Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

• Career Connection

• Legislative Shadowing*

• Community Service

• LifeSmarts*

• Dynamic Leadership

• Power of One

• FACTS

• RACE Into Reading*

• Families First

• STAR Events

• Financial Fitness

• Step One

• Japanese Exchange Program

• STOP the Violence

• Leaders at Work

• Study Body

Career Connection

This program recognizes individuals and chapters that conduct career development projects to help young people link skills for success in careers, families and communities.  Through individual, cooperative and competitive activities, members discover their strengths, target career goals, and initiate a plan for achieving the lifestyle they desire.  This program offers activities in six unit areas:

•   Plug In to Careers

•   Sign On to the Career Connection

•   Program Career Steps

•   Link Up to Jobs

•   Access Skills for Career Success

•   Integrate Work and Family Life

The top middle school and high school chapter will receive a $1000 award, respectively. One $500 Runner-Up award will also be given. All national winners are required to attend and present their projects at the 2009 National Leadership Meeting.  All applications are due March 1 to national FCCLA headquarters.   

•  Career Connection/National Programs Award Application

Community Service Award

Each community needs concerned citizens to address the problems it faces.  Working with other chapter members makes a difference by demonstrating a caring attitude and willingness to improve the community.  By identifying a need and developing an innovative community service project, your chapter could win a cash award and present your project at the 2009 National Leadership Meeting.

The top middle school and high school chapter will receive a $1000 award, respectively.  One $500 Runner-Up award will also be given.  All national winners are required to attend and present their projects at the 2009 National Leadership Meeting.  All applications are due March 1 to national FCCLA headquarters. 

• Community Service Award/National Programs Award Application

Dynamic Leadership

Dynamic Leadership is a national FCCLA program that helps young people build leadership skills. It provides information, activities, and project ideas to help young people learn about leadership, recognize the lifelong benefits of leadership skills, practice leadership skills through FCCLA involvement; and become strong leaders for families, careers and communities

Dynamic leaders master six essentials of leadership.

•   Model good character

•   Solve problems

•   Foster positive relationships

•   Manage conflict

•   Build teams

•   Educate peers

• Dynamic Leadership Award Application

FCCLA FACTS
(Families Acting for Community Traffic Safety)

This peer education program encourages young people to save lives through sober driving, seat belt use, and safe driving habits.  Its goals are to - 

• Discourage youth and adults from driving when under the influence of alcohol or other drugs.

• Increase the use of passenger restraints (seat belts, child safety seats, and booster seats.)

• Promote safe driving attitudes and habits among young people.

The top middle school and high school chapter will receive a $1000 award, respectively.  One $500 Runner-Up award will also be given.  All national winners are required to attend and present their projects at the 2009 National Leadership Meeting.  All applications are due March 1 to national FCCLA headquarters. 

Missouri FCCLA is proud to be a partner on the www.saveMOyouth.com website with the Missouri Department of Transportation. Chapters can use this website to help them with resources for their FACTS projects, and also "show of their school" by submitting the chapter's project. In addition, chapters can access the NOYS (National Organizations for Youth Safety) at www.noys.org for additional traffic safety resources.

•  FACTS/National Programs Award Application

When families are strong and healthy, society as a whole is improved.  Through the Families First peer education program, FCCLA members benefit society by helping families learn to nurture socially, emotionally, mentally and physically strong, healthy individuals.

The main objectives of Families First are simple - to help young people become strong family members and leaders for today and tomorrow; and to strengthen the family as the basic unit of society.

The five units of Families First are:

• Families Today

• You-Me-Us

• Meet the Challenge

• Balancing Family and Career

• Parent Practice

The top middle school and high school chapter will receive a $1000 award, respectively.  One $500 Runner-Up award will also be given.  All national winners are required to attend and present their projects at the 2009 National Leadership Meeting.  All applications are due March 1 to national FCCLA headquarters. 

• Families First/National Programs Award Application

Financial Fitness

Financial Fitness is a peer education program that involves youth teaching other young people how to make, save, and spend money wisely.  Its goals are to sharpen young people's skills in money management, consumerism, and financial planning; and provide youth an opportunity to teach others and develop financial literacy, communications and leadership skills.

