{"id":34872,"date":"2026-09-30T10:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T17:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/4h\/?page_id=34872"},"modified":"2026-09-30T10:49:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T17:49:44","slug":"4-h-ffa-mou","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/4h\/4-h-ffa-mou\/","title":{"rendered":"4-H & FFA Memorandum of Understanding"},"content":{"rendered":"
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4-H & FFA Memorandum of Understanding<\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Memorandum of Understanding
Effective March 2022
Between
Washington FFA Association
And
WSU Extension 4-H Youth Development Program
Concerning
FFA and 4-H Program Operations in Washington State<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FFA and the 4-H Youth Development Program in Washington State exist to promote the maximum leadership, citizenship and personal development of participants. This is in accordance with RCW 15.76. To achieve this and avoid program duplication, guiding principles must be understood and used by all professional and volunteer leaders. We recommend that the following principles be used in carrying out the two programs in the counties in Washington State:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. FFA Advisors should encourage students to enroll or re-enroll in the 4-H program.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Extension staff and adult volunteer leaders should encourage youth to enroll in Agriculture Education classes available at the local secondary schools and become members of the Washington State FFA Association.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. A member may participate in all judging or bowl division activities in FFA and 4-H unless contests are held simultaneously. In that case, the member must choose one organization to represent in the event.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Members simultaneously enrolled in FFA and 4-H must have separate projects or animals for each program. Since 4-H and FFA have different program years, a 4-H project animal may not be changed or rolled to an FFA project at the start of the FFA School year. The 4-H program year is defined as October 1 through September 30th. The FFA program year is defined as August 1 July 31st. 4-H projects may not be changed when a student becomes eligible for FFA Membership or chooses to only have 4-H membership after having started FFA. This means members cannot exhibit the same project animal in both FFA and 4-H in one program year.\n