State Advisory Committee Meeting

October 14, 2010

4-H Youth Development and Family & Consumer Sciences

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• Emerging Trends and Issues– Economy– Education – Healthy Living

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• Extension Long Range Plan (60%)– Based on Environmental Scan

• Extension Priorities– Objectives– State Impact

• Local Needs (40%)– Locally identified concerns

• Responding

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• Initiatives to Support the Issues and the Long Range Plan– 4-H Youth Development Examples

• LRFA Guidebook (http://www.nc4h.org/professionals/index.html)

• Hungry to Help• 4-H STEM and other Curriculum Products• 4-H Clubs, Congress, Camps, Conferences, etc.• 4-H Military Programs

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• Initiatives to Support the Issues and the Long Range Plan– FCS Examples

• Juntos

• Eat Smart, Move More

• Food Preservation

• NC Take Control

• E-Conservation

• SNAP-ED

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• Statewide Economic Impact – Nutrition Examples

• If for 50 participants total the average BMI was 35 at the beginning and 33 at the end, this would be a savings in health care costs of approximately $31K. (this is about a 10 pound weight loss for most people, so we are not talking about a lot of weight).

• If100 people's fruit and vegetable consumption increased from 3 cups to 4 cups per day it would save $28,900 in health care costs.

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• Statewide Economic Impact– Energy Examples

• Energy Calculator– Refer to Energy Calculator PPT

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• Statewide Economic Impact– 4-H Club Participation

• Several recent national studies affirm the 4-H benefit in economic and personal terms including:

– 4-H members are 50% less likely than non 4-H members to smoke cigarettes. For NC 4-H, this means a real cost savings of over $2,197,136,500 to the 17,435 4-H members affected across their lifespan.

• Based on 4-H Health Rocks Curriculum

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• Statewide Economic Impact– 4-H Club Membership and Participation

• 40% of 4-H alumni complete a university degree, compared to 28% of the general population. For NC 4-H, this means that 14,000 of our state’s current 4-H members will complete a university degree and those 4-H’ers will earn in excess of $16.8 million more than their non-college degree earning peers over their lifespan.

4-H and FCS• Statewide Economic Impact

– 4-H Club Membership or JUNTOS• In 2009, less than .001% of NC 4-H members in the 9th grade dropped out

of school as compared to our state’s 9th grade drop out rate of 4.27%.• 263 youth and198 parents have participate in JUNTOS; thus far 36 youth

have reached and attained graduation; 100% graduation rate.– Three of every 10 ninth graders in North Carolina do not graduate in five

years. That is the equivalent of 131 students quitting every school day. The Alliance for Excellent Education reports that, for just one year of dropouts from the class of 2009, North Carolina will fail to benefit from $12 billion in lost lifetime earnings from students who failed to graduate.

– A person with a Bachelor's degree will earn, on average, almost twice as much as workers with a high school diploma over a lifetime ($2.1 million compared to $1.2 million). This is a result of not only higher starting salaries for people with higher education levels, but also the sharper earnings growth over the course their careers.

4-H and FCS• 4-H/FCS Training Continuum

– No 4-H or FCS Agent Left Behind!!!• Academy - 30 days in the job.

• New Professionals Orientation - 3 sessions in year 1.

• Spring Institutes - regional subject matter and integrated.

• Elluminate Sessions - minimum of 8 per year per program areas.

• 4-H and FCS Leadership Institutes - growing agent leadership

• Specialized Training - as need arise and based on grants.

• Graduate Education Program - Family Youth Development degree program and/or certificates.

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Quality Programs– NC 4-H Core Elements

• Research Based

– PRKC• Professional, Research,

Knowledge, Competency

– Local Needs• Youth Indicators

– Economy, Education and Healthy Living

• FCS Quality Programs– FCS Task Forces

• FCS Tomorrow, FCS Core Competencies, FCS Marketing

– Priority Area Examples• Health/Nutrition

– Food Preparation– Food Preservation

• Energy– Consumer

• Education– Academic

Achievement

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• Thank You!– Thank you for your continuing leadership and support of 4-H

Youth Development and Family & Consumer Sciences.– Please feel free to contact:

• Dr. Claudette Smith, North Carolina A&T State University

• Dr. Marshall Stewart, North Carolina State University