Units in Financial Fitness are:

• Banking Basics

• Cash Control

• Making Money

• Consumer Clout

• Financing Your Future

 The top middle school and high school chapter will receive a $1000 award, respectively.  One $500 Runner-Up award will also be given.  All national winners are required to attend and present their projects at the 2009 National Leadership Meeting.  All applications are due March 1 to national FCCLA headquarters. 

•  Financial Fitness/National Programs Award Application

Japanese Exchange Program

Be one of 14 FCCLA members to experience a Japanese tea ceremony, traditional Japanese foods, or a climb up Mount Fuji with a Japanese brother or sister!  FCCLA provides scholarship opportunities for 4 to 6 week summer programs funded by the Kikkoman Corporation. The 2009 program will award 14 FCCLA members full scholarships worth over $4,000 each. These scholarships are available only to FCCLA members in their sophomore or junior year of high school.

Written application requests and FCCLA Supplement Form should be postmarked by December 1, 2008. Scholarship applicant's FCCLA Chapter Affiliation Form must be postmarked to the State FCCLA office by December 15, 2008.  Applications are due to YFU USA by January 2, 2009. Semi- finalists will be notified in April 2009 and finalists are announced in May 2009.  For more information please contact FCCLA National Headquarters at (703) 476-4900, call 1-800-TEENAGE, or go to

www.yfu-usa.org to request an application.

• Japanese Exchange Award/Scholarship Application

Leaders At Work

This national program recognizes members of all chapter types who strengthen leadership skills on the job.  The goals of Leaders at Work are to recognize career-oriented FCCLA members; encourage members' leadership development; and promote family and consumer sciences related careers. 

Leaders at Work provides recognition in the following six family and consumer sciences related career areas: 

• early childhood, education and services

• food production and services

• hospitality, tourism and recreation

• housing, interiors and furnishings

• textiles and apparel

• family and consumer sciences education

Each member may apply to be recognized as a Leaders at Work Outstanding Leader in one of the six career areas. These young people are recognized at the annual FCCLA National Leadership Meeting and earn an impressive accomplishment to add to their resumes. In addition to National Outstanding Leader recognition, students may apply for available scholarships from AAFCS, Huber Buchenroth, and Johnson & Wales University.  Award and scholarship applications due to FCCLA National Headquarters postmarked by March 1.

•  Leaders at Work Award/Scholarship Application

Missouri FCCLA members in their junior or senior years of high school who have an interest in public policy, laws and its relation to families, careers and communities are encouraged to apply for a day of job shadowing in the Missouri General Assembly.  Up to 50 FCCLA members may be chosen for this program.  Applications are available through the state web site and due January 15.  This program is funded through Missouri FCCLA membership dues and contributions from the Missouri Educators of Family and Consumer Sciences (MoEFACS). 

LifeSmarts - The Ultimate Consumer Challege

(administered by Missouri FCCLA)

Missouri FCCLA is administering LifeSmarts, an educational program that develops the consumer and marketplace skills of teenagers.  LifeSmarts competitions are run in a game show style format and are open to all teens in Missouri in grades six through twelve.  Teams compete online and in state matches, with the state winners going to the national LifeSmarts championship.  The state competitions will be held February 24-25, 2009 in Jefferson City and the national competition will be held April 25-28, 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri. For more information click here or sign up, take practice tests, get sample lessons and compete - all at www.lifesmarts.org.

Power of One

Power of One is a program for FCCLA members who want to work on their own to achieve personal goals.  Power of One helps individuals to identify those areas of greatest importance, and then turn goals into a realistic plan of action that can be completed in a short time.  Members may complete Level 1 or Level 2 projects, and may obtain ribbons or pins for local recognition.  When a member completes all five units of Power of One, they may apply for recognition at the state and national levels.  Power of One has five fun, activity-filled units: 

• A Better You    
• Family Ties    
• Working on Working     
• Take the Lead         
• Speak Out for FCCLA

 To qualify for state and national recognition, all five-unit completers must apply for recognition to the state office by March 1.  Recipients will be recognized on stage at the state leadership conference.

