Overview

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Through formal classroom instruction and non-formal training, CSREES offers youth education programs in many "real-world" issues. These include diet and nutrition; the importance of agriculture, natural resources, and the environment; and basic financial management. CSREES partners with the Land-Grant University System, the public and private agricultural and non-agricultural sectors, and other federal, state, and local agencies to fund, develop, and deliver youth education programs.

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In Focus

• CSREES supports Community Readiness Networks to improve critical community communications, during both emergencies and non-emergencies.
• CSREES directed the multi-agency effort to develop an Avian Influenza Lesson Plan for high school science students.
• CSREES coordinates USDA participation in the My Community, Our Earth partnership, which involves a number of government and private sector organizations.
• The NEFE High School Financial Planning Program® focuses on the basics of money--earning, spending, and saving.
• The Garden Mosaics Project provides an education model for community gardens in which youth, educators, and adult gardeners explore science principles.
• The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) provides low-income youth with diet, food preparation and safety, and related information.


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Partnerships

• CSREES funds and provides leadership to GIS/GPS Integration Teams, which launch local mapping projects to help local decisionmakers understand community issues.
• CSREES partners with the Department of Health and Human Services to provide resources for Head Start, child care, and out-of-school programs.
• CSREES and other government agencies created My Community, Our Earth (MyCOE): Geographic Learning for Sustainable Development, a program for young people.


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Events

• North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture/CSREES-SERD Conference, Stillwater, OK, June 17-20, 2009.
• 2009 National AITC Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 24-27, 2009.

Selected Results and Impacts

• A recent study assessed the impact of selected Agriculture in the Classroom teachers on student agricultural literacy.
• CSREES is a federal partner in My Community, Our Earth (MyCOE), a project for youth to apply geographic information systems to address community changes.
• CSREES collaborates with the NEFE High School Financial Planning Program® to teach lifelong financial planning skills to youth.


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Resources

• 4-H GIS/GPS resources, University of California. Provides information about 4-Hs involvement with GIS/GPS technologies.
• 4-H Science, Engineering, and Technology Initiative, University of California. Nationwide effort to improve science, engineering, and technology.
• American Distance Education Consortium, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Distance education programs, agricultural telecommunications resources, and much more.


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Contacts

Lindell Williams

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