Extension
It Starts With Us
Build Engaged and Empowered Communities
Community and Economic Development
Neal, Dockery, Brooks, McMahan, Clark, Powell, Sarantakos
Beef
Horticulture, Consumer and Home
Build Engaged and Empowered Communities – General
Facilitation Training
Primarily due to COVID-19, Fayette County experienced a decline in job growth ranging from 9.1% in
Fayette County to nearly 15% in other areas of Kentucky. This presents major challenges of consistently
restructuring the existing business community as well as apply economic ideas to encourage growth. The
changing population also affects available work, housing and resources needed for job growth.
To combat those issues, the Cooperative Extension Service will examine programs within the realm of
workforce preparation, fostering entrepreneurial development, agriculture sustainability and expansion,
decreasing barriers for the implementation of new business, seeking out new business
solutions to the current heath and economic issues, job search strategy training, community involvement, and
examining new and creative ways to develop a sense of community.
According to the FBI, violent hate crimes rose by 12% in February 2020. According to Meyer, 2020 the number of hate crimes reported in 2018 were the highest in 16 years. It is believed that the number will increase pending further investigation of recent incidences. Racism is a driving force of the social determinants of access to housing, education, employment, health equity and over-all well-being. The recently racially motivated deaths of several Black Americans and most recently, racial slurs directed at the Black Lexington Fayette County Council Members and LGBQT, Jewish and other Communities of color at the 6/1//20 council meeting, and the racial slurs directed to New Anchor, Día Davidson during a live airing on 6/8/20, further suggests that conversations to combat racism are much needed.
Community Education Programs such as, Coming Together for Racial Understanding provides strategies and activities that eliminate and reduce racial prejudices and racism in the workplace and community. It educates on and helps to remove stereotypes, provide skills relative to gaining empathy, understanding and awareness and takes steps towards intentionally creating workplaces, educational systems, and communities that are truly welcoming and inclusive. Coming Together for Racial Understanding can help to mitigate the damage that racism can be caused.
Improve the economic situation and build a greater sense of community in Fayette County
1) Youth and Adults will become more motivated to succeed.
2) Youth and Adults will develop skill to improve quality of life.
3) Families will learn to become better support systems.
4) Youth and Adults will make safer lifestyle choices.
5) Reduce the number of children placed in out of home care.
6) Reduce the numbers of cases for abuse and neglect
7) Reduce the recidivism rate of cases of abuse and neglect.
8) Improve nurturing parenting skills.
Residents will increase practices related to Community and Economic Development by increased
participation in job preparedness programs, involvement in local community events, developing new jobs and
entrepreneurship opportunities, attaining and practicing current job search strategies, and adopting fiscally
responsible behaviors
Participants will practice nurturing parenting skills with their children.
Participants will have children returned to home.
Change in awareness, knowledge, opinions, skills, and attitudes towards parenting, discipline, home management and conflict resolution skills.
The practice and promotion of healthy food and nutrition, financial and mental well-being.
Change Knowledge, Opinions, Skills, and / or aspirations in understanding of issues related to local foods,
individual and market gardening, nutrition based on local food access, farmer's markets and preserve and
enhance farm income.
Outcome: Long-term Hate crime and racial incidents will be reduced.
Indicator: Participants will use skills to have conversations to remove stereotypes, practice civil discourse, combat racism.
Method: Survey, Impact Statements
Timeline: ongoing
Outcome: Intermediate: Increase intentional hiring of people of color on citizen review councils, public boards, police departments, administrative positions and other systems of health care, education, and corporations.
Indicator: Participants will practice using alternatives to spanking, effective communication, conflict resolution and will have appropriate expectations for children.
Method: Survey, self-report,
Timeline: ongoing
Outcome: Initial: Change in awareness, knowledge, opinions, skills, and attitudes towards diversity and inclusion and efforts taken to eliminate racism.
