YOUth

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• YOUth U !
• 2004
• Tina Hostager REE 4-H YD
• Trish Sheehan REE 4-H YD

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• Why After School Programs?
• Changing Family Situations
• Time of Risk or Opportunity
• Research support for benefits of
  participation

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• Why 4-H
• Afterschool Programs?
• Reach Audiences otherwise not served
• Opportunity to take a leadership role in
  addressing community needs.

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• While youth development happens everywhere and
  not just in programs, youth development programs
  are perhaps the most deliberate efforts to
  stimulate development.

(Blyth, 2000, p.10)
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• What is 4-H Afterschool?
• A focused effort to raise public
  awareness of the significant contributions
  4-H has made to the field of after-school.
• 4-H Afterschool works to strengthen
  collaborations with other youth serving
  agencies.

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What is 4-H Afterschool?

• For young people
• Opportunities for Fun, Exciting programs while
  developing valuable skills with lifelong
  benefits.
• For Parents and family
• Creates safe, healthy, enriching environments
  that enhances young peoples social, emotional
  physical and academic success.

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What is 4-H Afterschool?

• For Volunteers
• Offers an opportunity to share a special skill
  with young people.
• For Youth Serving Organizations
• Offers extensive resources to help train staff,
  implement youth development practices, create new
  programs and strengthen existing programs.

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What is 4-H Afterschool?

• For Communities
• 4-H Afterschool is a partner that builds
  unique, customized programs around the diverse
  interests and needs of youth.

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Supports Opportunities

• Youth
• Feel a greater sense of belonging
• Develop quality relationships with peers.
• Opportunity to contribute to community
• Active family participation
• Greater involvement in positive activities

• Youth involved in 4-H Afterschool are less
  likely to
• Spend 6 hours watching/ playing TV or video
  games
• Have stolen things
• Have damaged property
• Smoked cigarettes
• Consume alcohol
• Have ridden in a car where the driver was
  drinking

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National Initiatives

• Position 4-H leadership to provide
  exceptional programs and service to after
  school programs.
• Creating an Image and Identity
• Logo
• Identity
• Press Releases
• Curriculum Resources

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Minnesota Initiatives

• To make a measurable difference in the quality,
  quantity, accessibility and out of school
  opportunities for Minnesota youth.

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Minnesota Initiatives

• MN has the highest number of mothers employed in
  the country and the highest percent of youth ages
  10-12 left home alone.
• The need for high quality and easily accessible
  
• programs during the non-school hours is
• significant.
• As well as the need for constructive activities
  that
• engage youth in their own learning and
• development.

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Key Program Elements

• Caring Adults
• Safe Environment
• Welcoming Environment
• Engagement in learning
• Competence mastery
• Practice service
• Self-determination
• Future Orientation

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Three Focus Areas

• Staff Development and Training
• Curriculum Development
• 4-H Clubs

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Staff Development Training

• Training for After school staff
• Youth
• Educators
• Coordinators
• Youth Workers

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Curriculum Development

• 4-H Afterschool Curriculum
• Curriculum Sampler
• Developed Curriculum
• What else is out there?

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4-H Clubs

• Why start 4-H Clubs in after school programs?
• 4-H Creates opportunities for youth and adults to
  develop skills and practical knowledge through
  experiences
• 4-H helps builds the skills and abilities youth
  need to reach their full potential.
• Experiential learning actively engages youth in
  their learning and helps them to learn more.
• Recruitment

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Partnerships

• Collaboration in after school efforts
• List all possible agencies that may be interested
  in pursuing a 4-H Afterschool program
• Develop advisory council with youth
• Market in the community
• Look for funding opportunities
• Grant possibilities (National, state and local)
• In kind collaborations
• Revenue Generation

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• After School Activities
• Lesson Plans