EFNEP Youth Meeting June 11, 2015 Connie Schneider Marilyn Townsend Melissa Tamargo

Agenda Welcome & Role Call – 3 min Kudos and Shout Outs – 5 min Follow up on Action Items – 10 min Review of 2014 Tiers Data: Where is California Youth EFNEP as compared to National, Tiers 1 and Western Region Data. SMART Objectives – Current Objectives – Priorities for the next Five Year Plan (begins Oct 1, 2015)

Welcome & Role Call Los Angeles County Youth

Kudos and Shout Outs Any kudos? Associate Director Announcement.

Action Item Review Draft Youth Data EntryProcedure (refer to Word document)

National 2014 EFNEP Data EFNEP is a congressional allocation. National EFNEP reports evaluation of outreach (enrollment) and quality (knowledge, skill and behavior changes/improvement) to congressional leaders. Every state and territory impacts the national average. Every youth county impacts each state’s youth averages. – Every youth educator impacts their EFNEP’s team average (the youth team are volunteers and partners). National data reviews are conducted by Tiers (allocation) and Region.

What are we doing well? + What could we do betterΔ

Youth Data FY 2014 (10/2103-9/2014) UC EFNEPNationalTier 1Western Region Ave # of Youth/Group* Ave # Months Ave # Lessons (grads)6.1 Ave # Sessions (grads) Ave # Hours % of Checklists30% Δ 42%48% * Items calculated via export data, cannot be found in WebNEERS.

Youth Checklist Data FY 2014 (10/2103-9/2014) UC EFNEPNationalTier 1Western Region % Imp 1 + Diet Quality 88% + 86 %88%86 % % Imp 1+ PA47%44 %48%42 % % Imp 1+ Food Safety47%48 %51%47 % % Imp 1+ Food Res Mgt 46%50 %51%44 % % Imp 1+ Food Security 27%33 %29%27 %

Check your reports, how are you doing this year?

SMART Objectives Objectives to assist program reach and/or quality when the statewide program: is below a national, tier or regional average, has observed a decrease in an area that usually was strong, and/or believes variables impacting reach/quality are being addressed or will improve through strategic actions. SMART Objectives may not be changed during the 5-year period unless the objective is met or there are changes with the federal evaluation question that creates an issue.

SMART Objectives Current Five Year Plan Increase youth’s knowledge of nutrition Baseline Target 55%57%59%61%62% Actual54% improvement 55%48%74%88 % +

National EFNEP Office Goals Program Reach – Increase total EFNEP Reach by 5% – Adults + Youth Program Reporting – 100% of youth graduates have entry and exit checklists in 2015 – 100% of universities reporting – At least 60% graduation rate Universities determine what is a youth graduate – UC EFNEP defines a graduate as a minimum of 6 hours.

National EFNEP Office Goals Program Quality – Increase focus on youth behavior change – Physical Activity and Food Safety dragging national averages down in grades K-2 and 3-5, especially 3-5. Program Advancement – Incorporate new results & recommendations into programming & reporting. – Support existing & align with new initiatives – Increase visibility – Strengthen program monitoring EFNEP does public health – need well written success stories

SMART Objectives Next Five Year Plan This was selected due to CA’s decreasing trend in reach, WR and National decreasing trend in reach. CA had an increase in staff where other states have lost staff. Almost all states having challenges with evaluations. – Current % evaluated Increase youth reach Baseline YTD Target Actual27,926 31,708

SMART Objectives Next Five Year Plan Program advancement for program monitoring – Program monitoring for program quality and program reach per National EFNEP goals – Strategies: training, monitoring data, plan for monitoring volunteer classes – Implementation fidelity

Strategies for Final Months (June-Sept 2015) Record all youth enrolled, whether they have a pre-post or not and even if they have less than 6 hours. Graduates will be considered to have a minimum of 6 hours. If you only have a pre-test and no post test you do not have to enter the pre-test. If you have volunteers that did not provide names or IDs, save all pre-posts for your documentation of class delivery; label site, grade level, date range on the folder. You will not be able to enter any pre-post data unless it is paired by individual youth. Collect hours of delivery and preparation.

HELP: Success Stories We need a minimum of 3 good stories. They do not need to be in EFNEP Delivers Format. Please provide the following so your success story reads like a story: – Stories should evoke emotion, provides information that our data doesn’t capture. – Participant’s situation and nutrition, food budgeting, food security, physical activity challenge prior to being enrolled in EFNEP – as it applies to the participant. – Partner involved? Site location – What was done = EFNEP’s / UCCE’s response – Result/Outcome: Participant and/or family's success – Use a fake name to ensure confidentiality (note this once in the story with an *); this makes the story more personal. If you have a direct quote, please use quotation marks (it must be readable).

Thank you!