Video & Transcript Research : 'youth programs'

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MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 1/16/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:21:46.720> federal program the chip program the federal program the chip program the federal
  • program.
  • program forensic mental health program program forensic mental health program um<00:48:45.640>
  • County administered County administered programs<01:00:25.799> um programs um programs um this
  • The Homeless Youth Act provides competitive grants for street and community outreach and drop-in programs
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The committee met for an introductory overview of its jurisdiction and staff roles. Nonpartisan House Research and House Fiscal staff explained that they draft bills and amendments, prepare bill summaries and background research, answer legal and fiscal questions, and help track revenue and budget effects. They also distributed a Budget Overview Brief intended to condense the larger budget materials into a more usable format for members. Staff then walked through the Human Services budget and the committee’s areas of responsibility. They described the department structure, noting that DHS oversees administration, compliance, rulemaking, and county support, and that the overall Human Services budget is large, with medical assistance as the dominant program. They also explained recent and upcoming reorganizations: many children and family-related functions are moving to the new Department of Children, Youth, and Families, Direct Care and Treatment is becoming its own agency, and some homelessness-related functions remain at DHS. Staff reviewed how the budget is organized by program and budget activity, the difference between direct appropriations and standing appropriations, and how forecasted programs and “tails” work in the budget process. The presentation also covered Medicaid financing and long-term care. Staff explained the federal-state FMAP match, including Minnesota’s current 51.16% federal match for most Medicaid spending, the CHIP match, and the 90% federal share for the expansion population. For long-term care, they outlined Medical Assistance services for elderly and disabled people, state-funded long-term care supports, and Board on Aging programs. They highlighted the personal care assistance program’s phaseout and replacement by Community First Services and Supports, and reviewed the five home- and community-based waivers. Members asked one question about refugee resettlement funding, specifically whether it covers flights; staff said they would need to follow up on the exact use of the federal funds. No bills were heard, and no formal votes or other committee actions were taken during this meeting.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

HSH Public Hearing - Thu Mar 20, 2025 @ 10:15 AM HST

Human Services & Homelessness

Transcript Highlights:
  • on behalf of Opportunity for Youth on behalf of Opportunity for Youth Action<00:16:26.560> Hawaii
  • It was drafted by youth for youth and is led by the youth council of Akolu Mayanui Naopio Vivi.
  • He emphasized that those programs should keep in mind aloha work and aloha-based learning, and that youth
  • programs statewide.
  • Thank you. of the Quest program. And when it was of the Quest program.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee met on March 20, 2025, to hear a series of Human Services and Health resolutions. HCR 146, which asks the Department of Human Services to apply for and implement the Elderly Simplified Application Project, drew strong support from disability, public health, and hunger advocates. Testifiers emphasized that the measure could create a more uniform benefits application, reduce repeated paperwork, extend certification periods from one year to three years, and ease burdens on both applicants and DHS staff. DHS said it stood on its written testimony and was available for questions. The committee also heard that a universal application could help people with disabilities avoid delays and denials caused by complex or duplicative forms. The committee then heard HR 170/HCR 174, which requests review of Aloha-based learning programs for youth in the juvenile legal system. Supporters from Opportunity for Youth Action Hawaii and DebtFree Justice Hawaii said the resolution would help advance restorative justice, community service, and culturally grounded rehabilitation, especially if youth fees and fines are reduced or eliminated. Testimony also supported HR 133/HCR 139, which asks the Office of Wellness and Resilience to report on the developmental needs of children born during the COVID-19 pandemic. Witnesses from the developmental disabilities council, the Office of Wellness and Resilience, the Hawaii Community Foundation, and others said the pandemic’s trauma and behavioral impacts justify a multidisciplinary, evidence-based report, and the office requested more time to complete its findings, suggesting a deadline at the end of 2026. The committee also heard HR 88/HCR 92, proposing a two-year homelessness sanctuary pilot program in Honolulu. One testifier described sleeping in a car and said the pilot could provide a safer option, while the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions said it supported the intent but stressed that a sanctuary is still an unsheltered situation and should lead people toward permanent housing. HCR 180, calling for collaboration among homelessness and law enforcement agencies, received comments that many of the issues are already being addressed locally. HR 103/HCR 107, which would convene a working group to strengthen Title 9 protections, received support from education, women’s, and LGBTQ advocates, who asked for student and queer representation on the working group and said federal Title 9 changes make state action important. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided, and the committee moved from one resolution to the next after testimony and questions.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Water and Natural Resources Nov 18th, 2025

Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • trade or a two-year program or a four-year program.
  • The Northern Youth Project, which expands youth internship programs and peer-to-peer Arts and agriculture
  • Actually, youth.
  • So the approved supplier program, which is the program that I am privileged to steward.
  • So the New Mexico Grown Program Again, I spoke to the fact that this is an incentive program.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • What's not mandatory but encouraged: programs for foster youth, programs for justice impact students,
  • programs for veterans, programs for students living with disabilities, programs for students experiencing
  • The Cal Grant program is a...
  • Because the bill says foster youth, and I'm not hearing conversation of foster youth.
  • enter into the program.
Summary: The committee first adopted its 2025-26 rules on a 7-0 roll call, then approved three consent items—AB 88, AB 240, and AB 313—on a due-pass motion to Appropriations. The hearing then moved to AB 648, which would give community college districts the same zoning authority as the UC and CSU systems to build student and staff housing on property they own or lease. The author and supporters argued the bill would help address severe housing insecurity and homelessness among community college students, while opponents and some members raised concerns about local control, zoning exemptions, and the impact on nearby communities. AB 648 passed the committee on a 5-2 vote and was sent to the Local Government Committee. The committee next heard AB 466, which would require California Community Colleges and CSU campuses to provide organ and tissue donor registry information during student orientation, and request UC campuses to do the same. Supporters shared personal stories about transplants and donation, saying college orientation is a good opportunity to increase registrations. Some members worried about information overload during orientation and suggested campuses have flexibility in how they present the material, but the bill advanced on a unanimous 7-0 vote to Appropriations. AB 326 followed, proposing campus-by-campus external audits of the CSU every three years and public release of the audits. The author, faculty supporters, and a student argued that systemwide audits do not provide enough transparency about how money is spent at individual campuses, citing examples of financial mismanagement and fee increases. CSU opposed the bill, saying it already conducts annual consolidated external audits and that campus-level audits would add cost without added benefit. After extensive discussion about transparency, audit scope, and implementation, the bill passed 6-1 to Appropriations. The committee then took up AB 335, which would create a California Black-Serving Institution Grant Program to support Black student success and broader underserved student services; supporters emphasized persistent equity gaps and low completion rates, while an opponent argued the bill needed to be carefully amended to comply with Proposition 209 and equal protection requirements. The transcript ends during that item’s discussion, before a final vote is shown.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:09:01.760> And program. It's a statewide program. And program.
  • program.
  • Implementation of the Youth Villages Intercept program.
  • > program.
  • <00:31:00.120> and<00:31:00.200> we're program is is a good program and we're program
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Youth Sports Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Transcript Highlights:
  • no facility or organization shall ban parents from recording youth sports events.
  • capital funding if certain access benchmarks for youth sports programs are met.
  • Now, Oman, have. regulating youth sports to work across state government to create a grant funding program
  • sports programs are met.
  • And so if people are interested, there is a youth sports working group email.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Massachusetts Youth Sports Working Group held a public hearing and working group meeting to review and approve prior meeting minutes, then consider final recommendations from its subcommittees. The group unanimously approved the minutes from the April 27 public hearing and the April 7 working group meeting. It then discussed and adopted a health and safety protocol recommendation that broadens the state’s authority to set youth sports protocols beyond concussions to include injuries and other health risks, including weather-related issues such as heat, and potentially emergency action planning. The discussion noted testimony from athletic trainers supporting expanded concussion protections, heat rules, and event-specific emergency response planning. The group also approved two recommendations from the subcommittee on parents, money, sports, and facilities. The first would direct the state agency overseeing youth sports to ensure facilities and organizations do not ban parents or family members from recording youth sports events, in response to concerns about private entities restricting filming and requiring paid streaming services. The second would direct the agency to work across state government to create a grant program offering low- to zero-interest capital funding for organizations or facilities that meet youth sports access benchmarks, with members emphasizing equitable access and responsible use of public resources. After the votes, the chair opened the floor for any additional topics and public testimony. No members of the public chose to speak, though attendees were invited to submit written testimony by email. A working group member asked whether the subcommittees had completed their work, and staff said no further subcommittee work was anticipated, with the next meeting expected to focus on the final report. The meeting then adjourned by unanimous roll-call vote.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 26th, 2026 at 09:12 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • programs that we've supported as well.
  • Homelessness Demonstration Program.
  • Homelessness Demonstration Programs.
  • homelessness demonstration programs.
  • Programs.
Keywords: 996, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

