Youth Development

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Expanded ACEs (Part 2 of Series)

May 8, 2025
By Kaitlyn A Murray, Matthew R Rodriguez, Sally E Neas
IntroductionThe original conception of Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, provides important context for understanding how early traumatic life events have long-term health impacts. The original conception of ACEs focused on exposure to physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and neglect along with…
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Planning Ahead: Considerations for Recruiting Parent Volunteers

April 22, 2025
By Matthew R Rodriguez
Introduction Volunteers play an important role in youth development organizations, such as the 4-H program. In fact, without caring and nurturing volunteers, we would find it very difficult to have a thriving 4-H youth development program. Volunteers are vital to our collective success in supporting our…
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Young Naturalists celebrate Earth Day with lasting impact across California

April 21, 2025
By Ricardo A Vela
A team from UC Environmental Stewards has collaborated with partners from the California Conservation Corps, California 4-H Youth Development, and local community-based organizations to deliver 27 California Naturalist Certification courses connecting young adults ages 18 to 25 with California’s rich natural…
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The Relation between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Developmental Context (Part 3 of Series)

April 17, 2025
By Matthew R Rodriguez, Kaitlyn A Murray, Sally E Neas
IntroductionYouth don’t learn in a vacuum—they learn in different places and with different people. Learning can happen at school, while hanging out with friends at the park, or in a 4-H community club. All of these contexts provide youth with opportunities to interact with others and with their environments…
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4-H Transforms Lives

April 14, 2025
By Suzanne Morikawa
Ashley, one of our California 4-H State Ambassadors, is now a semi-finalist for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation undergaduate scholarship! She attributes this opportunity to her involvement in 4-H. Her TikTok video shares more about her 4-H experience and opportunity, and she wants to especially thank the…
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Golden Clover Award

April 8, 2025
By Jennifer Steenblock
Recognize outstanding 4-H’ersNominations are now open for the 2025 Golden Clover Awards! We want to recognize outstanding 4-H youth, volunteers and teams in California! We have many categories to consider. Please see the Golden Clover Award page on the Resource Center for full descriptions. Nominations are…
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