New York State 4-H Youth Development
Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, Cornell University, 170 Fairview Rd, Horseheads, NY 14845
About
New York State 4-H Youth Development is part of the national 4-H program, where kids and teens complete hands-on projects in areas like health, science, agriculture, and civic engagement in a positive environment with guidance from adult mentors. In these programs, participants are encouraged to take on proactive leadership roles and to address critical issues such as community health, engaging in civil discourse, and advocating for opportunity for all. Kids experience 4-H in every county and parish in the country through in-school and after-school programs, school and community clubs, and 4-H camps.
• Schedule: Enrollment in 4-H programs is done through each county's Cooperative Extension Office.
• Price: The 4-H Name and Emblem have special protections from Congress, protected by code 18 USC 707.
For more than 100 years, 4-H has welcomed young people of all beliefs and backgrounds. 4-H is the youth development program of the nation’s Cooperative Extension System and the USDA, and it is described as America’s largest youth development organization, reaching nearly six million young people across the country. Through 4-H programs, nearly six million kids and teens nationwide, including nearly 170,000 young people in New York, have taken on critical societal issues and advocated for opportunity for all.
New York State 4-H is a part of Cornell Cooperative Extension, and the state office is housed in the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research on the Cornell University campus. Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (the Cayuga Nation), who are members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign Nations with a historic and contemporary presence on this land. This land acknowledgment has been reviewed and approved by the traditional Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ leadership. The stated mission of 4-H is to connect youth to hands-on learning opportunities that help them grow into competent, caring, contributing members of society.
Last updated May 29, 2026.
• Schedule: Enrollment in 4-H programs is done through each county's Cooperative Extension Office.
• Price: The 4-H Name and Emblem have special protections from Congress, protected by code 18 USC 707.
For more than 100 years, 4-H has welcomed young people of all beliefs and backgrounds. 4-H is the youth development program of the nation’s Cooperative Extension System and the USDA, and it is described as America’s largest youth development organization, reaching nearly six million young people across the country. Through 4-H programs, nearly six million kids and teens nationwide, including nearly 170,000 young people in New York, have taken on critical societal issues and advocated for opportunity for all.
New York State 4-H is a part of Cornell Cooperative Extension, and the state office is housed in the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research on the Cornell University campus. Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (the Cayuga Nation), who are members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign Nations with a historic and contemporary presence on this land. This land acknowledgment has been reviewed and approved by the traditional Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ leadership. The stated mission of 4-H is to connect youth to hands-on learning opportunities that help them grow into competent, caring, contributing members of society.
Last updated May 29, 2026.
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