CSREES Program Leadership & Volunteer Development

Leadership development can build the capacities of individuals, groups, and organizations to resolve community issues. Volunteer development can enhance the potential for community service. NIFA promotes both through its participation in interagency federal government teams; funding support for volunteer leader forums, national conferences, and community training opportunities; and research focusing on building volunteer competencies.

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In Focus Professionals working with volunteers aided by National Extension Conference Nearly three-quarters of a million volunteers participate in 4-H annually		Funding Smith-Lever

Selected Results and Impacts Volunteer skills enhanced through program to meet the needs of challenged youth Volunteers trained to educate low-income families on nutrition, healthy lifestyles		Partners/Partnership Federal agencies / Federal Interagency Team on Volunteerism

Resources 4-H USA. National 4-H Council. Reinventing Aging: Baby Boomers, Civic Engagement, Harvard School of Public Health USA Freedom Corps National Network for Child Care. National 4-H Headquarters, NIFA. 4-H Afterschool, National 4-H Council.		Events Grantsmanship Workshop, November 10-11, 2009 Grantsmanship Workshop, November 16-17, 2009
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Contacts Ryan Joseph Schmiesing - Primary