Additional youth opportunities
Additional opportunities
UI Extension 4-H Youth Development often partners with other youth programs both within and outside U of I. While these programs are not administered by the 4‑H program, they do meet our criteria for positive youth development programming.
Northwest Youth Financial Education
This program is designed to increase financial literacy among youth and young adults through fun, interactive programs. Explore the Northwest Youth Financial Education program website.
LifeSmarts
LifeSmarts is a free, national consumer literacy program that gives young people skills they need to become successful adults. The program teaches practical knowledge about core consumer topics including:
- Personal finance (career planning, taxes, education and income, credit and debit and more)
- Consumer rights and responsibilities (fraud, contracts, marketplace economics and more)
- Health and safety (disease and medicine, healthcare, first aid, nutrition and more)
- Technology (social networks, computing, cyber ethics, privacy and security, and more)
- Environment (waste management, water and land, energy, atmosphere and more)
How it works
- Get a team together. Each team is required to have an adult leader as a coach (educators, 4‑H leaders, parents, community leaders who work with youth, etc.). Coaches form teams, prepare teams for competition, collect permission forms and chaperone teams at in-person competitions. Each team must have a minimum of four players to compete.
- Take monthly quizzes. Each month from September through February, teams compete by taking 100-question multiple-choice online quizzes. First place teams receive a $100 cash award.
- Participate at the in-person state competition for a chance to attend the national competition.
- Teams that win at the state level are invited to represent the state at the National LifeSmarts Championship.
LifeSmarts fact sheet (pdf)
LifeSmarts promotional flyer (pdf)
Contact Jeni Bywater at jbywater@uidaho.edu to learn more.