Last year, Extension Educator Jaci Foged taught or coordinated 95 workshops for local child-care providers. Total attendance was 1,512, generating 280 in-service hours approved by the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services. Quality child care is vital in Nebraska since 74% of 156,575 Nebraska youth ages 0–5 live in households where all available parents are currently working. Pictured is Jaci delivering Nebraska Extension’s newly developed program, Cultivating Healthy Intentional Mindful Educators (CHIME).
Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County Fri. Dec. 28, 2018
- 2018 Extension highlights
- Teaching, growing and making a difference
- COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT / FOOD, NUTRITION & HEALTH — Head Start Learning Gardens
- COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT — Backyard Farmer
- CROPPING & WATER SYSTEMS — Weather and crops
- DISASTER PREPAREDNESS — MyPI disaster preparedness program for teens
- LEARNING CHILD — Early childhood trainings for child-care providers
- COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT — Water and wastewater management program
- FOOD, NUTRITION & HEALTH — Nutrition Education Kit program
- FOOD, NUTRITION & HEALTH — Youth nutrition grants
- 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT — 36,520 youth engaged in 4-H programs
- 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT — 4-H clubs
- 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT — 4-H at Lancaster County Super Fair
- 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT — 4-H Clover College
- 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT — After-school programs
- 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT — 4-H school enrichment programs
- Extension’s volunteers worth nearly $700,000
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