CAA Public Hearing - Fri Mar 14, 2025 @ 10:00AM HST

Culture & Arts

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill will allow us to expand our program, specifically our education and community programs, to
  • — these education programs and free concert programs — they need money in the bank to be able to deliver
  • youth Symphony and the Hawaii youth youth Symphony and the Hawaii youth Symphony<00:17:52.280>
  • in order to roll out these programs in order to roll out these programs these<00:18:51.039> education
  • programs these free these education programs these free conert<00:18:53.120> programs<00:18:53.720
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The Committee on Culture and the Arts met on March 14, 2025, and heard two measures. On SB 441 SD1, relating to the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra, the committee received strong support from the orchestra, the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi, IATSE Local 665, and an in-person testifier, with testimony emphasizing statewide access to music, education and community programming, cultural value, economic impact, and job stability for musicians and staff. The Attorney General’s office offered comments and suggested language related to the State Endowment Fund. Committee members asked about how the funding would be used, the orchestra’s reach, and its history; the orchestra said it preferred direct operating support and described its audience and employment footprint, neighbor-island outreach, and plans to expand season length and education programs. The committee then heard SB 1581 SD1, relating to the Hawaiʻi Japan Pacific Peace Monument. No testifier from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts was present, and no one testified on Zoom. With no discussion from witnesses, the measure was briefly taken up and later advanced. In decision-making, the committee adopted amendments to SB 441 SD1, including a preamble describing legislative intent and the orchestra’s history, references to the State of Hawaiʻi endowment fund and statewide public benefits, and language ensuring the funds support statewide purposes and neighbor-island access to music and educational opportunities. The committee also added a deferral date of July 1, 3000 and technical amendments, then voted to pass the measure with amendments. SB 1581 SD1 was also passed forward with amendments, including a July 1, 3000 deferral date and technical changes, and the meeting adjourned.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • police posts, our residential youth police posts, our residential youth facilities,<00:03:17.760
  • Um these are also and our program needs.
  • Psychiatric hospitals are not required to accept DJJ youth, which results in these youth remaining housed
  • 24 proposed beds with youth diagnosed with severe mental illness, as well as youth who need mental health
  • <00:07:24.319> in and improving outcomes for all youth in and improving outcomes for all youth
Summary: The subcommittee heard capital project requests from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet for fiscal years 2026-28. The cabinet described its large statewide footprint and said its facilities face significant deferred maintenance, with the governor’s budget proposing full funding for maintenance pool requests, including an additional $60 million for the Department of Corrections’ maintenance pool and cash funding through investment income. Officials said the projects were based on facility assessments and were presented as necessary public safety investments rather than wish-list items. For the Department of Juvenile Justice, the main requests were $35 million for a high-acuity mental health treatment facility and $45 million each for two new female detention facilities. Officials said the mental health facility would fill a gap for youth needing psychiatric care, while the female facilities were needed to support a regional detention model and address overcrowding; they noted the current female population has grown by 50% since July 2024. Members asked about locations, and staff said they were considering western Kentucky abandoned mine land and available land in Fayette and Jefferson counties, with current female placements in Boyd County and Warren County. For the Department of Corrections, officials requested funding for critical mechanical, electrical, plumbing, roof, and structural repairs, including $15.78 million for Kentucky State Penitentiary utilities infrastructure and additional funding for North Point Training Center projects. They also highlighted two re-entry initiatives: a KCTCS partnership for a re-entry campus at North Point and the East Kentucky Applied Manufacturing Institute at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, both aimed at reducing recidivism through intensive training and job preparation. Members asked about the KCTCS re-entry model, and DOC explained it would be a more immersive, campus-style program than current prison-based vocational classes. The Department of Criminal Justice Training discussed projects at its Richmond campus and the planned Western Kentucky Training Center, including a replacement flat track and campus access road at Richmond and added training features in Madisonville. Officials said the Richmond changes were needed because EKU construction had removed the existing flat track and would affect access, while the Western Kentucky project would expand training capacity and reduce travel for law enforcement agencies. The Kentucky State Police then outlined the final phase of the statewide emergency radio system replacement, estimated at about $17.5 million, and said the system is being built in geographic phases; members asked how long completion would take, and staff estimated roughly four years after funding, assuming no major inflation spikes. No votes were taken, and the meeting remained informational with member questions and staff responses.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 4th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Denny is proud to represent Curry County in the New Mexico 4-H Youth Development Program.
  • That's a program I think most of us love.
  • She has been a part of the 4-H program for 10 years.
  • Speaker, do you know what the largest youth development program in the world? 4-H. Mr.
  • These youth advocates work with Evolvement, which is a youth-led movement creating positive change in
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Jun 22nd, 2026

California Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • To our youth, you are here for a purpose and a valuable member of our community.
  • Far too many LGBTQ youth contemplate suicide, and there is a reason for that.
  • She's been a longtime supporter of LGBTQ youth and inclusive health care access.
  • She leads outreach, education, and program implementation efforts for the sidewalk vending program, helping
  • They serve as director of strategic communications and advocacy programs at Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance
Keywords: 987, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Republican Press Conference 2/19/25

Transcript Highlights:
  • sports, youth programs, Closet of Hope, which is like, you know, food shelter but only for clothes.
  • <00:09:06.320> to budget cuts killed a summer program to budget cuts killed a summer program
  • <00:09:10.920> enabled are new to America the program enabled are new to America the program
  • <00:09:41.640> Sports<00:09:42.079> youth<00:09:42.399> programs<00:09:43.040>
  • > closet<00:09:43.399> of Youth Sports youth programs closet of Youth Sports youth programs
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: State Representative Bjorn Olson opened by discussing House File 733, which he said would roll back restrictions placed on electronic pull tabs and charitable gambling two years earlier. He argued the 2023 changes hurt charities, veterans groups, and local communities by reducing revenue for donations to fire departments, youth activities, and veterans services. Olson said the bill had just been heard in the Veterans Committee and had been sent on to Commerce, and he expressed optimism about advancing it further. Several charity and gambling representatives testified in support of the bill. Amanda Jackson of the Spring Lake Park Lions Club said the new rules stripped entertaining features from electronic pull tabs and reduced revenue, citing a drop in January EAB sales from $947,000 in 2024 to $816,000 in 2025. She described how Lions Club gambling funds local equipment, eyeglasses, clothing, school programs, food shelves, and shelters. Rachel Keller of the Bloomington Kennedy Activities Foundation and Tim Angstrom of the Bloomington American Legion said reduced gambling revenue would hurt school support, student needs, and community programs; Angstrom said the Legion had funded a $3,000 English program and other local services. Rachel Jenner of Allied Charities said the group was also working on sports betting legislation, but that any sports betting revenue would not make up for the losses from the electronic pull tab changes. She said the 2023 law took effect January 1 and that no current game on the market fully matches the features now required, forcing manufacturers and charities to adapt. In response to questions, Olson said the bill’s path would depend on further House and Senate action, and he suggested a possible compromise could involve restoring some playability features while continuing to seek tax relief for charities.
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE Jan 12th, 2026

ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE

Transcript Highlights:
  • education programs or only workforce programs.
  • Title I includes Wagner-Peyser and the adult, youth, and dislocated worker programs.
  • for out-of-school youth.
  • So that's part of what our project is here: to integrate this better with our youth-serving programs
  • So are you really, really... ...programs and also for our workforce programs.
Summary: The committee heard testimony from Nick Moore, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Office of Career and Technical Education, on efforts to better align workforce, education, and human services programs. Moore argued that WIOA, Perkins, and ESSA were designed to function as an integrated talent system, but that federal and state bureaucracy has kept them siloed. He said the Department of Labor and OCTAE are working on more integrated state plan guidance, including a 2026 plan modification timeline, combined Perkins/WIOA plans, and greater use of labor market information to align training with in-demand jobs and Workforce Pell. Moore emphasized reducing overhead, cross-training staff, using common intake and integrated case management, and focusing on the “shadow labor force” of people facing benefit cliffs, child care barriers, or other obstacles to work. He repeatedly urged states to use waivers and flexibility where possible, to consolidate or streamline local workforce structures, and to hold programs accountable through measures such as labor force participation, training-related employment, retention, and cost per successful outcome. Members asked about the balance between flexibility and accountability, the role of employers versus postsecondary institutions, rural “training deserts,” state waivers, and data systems such as Mississippi Spark and Arkansas Launch. Moore said states should use technology and integrated intake to co-enroll eligible participants in multiple programs and better match people to jobs. In response to questions, Moore said some federal rules cannot be waived, but many reporting and administrative requirements can be streamlined, and he encouraged Arkansas to propose ideas for waivers or state-level integration. He also discussed the need for enhanced wage records and state longitudinal data systems to improve workforce planning and economic development. After Moore’s presentation, DHS Secretary Janet Mann and Director Jay Hill gave a brief update on reimbursement rates, saying the department had compiled more than 100 public comments, recommended holding the current rate, and was awaiting executive review; they estimated the process could take 30 to 60 days. The committee then adjourned, noting a later audit presentation scheduled for the afternoon.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 03-12-2025 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They are the CEO staff and students who are champions of youth mental health.
  • and students who are champions of Youth and students who are champions of Youth Mental<00:01:59.560
  • <00:02:06.320> an and anxiety amongst our youth an and anxiety amongst our youth an estimated
  • serves more than 4,000 of our program serves more than 4,000 of our children<00:02:20.200> by
  • State programs and Governor's message State programs and Governor's message number<00:03:12.159> six
Keywords: 912, senate, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Jan 27th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Requiring annual reports on beneficial electrification, establishing the virtual power plant program,
  • for compensation to electric public utility customers for participation in the virtual power plant program
  • offender and youthful offender.
  • This bill will also provide for the transport of a serious youthful offender to a district court when
  • It eliminates the Children, Youth, and Families Department's exclusive jurisdiction and authority to
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/04/2026 - House Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is missing youth.
  • began in the kinship program.
  • began in the kinship program.
  • The PPCG program.
  • So their primary role is to administer the DDD program, the PPCG paid parent program.
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The committee met for a presentation-only hearing on the Arizona Department of Child Safety, with no bills on the agenda. Chair Blackman opened by emphasizing that the hearing was intended to be data-focused and respectful, and that personal attacks or false accusations would not be tolerated. Director Catherine Patak then presented DCS data on hotline volume, investigations, reunifications, adoptions, guardianships, foster care entries and exits, kinship placement, congregate care, missing youth, and extended foster care. She said the department investigated more than 43,000 cases in 2025, kept the out-of-home care population relatively steady, and had reunified about 3,000 children with parents, while also noting that older youth and behavioral-health-driven removals are creating a mismatch with available foster homes. She also described kinship supports, foster parent recruitment, and the impact of Family First on funding, saying DCS lost federal drawdown for congregate care while waiting on approval for prevention programs. Members questioned the director about kinship caregivers, behavioral health access, reunification services, parental rights terminations, notice and documentation practices, and the effect of increased reimbursement rates. Patak said unlicensed kin can receive support through the kinship supports contract, that behavioral health assessments are done quickly at the welcome center or within 24 hours for kin placements, and that provider capacity remains a major constraint outside DCS control. She explained reunification conditions and services, said the department is working on documentation and notice issues flagged by the Auditor General, and noted that kinship reimbursement increases have helped some families step forward. She also said DCS procurement for group homes is handled internally through an RFP process and that about 10% of kinship caregivers become licensed. Representative Gillette then delivered a lengthy presentation arguing that the child welfare, Medicaid, and disability systems are structurally intertwined and that procurement and funding rules create incentives for volume and congregate care use. He criticized DCS, DES, and AHCCCS/Access oversight structures, argued that the system diffuses accountability, and said the committee’s work and related materials would be referred to special counsel. He also raised concerns about documentation, placement decisions, and the cost of congregate care, while asserting that the system over-relies on large providers and that reforms should focus on structural and financial incentives. Vice Chair Fink followed with a brief slide noting that congregate care costs far more per child than foster or kinship care, reinforcing the committee’s concern about placement costs and the need to shift children toward family-based care when possible.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Finance Committee Meeting Jun 25th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • So that's a program that was run by DART for at least a couple decades.
