This report is a description and analysis of the 4-H Community Resource Development Program (4-H/CRD). It is based on the proposition that youth activity can be motivated by the prospect of influencing community decisions and outcomes and that the subsequent related activity will be productive of participatory skills of lifelong value in an industrially mature society. In this report of 4-H/CRD in nine counties of West Virginia, data are analyzed and described in terms of the principal participants in the program: the 4-H staff, the youth, and, to a lesser extent, certain groups of adults such as community leaders and volunteer leaders. All of the data were gathered between 1973 and 1975. The researchers attempted to conduct their work in such a way as to provide continuous feedback to the program staff. The final report of the research was intended to provide some indication of the probability of success in extending this particular type of program within West Virginia's overall 4-H program in the future. Conclusions and recommendations are presented. (Author/MC)