Issue Team Abbreviated Logic Models HUNGER Long Term Change Individual Outcomes Critical Issues Addressed Fewer Oklahomans will experience hunger Increase food money management practices Increase money saving meal planning or food shopping practices Increase meals prepared at home Increase safe food handling and storage practices Increase safe and effective food preservation practices Reduce intake of foods high in fat, sugar, and salt Increase growing, producing, hunting, or fishing for some food Food insecurity Hunger Food resource management skills Food safety Poverty Emergency food programs Inadequate food resource management skills alone or coupled with inadequate access to nutritious foods, a poor economy, and high unemployment resulting in high rates of food insecurity and hunger Community Outcomes Partnership of agencies and organizations interested in reducing hunger
ENVIRONMENT Long Term Change Individual Outcomes Critical Issues Addressed Oklahomans will prevent/ decrease the degradation of their environments Increase selection and home preservation of home, locally and regionally produced foods Increase the number of Oklahomans who compost, donate goods for others to use, repurpose, and recycle Oklahomans will increase energy efficiency Decrease food and packaging waste and use of disposable products Increase the number of Oklahomans who maintain, conserve and protect natural resources (air, land, water) Go green, be eco-friendly, recycle Lack of basic life skills Fruit and vegetable consumption Food safety Sustainable environment Global warming/weather changes Pollution, litter Environment Bad soil Air & water quality Energy independence Health/wellness Community Outcomes Establish or continue collection points/times for recycling/reuse of consumer and agriculture goods Cooperate with county leaders, volunteers and interested parties to establish or continue farmers’ markets providing local and regional products Inaugurate a county beautification campaign
Long Term Change Individual Outcomes Critical Issues Addressed Oklahomans will increase their financial readiness for life events Reduced likelihood of using high-risk negative financial practices such as overusing credit, failing to save money or planning for the future Reduce the risk of default on loans Reduce the risk of credit card debt Reduce the risk of unpaid bills Reduce the risk of mortgage foreclosure Establish an estate plan (e.g., will) Increase financial planning practices across the life cycle Increase skills to manage financial risk (awareness of existing insurance coverage and future needs) Decrease the risk of identity theft Financial strains due to life events such as: military deployment, marriage, new baby, death of a spouse, divorce, college tuition, welfare assistance, new car, unemployment, natural disaster, farm and other type of inheritance, catastrophic illness, etc. Re-entering workforce Retirement Housing assistance Disaster, Gambling, Debt Predatory lending Credit card risk Loss of housing, Poverty Welfare dependence Lack of employment after returning from duty Community Outcomes
FAMILY BREAKDOWN Long Term Change Individual Outcomes Critical Issues Addressed Oklahoma couples will reduce their risk of separation or divorce and strengthen their relationships Increased couples relationship quality and satisfaction as measured by: Increased communication skills Reduced couple conflict and violence Increased commitment to the relationship Increased amount of quality time together Increased levels of trust Increased amount of time together Increased skills in problem solving/decision making Increased acceptance of differences Increase ability to manage personal and family finances as measured by: Cooperation in establishing goals Adoptions of positive financial behaviors and skills Increased ability to manage one’s emotions as measured by: Adoption of time out strategy and greater focus on the issues Divorce and family breakdown – some due to deployment and lack of contact Domestic violence Depression Lack of employment after returning from duty Debt Community Outcomes County creates an accurate databank of divorces, fist marriages, and remarriages County actively advertises reduced marriage license fee for couples that finish an approved marriage and relationship education class County creates a task force to promote relationship education in the county
RISKY BEHAVIORS Long Term Change Individual Outcomes Critical Issues Addressed Oklahoma children and youth will reduce their likelihood to engage in high-risk behaviors which lead to negative life outcomes Increase positive parent-child interactions and parenting skills Increase positive peer associations Increase life skills Decrease incidence of alcohol and other drug use Decrease intent to have sex or use drugs within the next six months Decrease rates of bullying behavior Increase academic performance and youth going to college Teenage pregnancy/STDs School performance/dropout rate Violence/Bullying Substance abuse Parenting Delinquent peer influence Community Outcomes
AGRI-SCIENCE Long Term Change Individual Outcomes Critical Issues Addressed Young people will excel in agri-science and develop critical life skills Increase the environmental and agricultural literacy of Oklahomans Youth will gain skills and knowledge of plant and animal science concepts: nutrition, production, management, economics, marketing Youth will make ethical decisions related to animal care and well being Oklahoma youth will use science and technology to increase success in school, life, and future careers Increase life skills such as: setting goals, keeping records, and ethical decision-making through project work Lack of entry level knowledge into higher education Lack of young people seeking careers in production agriculture Lack of Agri-Science graduates Aging farm and ranch population Exiting of youth from rural Oklahoma Need to sustain rural America Community Outcomes