Extension
It Starts With Us
Individual and Family Development
Healthy Communities and Individuals
Taylor Miles, Judy Vaughn, Emma Day
Active Living and Health Promotions General
Communications and Expressive Arts
Family and Consumer Science
Community Members identified strong family systems as well as personal development as key aspects of creating a healthy community
Strengthen the family support system by developing strong communications, financial, and interpersonal skills.
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
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 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
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
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
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
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.
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
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,
