Extension
It Starts With Us
Safe Communities
Healthy Home and Environment
Hardy, Druin, Johnson, Lambert
Natural Resources 4-H 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 2018
Intermediate Outcome: Individuals demonstrate skills that improves disaster preparedness and home safety
Indicator: what are their skills
Method: survey
Timeline: Spring 2018
Long-term Outcome: Individuals create safe homes within the environment that are prepare for disasters
Indicator:What they are doing
Method:survey
Timeline:Spring 2018
Audience: Henderson Residence
Project or Activity: Disaster Preparedness
Content or Curriculum: UK Publications and Material
Inputs: Extension Agent, Specialist
Date: Spring 2018
Audience: Henderson County Students
Project or Activity: Truth and Consequences
Content or Curriculum: UK material
Inputs: Extension and School System
Date: Fall 2018
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 seven years to promote a program called the “Senior Expo”. This event was created to bring information to our seniors
Author: Alexandria Brasher
Major Program: Natural Resources 4-H Core Curriculum
With the increase awareness of gun control and safety in our communities, our shooting sports club has grown and our members have accepted more responsibility and grew as a club. Youth in this club have been involved in 4-H for several years and have learned more public speaking skills and to be outgoing within this club. This September we had 5 youth sign up for the state shooting sports contest where as in the past two years we have only one compete. The club has grown into a "family"
