Youth for the Quality Care of Animals Training (YQCA) is required for all 4-H members showing BEEF, GOATS, POULTRY, RABBITS, SHEEP, OR SWINE at County and State Fair.
You will need to register for YQCA certification using the website! Please go to yqcaprogram.org and log in if you are a returning 4-H member or if a new 4-H family, set up your family account and add 4-H members.
2025 Instructor Led Training by Scotts Bluff County 4-H dates:
- April 15 6:00p.m. Panhandle Research Extension & Education Center
- June 12 TBA
You can train on-line for a cost of $12 at yqcaprogram.org. Call the Extension Office 308-632-1480 for coupon codes.
You can also test out if you are in the first year of Intermediate (age 12) and Senior (age 15) age levels.
More information is available at https://4h.unl.edu/youth-quality-care-animals/.
Contact the Extension Office with questions.
Members must be Quality Assurance certified by July 1 this year to be eligible to compete at the County Fair.
Steps to download YQCA certificates:
- Log in to your YQCA family portal at yqcaprogram.org
- Click on your blue name button on the top right hand side of the web page.
- Click on Course Certificates
- Download your course certificates
- Email the downloaded certificates OR send a CLEAR picture to scotts-bluff-county@unl.edu.
If you have trouble or need help, please call our office, but please be aware that our ability to help is limited as we do not have access to the YQCA program or system, so we recommend you reach out to the YQCA help desk that you will find online. The email is help@yqcaprogram.org.
WE NEED THESE COURSE CERTIFICATES RETURNED NO LATER THAN JULY 1ST OR YOU WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO SHOW AT THE SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY FAIR, OR STATE FAIR.