Project Description

Minn-LInK Report Brief—Special Topic No. 19, Summer 2014
Authors: Kristine Piescher, Saahoon Hong, Dale A. Blyth, Pam Larson-Nippolt, & Traci LaLiberte

The purpose of this study was to examine academic outcomes of youth who participated in 4-H compared to outcomes of youth who did not participate in Minnesota’s 4-H program, and to understand how parent engagement and duration of 4-H participation affects youth achievement and attendance trajectories over five years.

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Minn-LInK is a unique collaborative, university-based research environment with the express purpose of studying child and family well being in Minnesota using state administrative data from multiple agencies.