Ohio 4-H Youth Development
State CYFAR Team

Extension Specialists at Ohio State University Extension in 4-H Youth Development and Family & Consumer Sciences establish project goals, oversee the project budget & activities, and offer evaluation assistance.

 

Principal Investigators

Program Coordinator

OSU Extension Specialists contribute research knowledge and program resources from their areas of expertise:

4-H Youth Development
  • Experiential Learning
  • Focus on Science & Nature Activities
  • 4-H Clubs
  • Leadership Curriculum
  • Workforce Preparation
  • Service Learning
Family & Consumer Sciences
  • Workforce Education Curriculum
  • Money Management
  • Health & Fitness
Ohio CYFAR State Leadership Team

The CYFAR State Leadership Team offers support to project sites in expanding and sustaining community-based projects for children, youth, and families at-risk. State project staff offer evaluation assistance to both sites. At Adventure Central, project co-directors analyze the data collected in parent surveys and focus groups to assess and address family needs and foster sustainable family engagement. At the University District site, the CYFAR state coordinator helps develop evaluation tools, such as performance scoring materials for the BYLAWS workforce preparation curriculum State-level staff offers support with local sustainability of community projects by assisting with grant development, facility expansion, facility/location assessment and identification of alternatives, and community collaborations.

Evaluation Support

Institutional Review Board
All research activities involving human subjects must be reviewed and approved by an Institutional Review Board (IRB). The IRB reviews human subjects research proposals to ensure risks have been minimized and the potential for benefit has been maximized before human subjects participate in the research. The IRB also ensures, when required, that human subjects only volunteer to participate in research after providing legally effective informed consent.

The CYFAR state team is responsible for obtaining research approval from the IRB and making sure that all research is conducted in compliance with the IRB protocol.

Goal Setting - Logic Models
Thie CYFAR state leadership team establishes logic models for each CYFAR site in Ohio, outlining intended inputs, outputs, and outcomes.

Project Evaluation
Principal Investigators, Dr. Theresa Ferrari and Dr. Ted Futris, have developed survey and focus group instruments to measure the impact of CYFAR programming at Adventure Central and within the University District.

Administrative Support

Grant Management
The CYFAR Principal Investigators and Program Coordinator submit annual funding renewal applications and annual performance reports to USDA.

Budget Oversight
The state CYFAR team ensures that project spending is allowable and appopriate.

Grant Writing for Sustainability
The CYFAR Program COordinator has worked with site staff to obtain funding for additional at-risk programming.