Indicator: Participants will learn to adopt civil discourse techniques, will promote understanding and healing to challenge systems that perpetuate racism. Will apply increased knowledge and awareness that was learned to eliminate implicit, explicit, and systemic bias.
Method: Weekly Evaluation/Survey, AAPI 1 and AAPI2
Timeline: Ongoing
- MAP: Community and Economic Development
PROGRAM PLAN: Community and Economic Development
AGENTS INVOLVED: Dockery,Neal, Brooks,McMahan,Clark, Powell
MAJOR PROGRAM 1: Beef
MAJOR PROGRAM 2: Home & Consumer Horticulture
MAJOR PROGRAM 3: Leverage new and existing partnerships to support community development efforts
MAJOR PROGRAM 4: Facilitation Training
MAJOR PROGRAM 5: Develop individuals for formal and informal leadership and volunteer roles
SITUATION:Primarily due to COVID-19, Fayette County experienced a decline in job growth ranging from 9.1% in
Fayette County to nearly 15% in other areas of Kentucky. This presents major challenges of consistently
restructuring the existing business community as well as apply economic ideas to encourage growth. The
changing population also affects available work, housing and resources needed for job growth.
To combat those issues, the Cooperative Extension Service will examine programs within the realm of
workforce preparation, fostering entrepreneurial development, agriculture sustainability and expansion,
decreasing barriers for the implementation of new business, seeking out new business
solutions to the current heath and economic issues, job search strategy training, community involvement, and
examining new and creative ways to develop a sense of community.
The per annum impact of the horse industry to the gross domestic product of the United States is approximately
$112.1 billion. Kentucky has a $4billion economic impact. Approximately 80,000-100, 000 jobs annually are related to the horse industry. There are many youth equestrian programs in KY. However, there is a great need to diversify the equestrian industry and to provide education about horses among youth, to prepare them for immediate employment, especially for the underserved communities that could benefit most.
Capacity building programs that teach equestrian skills help to increase knowledge and teach marketable skills that can lead to entrepreneurship and job readiness skills. This program will also increase diversity and inclusion efforts in the equestrian field as they intentionally serve the underserved population.
LONG-TERM OUTCOMES:
Improve the economic situation and build a greater sense of community in Fayette County
1) Youth and Adults will become more motivated to succeed.
2) Youth and Adults will develop skill to improve quality of life.
3) Families will learn to become better support systems.
4) Youth and Adults will make safer lifestyle choices.
INTERMEDIATE OUTCOMES:Residents will increase practices related to Community and Economic Development by increased
participation in job preparedness programs, involvement in local community events, developing new jobs and
entrepreneurship opportunities, attaining and practicing current job search strategies, and adopting fiscally
responsible behaviors.
INITIAL OUTCOMES:Change Knowledge, Opinions, Skills, and / or aspirations in understanding of issues related to local foods,
individual and market gardening, nutrition based on local food access, farmer's markets and preserve and
enhance farm income.
