GIS Program for U.S. 4-H

4-H is a community of young people across America who are learning leadership, citizenship, and life skills.

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This program has been established to support national 4-H efforts aimed at bringing GIS and other geospatial technologies to young people and qualified adults involved with U.S. 4-H clubs and related state and national coordinating organizations. It has been created in cooperation with the National 4-H Headquarters, the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

ESRI GIS Program for 4–H Grant Recipients

ESRI has launched this multifaceted program to help 4-H expand current programs directed at its 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

Learn More

• New 2007 - 2008 Regional GIS Project
  4-H Alert, Evacuate and Shelter
  The Alert, Evacuate and Shelter (AES) project will enable 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 program 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.

  Applications from 4-H clubs in selected US coastal states are being accepted for upcoming December 2007 and January 2008 trainings.  Please go to www.crn4h.org for more information.

  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.  As powerful members of their society, youth can partner with community decision-makers to affect positive change.
• 4-H Youth Favorite Places—a national project that teaches 4-H youth about GIS and GPS while providing a community service.
• 4-H Community Atlas Projects—look for 4-H Community Atlas projects by selecting Youth Clubs.  The McLean County Kentucky 4-H club was selected as the 2006-2007 Model Project.
• The 2007 ESRI GIS Grant Program for U.S. 4-H application period ended on March 16, 2007. Check www.esri.com/grants for current grants.  The information for the 2008 ESRI GIS Grant Program will be posted in mid-December, 2008.

Contact

For more information from key ESRI and 4-H staff,
e-mail 4-HGIS_external@esri.com