It is a challenge to help prepare adults to get engaged in youth-adult partnerships.  Fortunately, there are many 4-H educators who have the expertise to gain the commitment of adults.  The Executive Summary of the report,What Does It Take to Engage Adults in Youth-Adult Partnership?, presents research on how 4-H educators successfully implement Y-AP into organizations and communities.  The entire colorful report can also be downloaded.

The research details strategies that lead to successful adoption.  It explores three core avenues of change: (1) Maintaining stakeholder attention on the purposes and desired outcomes of Y-AP, (2) Ensuring stakeholders can translate a vision of Y-AP into quality practice, and (3) Building a sense of ownership of Y-AP among stakeholders.