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About UsThe 4-H Center champions the connection of needed community resources with local youth development programs, schools, business and industry, faith-based organizations, and local government to help young people successfully learn, stay in school and prepare for life. Areas of Work:
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Close Box A Positive Youth Development Framework: Positive Youth Development is a concept, which recognizes that merely preventing problem behaviors is not all that is needed to prepare youth for the future. Or, in the often-quoted words of Karen Pittman "problem free is not fully prepared."
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Close Box Support – 4-H Center facilitates and serves as an innovative link between NC State University and communities across North Carolina that support ongoing research, evaluation, education, and training of leaders and practitioners in youth development.
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Research and Evaluation:
Extend Knowledge: To support our mission, the 4-H Center extends knowledge by providing education on research-based knowledge of youth, families, and communities, and by publishing monographs, reports, fact sheets, and abstracts of research. The 4-H Center also provides training on applied research and community-based youth program development. Our educational programs address the contemporary needs and issues most important to our customers and their communities. 
A Unique Community Model: 4-H is a community-builder delivering resources for young people. We partner with young people, families, schools, and communities to create dynamic youth development programs and support structures for all young people. We utilize a committed field staff and over 21,000 volunteers to customize, develop and facilitate effective local programs. We successfully garner support from businesses, organizations and government, social service providers and volunteer groups. We work in partnership with public and private schools, home school groups, civic organizations, faith-based groups, other youth development programs to be efficacious, to do things that make a real difference in the life of a young person, their family and community. 
4-H believes that every young person deserves:
Communication: The 4-H Center provides regular communications regarding its research, education, education, training and evaluation activities. Audiences for these communications include Cooperative Extension professionals, NC State University and NC A&T State University campus-based scientists, other youth development professionals, teachers and school administrators, youth program volunteers, youth, community agencies, stakeholders, and decision-makers.
