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Program Benefits and Accomplishments
Oregon Outreach, State-Strengthening Project, September 1997 - September
2002
Oregon Outreach is a project focusing on the ability of the Oregon
State University Extension Service to connect with and involve the Latino
community in the design, implementation, and evaluation of community-based
educational programs for Latino youth. The project began in 1997 with
funding received from a five-year State-Strengthening Project Grant
funded by Families, 4-H and Nutrition, CSREES, USDA, Washington, DC.
The activities reported below reflect the timeframe encompassed by the
grant. Latino Outreach activities of the OSU Extension Service continue
to be sustained and have expanded to include other counties and communities
throughout the state.
Human Resource Benefits to Communities
- Educational program benefits to nearly 2,250 Latino youth and 600
Latino adults.
- Training benefits for about 80 Extension staff and 325 volunteers.
- Volunteer experience for about 375 adult and 250 youth volunteers;
work experience for 14 student interns.
- Nearly 13,500 hours contributed by adult and youth volunteers.
Funding Benefits to Support Educational Programming
- $791,254 from a CYFAR grant to support programming for Latino youth
and families.
- $499,225 from additional grants and gifts to support program efforts.
Benefits from Program Implementation and Delivery
- Demonstration sites established in four counties; small grants given
to eight other counties.
- Four bilingual, bicultural staff positions created; a minimum of
4.6 FTE of state and local staff annually devoted to programming for
Latino youth and families.
- Latino youth account for 22% of the 4-H club enrollment in the 3
counties involved in Oregon Outreach since the program began (compared
to a pre-program enrollment of 5%).
- Community partnerships formed with more than 50 agencies and organizations
having Latino interests; connections made with Latino programs on
the OSU campus.
- Two community collaborations formed to address needs of Latino youth
and families.
- Technical assistance in program planning, evaluation, volunteerism,
and computer technology made available to county support staff.
- Staff experience gained in assessing needs and assets; building
community support; and designing, delivering, and evaluating culturally
appropriate programs.
- County and state project staff participates annually in national
CYFAR conferences.
Expanded Resources in State and County Extension Offices
- Computers and other technological equipment to promote connectivity.
- 4-H informational and recruitment literature and video, member and
leader forms, volunteer applications, and other organizational materials
in Spanish.
- Materials relating to youth curriculum, cultural awareness, and
program evaluation.
- Demographic data relating to Latino youth and families.
- Focus group data concerning programming for Latino youth and families
and recruiting and supporting Latino volunteers.
- Access to CYFERNet program information and support.
Original Materials Produced
- Recruiting and Supporting Volunteers, OSU Extension publication.
- Bienvenidos a 4-H , 4-H informational and recruitment video
in Spanish.
- 4-H Welcomes You!/Bienvenidos a 4-H!, bilingual promotional
brochure.
- Curriculum materials for Web Wizards, Studio DV, Video Project Planning,
and Summer Day Camp.
- Oregon Outreach website, designed to provide youth development professionals
with information about the project and to make available resources
for working with Latino youth (http://osu.orst.edu/extension/4h/oregonoutreach)
- A series of videos produced by the Video and Media Arts project.
- Bilingual club leaders' kits (tub of resource materials and binder
in English/Spanish.
- Cómo a Comprar una Computadora (How to Buy a Computer),
video/tv/streamed on the Internet.
- Bilingual website for sharing 4-H Web Wizards curriculum and technical
expertise (http://www.4-hwebwizards.org).
Staff Development Programs Offered
- Building Bridges of Communication with Latinos, two-day workshop
for Oregon Outreach staff, but open to others.
- Working with Latino Audiences, one-day workshop for Oregon Outreach
staff and others.
- Extension Efforts to Reach Latino Youth and Adults, four-hour workshop
for Oregon staff.
- Working with Latino Youth and Families, five-hour workshop for Oregon
Outreach staff, but open to others.
Project Experiences Shared with Others
- Four presentations at annual conferences of the National Association
of Extension
4-H Agents.
- Six workshops, six poster sessions, and two round tables at national
CYFAR (Children, Youth, and Families at Risk) conferences.
- Diversifying the Volunteer Base: Latinos and Volunteerism,
article published in the Journal of Extension, 39 (4).
- Evaluating Latino Outreach Programs with Attention to Cultural
Factors, paper presented at the national conference of the American
Evaluation Association.
- Numerous project documents contributed to the national CYFERNET
website, which also includes several hot links to the Oregon Outreach
website.
- Two posters at the V2K: Volunteerism Beyond 2000 national
conference.
- Presentation at the state Caesar Chavez Conference.
- One workshop and two posters at OSU Extension Annual Conferences.
- Two workshops at PNW Youth and Family Staff Development Conferences.
- Two presentations at the 4-H/Family and Community Development Conference.
- Two presentations at the 2001 Oregon Youth Development Conference.
- One seminar and one poster at 4-H staff development conferences.
- One workshop at the Northwest Mentoring Summit in Seattle.
- Two Oregon Outreach projects featured in both the 1999 and 2000
CYFAR Annual Reports.
- Two 1-hour presentations on local community access television.
- Youth-produced video submitted to the juried Northwest Film Festival.
- Numerous presentations to local parent, teacher, and civic and other
organizations and groups, including six presentations on Latinos and
volunteerism.
Expertise of Project Staff and Youth Recognized
- Oregon Outreach is invited to partner with Latino-service organizations
and agencies.
- Other states request project information and materials.
- Project Director is guest lecturer for a North Carolina State University
graduate class.
- Two project staff serve on the OSU Extension Diversity Committee.
- Intel endorses 4-H Web Wizards as a model program for other Intel
sites.
- Youth from the 4-H Web Wizards and Video and Media Arts clubs presented
workshop sessions at the 1999 and 2002 CYFAR National Conferences.
- Two 4-H Web Wizards participants asked to serve on two national
4-H leadership councils.
- 4-H Web Wizards developed a companion website for the PBS series,
Conquistadors, that aired in November 2000 and May 2001.
- 4-H Web Wizards participated in the national launch of the CyberSeniors/CyberTeens
initiative in 2001.
- The Oregon Outreach Project received the NAE4HA Diversity Award,
presented at the organization's 2001 national conference.
- Hermandad Latina teen members were recognized in 2002 for community
service related to their involvement in a soup kitchen, a community
energy project, and a summer program for pre-school and elementary
school youth-an award was presented at a Portland Fire (Women's Basketball)
Game.
- A 4-H Web Wizards teen was one of 18 young people in the U.S. selected
to participate in the AT&T Youth Leadership Program in recognition
of community service efforts.
- 4-H Web Wizards youth presented a workshop at the 2002 National
4-H Technology Conference in Minneapolis.
- 4-H Web Wizards received the NetGeneration Congressional Youth Service
Award in Washington, DC, in 2002.
- 4-H Web Wizards received the NAE4HA Educational Technology Award
in 2002.
Organizational Change Impacted by Project
- Project activities served as a catalyst for increasing and maintaining
OSU Extension's attention to diversity issues.
- OSU Extension administration hired a state diversity specialist
as the result of a proposal submitted by the Oregon Outreach staff
development committee.
- OSU Extension Communications dedicates staff time to support the
development of publications in Spanish.
- Results of the CYFAR Organizational Change Survey, first administered
in 1997 and again in 2001, showed positive trends related to overall
project goals.
- Key accomplishments occurred in terms of integrating Latino Outreach
programming into base Extension programs.
- Substantial progress made in institutionalizing components of locally
delivered programs to help ensure their sustainability.
- Other program areas and sites reach out to Latino audiences, encouraged
by Oregon Outreach success and support.
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