Progress 09/01/12 to 08/31/13
Outputs
Target Audience: The military population of Ft. Hood Texas. The Family members, civilians and retirees of the Ft. Hood community. Changes/Problems: There have been no major changes or problems. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Most Extension staff have attended a subject matter specific training to maintain their knowledge in their teaching areas. Some Extension staff have attended 2 trainings this past year. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? All Leadership on the installation that needs to be aware of the educational programming is made aware. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? We will continue to do programming in the areas assigned and add programming as is requested.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
A total of 56,814 soldiers were trained in Domestic Violence this past year and currently we have trained as of August 16th we have trained another 29,713 in army mandated training for domestic violence. Classes are also taught in parenting and they have reached over 200 families. Child passenger safety classes and inspections have reached 294 families. The Family Advocacy Extension Trainers have reached over 43,000 individuals through classes and commuity awareness table displays this year. This is in addition to the mandated training. Total reached is 72,713. Substance abuse prevention has changed and is reported under a separate report to NIFA. They are teaching Suicide prevention to all soldiers on Ft. Hood.
Publications
|
Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: In the past year, educational programs and activities were presented by Extension educators in the area of domestic violence prevention. The Army requires all soldiers to receive training in the awareness of domestic violence. Classes are taught to units, commanders are briefed one on one and community awareness campaigns are held in April for Child Abuse Prevention Month and October for Domestic Violence Prevention Month. The educators at Ft. Hood trained 100% of the Units in the required training. Trained were 40,276 soldiers. In FY 12 as of May 15, they have trained 43,000 soldiers. The increase is due to more soldiers on the installation. Classes are also provided in parenting education, couples communication, stress management, child safety, passenger safety events, and support to new parents. The New Parent Support program provides playgroups to parents and toddlers to teach and model play, developmental stages and role modeling to parents. Home visits are used to educate parents and provide role modeling for parents in their own home. Reintegration training is also a part of the staff's training of soldiers and families. This provides educational awareness of behaviors to be aware of on return home. The training is presented to all returning soldiers. Family members can attend. Extension Educators also work with the Chaplains Family Life office to provide couples classes and are a part of couples communication building retreats. Extension staff also participate in all Ft. Hood community activities to distribute educational materials and provide information to families. Educational programming is also provided in the area of suicide prevention through the Ft. Hood Army Substance Abuse Program. Programming provides awareness of signs and how to provide support and assistance and to get help when needed. Program assistants also provide program support to newcomers briefings and support to the relocation assistance program. PARTICIPANTS: There are currently 27 Extension employees at Ft. Hood. They work with Army Community Service and the Ft. Hood Army Substance Abuse Program. All Extension Educators attend a minimum of 1 professional development training per year. These are usually Army required conferences. The suicide prevention educators have been certified in ASSIST training. All Family Advocacy agents have attended domestic violence, parenting education or life skills training. Army Substance Abuse training and certification is also held by control clerk. TARGET AUDIENCES: The target audience is the soldiers and families of Ft. Hood. We also provide educational programs to the retirees, DA civilians and community of the Ft. Hood area. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
Evaluations are used to meet Army accreditation standards. Ft. Hood passed accreditation this past year. Parenting, couples communication, and couples workshops all have pre and post test evaluations. Evaluations are used to develop curriculum updates and new program areas. The information is also used to provide trends to command.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
|
Progress 09/01/10 to 08/31/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Extension educators teach throughout the year to reach Families and Soldiers in the areas of Parenting, Relationship Skills, Stress Management, Anger Control, Prevention and Identification of Child and Spouse Abuse and classes that build resiliency in families. Educators at Ft. Hood taught a total of 685 classes reaching 43,000+ Soldiers and Family members. They also provided mandated Child and Spouse Abuse educational programs to 40,000+ soldiers. These are awareness briefings mandated by Army Regulation. They are broken down to desk side briefings to commanders and awareness classes to the units. Awareness campaigns are also held to make the general community population aware of the need to prevention child and spouse abuse through April Child Abuse Prevention Month activities and October Domestic Violence Awareness Month activities. Classes are taught beginning with new parents and include Daddy Boot Camp and home visits for educational purposes with new parents. Passenger Safety holds car seat checks for families. PARTICIPANTS: Extension works in partnership with Army Community Service and with the Family Advocacy Program. There are 14 Extension Agents, 6 Program Assistants and 5 Support staff at the Installation that provide the programming for the Family Advocacy Program with Prevention, New Parent Support, Victim Advocate, and Sexual Assault Program. Extension personnel are also involved with the Relocation Readiness Program, Resiliency Campus, Survivor Outreach Services, and Army Community Service. TARGET AUDIENCES: Target audience is Soldiers and Families of Fort Hood. DA Civilians and Retirees. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
Outcomes are used to update information, develop new programming and to provide trends to Command. Evaluations are also used in accreditation standards to be maintained by the partner agency. Evaluation forms are done for most classes.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
|
Progress 09/01/09 to 08/31/10
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Ft Hood has three areas of educational programming for Extension. Extension Agents work in Prevention and Advocacy and in the Army Substance Abuse Program. Program Assistants work with the Relocation Readiness Program. Agents in Prevention and Advocacy teach the required army courses in domestic violence prevention. In FY10 from October 1 to June 30 they have taught 147 classes to 23,500 troops. Agents also teach other programming in the areas of parenting, couples communication and relationship skills, reintegration training, passenger safety, stress and anger management. These classes are taught to both soldiers and family members. Also the New Parent Support Program provides educational activities and programming to parents of newborns to 3 years old. They provide home visits and hospital visits, educational playgroups and one on one mentoring. Educational programming also includes shaken baby prevention. Since the implementation of this program the number of incidents of shaken baby syndrome has dropped dramatically. Community Awareness campaigns are implemented for Child Abuse Prevention Month and Domestic Violence Prevention Month. Agents are also very involved with community awareness events by providing information tables at community events and in stores and community centers. The Army Substance Abuse program provides educational programming on the awareness and prevention of substance abuse. This is also a mandated program by Army regulation. Classes are provided to each unit on the installation. Community awareness campaigns are held for Red Ribbon, Save A Life and Keep It Summer Safe. Extension Program Assistants work in the area of Relocation Readiness assisting military families with the coming and going from one installation to another, accessing services, and providing briefings on programs for military families. PARTICIPANTS: There are 46 Extension employees that provide programming and activities at Ft. Hood. Partner Agencies are Ft. Hood Army Community Service and the Ft. Hood Army Substance Abuse Program TARGET AUDIENCES: Programs are open to all military personnel their families, DA civilians and retirees. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
Educational programming by Extension Agents is able to reach soldiers and family members at the installation and provide them with the resources to become healthy ready families to meet the challenges of everyday life. By teaching the prevention of child and spouse abuse and the awareness of these families are able to report incidents, get help before something happens with parenting classes, couples relationship classes, stress management, and anger management. New parents are taught ways to handle the stress of being a new parent, and ways to play with their children that builds self esteem and resiliency. The Army Substance Abuse Prevention program also is able to provide educational awareness to soldiers and families and assist them in making choices in their lives for positive outcomes. Suicide Prevention programming is also a part of the program and with the military facing this challenge head on educational programs are presented to assist soldiers and family members with recognizing signs and seeking help for individuals. Relocation Readiness is more than just relocating from one installation to another. There are activities for foreign born spouses to assist them in a new country, waiting spouses activities and classes for families of solders that are away from the installation on foreign tours, and general assistance to families with needs that arise do to unfortunate circumstances.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
|
|