Estill County CES

Title:

Individual and Family Development

MAP:

Healthy Communities and Individuals

Agents Involved:

Taylor Miles, Judy Vaughn, Emma Day

MAJOR PROGRAM 1:

Active Living and Health Promotions General

MAJOR PROGRAM 2:

Communications and Expressive Arts

MAJOR PROGRAM 3:

Family and Consumer Science

Situation:

Community Members identified strong family systems as well as personal development as key aspects of creating a healthy community

Long-Term Outcomes:

Strengthen the family support system by developing strong communications, financial, and interpersonal skills.

Intermediate Outcomes:

Community members will develop knowledge of skills used in the home, become more confident in all forms and mediums of communication, learn skills needed to live independently within the family

Initial Outcomes:

Community members will develop knowledge of skills used in the home, become more confident in all forms and mediums of communication, learn skills needed to live independently within the family

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Community members will develop knowledge of skills used in the home, become more confident in all forms and mediums of communication, learn skills needed to live independently within the family

Indicator: Increased knowledge

Method: Survey

Timeline: Fall

Intermediate Outcome: Community members will develop knowledge of skills used in the home, become more confident in all forms and mediums of communication, learn skills needed to live independently within the family

Indicator: Change in behavior

Method: Community Survey

Timeline: Fall 2022

Long-term Outcome: Strengthen the family support system by developing strong communications, financial, and interpersonal skills.

Indicator: increased strength in family systems

Method: census

Timeline: Fall 2024

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: Communications Projects

Content or Curriculum: Education

Inputs: Agents, curriculum

Date: Year Round

Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: Teen Leadership

Content or Curriculum: 4-h Curriculum

Inputs: All year

Date:

Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: Speech and demonstrations contest

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum

Inputs: Agents, Volunteers

Date: Spring

Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: Teen Summit

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum

Inputs: Agents, Volunteers

Date: Spring

Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: Teen Conference

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum

Inputs: Agents, Volunteers

Date: Summer

Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: Leadership Acadamy

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum

Inputs: Agents, Volunteers

Date: Spring

Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: 4-H Clubs

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum

Inputs: Agents, Volunteers

Date: Year round

Audience: Adults

Project or Activity: Saving Savvy with Grocery & Coupon Apps

Content or Curriculum: Homemakers

Inputs: Agents

Date: September

Audience: Adults

Project or Activity: Planning Your Digital Estate

Content or Curriculum: Homemakers

Inputs: Agents

Date: October

Audience: Adults

Project or Activity: Meal Kits: Are They Worth It?

Content or Curriculum: Homemakers

Inputs: Agents

Date: November

Success Stories

LEAP Read and Walk

Author: Judy Vaughn

Major Program: LEAP

The UK Cooperative Extension Service in Estill County joined with the Estill County Library to conduct a LEAP Read and Walk at the Ravenna Veteran’s Memorial Park in Ravenna.   The LEAP Read and Walk provides children and guardians information on nutrition and exercise as well as promote the love of reading.  The program was presented four times in the months of June and July.  Four books were chosen for the program with two of the books provide in Spanish as well as English

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Growing 4-H Programs with FCS and ANR Agents

Author: Taylor Miles

Major Program: Community Vitality and Leadership – 4-H Youth Development

In 2020 during the height of the pandemic, Estill County 4-H started a new program called the 4-H Fair Project Series. This was a fun way to combat the infamous “Zoom Gloom”, and we used this program as a tool to reach and help youth be engaged in our programming. Within each project, youth learned about multiple different program areas including Agriculture and Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Sciences, Expressive Arts, and healthy living. Estill County 4-H had thirty-fiv

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4-H Salsa Canning

Author: Judy Vaughn

Major Program: Family and Consumer Science

Estill County Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent collaborated with 4-H and KEHA leaders to offer food preservation workshops for a total of twelve participants.   Participants learned proper hand washing, safe knife skills and measuring skills.   One hundred percent of participants accurately prepared food products using the boiling water canning method of preservation.

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Estill County Teens lead middle school in Leadership

Author: Taylor Miles

Major Program: Leadership

According to research, middle school is a time where young people explore their strengths and interests in order to find their place in the world (Fagell. P.L., 2019). Therefore, it is essential to provide positive experiences in which young people are able to explore the world in a safe environment. Historically, Kentucky 4-H sees a decline in enrollment numbers for middle school age youth. In an effort to retain this age group, the Area C1-C4 Teen Council worked to plan, implement, and evaluat

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Area Teen Retreat

Author: Taylor Miles

Major Program: Leadership

C1-C4 Teen Retreat 2023The objectives of C1-C4 Area 4-H Teen Retreat are to develop leadership and teamwork skills, foster civic engagement, expand knowledge and skills related to 4-H core content areas, have fun, make new friends, create a sense of belonging, expand social skills, and develop positive youth-adult partnerships. This overnight educational experience is a culminating event for the C1-C4 Area Teen Council, who worked for several months to plan implement, and evaluate this 2-night,

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