Author: Deana Reed
Planning Unit: Meade County CES
Major Program: Family and Consumer Science
Plan of Work: Financial Management, Soft Skill Development, Human Development, Enhance Life Skills and Build Consumer Awareness
Outcome: Initial Outcome
Describe the Issue or Situation: Family Magazine reports that 76% of middle school age youth are babysitting either family members or other’s children. Childcare training provides life skills in parenting. Babysitting is often a youth’s first gainful employment experience.
Describe the Outreach or Educational Program Response (and Partners, if applicable):
Provide the Number and Description(s) of Participants/Target Audience: Seventeen 7th – 8th grade youth, sixteen female and one male (17 White)
Provide a Statement of Outcomes or Program Impact. Please note that the outcomes statement must use evaluation data to describe the change(s) that occurred in individuals, groups, families, businesses, or in the community because of the program/outreach:
Prior to taking the 4-H Babysitting Basics course, just over xx percent of the youth had not cared for children but felt better prepared after completing the class. Ninety percent of participants could state and understand the primary responsibilities of a babysitter. One hundred percent of these future babysitters learned at least 3 vital pieces of information they need to know before parents leave the home; these youth could also name two places or people to contact in event of an emergency.
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