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Extension agents report expanded youth outreach, classroom hatches and new emergency-management training plans
Summary
County extension staff (identified by the court as Carrie Sharp and Sarah) reported April'June outreach: roughly 2,600 county residents reached, 56 classrooms participating in hatch-in-the-classroom with ~80% hatch rate, and plans to launch a MyPIE emergency-management certification program for youth ages 14'18.
Presenters from Texas A&M AgriLife gave the court a quarterly update on extension programming for April through June, describing outreach, school programs and new initiatives.
The presenters said their largest programs include a water-conservation stream trailer and a hatch-in-the-classroom program that achieved roughly an 80% hatch rate this year, supporting about 56 participating classrooms. They reported reaching more than 2,600 Kaufman County youth and residents in the three-month period and validating livestock projects including 56 heifers, 34 steers and 182 sheep/goats. Extension staff highlighted a mealworm-breeding effort that reduces annual supply costs and new textile and garden projects in partnership with local volunteers and the Farm Bureau.
Staff also said they are working with emergency-management partners to pilot MyPIE, a certification pathway aimed at 14'18-year-olds to introduce them to emergency-management roles, and that extension will participate in the county's disaster-preparedness day with program demonstrations. Commissioners thanked the presenters for the outreach and engagement.
