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Henderson County CES

Title:
Safe Communities
MAP:
Healthy Home and Environment
Agents Involved:
Hardy, Druin, Johnson, Lambert
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
4-H Health Core Curriculum
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
Urban Environments (water issues)
Situation:
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.
Long-Term Outcomes:
Individuals will use scientific techniques, responsible practices, and create safe homes within their environment.
Intermediate Outcomes:
Individuals will practice gun safety and how to protect their homes and communities
Initial Outcomes:
Individual will gain knowledge and understanding of home safety and disaster preparedness.
Evaluation:

Initial Outcome:Change in knowledge on disaster preparedness,and home safety

Indicator: how much they already know

Method: pre-test

Timeline: Spring 2020


Intermediate Outcome: Individuals demonstrate skills that improves disaster preparedness and home safety

Indicator: what are their skills

Method: survey

Timeline: Spring 2020


Long-term Outcome: Individuals create safe homes within the environment that are prepare for disasters

Indicator:What they are doing

Method:survey

Timeline:Spring 2020

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Henderson Residence

Project or Activity: Disaster Preparedness

Content or Curriculum: UK Publications and Material

Inputs: Extension Agent, Specialist

Date: Spring 2020


Audience: Henderson County Students

Project or Activity: Truth and Consequences

Content or Curriculum: UK material

Inputs: Extension and School System

Date: Fall 2019


Audience: Henderson County Landowners and Land managers

Project or Activity: Water Quality Awareness

Content or Curriculum: Extension Publications, Seminars, on farm demonstrations

Inputs: Extension Agents, Extension Specialists, Farmers, Landowners

Date: Winter 2019



Success Stories

Senior Expo

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 eight years to promote a program called the “Senior Expo”. This event was created to bring information to our seniors

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