CYFAR 2007 Conference

The CYFAR 2007 Conference, held at Chicago's Hyatt Regency McCormick Place from May 1 through May 4, was a huge success! National 4-H Headquarters, CSREES, welcomed 950 land grant university and county extension faculty, community program staff, and partners from military and other youth and family organizations. The Windy City served as the backdrop for presentations, workshops, computer labs, training tracks, activities and poster sessions focusing on a broad range of children, youth, family and community issues.

The CYFAR Conference has become a Cooperative Extension System tradition as more and more Extension professionals work with new immigrants and low-income families in urban, rural and suburban settings; and bring technology into communities with few resources and many needs. The 2007 conference featured keynote speakers and noted researchers addressing critical topics that apply to programs for American children and their families. Interact sessions (i.e. roundtable discussion groups) offered the participants opportunities for dialogue on critical issues. During breaks and meals, the conference attendees had a chance to meet CYFAR project staff and partner organizations, and to explore a wide range of university resources.

To read or review materials from the 2007 conference, check out the following links:

Full Program

CYFAR 2007 Conference Proceedings

• Pre-Conference Computer Labs and Workshops

• Keynote and Research Sessions

• Workshops

• Computer Labs

• Showcase

• Poster Sessions

CYFAR 2006 and earlier Conference Proceedings

The CYFAR Conference proceedings are maintained online for approximately one year. By March of the following year, we ask our Editors to have identified resources listed in the proceedings that should be maintained on the CYFERnet site. These resources are then added to the CYFERnet databases under the appropriate category (e.g., School Age, Community, Technology, Evaluation) and the proceedings page is dismantled.

If you find a particular CYFAR Conference proceeding helpful, please send us an e-mail and encourage us to maintain the resource.

If you are looking for a proceeding from a conference prior to 2007, please use the CYFERnet Web site search to locate the resource.