Youth Mental Health and 4-H Adult Volunteers
Chandra Plate, Extension Youth Development Educator and Debra Walnofer, Extension 4-H Assistant
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02/22/2022
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We need to address the nation's youth mental health crisis and how National 4-H helps.
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- [00:00:02.010]We have some bad news and some good news
- [00:00:05.665]Hi I'm Debra Walnofer, Extension 4-H Assistant
- [00:00:09.690]for Holt and Boyd Counties
- [00:00:12.387]and I'm Chandra Plate, Extension 4-H Youth Development Educator
- [00:00:16.576]for BKR, Holt and Boyd Counties
- [00:00:19.306]and this is your Nebraska Extension Update.
- [00:00:23.591]First, the bad news
- [00:00:25.782]On Dec 7, 2021, the United States
- [00:00:29.983]Surgeon General
- [00:00:31.759]issued an advisory calling
- [00:00:34.000]for a swift and coordinated response
- [00:00:36.800]to address the
- [00:00:38.350]nation's youth mental health crisis
- [00:00:41.130]that has been futher exposed
- [00:00:43.470]by the Coviid 19 pandemic.
- [00:00:47.253]That is bad news.
- [00:00:48.901]the good news is
- [00:00:50.288]that national 4-H knows
- [00:00:52.278]thru the essential
- [00:00:53.488]elements of youth
- [00:00:54.698]development that we can help
- [00:00:56.738]youth build protective
- [00:00:58.236]factors into their
- [00:00:59.296]lives that will help them
- [00:01:01.138]to make more helpful
- [00:01:02.728]and less risky
- [00:01:03.868]decisions in their lives.
- [00:01:07.623]One of the main
- [00:01:08.915]protective factors
- [00:01:10.285]in positive youth development
- [00:01:12.185]is a safe and caring adult
- [00:01:14.423]involved in the youth's life.
- [00:01:16.938]Nebraska 4-H requires
- [00:01:19.028]direct adult volunteers
- [00:01:21.264]to be the Department
- [00:01:22.972]Health and Human Services
- [00:01:24.862]screened and checked on the
- [00:01:26.940]sex offender registery.
- [00:01:29.342]These adult volunteers
- [00:01:31.220]can also be trained on an
- [00:01:33.111]individual or a group basis.
- [00:01:36.066]If you would like to help make
- [00:01:37.848]a difference in youth mental health
- [00:01:40.198]by becoming a 4-H
- [00:01:41.627]volunteer, please call
- [00:01:43.127]Debra Walnofer at 402-336-2760.
- [00:01:49.438]4-H'ers and their parents are now
- [00:01:51.903]also encouraged to enroll
- [00:01:53.853]on the new 4-H online system.
- [00:01:56.130]To enroll or re-enroll,
- [00:01:57.960]please go to
- [00:01:59.960]v2.4honline.com
- [00:02:05.300]Please make sure you're
- [00:02:06.730]on v2; v2.4honline.com
- [00:02:11.179]If you are re-enrolling, you
- [00:02:12.632]will log in with the
- [00:02:13.742]same password you used before
- [00:02:15.608]and your 4-H'ers information
- [00:02:17.478]should be transferred over.
- [00:02:20.031]Lets all work together
- [00:02:21.970]to help our
- [00:02:23.380]Holt and Boyd County Youth
- [00:02:25.780]improve their mental health.
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