4-H is the youth development organization of our nation’s Cooperative Extension System and USDA.1

4-H is the youth development organization of our nation’s Cooperative Extension System and USDA.

4-H: A Proven Solution For America’s Youth

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OUR REACH:

Nearly 6 MillionYoung Peopleacross the U.S.

OUR IMPACT:

4X’s

2X’s

2X’s

Serving every county and parish in the country

OUR INFRASTRUCTURE:

OUR POSITION:Learn-By-DoingLess sitting. Less watching.More doing. More leading.

OUR NETWORK:110 Universities and more than 3,000 Local Offices

More Likely to Lead in Communities

More Likely to Lead in Healthy Choices

More Likely to Lead in STEM

OUR ALUMNI:More than25 Million Alumni

4-H is the youth development organization of our nation’s Cooperative Extension System and USDA.

YOUTH EXPERIENCE 4-H THROUGH…

4-H AFTERSCHOOLPROGRAMS

400,000PARTICIPANTS

4-H SCHOOLENRICHMENTPROGRAMS

3.4 MILLIONPARTICIPANTS

4-H CAMPS

475,000PARTICIPANTS

4-H CLUBS

1.7 MILLIONPARTICIPANTS

4-H is the youth development organization of our nation’s Cooperative Extension System and USDA.

OUR NETWORK—100+ UNIVERSITIES

4-H is the youth development organization of our nation’s Cooperative Extension System and USDA.

HOW WE DO IT: EMPOWERING THROUGH DOING

HANDS-ONPROJECTS

PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE

NOT LECTURE

MEANINGFULYOUTH LEADERSHIP

YOUTH AS DRIVERSNOT AS PASSENGERS

ADULT MENTOR

PROVIDING GUIDANCE

NOT DIRECTIVE

4-H is the youth development organization of our nation’s Cooperative Extension System and USDA.

4-H COMMON MEASURES: PROGRAM RIGOR & CONSISTENCY4-H Common Measures is an evidence-based evaluation system that assesses program impact.•Helps local programs uniformly measure youth outcomes through standardized metrics•Helps 4-H continually improve programs •Available for 4-H Healthy Living, STEM, Citizenship and College/Career Readiness programs

Identify common set of youth outcomes

Assess & report from national database

Provide state 4-H programs with user-friendly

evaluation tools

4-H is the youth development organization of our nation’s Cooperative Extension System and USDA.

4-H YOUTH PROGRAMS

HEALTHYLIVING

FOOD AND AG STEM

CAREER READINESS

4-H is the youth development organization of our nation’s Cooperative Extension System and USDA.

Healthy Living Programming: Experiences that promote healthy choices for a lifetime

Healthy Body: nutrition, cooking & physical activity

Healthy Mind: bullying prevention, stress management

More than 3.5 million youth engaged in projects annually

Unique, teens as teachers, empowerment approach 3.5M

4-H is the youth development organization of our nation’s Cooperative Extension System and USDA.

Creating Food Secure Homes

• Food Smart Families targets families eligible for or receiving SNAP and/or WIC benefits

• Families learn how to Budget for, Shop for, and Prepare healthy meals on a budget

• Programming culminates in a family celebration where participants receive a bag of groceries to take home and practice their new skills

4-H is the youth development organization of our nation’s Cooperative Extension System and USDA.

Driving Impact Together

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Nationally Recognized Program 95% of participants learned why it was important

for to eat a healthy diet95%

55% strongly agree that they “encourage my family to eat meals together

Over 76% learned skills to buy food on a budget

58% taught their families budgeting skills

4-H is the youth development organization of our nation’s Cooperative Extension System and USDA.

Recognized by the Rural Affairs Council of the Domestic Policy Council (DPC) at the White House

Nominated for the Childhood Obesity Best Practices Toolkit (CHOPT) sponsored by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Nominated for an innovation award with the Medicaid Health Plans of America

Recognition & Accolades

4-H is the youth development organization of our nation’s Cooperative Extension System and USDA.12

Thank YouFor more information, contact:Christina Day, MPHDevelopment Director, Healthy Livingcday@4-h.org