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES:Audience: Community residents
Project or Activity: Master gardener projects related to food production
Content or Curriculum: Publications
Inputs: Volunteers, CES Specialists, KY Cooperative Extension Service Agents
Date: Ongoing
Audience: Community residents
Project or Activity: Growing Community program
Content or Curriculum: ID-128
Inputs: Volunteers, collaborating agencies, LFUCG, KY Cooperative Extension Service Agent
Date: Annually in May
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Farmer's Market/Plate it Up
Content or Curriculum: Plate it Up, KY Department of Ag, FDA Food Safety
Inputs: KY Cooperative Extension Agents, CES Specialists, KDA, Lexington Farmer's Market
Date: On-going
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Phone calls, e-mails, and office visit customer service opportunities
Content or Curriculum: Available resources through CES publications, specialists, and listed curricula
Inputs: KY Extension Service Agents, Program Assistants, Specialists, Volunteers, Kentucky CES
publications; local, state, and federal agencies
Date: On-Going
Audience: Youth/ Adults
Project: Money Habitudes
Content: Financial Extension Specialist
Inputs: Extension FCS agent- MB/CM, financial community partners
Date: ongoing as requested
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: 4H Reality Store
Content or curriculum: 4H reality store curriculum
Inputs: KY Cooperative Extension Service Agents, program assistants, volunteers
Date: on-going
Audience: Youth
Project or activity: Dollars and Sense
Content or curriculum: 4H Dollars and Sense curriculum
Inputs: Program Assistants, KY Cooperative Extension Service Agents, volunteers
Date: on-going
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Babysitting Clinic
Content or curriculum: 4H Babysitter Curriculum
Inputs: 4H Agent and Program Assistants
Date: on-going
Audience: General Public Job Seekers, Employers
Project or Activity: Central Kentucky Job Club
Content or curriculum: FCS Managing in Tough Times; Positive Employability; Money Smart; UK Career
Service Curriculum
Inputs: FCS Agent; UK Alumni Career Development; UK Steps; Local Businesses and Government
Date: January - December
Audience: Adult, Teens & Youth
Activity: Media
Curriculum: Radio, TV, Newspaper, Newsletters, social media (Facebook)
Date: On-going
Audience: Adult
Activity: Farm Field Day
Curriculum: Food, Farm, Fun., Farm Field Day and programs related to decision making, budgeting and
planning
Curriculum: KY Cooperative Extension Service Agents, CES Specialist, CES Publications, Volunteers
Date: Fall
Audience: Adult
Activity: CPH Sales, Blue Ribbon Heifer sales.
Curriculum: Marketing Livestock and all commodities. Increase Farm Income
Inputs: KY Cooperative Extension Service Agents
Date: On-going
Audience: Adults
Activity: Pasture Please, Farm and Facilities Expo, Horse College
Inputs: KY Cooperative Extension Service Agents
Curriculum: CES Specialist, CES Publications, Members of Equine Community.
Date: On-going
Audience: Agriculture Producers
Activity: Master Cattleman's, Master marketer, Master Stocker, KY. Beef Conference, Ky. Stocker
conference, Pasture Conference, Alfalfa Conference, Ky. Farm Start.
Curriculum: CES Specialist, CES Publications & Trainings, Update Trainings & certifications
Inputs: Inputs: KY Cooperative Extension Service Agents
Date: On-Going
Audience: Agriculture community
Activity: Agriculture development Program, PDR Program
Curriculum; Assist current program and increase farm income
Inputs: Inputs: KY Cooperative Extension Service Agents, Ag. Development Board, Fayette County
Conservation District, Governor’s Office of Ag Policy
Date: On-Going
Audience: Adults and Families
Project: Planning Your Digital Estate Homemaker Leader Lesson
Curriculum: Estate Planning Workshop, Financial Management Seminars, Record Keeping.