RACE Into Reading

(Reading About Career Experiences)

Missouri's Career and Technical Student Organizations (DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, FFA, SkillsUSA, TSA) have joined forces to promote reading about career experiences!  Focusing on grades 2-3, CTSO chapters are encouraged to develop school and/or district wide reading projects.  CTSO members and elementary school students who participate in the program will be eligible for local and state recognition.  While the program does not intend to directly teach reading skills to student, it is hoped that by having secondary students interact in a positive way with elementary students, both the high school students and the elementary students will be encouraged to continue reading for fun and for information.  An information toolkit of resources will be available free upon request to local CTSO advisors.  All FCCLA chapters are encouraged to incorporate RACE Into Reading as a part of their local program of work.  It especially fits into intra-curricular projects in the child development and early childhood careers area.  Chapters completing a RACE Into Reading project are encouraged to use it as a part of STAR Events, Community Service Project, and other applicable national FCCLA recognition programs.

• More information

STAR Events

The 2008-09 school year will provide members the opportunity to participate in twenty-four STAR Events. (Subject to change)                 Events include: 

• Applied Technology
• Chapter Service Project
• Chapter Website**
• Digital Stories for Change**
• Entrepreneurship
• FCCLA Knowledge**
• Focus on Children
• Illustrated Talk
• Interior Design
• Job Interview
• Parliamentary Procedures
• Recycle and Redesign

• Career Investigation
• Chapter Showcase
• Culinary Arts
• Early Childhood
• Fashion Design
• Financial Planning
• Hospitality
• Impromptu Speaking**
• Interpersonal Communications
• National Programs in Action
• Public Service Announcement**
• Toward New Horizons**

The affiliation deadline for STAR Events participants is December 20.  Affiliation must be sent with payment to the State FCCLA Office with a postmark by December 20.

Students participating in district STAR Events, especially graduating seniors, should be made aware of the dates of the State Leadership Conference and National Leadership Meeting to make sure they can attend and participate fully.

Incoming state officers and national candidates may not participate in STAR Events as it will interfere with State Leadership Conference and National Leadership Meeting responsibilities and training sessions. In addition, State Leadership Conference voting delegates and ushers should not be STAR Events participants.

Please review the STAR Events manual carefully and thoroughly with participants as disqualification is uncomfortable for everyone concerned. 

To allow more participation at state STAR Events, each region will be able to send the top TWO Gold STAR winners to state STAR Events. In order to provide adequate evaluators and consultants for state STAR Events, each participating chapter will be required to provide one volunteer to assist in some way with state STAR Events.  Volunteers may be students or adults. 

Faith Stonner , State 1st Vice President from Region 13, is the State Executive Council member in charge of STAR Events. Her advisor, Marilyn Franken will be the 2009 STAR Events Coordinators.

The Regional 1st Vice Presidents and advisors are in charge of STAR Events throughout the state.  Contact them for information on deadlines, event dates and location.

Step One

This program is a fun way to educate your members about FCCLA.  Members may need to have access to the Chapter Handbook, national program handbooks, the information sheet, or even the FCCLA homepage to complete the Step 1 expedition.

To recognize students who have completed Step 1, chapter advisors should send their names to the Chapter Relations Coordinator at national headquarters.  They will receive a letter of congratulations.  Advisors are encouraged to purchase Step One pins for members.  The pins are available through the API Catalog.

STOP the Violence -
Students Taking On Prevention

STOP the Violence is a peer-to-peer outreach initiative that empowers young people to recognize, report, and introduce the potential for youth violence.  Its goals are: 

• Empower students with attitudes, skills and resources to make their school safer;

• Engage young people in efforts to prevent youth violence;

• Use peer education to increase youth awareness of and involvement in strategies that reduce youth violence;

• Reduce the potential for violence in schools with trained FCCLA chapters.

Chapters can apply for state and national recognition, as well as mini-grants.  Specific information on the grant and award program are available on the National FCCLA web site.  The top high school chapter will receive a $1000 award and one $500 Runner-Up award will also be given.  All national winners are required to attend and present their projects at the 2009 National Leadership Meeting.  All applications are due March 1 to national FCCLA headquarters. 

•  National FCCLA 

Student Body

Student Body is a peer education program that helps young people learn to eat right, be fit, and make healthy choices.  Its goals are to: 

• Help young people make informed, responsible decisions about their health;

• Provide youth opportunities to teach others and develop healthy lifestyles, as well as communication and leadership skills.

The top middle school and high school chapter will receive a $1000 award, respectively.  One $500 Runner-Up award will also be given.  All national winners are required to attend and present their projects at the 2009 National Leadership Meeting.  All applications are due March 1 to national FCCLA headquarters. 

•  Student Body/National Programs Award Application

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