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Overview

Today's youth are an investment in America's future. They are tomorrow's leaders. Youth, like adults, must deal with pressures of stress, blended families, peer pressure, unemployment, and other societal issues. The better prepared they become as decisionmakers with high respect for self and others, the less potential there will be for tension and conflict in building a stronger national and world community.

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In Focus

• The 4-H Youth Development program engages more than seven million youth, ages 5-19, in growth experiences that emphasize the "learning by doing" philosophy.
• Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) supports community educational programs for at-risk youth to develop skills for academic and career success.
• CSREES partners with the military to provide support and technical assistance to military staff and 4-H youth programs for youth with deployed parents.
• Extension 'CARES'...For America's Children and Youth strives to create a nation in which all children and youth are safe, healthy, cared for, and enriched.
• The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) helps low-income families and youth acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes toward better diets.
• 4-H Afterschool strives to increase the quality and quantity of after-school programs.


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Partnerships

• The USDA Rural Development Mission Area provides grants and loans to finance buildings and small businesses in rural communities with youth programs.
• National 4-H Council partners with CSREES and 4-H at all levels, fostering innovative programming and promoting private sector partnerships supporting 4-H.
• CSREES partners with U.S. Army Child and Youth Services and U.S. Air Force Family Member Programs and U.S. Air Force Family Advocacy Program.

Events

• National Association of Extension 4-H Agents (NAE4-HA), Oklahoma City, OK, October 31-November 4, 2004.
• National 4-H Conference, National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, MD, April 1-6, 2005.

Selected Results and Impacts

• CYFAR programs in 46 states and territories reached 48,654 youth and families at 216 community sites in 2003.
• EFNEP Impact Reports include data and evaluations on various EFNEP components.
• EFNEP Success Stories relate how EFNEP benefits have helped low-income audiences acquire good nutrition through knowledge and changed behaviors.


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Resources

• National 4-H Headquarters, CSREES. Resource for 4-H programs, activities, events, state 4-H offices, and name and emblem guidelines.
• CYFAR: Children, Youth, and Families at Risk, CSREES. Provides CYFAR program and resources information.
• Children, Youth, and Family Education and Research Network, University of Minnesota. Nationwide network that manages Web resources for communities at risk.


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Contacts

Cathann Kress

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