4H, Youth, and Family Development
Out-of-school informal learning activities can improve the overall well-being and long-term success of youth. These opportunities are especially important for children living in low-income families, where they encounter more obstacles to academic achievement and social and emotional development, and sometimes have fewer occasions for positive social interaction with their peers.
National 4H Organization
Through life-changing 4‑H programs, nearly 6,000,000 young people take on critical issues such as addressing community health inequities, engaging in civil discourse and advocating for equity and inclusion for all. We believe in young people and their strengths and influence to improve the world around us.
North Carolina 4H
4-H is the largest youth organization in the United States with more than 7 million participants. 4-H is best identified by its green four-leaf clover with an H on each leaf. The four H’s on the emblem stand for Head, Heart, Hands, and Health. 4-H is the only youth organization based at land-grant universities and the first experience many youth have with higher education.
Find you Local 4H Chapter
The NC 4-H Youth Development Program welcomes you to get a glimpse of what 4-H is all about. Take time to participate in an upcoming event or attend any of the various open houses available during the year to connect with other youth and adults and learn more about what 4-H has to offer. Connect with the 4-H community as a 4-H member or as a volunteer today.
N.C. A&T Innovation Station
Innovation Station, the mobile makerspace of Cooperative Extension at North Carolina A&T, brings technological resources and STEM education to schools and community-based organizations. Through making, tinkering and engineering, youth learn 21st-century skills and the value of “design thinking." Innovation Station is a 41-foot long, 8.5-foot wide, 12.5-foot high mobile science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) lab and makerspace. Inside are 15 workstations, including one wheelchair-accessible desk. The exterior of the vehicle is equipped with a 20-foot awning, an interactive monitor and a public address system for outdoor programming.
N.C. A&T Family & Consumer Sciences
The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) is one of the oldest programs at North Carolina A&T. It is the only comprehensive family and consumer sciences unit on the campus of a land-grant university in North Carolina. It is one of three state programs accredited by the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. The department offers a variety of exciting programs, including fashion merchandising and design, human nutrition (nutrition or pre-medicine equivalents), food sciences, child development and family relations, birth-to-kindergarten education and family studies, and consumer sciences.
Healthcare.gov
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, referred to as the Affordable Care Act or “ACA” for short, is the comprehensive health care reform law enacted in March 2010. The law has three primary goals: 1.) Make affordable health insurance available to more people. The law provides consumers with subsidies (“premium tax credits”) that lower costs for households with incomes between 100% and 400% of the federal poverty level (FPL). 2.) Expand the Medicaid program to cover all adults with income below 138% of the FPL. Not all states have expanded their Medicaid programs. 3.) Support innovative medical care delivery methods designed to lower health care costs generally.
North Carolina Food & Nutrition Services
Food and Nutrition Services is a federal food assistance program that provides low-income families the food they need for a nutritionally adequate diet. Benefits are issued via Electronic Benefit Transfer cards (EBT cards).
NC Division of Child & Family wellbeing
The Division of Child and Family Well-Being works to meet the health, social and emotional needs of children, youth, and families in North Carolina. In collaboration with our partners, DHHS provides essential services to improve the health, safety and well-being of all North Carolinians.