Author: Kerri Ashurst
Planning Unit: Family and Consumer Sciences
Major Program: Family Development General
Outcome: Intermediate Outcome
Dr. Ashurst has been the national co-chair for the Youth
Experiencing Homelessness National Subcommittee since
Fall 2018. This is one of the 12 subcommittees of the "Access,
Equity and Belonging Committee" (AEBC), a national priority
through USDA, National 4-H, and Extension Committee on
Policy.
Dr. Ashurst and Dr. Melissa Scheer at the University of Missouri
co-chair the multi-state subcommittee, which included
Extension personnel from 8 states that are conducting
programming for youth who are experiencing or at high risk for
experiencing homelessness. The subcommittee holds monthly
virtual meetings to plan out multi-state efforts, share ideas,
and provide support to one another. During the reporting year,
the multi-state subcommittee had a fact sheet published (https://access-equity-belonging.extension.org/about/youth-experiencing-homelessness/).
The fact sheet is publicly available and is for Extension staff to better able to reach out to and engage high poverty and unstably housed youth.
They combined with the Youth Experiencing Poverty subcommittee
as of April 2021 to co-develop resources and trainings. The
joint subcommittee now represents a 13-state group. They
presented as a larger group at 2 conferences during the reporting
period about their programming and how to effectively reach
out to homeless and unstably housed youth through Extension
programming. The joint committees are also developing plans
for training for the Extension System on recruiting and programming
for youth living in poverty.
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