1. Improving Program Management Using the PREP: National Program Leader Perspective Presented by Suzanne Le Menestrel, Ph.D. National 4-H Headquarters Families, 4-H, and Nutrition AEA Evaluation 2006 Portland, Oregon November 2, 2006

2. Overview What is Portfolio 2.2? How did we do? What were our challenges? What are some opportunities? How has the PREP process impacted the management of our programs?

3. Portfolio 2.2 Informed Decisions Affecting Quality of Life in Rural Areas Emphasizes the science-based products and information used by individuals, and the professionals who support them in decisions to achieve goals for their individual and family development in the near environment.

4. Portfolio 2.2 Knowledge Areas

5. 804Human Environmental Issues Concerning Apparel, Textiles, Residential and Commercial Structures 723Hazards to Human Health and Safety 721/722Pests and Diseases Affecting Humans 724Healthy Lifestyles

6. Portfolio 2.2: Themes Human Development and Societal Change Individual and Family Resources Health and the Environment

7. Oregon 4-H Web & Tech Wizards Lead Latino Youth Into Information Age Issue: Low Latino high school completion rates High school graduation rate: Latino youth in Oregon 43 % 4-H Tech Wizards in Oregon 90 % 4-H Web Wizards in high school: Increased their GPA 97 % Planned to go beyond HS100 % 500 at risk youth

8. Humans Wild and domesticated animals Arthropods (insects, ticks and mites) affecting humans KAs 721, 722, 723 Arthropods affecting wild and domesticated animals KAs 311,312, 313, 314 Virus Bacteria Fungus Protozoa Other taxonomic groups

9. How did we do? Effective

10. Challenges of the PREP Process Extremely diverse portfolio—from Tech Wizards to Termites! Decentralized nature of Extension programs Difficulty of connecting federal investments to outcomes

11. Challenges of the PREP Process, continued Retrospective logic model Can easily capture “outputs” but no national system for measuring “outcomes” Reliant on external partners to document effectiveness

12. Challenges of the PREP Process, continued Current Research Information System does not include Extension programs Major areas of work not captured in reporting systems, e.g., 4-H, adult development and aging Difficulty in organizing work by Knowledge Areas

13. Opportunities Structured process to reflect on the intentionality of programs Creation of new Knowledge Areas— Youth Development Identification of major gaps in research/knowledge base

14. Opportunities, cont. Build the case for new reporting systems Celebrate and recognize accomplishments National efforts helped states to formulate their Plans of Work and logic models

15. Impact on our Programs Working with state partners to identify ways to measure outcomes Syntheses of the research literature Using logic model as foundation for “the mother of all logic models” Strengthening our partnership with the land-grant universities