Urban 4-H Youth Development
4-H is a community of young people across America who are learning leadership, citizenship, and life skills as they work in partnership with caring adults. What does that mean? In 4-H professionals are committed to helping young people develop skills to help them succeed and reach their full potential.
4-H is Positive Youth Development. In 4-H, youth learn by doing projects that are designed to fit their needs at different ages. Through a variety of projects—from food and forestry to rockets and rabbits—4-H gives children and teens opportunities to learn life skills, to practice them, and become confident in their ability to use them in the future. 4-H teaches young people how to meet their needs for belonging, mastery, independence, and generosity in positive ways. More specifically, 4-H programming is built around Eight Essential Elements, sometimes also called the Eight Key Elements.
- Ohio 4-H Youth Development
- NAE4-HYDP Urban Working Group Website Link
- email for working group leaders
- Link to shared urban 4-H resources (can upload/download, but don't alter files in Google drive)
Resources
Ohio 4-H Youth Development
-Ohio 4-H Youth Development
-Ohio 4-H Program Review
-The State of Youth Development in Ohio
-Ohio State University Extension 4-H Youth Development Internal Self-Study
-Ohio State University Extension Crowdsourcing Insight Summary: 4-H Youth Development
-Ohio State University Extension 4-H Youth Development Program Review: Final Report from the External Review Committee
-4-H Social Justice Youth Development: A Guide for Youth Development Professionals
-True Leaders In Equity Institute
-Diversity & Inclusion Working Team
National Journal of Extension Library
-The Contribution of Urban 4-H to Social Capital and the Implications for Social Justice
-Impact of a 4-H Youth Development Program on At-Risk Urban Teenagers
-4-H and Its Relevance in the Era of #Moments in Urban Communities
-Involving Minority Youth in 4-H
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