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Clark County CES

Title:
Targeting Life Skills and Family Lives
MAP:
Enriching Family Lives
Agents Involved:
David Davis, Shannon Farrell, Clay Stamm, Brandy Calvert, Shonda Johnston
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Home & Consumer Horticulture
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Securing Financial Stability (general)
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
4-H Communications and Expressive Arts Core Curriculum
Situation:

In the current economy, the security and management of basic human needs of food, clothing and shelter dominate the needs of families as they work to improve their lives. There are many skills necessary for individuals and families to acquire in order to strengthen their family life. By utilizing Extension programming individuals and families can build personal strengths and develops basic life skills such as cooking, sewing, food accessibility and financial management. Clark County Extension will promote programming such as Master Gardener, Character Education, financial education, Community Life skills, Farmers’ Market, home horticulture, summer youth enrichment activities so that families can develop strong values, make wise decisions and encourage a supportive environment.

Long-Term Outcomes:

-Improve quality of life for families

-Families are able to care for the physical and mental health and well being of each individual over the long term

-Build personal strengths and self-control, interpersonal communication, and development of basic life skills.

Intermediate Outcomes:

-Practice skills to strengthen and sustain relationships

-Demonstrate basic life skills such as sewing, cooking, personal care

-Securing basic family needs


Initial Outcomes:

-Identify basic family needs

-Learn best practices related to self-control and positive interpersonal communication

-Increase in knowledge of basic life skills: sewing, cooking, personal care needs

Evaluation:

Outcome: Knowledge of basic life skills: sewing, cooking, personal care needs

Indicator: increase quality of work produced by individuals engaging in development of basic life skills needs: sewing, cooking

Method: Self-Evaluation and Danish Ribbon Results

Timeline: After Project Completion


Outcome: Self-control and positive interpersonal communication

Indicator: Increase of number of individuals indicating an increase in learning/developing skills in basic family needs best practices

Method: Reduction in repeat families in utilizing community needs services

Method: Survey of Participants

Timeline: Monthly Reports of Services Utilized


Outcome: Individuals gaining knowledge of how to plan and implement gardening budgets/purchasing best practices

Indicator: Increase in number of individuals utilizing budgets in home gardening

Method: Survey of Participants,

Timeline: Monthly, Annually


Learning Opportunities:

Audience: 6th Grade Students

Project or Activity: 4-H Dollars and Sense

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Dollars and Sense

Inputs: Clark County 4-H, Public School, Community Volunteers and Agencies

Date: Spring 2019


Audience: 8th Grade Students

Project or Activity: 4-H It’s Your Reality

Content or Curriculum: 4-H It’s Your Reality

Inputs:Clark County 4-H Staff, Public School Staff, Community Volunteers and Agencies

Date: Fall 2018


Audience: 4-H Age Youth

Project or Activity: 4-H Sewing

Content or Curriculum: KY 4-H Sewing Curriculum

Inputs: Clark County Cooperative Extension Facilities and Equipment, 4-H Staff, Master Clothing Volunteers, 4-H Volunteers

Date: 2018-19 program year


Audience: 4-H Character Education

Project or Activity: 4-H School Enrichment K-4th Grade

Content or Curriculum: Character Counts, Manners, Take a Stand

Inputs: Schools and 4-H Program Assistant

Date: 2018-19


Audience: Youth age 9-14 years old

Project or Activity: 4-H Summer Camp

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Core Content

Inputs: Clark County Extension Staff, 4-H Camp and Staff, 4-H Volunteers, Clark County 4-H Program Support/Materials

Date: Summer 2018


Audience: 4-H age youth

Project or Activity: 4-H Cooking Club

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Approved Curriculum

Inputs: Clark County Cooperative Extension Facilities/Materials, 4-H Extension Staff, 4-H Volunteers

Date: 2018-19


Audience: Adults

Project or Activity: Gardening Classes & Workshops

Content or Curriculum: UK Publications and Specialists

Inputs: Master Gardener Volunteers, Clark County CES Facilities, Community Garden Locations

Date: Spring, Summer, Fall 2018-19


Audience: Financially insecure individuals

Project or Activity:Community Life skills Workshop

Content or Curriculum:UK Curriculum

Inputs:Clark Co CEC facilities, staff, UK curriculum and resources

Date:monthly


Audience: 5-8 yr olds

Project or Activity: Cloverbud Club

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Core Content

Inputs: 4-H Extension Staff/Facilities/Materials, 4-H Volunteers

Date: 2018-19


Audience: 11th Graders

Project or Activity:  American Private Enterprise System

Content or Curriculum:  4H Core Content

Inputs:  School Administration and staff, Extension Staff, Community leaders

Date:  Fall 2018


Audience:  Adults

Project or Activity:  Farm Enterprise Creation/Expansion

Content or Curriculum:  UK Publications, UK Specialist and Community Resources

Date:  Spring, Summer, Fall 2018-19



Success Stories

Goodwill Meets 4-H

Author: Shannon Farrell

Major Program: 4-H Family and Consumer Science Core Curriculum

Goodwill Meets 4-H

Following the 2019 Clark County 4-H Summer Camp, a discussion that had been had by 2 of the adult female counselors was presented to 4-H Agent Shannon Farrell.  One counselor, an employee of Goodwill Industries of KY, and the other, the Clark County 4-H Sewing Leader had brainstormed a partnership between Goodwill and 4-H.  The partnership would allow Goodwill to have a larger outreach in the community sharing their mission of helping those with disabilities find and maintain employmen

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Food Preservation Workshop

Author: Shonda Johnston

Major Program: Food Preservation

Food preservation is a great way to preserve harvest from personal gardens/farmer’s markets to be able to enjoy safe food year round as well as save money and have more control of what goes in your food. A survey of Clark County Extension Council as well as Clark County Homemakers was distributed at the beginning of the 2019 calendar year. The survey asked about desired extension programming and there was interest in food preservation programming. Learning the most current, research-based

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Retirement Planning Workshop

Author: Shonda Johnston

Major Program: Securing Financial Stability (general)

Research shows that planning for retirement can be a difficult and even stressful exercise. Many people lack the financial education to know where to start in order to make a significant effort to plan for retirement. The Clark County Extension Council identified financial management skills as an area that Extension Programming could benefit the community.In November of 2019, the Clark County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, in collaboration with a local attorney and certified financial plann

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