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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

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ORIGINAL DATE

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2/19/2007

HB HJM 56

SHORT TITLE 4-H and Future Farmers of America

SB

ANALYST Schuss

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

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SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Joint Memorial 56 declares Thursday, February 15, 2007 as “4-H and Future Farmers of

America Day" at the legislature.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

House Joint Memorial 56 states that 4-H Youth Development and Future Farmers of America

programs have been the premier youth leadership programs in New Mexico for more than eighty

years. 4-H Youth Development and Future Farmers of America programs sponsor chapters and

clubs in rural and urban areas throughout the state. Over ninety thousand youths between the

ages of five and twenty-one participate in the 4-H Youth Development and Future Farmers of

America programs statewide.

HJM 56 comments further that 4-H Youth Development and Future Farmers of America

programs are diverse, emphasizing thirty-five life skills, including leadership, responsible

citizenship, critical thinking, decision making, conflict resolution, respecting others and effective

communication, which directly contribute to the successful transition of young people into

productive adults. They are involved in partnerships throughout New Mexico with volunteer

efforts involving almost six thousand volunteers contributing over two hundred sixty-eight

thousand hours of volunteer service to the youth of the state, which service, if it were provided

by paid staff would have cost almost five million dollars.

House Joint Memorial 56 – Page

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4-H Youth and Future Farmers of America participants reported that being a part of those

organizations gave them greater confidence and positive self identity, gave them greater control

over events in their lives by enabling them to make decisions on their own, set goals and take

responsibility for their actions and gave them pride and a sense of purpose and meaning in life. It

is requested by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico that Thursday, February 15, 2007, be

declared “4-H and Future Farmers of America Day" at the legislature.

DUPLICATION

Duplicates SJM 41

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