Inputs: KY Cooperative Extension Service Agents, CES Specialists
Dates: November
Audience: Community residents
Project or Activity: Master gardener projects related to food production
Content or Curriculum: Publications
Inputs: Volunteers, CES Specialists, KY Cooperative Extension Service Agents
Date: On-going
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Food for Thought
Content or Curriculum: FCS Nutrition Pubs; Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud
Inputs: KY Cooperative Extension Service Agents, CES Specialists, KDA
Date: On-going
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud
Content or Curriculum: Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud recipes, Kentucky Dept. of Agriculture
Inputs: KY Cooperative Extension Service Agents, CES Specialists, KDA, Farmer's markets
Date: On-going
Audience: Adults, Teens and Youth
Project or Activity: Phone calls, e-mails, and office visit customer service opportunities
Content or Curriculum: Available resources through CES publications, specialists, and listed curricula
Inputs: KY Cooperative Extension Service Agents, Program Assistants, CES Specialists, Volunteers,
Kentucky CES publications; local, state, and federal agencies
Date: On-going
Audience: Homemaker lesson leaders; General public
Project or Activity: Saving Savvy with Grocery List and Coupon Apps, various leader lesson topics
Inputs: KY Cooperative Extension Service Agents, CES Specialists; CES publications
Date: ongoing throughout the year
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Babysitting Clinic
Content or Curriculum: 4H Babysitting curriculum
Inputs: KY Cooperative Extension Service Agents, program assistants, volunteers
Date: on-going
Audience: Adults & Youth
Project or Activity: 4-H Cloverbud Club
Content or Curriculum: 4-H programming for K-3 grades students and families
Inputs: 4-H Agent, volunteers
Date: monthly & as requested
Audience: Teens & Middle School Youth
Project or Activity: 4-H Teen Programming
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Leadership curriculum, learning experiences (i.e. Teen Conference, Issues, AreaTeen meetings/events)
Inputs: 4-H Agent, volunteers
Date: monthly & as scheduled by district and state event contacts
Audience: Teens & Youth
Project or Activity: 4-H Cooking Club(s)
Content or Curriculum: 4-H foods curriculum
Inputs: 4-H Agent, volunteers, specialists
Date: monthly & as requested
Audience: Adults and Families
Project or Activity: Central Kentucky Job Club
Content or Curriculum: CES Publications
Inputs: KY Cooperative Extension Service Agents, program assistants, volunteers
Date: as requested
Audience: Adults and Youth
Project or Activity: Clothing construction and instruction/4-H Sewing Club; Adult sewing/quilting instruction
Content or Curriculum: CES Publications
Inputs: FCS Agents, 4-H Agent, Master Clothing Volunteers
Date: on going
Coming Together for Racial Understanding Community Conversations
Content or Curriculum: Democracy Now-Coming Together for Racial Understanding
Inputs: Carla Jordan, Mia Farrell, Tamera Thompson
Date: ongoing. Initially 2 full day trainings to start the conversations followed by monthly meet ups to facilitate conversations
Project or Activity: Coming Together for Racial Understanding Trainings to Youth Initiative at Crawford Middle School
Content or Curriculum: Democracy Now-Coming Together for Racial Understanding
Inputs: Carla Jordan, Mia Farrell, Tamera Thompson, FRYSC Teachers, FCPS Counselors
Date: ongoing
Night of Black Excellence & Juneteenth Celebration through arts
Content: Developed by Extension agent- MB
Input: CAFE DEI, Collaborating agent- Carla Carter
Date: ongoing programs to occur annually
Author: Maranda Brooks
Major Program: Mental Health and Well-being - FCS
Looking at Kentucky Kids Count Data we see the following statistics that impact students in Lincoln County:In 2021, 24.4% of Children in Poverty (below the 100% poverty line) ranking Lincoln County 59 out of 120 counties. In 2017-2021, 57 % of children in Lincoln County are considered CHILDREN IN LOW-INCOME FAMILIES (below 200% of the federal poverty level) ranking Lincoln County as 93 out of 120 counties.In 2021, 14% of Children in Lincoln County are considered CHILDREN LIVING IN FOOD INSE
Author: Genaea Sarantakos
Major Program: Science, Engineering, and Technology
Fayette County 4-H established a relationship with William Wells Brown Elementary in 2023 with 4th grade instructors and the 21st Century Coordinator. For the past year we have been providing hands-on learning experiences in STEM to target this Title I school and community’s needs.Title I is a federal program that supports schools in FCPS that are above 50% free/reduced lunch status. The funds help increase family engagement and provide extra instructional services and
Author: Genaea Sarantakos
Major Program: Leadership
This year, Fayette County had the pleasure of supporting two delegates for the 2024 Issues Conference. "More than 100 delegates for the 35th annual Kentucky 4-H Issues Conference are convening at Dale Hollow State Park in Burkesville, Kentucky, this month to learn how they can take an active role in tackling the pressing concerns affecting their home counties. The conference, which takes place on Nov. 14–16, brings together youth in grades 9–11 and adults from across t
