Data Profile, from CEDIK, in 2016, Bath County’s poverty rate was 24.9% compared to the state average of 18.2%.  Median Household Income in 2016 was $36,468 compared to the state’s average of $46,610.   12.7% of 2016 HS graduates in the county earned an industry certificate compared to 19.2% for the state.  In 2016, 1,194 youth under the age 18 lived in household that received SSI, Cash Public Assistance, or Food Stamps/SNAP. 

Long-Term Outcomes:

Able to apply smart financial behaviors to budgeting, savings, and investments

Future families report economic stability

Improvement of quality of life

Intermediate Outcomes:

Practice of economic management pertaining to savings and investments

Youth adopt short-mid-long term financial goals

Demonstrating practical living skills pertaining to spending

Initial Outcomes:

Teens will show knowledge of how their behavior can affect credit scores

Open and able to balance a bank account

Enhance knowledge of Financial Literacy

Understand connection of school performance and job attainment

Understand how family size affects savings and spending

Display knowledge of community sources that pertain to finances

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Understanding Financial Literacy

Indicator: Youth can define literacy terms

Method: Pre/Post Tests, Word of Mouth, Reported Grades

Timeline: Year Round

Intermediate Outcome: Youth start putting in what they learned to practice

Indicator: Opening of checking and savings accounts

Method: Word of Mouth

Timeline: Year Round

Long-term Outcome: As a young adult, they start practicing financial smart choices

Indicator: Young adult has started using money saving methods and strategies 

Method: Verbal Reports

Timeline: Various Times

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Middle School Age Youth, Tweens and Teens

Project or Activity: Reality Store

Content or Curriculum: It's Youth Reality

Inputs: Family Resource Center Directors, Extension Agents, Volunteers

Date: Spring of Current Year

Audience: Elementary School Aged Youth, Tweens and Teens

Project or Activity: In School Clubs

Content or Curriculum: Consumer Savy Series

Inputs: Teachers, 4-H Extension Agent

Date: Fall to Spring of School Year

Audience: High School School Aged Youth, Tweens and Teens

Project or Activity: Entrepreneurship

Content or Curriculum: Youth Engagement Leadership Program

Inputs: Teachers, 4-H Extension Agent, Volunteers

Date: Fall to Spring of School Year

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