Extension
It Starts With Us
Develop Life Skills & Promote Family Cohesion
4-H Family and Consumer Sciences
Amburgey, Gwishiri, Clemons
Family and Consumer Science
Health
Family and Consumer Science
Leadership
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.
Able to apply smart financial behaviors to budgeting, savings, and investments
Future families report economic stability
Improvement of quality of life
Practice of economic management pertaining to savings and investments
Youth adopt short-mid-long term financial goals
Demonstrating practical living skills pertaining to spending
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
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
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: September 2021 - May 2022
Audience: Elementary School Aged Youth, Tweens and Teens
Project or Activity: In School Clubs
Content or Curriculum: Consumer Savvy Series
Inputs: Teachers, 4-H Extension Agent
Date: September 2021 - May 2022
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: September 2021 - May 2022
Audience: Elementary School Aged Youth, Tweens, and Teens
Project or Activity: Short Term/Special Interest Programs (Online and In Person Delivery)
Content or Curriculum: Teen Cuisine
Inputs: Teachers, 4-H Extension Agent, Community Leaders
Date: September 2021 - May 2022
Audience: Families
Project or Activity: Short Term/Special Interest Programs (Online and In Person Delivery)
Content or Curriculum: Stories, Songs, and Stretches
Inputs: Teachers, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent, Community Leaders
Date: September 2021 - May 2022
Author: Terence Clemons
Major Program: Leadership
Covid has been been documented to impact many factors of child development, since 2019. Not only had it impacted child development it altered many delivery methods and outcomes of Bath County 4-H. From mid 2022, planning meetings to address shortcomings, focus areas, and ways to implement programming, 4-H traditional "In School Clubs" were identified to accomplish goals set forth by this agent, school teachers, and school administration. At the end of program year 202
Author: Alexandra Sallie
Major Program: Child Development Programs
Over the past five years (2015-2020), Kentucky has reported that only 52% of children attending kindergarten are actually prepared and equipped to succeed. In many Kentucky counties, limited resources or the environment may serve as barriers for healthy lifestyle choices related to early childhood development and physical activity. As an innovative strategy to improve early childhood development skills and increase kindergarten readiness with Bath County residents, the Family and Cons
Author: Terence Clemons
Major Program: Recipes for Life
During the past 20 years, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in Kentucky, and rates remain high-19.7 percent obesity rate for Kentucky youth ages 10-17 years old, which is eight highest in the nation (CDC). The current USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans, states everyone has a role in encouraging easy, accessible, and affordable ways to support healthy choices-including schools, which is where children spend majority of their time. From those staggering facts and suggest
Author: Terence Clemons
Major Program: Family and Consumer Science
-The problemThis county's estimated population (as of July 1, 2021) is 12,778 with 4,885 households, which average 2.53 people. The population makeup is White Only (96.3%), Black (1.4%), and Hispanic Origin (1.7%) . Females make up 50.6% of the population. One hundred percent of the population is rural. Median Household Income is $44,893 with 22.5% of the population below poverty level. 79.3% of the the county population are high school or equivalent graduates, with 15.5 % Bachelor'
