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4-H Program Year

The Tulare County 4-H Youth Development Program Year runs July 1 - June 30.  A member's 4-H age is based upon the youth's age as of December 31st of the current program year.  Youth must be 5 years old by 12/31 to enroll as a Primary/Mini member in 4-H and may continue to be youth members until 12/31 of the year in which they turn 19.  Enrollment is completed through the online ZSuite enrollment system.

For questions or help, please contact the Tulare County 4-H Office at (559) 684-3300 or email atindle@ucanr.edu for more information.

2025-2026 Tulare County 4-H Enrollment Fees

The 4-H Youth Development Program (YDP) is to be open and accessible to participants, regardless of their individual ability to pay.  Program fees will be waived or reduced for eligible youth. Provisions will be made by the 4-H unit (e.g., club) and/or 4-H volunteer management organization (e.g., council) to cover program fees for eligible youth who are unable to pay them. A Tulare Co Request for 4-H Program Fee Wavier or Reduction form should be filled out by the parent/guardian of the youth and returned to the Tulare County 4-H Office, 4437-B S. Laspina Street, Tulare, CA 93274 -OR- the form may be uploaded in the on-line credit card survey payment link with either a partial credit card fee payment for a fee reduction request or no credit card payment for a fee waiver request. 

2025-2026 California 4-H Enrollment Fees are $67 for youth and $28 for adult volunteers.

  • Tulare County 4-H Youth members pay $40.  The Tulare County 4-H Youth Development Program will cover the additional $27 per youth member.  Families may pay the $40 (per youth) enrollment fee by using the on-line credit card payment link, by writing a check made payable to UC Regents, or by paying with cash.  Cash payments must be made in person at the UCCE Tulare County 4-H Office during normal business hours, Monday - Friday, 8 am to 5 pm.  Checks may be dropped off in person or mailed directly to the the UCCE Tulare County 4-H Office, 4437 S. Laspina Street, Suite B, Tulare, CA 93274.
  • Tulare County 4-H Adult volunteers pay $0.  The Tulare County 4-H Youth Development Program will cover the $28 per adult volunteer. Therefore, enrollment is FREE for adult volunteers within Tulare County. 

Tulare County 4-H Clubs

Burton 4-H Club (Porterville) - Haley Leon
Projects Offered:
Scrapbooking, Swine

Elbow Creek 4-H Club (Visalia) - Elissa Carey and Corine Viera
Projects Offered:
Arts & Crafts, Cooking, Dairy Cattle, Food Preservation, Gardening, Meat Goats, Pygmy Goats, , Sheep, Photography, Mini Members, Robotics, Scrapbooking, Shooting Sports: Rifle & Shotgun

Exeter 4-H Club (Exeter) - Traci Gibson and Laurabelle Rice
Projects Offered:
Beef Cattle, Gardening, Market Goats, Horses, Photography, Mini Members, Rabbits, Sheep, Swine

Liberty 4-H Club (Tulare) - Michelle Dempsey
Projects Offered: 
Arts & Crafts, Beef Cattle, Market Goats, Pygmy Goats, Rabbits, Sheep Swine

Oakdale 4-H Club (Tulare) - Wendy Baker
Projects Offered:
Arts & Crafts, Cooking, Dairy Cattle, Food Preservation, Gardening, Goats, Photography, Rabbits, Sewing, Sheep, Swine Shooting Sports: Rifle & Shotgun

Pleasant View 4-H Club (Porterville) - Bridget Kidder and Audra Row
Projects Offered:
Aerospace & Rocketry, Arts & Crafts, Cooking, Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Gardening, Dairy Goats, Meat Goats, Pygmy Goats, Photography, Rabbits, Market Rabbits, Sheep, Swine, Table Setting, Shooting Sports: Rifle

Prairie Center 4-H Club (Strathmore) - Amanda Farquharson and Teal Blackmon
Projects Offered:
Arts & Crafts, Beef Cattle, Mini Members, Dairy Cattle, Goats, Market Goats, Photography, Poultry, Rabbits, Sheep, Swine, Welding, Shooting Sports: Archery

Springville 4-H Club (Porterville) - Megan Hyder and Elizabeth Bowser
Projects Offered:
Aerospace & Rocketry, Arts & Crafts, Cooking, Beef Cattle, Food Preservation, Cooking, Market Goats, Pygmy Goats, Photography, Poultry, Mini Member, Rabbits, Sewing, Sheep, Swine, Shooting Sports: Archery and Rifle

St. Aloysius 4-H Club (Tulare) - Nicole Motley
Projects Offered:
Arts & Crafts, Cooking, Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Dairy Goats, Market Goats, Outdoor Adventure, Poultry, Mini Member, Rabbits, Sewing, Swine, Sheep, Shooting Sports: Rifle

Tule River 4-H Club (Porterville) - Rose Gonzalez and Jennifer Montoya
Projects Offered:
Arts & Crafts, Mini Members, Goats, Pygmy Goats, Sheep

Vandalia 4-H Club (Porterville) - Penni Rogers
Projects Offered:
Aerospace & Rocketry, Arts & Crafts, Beef Cattle, Cake Decorating, Gardening, Dairy Goats, Market Goats, Pygmy Goats, Leadership Development, Leathercraft, Photography, Poultry, Mini Members, Rabbits, Sheep, Swine, Woodworking, Shooting Sports: Rifle 

Waukena 4-H Club (Tulare) - Cammra Bettencourt and Phyllis Harmon
Projects Offered:
Sheep, Swine
 

Enrollment Instructions

Click on the appropriate box below for complete enrollment instructions and links required to complete the 4-H enrollment process in Tulare County 4-H.

 

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