Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Please see attached file for full NCERA215 annual report.

Accomplishments - Summary, Annual work plan and Annual report

Accomplishments:

1. Conducted Roll-out webinar in January - 7 states - NH, NY, ME, WI, WV, MN, MI to engage in the survey instrument; We have 370 surveys and are looking for more.
2. Drafted Letter of Agreement. For $1500, we will analyze data and return a state report. If state analyzes own data, they will contribute data for national report.

Short-term outcomes:

1. Integrating REM practices into iCook (a pilot curriculum project for fighting obesity); 2 webinars; 4 videos; annual meeting training; wrote pieces for final lesson of the iCook Curriculum

Outputs:

1. Presentations:
   1. 2015 National Urban Extension Conference, Atlanta Georgia- Nia Imani Fields, University of Maryland and Keith Nathaniel, University of California: Community Ripple Mapping: A Tool for Evaluating Program Impact and Social Capital;

• 2015 National Extension Conference on Volunteerism, Portland, Maine - workshop with Steve Henness, University of Missouri, Matt Calvert, University of Wisconsin, and Barb Baker, University of Maine, Empowering Youth and Adult Volunteers with the Community Capitals Framework

1. Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD, 2016, Paper Session: Youth Community Networks: Research Tools to Inform Practice and Measure Social Capital (Chair: Matt Calvert, University of Wisconsin; Discussant: Mary Arnold, Oregon State University Extension) including papers:
   1. Matt Calvert, University of Wisconsin, Barbara Baker, University of Maine, Rural community youth development and civic identity: Mapping social change
   2. Keith Nathaniel, University of California and Nia Field, University of Maryland,  Social Capital Survey

• Mariah Kornbluh, Neil Klemme, and Christa Van Treeck, University of Wisconsin:Youth-Adult Social Networks

2. Launched Website - http://ucanr.edu/sites/Social_Capital_Multi-State/
3. iCook - videos; adobe connect webinars

Activities - Future directions:

• Compare National 4-H Council/NIFA Strategic Plan and Our work
• Opportunities to convene Youth Development and Community Development together
• Research Agenda Funding - materials for staff-toolkit, Community Capitals Framework for kids, (fund CA and MD-student position) Health Sciences Technology Academy (HSTA)

OUTCOMES:

1. Connected with community capitals [RE: slide graphic]
2. [Co facilitating Master Plan at Upton and are implementing the plan!]
3. [Expo is equivalent to County Fair] Baltimore City 4-H Youth Expo - talents of city youth - managed by teen corps - uses state criteria fair - influenced state in science - take from local to State
4. Certificate of Completion Train the Trainer (30 hours). BADGES - UMaine
5. Graduates come back for episodic and other volunteer opportunities (never leave)

NEXT STEPS:

1. Want to Pilot - 3 sites
2. Cost recovery used for scholarships
3. Replicate state, national international level
4. Conduct long term study to begin 6-16

Activities:

1. Steve + Barb looked at Essential Elements to compare with CCF [RE: above slide graphic]

Milestones from 2015-16:

FOR OBJECTIVE 1:

1. Project and research teams continued with 75% attendance of active participants on monthly calls and 60% attendance of active participants at yearly meeting. (Active participants are: Matt, Barb, Steve, Mary, Nia, Keith, Bonita, Brian, Jacquie Lonning, occasional participants included Jim from Idaho, Kirk Astroth from AZ, Elaine from KS, Sharon Kinsey, NJ) New members include: Neil Klemme and Christa Vantreeck (WI) and Mariah Kornbluh (WI/CA)
2. Submit additional proposals to two funding sources. Unsuccessful proposal submitted to North Central Region Center for Rural Development. We plan to apply for state Extension funding (intent to apply submitted to California) and pursue revenue generation as sources of research support.

FOR OBJECTIVES 2 and 3:

1. Research team creates successful research design and data collection techniques and tools; Team (led by California) begins Social Capital Survey data collection for Wave 1 locations (Maryland and others to be determined) and begins to analyze data; provides feedback to project team members and receives input on process; and and approval procedure at Wave 2 institutions - the team has created a template to support Institutional Review Board applications for each state project .
2. Roll-out Webinar led by California and Maryland - 7 states participated
3. Conducted Roll-out in January - 7 states - NH, NY, ME, WI, WV, MN, MI to use the survey instrument; We have 370 surveys and are looking for more.
4. Drafted Letter of Agreement. For $1500, we will analyze data and return a state report. If state analyzes own data, they will contribute data for national report.
5. Partnered with new research group focused on social network analysis of community youth development programs. This analytic method will be piloted and developed following the dissemination model created for the survey.

FOR OBJECTIVE 4:

1. Team identifies preliminary findings and practice implications. Team seeks opportunities to share results with diverse practitioners.
2. Draft Community Capitals Toolkit, Presentations at NCEV, etc., videos/iCook, iCook training for facilitators, SRA
3. Created website to host dissemination tools: http://ucanr.edu/sites/Social_Capital_Multi-State/

COMPLETED:

1. Fields, N. & Nathaniel, K. (2016). National Roll Out: Contribution of 4-H on Participation on the Development of Social Capital within Communities. NCERA 215 National webinar. 2-page handout and Fact Sheet distributed at NAE4-HA Conference, October 2015. http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/AA3PM/Afterschool_in_Rural_Communities.pdf
2. Fields, N. & Nathaniel, K. (2015). Our role in and responsibility toward social justice. Journal of Extension, 53(5), 5COM2.
3. Emery, M., Higgins, L, Chazdon, S, & Hansen, D. 2015. “Using ripple effect mapping to evaluate program impact: Choosing or combining the methods that work best for you.” Journal of Extension. Volume 53, Number 2, Tools of the Trade, 2TOT1
4. Fields, N.I., Nathaniel, K. C., Baker, B., Emery, M. 2015 “Community Ripple Mapping: A Tool for Evaluating Program Impact and Social Capital” Poster Session, National Urban Extension Conference, Atlanta, GA

IN PROGRESS:

5. Henness, S. A., and M. J. Moncheski, “Lamar, Missouri: Barton County 4-H USDA Rural Youth Development Project” case study submitted to Chazdon, Scott (forthcoming) Ripple Effects Mapping