Extension
It Starts With Us
Empowering Community & Extension Leaders
Ballard County Leadership, Community and Economic Development
PJ, FCS
Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Kentucky Extension Leadership Development (KELD): Developing Core Leadership Skills
Champion Food Volunteers
Building the capacity of volunteer leaders is critical for the sustainability of communities that support and strengthen families. Family and Consumer Sciences Extension is committed to engaging, educating, and empowering local citizens to investigate issues, make responsible decisions, and take ownership of solutions.
Ballard County's health and economy are strengthened through strong local organizational leadership.
Community problems are solved through active engaged local leaders.
Implementation of leadership practices designed to improve successful accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives.
Employing effective practices designed to increase community support for improving community quality of life.
Developing skills and knowledge designed to improve personal leadership capacity
Initial Outcome: Ballard Countians increase knowledge and skills in personal leadership
Indicator: number of people who indicate a change in knowledge and skills
Method: Pre and Post test
Timeline: Homemaker Leader Training in August & other training throughout
the program year
Intermediate Outcome: Implement leadership practices designed to improve successful accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives.
Indicator: the number of people who:
-practice personal leadership skills in clubs, and community outreach
-improved skills in communication, problem solving, or group
process in addressing organizational issues and needs
-apply skills to assess needs, develop programs and implement
solutions for community problems
Method: observation at leader led programs, activities and events
Timeline: organizational leader training throughout program year, July
-June
Long-term Outcome: Community problems are solved through active engaged local
leaders
Indicator: number of problems solved
Method: observation
Timeline: 6 months after implementation plans are initiated
Audience: Ballard County Extension Homemakers
Project or Activity: Annual Leader Training
Content or Curriculum: KEHA
Inputs: KEHA power point, Kim Henken
Date: August
Audience: Ballard County Extension Homemaker Lesson Leaders
Project or Activity: Monthly Learning Session
Content or Curriculum: FCS
Inputs: District FCS agents, Specialist, Homemaker Leaders, Extension Office
Date: August - May
Audience: COMPASS Ballard County's Healthy Direction Coalition
Project or Activity: Quarterly meetings
Content or Curriculum: Promoting Ballard County Community Health
Inputs: Purchase District Health Dept. Cooperative Extension Agents, Purchase Area Health Connections Coalition,
Date: Quarterly
Audience:
Project or Activity:
Date:
Author: Sarah Drysdale
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
This school year came with uncertainty whether students would be in the classroom. As COVID-19 has brought many new changes within the school system; facial coverings for all students and staff being the biggest change. As part of the Face Coverings for Kids Initiative, Ballard County Extension Homemakers and FCS agent made seven hundred twenty-two (722) sewn cloth face coverings for Ballard County Elementary School students. Which were delivered before class began on August 26th. All the
Author: Sarah Drysdale
Major Program: Community Engagement
The Ballard County Extension Office partners with the American Red Cross to host community wide blood drives every other month. The normal average donation has been fourteen (14) units over the last year. FCS agent took over as blood program leader to help organize blood drives, recruitment of volunteers and blood donors. The goal is to increase blood donations to an average of twenty (20) units collected within a year. Blood Donation Drives have always been an essential need for local hospitals
