Stephen Goggin
Extension Associate,Sr
2007
HD

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Current Activities

Current Professional Activities

Semi-retired, current activities include:

National 2007 CYFAR (Children, Youth, and Family At Risk) Conference, Chicago, Illinois: Conference Coordination Committee, Research & Keynote Committee Co-Chair. The annual conference has a emphasis on children, youth, and family issues and is a professional development experience for 900-1,000 participants. 

Principal Investigator (PI): Advancing Youth Development Partnership (NYS Office of Children and Family Services, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Association of NYS Youth Bureaus, ACT for Youth Center of Excellence). The Partnership supports a statewide training network for youth work professionals. 

Principle Investigator (PI): Children, Youth and Family At Risk (CYFAR) Sustainability Communities Project CITY Project. The project involves targeted youth in community action programs located in New York City, and Binghamton, NY.

Department of Human Development Extension Group

National USDA/CSREES Liaison to 8 states and their CYFAR projects; ongoing Advisory Group to the national program. 

Cornell Cooperative Extension Statewide Youth Development Network



Current Extension Activities
I. Principal Investigator: Advancing Youth Development (AYD) Partnership with Association of New York State Youth Bureaus, New York State Office of Children and Family Services, and ACT for Youth Upstate Center of Excellence. Project trains youth workers and educators statewide through a train-the-trainer model using three curricula, twice annual newsletters, listserv, website www.nyayd.org, and one annual conference. A New York City training team was added in 2006.  Twenty-seven training days annually train Inter-agency teams that function in most NY counties and NYC. Annually 1,000-1,200 youthworkers are trained by the Partnership. Evaluation data by the Project Evaluator in addition to New York State demonstrate strong gains by participants in the theory and practice of youthwork. 

II. Principal Investigator: Children, Youth and Families At Risk (CYFAR) CITY (Community Improvement Through Youth) Project in New York City and Broome county. Projects involve youth in community needs assessment, action planning and implimentation, website development http://nys4h.cce.cornell.edu/city/,
the development of youth/adult partnerships, training other youth using the Public Adventures curriculua, and a summer paid work experience. 

III. USDA Liaison for national CYFAR Project. Principle Investigator of contract that funds oversight and review of CYFAR projects in 8 states. Review annual reports, renewal applications, on-site visits and follow-up reports, serve on national advisory team to CYFAR. See http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/family/cyfar/cyfar

IV.  Principle Investigator of contract with CYFAR and Cornell Office of Publicity & Marketing, Division of University Communication that produces all PR materials and the Conference Program for annual CYFAR Conference.  Provide co-leadership in structuring and developing annual conference for 900-1,000 participants. Co-Chair of the Conference Research and Keynote Lecture Series Committee. See http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/family/cyfar/announcement



Biography

Biographical Statement
Senior Extension Associate, Department of Human Development. Current status: semi-retired/half-time. Responsibilities include resource development and project management for various state and federally funded projects aimed at system-wide capacity building for youth development. Collaborator in statewide inter-agency efforts to promote youth development in New York State. Principle Investigator for contracts that (a) sustain a statewide network of professional training for youthworkers including inter-agency training teams and ongoing local community training, (b) operate two youth community action programs in Broome County and New York City that utilize youth as resources to their communities through community service, web site development, training other youth, and a summer paid work experience, and (c) provide oversight and review of USDA Children, Youth and Family At Risk (CYFAR) projects in 8 states and co-leadership for the annual CYFAR Conference. Academic expertise in adolescent development, youth program development, child abuse and neglect, service learning, and related youth development topics.

Courses, Websites, Pubs

Related Websites
http://www.nyayd.org
www.cyfernet.org
www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/family/cyfar/cyfar.html
http://nys4h.cce.cornell.edu/city/



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