4-H Youth Development Program

California 4-H Youth Development Research

Book - Advances in YD Programming
California 4-H county based academics known as 4-H Youth Development Advisors engage in various research and evaluation projects. Research and evaluation improves programming as well as makes significant contributions to the field of positive youth development and nonformal learning.

Following are links to our current and past research projects

Current Projects: See ongoing research and evaluation projects.

Past Projects: See projects that have occurred in the past decade.

Publications: See an archive of related publications (journal articles and  research reports) that emerged out of research and evaluation in California 4-H.

Conference Presentations: See additional resources such as posters and presentations