New York State 4-H Youth Development
Cornell Cooperative Extension, Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, Cornell University, 6375 Soundview Ave, Southold, NY 11971
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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 as they work on their projects. 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.
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. Through 4-H programs, nearly 170,000 young people in New York and nearly six million kids and teens nationwide have taken on critical issues such as addressing community health, engaging in civil discourse, and advocating for opportunity for all. The 4-H Name and Emblem have special protections from Congress under code 18 USC 707. The mission of 4-H is to connect youth to hands-on learning opportunities that help them grow into competent, caring, contributing members of society. Cornell University, which houses the New York State 4-H office within the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (the Cayuga Nation), who are members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and this land acknowledgment has been reviewed and approved by the traditional Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ leadership.
Last updated May 29, 2026.
• Schedule: Enrollment in 4-H programs is done through each county's Cooperative Extension Office.
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. Through 4-H programs, nearly 170,000 young people in New York and nearly six million kids and teens nationwide have taken on critical issues such as addressing community health, engaging in civil discourse, and advocating for opportunity for all. The 4-H Name and Emblem have special protections from Congress under code 18 USC 707. The mission of 4-H is to connect youth to hands-on learning opportunities that help them grow into competent, caring, contributing members of society. Cornell University, which houses the New York State 4-H office within the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (the Cayuga Nation), who are members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and this land acknowledgment has been reviewed and approved by the traditional Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ leadership.
Last updated May 29, 2026.
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