The NYS 4-H Youth and Family Survey

All across our state, you all are creating opportunities for youth to grow and thrive - and for communities to do so, too.

With the statewide 4-H strategic visioning process, we're curious - what does it take to make thriving experiences more likely for more youth?

The NYS 4-H Beyond Ready Strategy Team is a team of youth, young alumni, 4-H Educators, campus and community partners engaged in this discovery process. We’ve been digging into existing data and collecting new information to understand strengths, challenges, and emerging shared priorities for growing 4-H in New York into the future.

We each do this—asking questions about youth interests and what youth need from us now—in our own spaces (in county, regional and state program planning, etc.). This is a new opportunity to bring that information across all the ways of doing and being 4-H in New York and to name a shared way forward. Because the heart and power of 4-H is the community we build together within and beyond 4-H.

So far in this strategic visioning process, we've listened to youth and families at state events like 4-H Career Explorations and State Fair. And we want to give more youth and families the opportunity to voice their ideas. We’re launching the NYS 4-H Youth and Family Survey for them to do just that.

This survey will be shared with families directly through 4-H Online. Please share it in your communities, too. You are invited to share this with youth and families who are in 4-H and those not involved. Just don't share it with bots please – email the link directly to families instead of posting it on social media.

You can find information about the survey, including the link, an example message to families, and graphics in this Box folder.

The survey will be open until October 31, 2025. We'll have statewide and county data available to share back with everyone later this fall.

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