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Anderson	4-H Youth Development	1	Youth Family and Community Health	Health and wellness in schools	Continued need for healthy food choices and physical activity in schools.
Anderson	4-H Youth Development	2	Community and Economic Development	Activities for teens	There is a need for activities/places for teens to do and be in the community.
Anderson	4-H Youth Development	3	Mental Health and Wellness	Social media among youth	There is a need for safety in regard to social media and awareness to bullying through social media.
Anderson	Agriculture and Natural Resources	1	Youth Ag and Livestock	High school ag day	Will collaborate with Texas Farm Bureau and each school district's ag department to implement ag day to teach about agriculture.
Anderson	Agriculture and Natural Resources	2	Base Agriculture and Natural Resources	Information for new land owners	To provide updated information to new landowners as they purchase property. Will collaborate with the relator's association, appraisal district, and local banks.
Anderson	Agriculture and Natural Resources	3	Base Agriculture and Natural Resources	Ranch management	Will do a series of educational programs to reach ag producers searching for new techniques in management.
Anderson	Community Development	1	Community and Economic Development	New expo center	Need for a new and improved facility for the youth livestock show and other agriculture events.
Anderson	Community Development	2	Community and Economic Development	Jobs for youth	Additional jobs targeted for teens/high school students is needed throughout the community.
Anderson	Community Development	3	Community Safety	Safe communities for children	Residents are concerned about the safety of the community/areas that their children frequent.
Anderson	Family and Community Health	1	Base Human Sciences	Dental resources	There is a need for additional dental resources for low income.
Anderson	Family and Community Health	2	Active Living	Safe place to exercise in community	There is a need for a safe, well lighted area for the community to exercise/walking path.
Anderson	Family and Community Health	3	Chronic Disease Prevention and Management	Diabetes	Anderson County has a high rate of Type 2 Diabetes and needs to continue with disease prevention education. There is a need for support from doctors as well.
Anderson	Family and Community Health	4	Base Human Sciences	Medical resources/transportation	There is a need for additional medical resources/staff/outlets for supplies and transportation to and from medical appointments.
Anderson	Family and Community Health	5	Community Safety	Child safety	There is a continued need for child safety seat and car seat distribution in Anderson county.
Anderson	Family and Community Health	6	Community Safety	Quality child care	There is a need for additional childcare centers in Anderson County.
Anderson	Family and Community Health	7	Community Safety	Community safety	Residents do not feel safe in their neighborhoods/communities.
Anderson	Family and Community Health	8	Community Safety	Pot holes/flooded streets	There is a high prevalence of potholes and issues with flooding within the city and throughout the county.
Andrews	4-H Youth Development	1	Youth Ag and Livestock	Livestock Project Education	When recruiting new youth to the livestock industry, prior knowledge to raising and caring for animal projects are not always there, kids and adults both need education on the issue on raising and caring for livestock.
Andrews	4-H Youth Development	2	Youth Ag and Livestock	Youth Horticulture and Gardening	Along with various issues gardening for most is a dying art. Children and youth no longer understand where their food comes from. Learning how to garden and care for plants is a need that continues to arise.
Andrews	4-H Youth Development	3	Youth Leadership and Citizenship	Community Service and Involvement	Getting youth out into the community is something that creates well rounded youth and learn to serve their community and begin to care for the places they live.
Andrews	4-H Youth Development	4	Youth Leadership and Citizenship	County Camps and New Youth Involvement	The 4-H Project has something for everyone no matter their background or where they come from. Creating opportunities for youth to have fun creates more involvement within the organization, whether is being a part of a camp or project.
Andrews	4-H Youth Development	5	Youth Leadership and Citizenship	Public Speaking	With the new creation of technologies youth have began to no longer face the need of speaking to the public directly in their day to day life, and new issue facing those who are eventually entering the work force one day, and cannot properly talk in a public setting.
Andrews	Agriculture and Natural Resources	1	Green Industry, Turf, Ornamental, and Landscape	Managing turf grasses	In the Permian Basin most of the land is used for rangeland purposes. The reason for this is low amounts of water available in the area. Understanding Grass management has become an issue because of this and beginning to understand new and proper management techniques is needed.
Andrews	Agriculture and Natural Resources	2	Base Agriculture and Natural Resources	Oil and Gas Production	Andrews County resides directly on top of the Permian Basin where a large percentage of Oil and Gas is produced. Understanding the oil and gas industry is not always common knowledge for some or is always good to understand new laws and regulations in the oil industry.
Andrews	Agriculture and Natural Resources	3	Land Ownership (Small Acreage and New Landowners)	Ag Law for Landowners	As more and more people move to areas and are buying land for the first time, they need arises for people to learn rights and laws that come along with ownership of land. Most people buy without the understanding of issues and how to deal with them without knowing the law.
