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Risk Management for Florida 4-H Youth Development Work: Crisis Management and Emergency Procedures

Paula Davis, Dale Pracht, , Nicole Crawson, Arielle Pierce, Bailea Scarbrough, andCandi Dierenfield


Release Date: 8/4/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-4h385-2025

4-H Youth Development

Abstract

This is one part of the series Risk Management for 4-H Developmental Work, intended to prepare UF/IFAS Extension county faculty, staff, volunteers, and youth for the important task of providing best practices in risk management strategies, including basic overall precautions everyone in 4-H should take.

About this Publication

This document is 4HFSV374, one of a series of the Florida 4-H Youth Development Program, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 2018. Revised August 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu. © 2025 UF/IFAS. This publication is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

How to Cite

Davis, P., Pracht, D., Psikogios, J., Crawson, N., Pierce, A., Scarbrough, B., & Dierenfield, C. (2025). Risk Management for Florida 4-H Youth Development Work: Crisis Management and Emergency Procedures. EDIS, 2025(4). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-4h385-2025

Authors

Paula Davis
Paula Davis
County agent
University of Florida

Extension agent IV, Florida 4-H Youth Development Program, UF/IFAS Extension Bay County, Panama City, FL

Dale Pracht
Dale Pracht
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor and Extension specialist, community-based organizational systems in 4-H, UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Gainesville, FL

Janet Psikogios
Janet Psikogios

former program assistant, Florida 4-H Youth Development Program, UF/IFAS Extension Bay County

Nicole Crawson
Nicole Crawson
County agent
University of Florida

Extension agent II, M.S., Florida 4-H Youth Development Program, UF/IFAS Extension Walton County, DeFuniak Springs, FL

Arielle Pierce
Arielle Pierce
County agent
University of Florida

Extension agent I, Florida 4-H Youth Development Program, UF/IFAS Extension Lee County, Fort Myers, FL

Bailea Scarbrough
Bailea Scarbrough
County agent
University of Florida

Extension agent I, B.S., 4-H Youth Development, UF/IFAS Extension Bradford County, Starke, FL

Candi Dierenfield
Candi Dierenfield
Specialist
University of Florida

Extension agent IV, 4-H volunteer management & development, UF/IFAS Extension Florida 4-H Youth Development Program, Milton, FL

Publication #4HFSV374