4-H and GIS

4-H National Online Giving Programs send funds to state and county.

Esri GIS Grants for 4-H (US) The application period for applying for the 2012 Esri GIS Grants for 4-H (US) ended on December 1, 2012. Awardees will be notified in early January 2012. The pdfs of the 2012 Grant guidelines are posted below for reference purposes. The application link for each grant has been removed. If you would like to be added to the 4-H GIS GPS List Serv please send an email to: 4-HGIS_external@esri.com. Getting Started with GIS and GPS Grant Guidelines [PDF] 2012 Esri GIS Grant Program is for 4-H clubs that are not familiar with GPS or GIS technologies and want to begin introducing spatial literacy to youth at a basic level. ArcGIS Grant Guidelines [PDF] 2012 Esri GIS Grant Program is for 4-H clubs with adults and youth members comfortable with technology who are ready to do more with ArcGIS software and GPS technology. The grant includes software and curriculum that was previously included in the two separate Introduction to GIS and Intermediate GIS grants. State or Regional ArcGIS 4-H Educator Train the Trainer Grant Guidelines [PDF] 2012 Esri GIS Grant Program is for 4-H adults who are implementing a state- or region-wide GIS training program for adult 4-H educators with the specific intent that the trained educators will be able to introduce GIS technology to 4-H youth at the local level beginning with the 2012/2013 4-H enrollment year. This grant requires a written proposal as specified in the application and guidelines.

Contact for 4-H Program For more information e-mail 4-HGIS_external@esri.com

The 4-H GIS Program provides GIS and geospatial technologies to young people and qualified adults involved with U.S.
4-H clubs and related state and national organizations. It is created in cooperation with the National 4-H Headquarters, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

This multifaceted program is intended to help 4-H expand its current Science, Engineering and Technology (SET), Citizenship and Healthy Living programs that support nearly 7 million youth members including

• National 4-H Youth Technology and GIS/GPS Leadership Programs
• National 4-H Headquarters
• Cooperative Extension Systems 4-H Offices Locator

4-H youth from around the United States are selected annually as members of The National 4-H GIS GPS Leadership Team. This youth and adult team provides leadership and act as GeoMentors to the hundreds of 4-H clubs across the nation using Esri GIS technology in their local projects and for local service learning projects. The National 4-H GIS GPS Leadership team members are active presenters and participants in the Esri Education User Conference and Esri International User Conference.

In conjunction with attending the Esri User Conferences in San Diego the Leadership team does a service learning project in the San Diego area. The 2011 National 4-H GIS GPS Leadership team assisted the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service professionals at the San Diego at the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge - South Bay in mapping invasive and native plants for a new pedestrian trail.

4-H in Emergency Preparedness

4-H clubs around the U.S. are getting involved in emergency preparedness at their local community level. Several are beginning by helping local emergency official identify suitable locations within the community, or in neighboring communities that could be used as temporary pet shelters in the event of a community disaster.

The Alert, Evacuate and Shelter (AES) pilot project enabled 4-H, their families and their communities' to experience the geography of their local communities while helping their local emergency officials develop and build comprehensive emergency plans and maps for situations when citizens may need to be alerted, quickly evacuated, and sheltered during an emergency.

The AES project focuses on keeping communities safe that are located in hurricane ridden areas through the creation of evacuation and shelter maps and through the use of advanced geospatial technologies. AES encourages 4-H youth to use their acquired leadership skills to educate their communities and to provide assistance, and direction, to their community leaders on the safe evacuation and shelter of local citizens during a hurricane.

Nation 4-H Mission

The National 4-H mission is to empower youth to reach their full potential by working and learning in partnership with caring adults, and fostering opportunities for community engagement and service projects.

• Go to www.arcgisonline.com.
• 4-H Community Atlas Projects—Look for 4-H Community Atlas projects that tell a story about a community. The McLean County Kentucky 4-H club was selected as the 2006-2007 Model Project. 
• 4-H Youth Favorite Places—A national project that teaches 4-H youth about GIS and GPS while providing a community service.