4-H Afterschool And Fund Raising – A Great Combination Eddie Locklear 4-H Afterschool Director National 4-H Council

1. 4-H Afterschool And Fund Raising – A Great Combination Eddie Locklear 4-H Afterschool Director National 4-H Council

2. What Are After-School Programs? • Offered when children and youth are not in school and parents need care for them • Provide safe, healthy, caring, and enrichment environments • Include before- and after-school hours, teacher workdays, school holidays, summer, and may include weekends (continued) ⇨

3. What Are After-School Programs? • Long-term, structured, sequentially planned learning experiences in partnership with adults • Are offered every day or several days of the week for extended periods of time • Sponsored by schools or community groups (Schools, BGCA, YMCA, Faith-based, etc.)

4. After-School Programs: What’s the Buzz? • Have “exploded into the nation’s consciousness.” • The hours between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. are the “prime time for crime or youth enrichment and achievement.” • Interest is “unprecedented.” • There is an “explosion” of programs. • Such programs are the “cornerstone” of the goal to reduce crime.

5. Rationale: Why After-School Programs? • Changing family situations • Time of risk or opportunity • Research support for benefits of participation

6. Some significant negative consequences: Youth are at greater risk of being victims of violent crime. Juvenile crime triples at 3 p.m. Greater risk of substance abuse and sexual activity Anti-social behavior School dropout (continued) ⇨

7. Low academic performance and poor grades Over exposure to television Truancy Accidents

8. Some significant benefits include: Improved academic performance Reduction in youth crime and risky behavior Reduction in sexual activity Reduction in drug use Increased school success and high school graduation (continued) ⇨

9. Improved social skills Improved school attendance Reduction in school dropout Increased homework completion and quality Improved self-confidence Improved interpersonal skills Increased life skills

10. Rationale: Extension Involvement in After-School Programs • Reach audiences not otherwise reached • Opportunity to take a leadership role in addressing community needs

11. Extension’s Niche • Remains close to local needs. • Creates customized programs. • Connects with land-grant university research base. • Employs high quality faculty and staff with expertise in youth development and a connection to a national network.

12. 4-H Afterschool Defined • Are offered when youth are not in school and their parents need safe, healthy, caring, and enriching places for them • Reach K-12th grade • Uses youth development principles (cognitive, social, emotional and physical) • Long-term, structured, sequentially planned learning experiences (continued) ⇨

13. Goals of 4-H Afterschool • Provide professional development opportunities to Cooperative Extension staff and 4-H Volunteers • Provide training to after-school staff in a variety of topics including youth development and curricula delivery • Offer 4-H and Cooperative Extension System curricula to youth in after-school programs • Organize 4-H Clubs in after-school programs

14. Objectives • Increase the quality and availability of after-school programs • Increase numbers of 4-H members and volunteers • Increase usage of 4-H curricula among youth in after-school programs • Increase skills and knowledge of after-school staff • Increase awareness of 4-H program • Increase the skills and knowledge of Extension professionals in after-school programming

15. Eight Essential Elements of 4-H • A positive relationship with a caring adult • A safe environment • An inclusive environment • Engagement in learning From Dr. Cathann Kress, Essential Elements of 4-H Youth Development (2004) (continued) ⇨

16. Eight Essential Elements of 4-H • Opportunity for mastery • Opportunity to see oneself as an active participant in the future • Opportunity for self-determination • Opportunity to value and practice service to others From Dr. Cathann Kress, Essential Elements of 4-H Youth Development (2004)

17. 8 Elements 4 Concepts • Belonging • Positive relationship with a caring adult • An inclusive environment • A safe environment • Mastery • Engagement in learning • Opportunity for mastery From Dr. Cathann Kress, Essential Elements of 4-H Youth Development (2004) (continued) ⇨

18. 8 Elements 4 Concepts • Independence • Opportunity to see oneself as an active participant in the future • Opportunity for self-determination • Generosity • Opportunity to value and practice service for others From Dr. Cathann Kress, Essential Elements of 4-H Youth Development (2004)

19. JCPenney Afterschool Fund Grants • 2004 • 15 $10,000 grants to states • 57 counties • Over 13,800 youth • 226 Extension staff trained (continued) ⇨

20. JCPenney Afterschool Fund Grants • 2004 • 441 4-H Volunteers • 934 After-school staff • 134 New 4-H Clubs • 209 Collaborations (141 New ones)

21. Partnerships Developed • Memoranda of Agreements (MOA) • Boys and Girls Clubs of America • YMCA • Junior Achievement • Afterschool Alliance

22. System Wide Impact • 300,000 Youth reached • 20,000 After-school staff trained • 1,500 4-H Clubs in after-school programs • 1,400 4-H Staff trained • Over $20 million to 4-H Afterschool programming (Cash and In-Kind)

23. Where we are going in 2005 • JCPenney Afterschool Grant ($600,000) • NFL Charities Grant ($376,500) • 10 Grants to States ($30,000 each) • 25 mini-grants to 4-H Volunteers for after-school work • More Partnerships • Extensive Marketing (continued) ⇨

24. Where we are going in 2005 • Two New Resource Guides • How to start after-school programs • Recruiting and Training Teen Teams • Success Stories Highlighted • Web-based Evaluation and Reporting • Enhanced Web site • 8 4-H Afterschool Award of Excellence • $500 awards and plaque

25. Funding Successes • JCPenney Afterschool Fund • 02 - $400,000 • 03 - $500,000 • 04 - $500,000 • 05 - $600,000 • NFL Grant • 05 - $376,500

26. Other Funding Successes • 21st Century Community Learning Centers • Dept. of Health and Human Resources • Federal Agencies (HUD, DJJDP, etc.) • School Systems • Governors’ Offices • Foundations • Extension-sponsored, fee structure

27. What 4-H Can Offer Donors! • Remains close to local needs. • Creates customized programs. • Connects with land-grant university research base. • Employs high quality faculty and staff with expertise in youth development and a connection to a national network. (continued) ⇨

28. What 4-H Can Offer Donors! • Wide variety of curricula • Citizenship and Civic Education • Communications and Expressive Arts’ • Consumer & Family Sciences • Environmental Ed. & Earth Sciences • Healthy Lifestyle Education • Personal Development and Leadership • Plants and Animals • Science and Technology

29. Focused on Needs and Interests of Society! • 4-H Priorities • Science and Technology • 4-H Afterschool • Youth In Governance • Healthy Lifestyles • Professional Development (after-school staff and volunteers)

30. 4-H Afterschool Supports Needs • All children & youth are in safe, healthy, caring, & enriching environments when they are away from their parents. • Training available to all after-school staff in America • Hands on, appropriate curricula available to all youth in after-school programs in America

31. 4-H AfterschoolVision • Increased numbers of 4-H volunteers and 4-H members. • Increased support to States and County 4-H Afterschool • Financial • Educational Resources • Marketing Materials • Other support as funding allows

32. For more information: http://www.4hafterschool.org http://www.reeusda.gov/extensioncares/ (click evaluation button) http://www.cyfernet.org/ http://www.nncc.org/ http://www.jcpenney.net/company/ afterschool/index.htm (click national partners) http://www.national4-hheadquarters.gov/