1. Why Change 4-H Reporting?
Immigration and intermarriage resulted in many more youth of mixed race.
Many of these have resented reporting themselves as being of only a single race.
All recipients of federal funding must conform to new OMB standards in reporting.
Race reporting has changed several times!

2. Race in 4-H by Decade 1914-1960 – two categories reported
Total Youth, and Youth in Negro Clubs
– White, Negro, All Other
– White, Black, American Indian, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander

3. Social-political constructs
“Federal racial and ethnic categories are constructs that should not be interpreted as being genetic, biological, or anthropological in nature.
Changes reflect population makeup, changes in social attitudes and political concerns.
Categories are intended to combat discrimination.” -OMB

4. From Race to Ethnicity Previously, we collected White (not Hispanic)
Black (not Hispanic)
Hispanic (of any race)
American Indian or Alaskan Native
Asian or Pacific Islander
Now, Hispanic becomes an Ethnicity
So does Not Hispanic

5. New Racial Categories White Black or African American
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
4 most common 2-race categories
Balance: All other combinations
Goal: report each category > 1% of population

6. Choose One or MORE… Self-identification is preferred
(there are no objective standards)
(there are no wrong answers)
In group settings, use your best guess
“Default” for Hispanic ethnicity is Native American race

7. Potential Problem
In the 2000 census, many Hispanics did not want to check a race. They insisted their race was Hispanic.
In individual enrollment, everyone checks either Hispanic or Not Hispanic
Everyone checks one or more races.

8. Net Result of Changes… Expect increases in % minority reached
Expect kids increasingly to acknowledge a mixed heritage.

9. Why Change Club Reporting?
Better distinguish between several quite different delivery modes we call Clubs.
Enable the military to track the involvement of their youth in 4-H.
Identify After-School groups using the Club model.

10. Why Changes in Camping? Separate out Special Interest
Enable our Camp leaders to uniquely identify their Day Camps.

11. What Happened to National Initiatives?
ECOP has eliminated the term National Initiative
ECOP also eliminated the term Base Program