  • program providing breakfasts, as well as activities at their center.
  • Just a comment of gratitude on our last page for those youth programs: the Boys State, the Girls State
  • , and Trooper Youth Week.
  • as part of the SNAP and WIC program. ...as part of the SNAP and WIC program, and I believe this was
Summary: The Joint Finance Committee met to review and vote on the fiscal year 2027 Grants and Aid Act, which was expected to be pre-filed as Senate Bill 337. Members first reviewed Section 1, covering county seat payments, paramedic operations, senior center allocations, senior center transportation, and Homeland Security grants. They approved Section 1 after discussion of how senior center transportation is being moved from DART to grant-in-aid and how some organizations can appear in both the senior center formula and the general aging category. The committee then worked through Section 2, which included one-time appropriations and the various grant categories for aging, arts/historical/recreation, economic housing or labor services, family and youth services, health or disability services, and neighborhood and community services. Members discussed several specific items, including New Castle County reassessment-related funding, Friends of Cooch’s Bridge, Slaughter Neck Community Action Organization, Plastic-Free Delaware, Love, Inc. of the Delmarva, and the Southern Delaware Horse Retirement Association. One aging line for Slaughter Neck was reduced back to flat funding after members questioned a large increase, and the revised category total was adjusted accordingly. Each of the Section 2 subcategories was then adopted. Section 3, covering fire companies and public service ambulance companies, was approved with increases across apparatus, ambulance, rescue truck, aerial truck, rescue boat, substation, and insurance rebate equalization funding. Section 4, for veterans organizations and youth programs such as Boys State, Girls State, and Trooper Youth Week, was also adopted. The committee then approved the epilogue sections, which included eligibility, audit, payment, and reporting rules; special provisions for the Wilmington Senior Center contingency; conditions tied to several one-time appropriations; withholding funding from Merri-Dell Volunteer Fire Company pending a corrective report; and reprogramming $1,485,000 from a prior SMART food program appropriation toward SNAP/WIC-related food access initiatives. The meeting ended with remarks thanking staff and noting that it was likely the last JFC meeting for two members, followed by adjournment.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Our CRDP is a Sweet Potato Project, and on behalf of the 300-plus youth that Completed our program in
  • For many youth, including myself, these programs are lifelines.
  • I am the program analyst for our elderly program, and I strongly urge that we do not cut our funding
  • The program requires a 30-year covenant to continue serving ISTs for 30 years, and for some programs,
  • understanding of program costs.
Keywords: 988, house, all
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 013 Jan 27th, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Whereas 4-H is America's largest youth development organization, having supported almost 6 million youth
  • > organization, largest youth development organization, largest youth development organization
  • having supported almost 6 million youth having supported almost 6 million youth across<00:21:55.120
  • , supportive mentoring to Colorado youth, supportive mentoring to Colorado youth, helping<00:22:35.360
  • Be it behalf of Colorado's youth.
Keywords: 981, all
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the January 23, 2026 journal, and then took up two resolutions. HJR 26-103, recognizing National Blood Donor Month, was adopted unanimously, 34-0, with the current roll call added as co-sponsors. SJR 26-005, designating Monday, January 26, 2026 as Colorado 4-H Day, was also adopted unanimously, 34-0, and the morning roll call was added as co-sponsors. Most of the meeting centered on SJR 26-005 and a large 4-H presence in the galleries and on the floor. Senators and guests gave extended remarks about 4-H’s role in youth development, agriculture, leadership, and hands-on learning, with several members sharing personal 4-H experiences and welcoming students from across Colorado. The resolution text highlighted 4-H’s statewide reach and its partnership with Colorado State University Extension. After the resolution, senators made announcements about upcoming Bible study, Smart Act hearings, a State Farm breakfast, and Joint Budget Committee presentations. The latter part of the meeting shifted to personal privilege remarks on immigration enforcement, protests, law enforcement, due process, and public safety, with sharply differing views expressed about ICE, CBP, and recent incidents in Minnesota. No further legislative votes or actions were taken after the resolutions.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Agriculture. (3-25-26)

Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's the Harrison County 4-H program is here.
  • I'm the Kentucky 4-H President this year, and today is our capital experience for our 4-H youth.
  • I mean, we've got 330 youth excited to be up here on Capitol Hill learning from you all.
  • <00:04:48.840> I 4-H youth. I 4-H youth.
  • So who's to say that one of these youth here today is not sitting up here amongst us one day?