In 1999, 197,344 youths participated in one or more of North Carolina 4-H's basic programs.
Of these, 33,174 were active in 1,494 4-H clubs, 112,269 were involved in 3,264 special interest programs.
Eighty-two thousand, eight hundred and sixty-three youth participated in 2,668 school enrichment programs (K-12) offered statewide.
Another 23,747 young people were involved in 613 after-school child care designs managed by 4-H.
Adult volunteers continue to be the heart and legs of 4-H.
Sixteen thousand, three hundred and seventy-four volunteers contributed an unmeasurable set of resources. An additional 3,252 youth were also active.
Cooperative Extension Major Programs are presently attacking and measuring impact toward expressed need:
Child care focuses on the quality, accessibility and availability of child care to accomplish two objectives:
improve the quality of child care;
increase the amount of quality child care.
Leadership/Volunteer Development seeks to accomplish three objectives:
increase knowledge/application of leadership skills on community problems;
increase knowledge of management of volunteer systems;
actively involve volunteers in solutions to community problems.
Resilient youth, families, and communities take action to strengthen resiliency by increasing "protective factors" and reducing "risk factors" by accomplishing three objectives:
involving youth in high-risk environments in community based programs;
involving families to enable them to identify and solve problems by increasing coping skills;
empower community group action to reduce risk for youth and families.
Youth Development focuses on providing programs for youth to increase life skills and internal/external assets by accomplishing three objectives:
provide long-term support systems to develop competent youth with specific life skills;
improved academic performance resulting from knowledge transfer development;
increased life skills in limited income youth in public housing.
Youth Outreach through other Cooperative Extension Major Programs:
Youth outreach through 4-H can be and is being accomplished through any major program.
Animal science, horticulture, and natural resources are examples.
* Refer to your county 4-H ES-237 reports over the past three years and other local data sources to insure local relevance for your scan.
