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04/05/2010
Georgia 4-H Receives Two State Farm Youth Advisory Board Grants


The Georgia 4-H Foundation is honored to be awarded two State Farm Youth Advisory Board grants for the 2010-2011 year.  These grants include:

 

CSI - Cyber Security Initiative
Access to Higher Education / Closing the Achievement Gap - $30,000

Partnering with local Cooperative Extension Offices, the Georgia 4-H Youth Technology Leadership Team (YTLT) will serve as a resource for the public to gain knowledge and resources. Tech Team members and leaders will travel around the state to lead free classes for community members on 'Internet & Social Networking Safety', 'Cyber-bullying' and more. Classes will be advertised as a part of the 4-H program to public school systems for kids ages 9-19. The addition of GPS / GIS technology will allow team members to track where computers are most needed and where computers are awarded to ensure the objectives are accomplished. Through 'Need-a-Computer', youth/families apply for a refurbished computer to gain technology for home use allowing them increased opportunities. Research shows that when children from lower income families are given access to a computer at home, they are more likely to download study guides, visit a doctor because of discovering new information, and visit bulletin boards where they can express their opinion with others. YTLT members will be assigned to serve as mentors to awardees as they learn to use the technology. YTLT members also experience first-hand building skills that will prepare them for careers in Science, Engineering and Technology.

Sharing OurSelves (SOS) for America's Future - $75, 000
Financial Education

Armed with data that nearly half of high school students will not graduate; seniors average a failing grade on the JumpStart Coalition financial literacy survey and college graduates having the highest levels of student loans and debt in history; the Georgia Collegiate 4-H Club will receive training from a specialist to develop a curriculum to pilot in ten communities on financial literacy to be delivered to students in middle school. The nationally elected Collegiate 4-H members will work with thirty state teams to develop their own service-learning projects in their home states. At the National Collegiate 4-H conference in 2011, training modules that have been developed through these state teams will be delivered.

 
 
 
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