Andrews	Agriculture and Natural Resources	4	Wildlife and Fisheries and Natural Resources	Wildlife Management	Wildlife management has become a large issue in most county due to the creation of new homes out in most counties driving wildlife back into town, or wildlife becoming hungry enough to move closer to town. Because of this people are now seeing animals like coyotes or feral hogs near homes and city limits posing an issue.
Andrews	Agriculture and Natural Resources	5	Water and Environment	Water Quality	In Andrews County poor water quality is a issue do to large amounts of contaminants in the water, because of this a lack of knowledge of water quality has become a issue. Producer lack some knowledge on water treatments or uses of water, whether its saving it or managing it correctly.
Andrews	Community Development	1	Base Agriculture and Natural Resources	Life Skills Trainings	For all ages, both youth and adult, life skills is something that everyone should learn or know if needs arise, whether its creating fire, tying knots or living without technology.
Andrews	Community Development	2	Home and Community Horticulture	Backyard Gardening	Creation of new farmland or small acreage backyard gardens is needed to a continuous increase in homes or cities that are moving into the old farmland. Building and managing gardens in your own backyards creates the ability to have access to fresh fruits and vegetables.
Andrews	Community Development	3	Disaster Preparation and Recovery	Managing for Disaster Preparation	At one time or another everyone will face some kind of disaster, being prepared and knowing how to handle the disaster at hand makes it easier to deal with the issue on hand.
Andrews	Family and Community Health	1	Human Nutrition	Healthy Eating Habits	Understanding my plate and the nutritional value that is part of my diet, whether it is healthy or unhealthy to be consuming.
Andrews	Family and Community Health	2	Human Nutrition	Weight Management	Understanding weight management practices and what can be done to either loose weight in a healthy manner or to even maintain a healthy weight. What is a healthy weight? How to loose weight a healthy way.
Andrews	Family and Community Health	3	Active Living	Adult/Youth Sewing and Stitching	Sewing and Stitching is a dying art that is no longer passed down from generation to generation. People are always curious to learn how to sew and the importance of it as well.
Andrews	Family and Community Health	4	Human Nutrition	Natural Antioxidants	Understanding and evaluating antioxidants within natural substances and where they come from.
Angelina	4-H Youth Development	1	Path to the Plate	Youth agriculture education	The need to expose Highschool and Middleschool aged youth to the importance of agriculture for the sake of food security in the future
Angelina	4-H Youth Development	2	Youth Leadership and Citizenship	Job fair /career day/job skills	Focus on building job and career skills like Resume building, how to dress, and internship opportunities for yout through the use of Job Fairs and Career Day with local business and industry.
Angelina	4-H Youth Development	3	Youth Leadership and Citizenship	Vocational training	More School involvment in vocational training for youth going into the work force after highschool with a need for certifications, etc.
Angelina	4-H Youth Development	4	Mental Health and Wellness	Youth mental health	Helping youth cope with the stress of school, friends, and Family stress in a positive way
Angelina	Agriculture and Natural Resources	1	Beef Cattle Ranching	Loss of agricultural lands	Good, productive acreage is being converted into solar farms, winds farms, or planted in pines.
Angelina	Agriculture and Natural Resources	2	Beef Cattle Ranching	Agricultural production emphasis	There needs to be an emphasis on
Angelina	Agriculture and Natural Resources	3	Beef Cattle Ranching	Production equipment and facility availability	Access to rent-able scales, chutes, working pens for small or beginning beef producers.
Angelina	Agriculture and Natural Resources	4	Beef Cattle Ranching	Need for processing facility	Lack of meat processors.
Angelina	Agriculture and Natural Resources	5	Beef Cattle Ranching	Invasive species	Invasive species displace productive forages for livestock production.
Angelina	Agriculture and Natural Resources	6	Base Agriculture and Natural Resources	Youth interest in agricultural production	Very few youth are interested in careers in agricultural production
Angelina	Agriculture and Natural Resources	7	Home and Community Horticulture	Home vegetable gardening	Group felt that homeowners needed more encouragement to grow their own vegetables.
Angelina	Agriculture and Natural Resources	8	Home and Community Horticulture	Heirloom seed saving	Group felt like big seed companies were restricting seed varieties.
Angelina	Agriculture and Natural Resources	9	Home and Community Horticulture	Landscaping with native plants	Group felt like landscapes needed more native plants in their design to support local flora and fauna.
Angelina	Agriculture and Natural Resources	10	Home and Community Horticulture	Soil education	Group indicated that education on the soil's health would benefit environment.
Angelina	Agriculture and Natural Resources	11	Home and Community Horticulture	Responsible irrigation	With water in increasing demand, responsible/sensible watering methods for landscapes was discussed.
Angelina	Agriculture and Natural Resources	12	Home and Community Horticulture	Composting	Use of recycles materials with composting was brought up.

2024 TCFF Issues List