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4-H: Empowering Youth to End Hunger in Their Communities Project

The "4-H: Empowering Youth to End Hunger in Their Communities" project is provided by the National 4-H Council and funded by The Howard G. Buffett Foundation from October 2012 through November 2013.  The grant opportunity was targeted for the following states' 4-H Youth Development Programs:  Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and North Dakota.  Kansas serves as the lead state.

In Kansas, eight proposals were awarded grants to conduct the program in the following counties:  Atchison, Dickinson, Leavenworth, Reno, Sedgwick, Smith, Wyandotte and a Southwest Kansas project involving Morton, Stevens, Seward, Grant, Meade and Haskell counties.

The purpose of the "4-H: Empowering Youth to End Hunger in Their Communities" project is to increase awareness about hunger in our communities and how youth and adults together can be a part of the solution.  4-H: Empowering Youth to End Hunger in Their Communities engages and empowers youth and adults through service projects addressing community-based food security and hunger relief. 

A new toolkit has been developed with the intent that it be used by pilot states and is now available for downloading.   These are large files, (9 MB and 13 MB).  Please be patient while they download.  If you do not have e-reader software installed, your computer will not open the EPUB version.  See the tips below to learn how to install e-reader software. 


4-H:  Empowering Youth to End Hunger in Their Communities Toolkit: (EPUB)  (PDF)


Reporting Results:  The following link is for the 2013 accepted 4-H clubs, counties and/or states to report their results of the 4-H and Invest An Acre Project.  Visit:  http://tinyurl.com/4-H-InvestAnAcreReporting


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4-H and United Healthcare

We are pleased to announce a partnership between Kansas 4-H Youth Development and UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Community Plan that will support 4-H Healthy Living programs. This partnership will help us reach more youth in our communities and increase our resources locally for healthy living programs. UnitedHealthcare is one of the managed care organizations that provides KanCare Medicaid services to Kansas residents. As part of a value-added service, they are promoting 4-H to their members and encouraging them to join 4-H. The UHC members are receiving information about 4-H encouraging them to contact their local Extension office or visit the Join Kansas 4-H website. (See the attached flyer in both English and Spanish).

 

Here’s how the process will work:

1) You receive a request to join 4-H either directly from the UHC member or from the http://www.joinkansas4-h.org/ site

2) the parent/guardian will provide evidence that they are a United Healthcare member

3) you work with the family, enroll the youth in 4-H and get them involved

4) you report the members you have enrolled using a simple online reporting tool

5) your local unit will receive $35.00/child/year to support 4-H healthy living programs.

 

All local Extension units can benefit from this partnership. This is an excellent opportunity to recruit new youth into the 4-H program and increase 4-H Healthy Living program resources. You can network with other agencies and healthcare organizations that may be serving KanCare members to help promote the 4-H and UHC partnership and encourage 4-H participation. The 4-H “Life’s Little Questions” campaign will also be useful in helping this audience to understand what 4-H offers.

4-H and UnitedHealthcare Enrollment Form

4-H and UnitedHealthcare Online Reporting Form