Workforce PAT Opportunity

The ECOP Monday Minute will be on hiatus until January 9, 2023.

 

Workforce PAT Opportunity - ECOP Program Committee's Economic & Workforce Program Action Team (Workforce PAT) developed a new organizational structure designed to enhance their work and build Extension’s presence in workforce development. Learn more here. The new subcommittees are:

• National Oversight
• National Engagement
• Program Inventory
• Credentials

The Workforce PAT is looking for new members, especially from North Central, Northeast, and 1890s Regions and 1994 Extension Programs, who are ready to dig in and help move Extension’s efforts in workforce development forward. Please contact Brittain Avants at brittainavants@extension.org for more information. Over the past few months, the Workforce PAT created a Connect Extension group (join here) to share program ideas and answer questions about workforce development. The National Registry of Cooperative Extension Programs & Assets found here is the collection point for Extension workforce programs.

National Impacts Database Update - Karla Trautman, South Dakota State University, is pleased to share with fellow Extension Directors and Administrators the informative presentation made to the new Communications and Marketing Committee (CMC) on November 17 about the National Impacts Database (NIDB) landgrantimpacts.org. In 2023 the CMC becomes a sub-committee of the Policy Board of Directors and NIDB becomes an important part of the CMC. The link to the presentation with live links to video training and talking points is found at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CfqvwU2cbQatWFckgy4PA8CC6L5cAz8x/view?usp=sharing. All are encouraged to share the information with all communications staff. 

Consider the 2023 USDA Ag Outlook Forum - USDA says that the Ag Outlook Forum is its oldest and largest annual gathering that it hosts. The next event takes place at the Crystal City Gateway Marriott on February 23-24, 2023, and all sessions will be livestreamed on a virtual platform. To learn more and register, visit https://www.usda.gov/oce/ag-outlook-forum.

Urban Ag and Food Systems PAT Request

Bill Miller, University of Massachusetts, is currently serving as Cooperative Extension Section Leader for the ECOP Program Action Team (PAT) on Urban Agriculture and Food Systems. He invites his fellow Extension Directors and Administrators to 1) check out the latest at https://pats.extension.org/urban/ and 2) encourage state/county/tribal personnel with urban ag professional interest to respond to 2-minute survey to at https://registry.extension.org/223214332872046 to say how they might like to be involved to move forward with a national program. Please submit responses by the end of the day Thursday, December 15, 2022.

Opportunity to Review/Update FCC National Broadband Map – Impacts State Funding - On November 18, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) shared its new draft National Broadband Map. The new map shows broadband availability at a more granular level, compared with the FCC’s prior map at the Census block level. This map is important in that it will be used to help determine each state’s share of the Broadband Equity, Access Deployment’s $42.45 billion program funds. Please share the following steps widely throughout regional/county/tribal listservs to review the map for accuracy and submit challenges to the data. Deadline: January 13, 2023. Please pardon any duplication of effort to spread the word. Thank you.

1. View map https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov/home
2. Share outreach resources with stakeholders throughout state/county/community https://www.fcc.gov/national-broadband-map-outreach-toolkit
3. Aid/encourage submission of challenges where relevant (especially for those without service) https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/bdc-challenge-overview.pdf
4. View video on how to submit an availability challenge at https://youtu.be/fiFoxZKywv4

Public Health AmeriCorps Funding Opportunity - AmeriCorps and the CDC are seeking proposals to grow the nation’s public health workforce. Learn more about the grant criteria and technical assistance opportunities here. The deadline for applications to the 2023 AmeriCorps State and National Public Health AmeriCorps Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is Wednesday, January 4, 2023 by 5:00 p.m. ET. Please contact AmeriCorpsGrants@cns.gov for additional guidance. AmeriCorps State and National expects that successful applicants will be notified by mid April 2023. Land-grant Health Contacts, FCS and 4-H Youth Development Specialists may have already received information through other resources.

ECOP & ESCOP Chairs Build Relationships Together in DC

This week, ECOP Chair Bev Durgan, University of Minnesota (pictured left), joined ESCOP Chair Matt Wilson, West Virginia University (pictured right) to bolster relationships with several partners in Washington D.C. The Chairs were accompanied by Rick Rhodes, NERA, and  EDA Team members Robin Shepard, NCCEA, and Sandy Ruble, National Office. This team met with a number of people and organizations including:

• Doug Steele, APLU VP, Food Ag & Natural Resources (FANR) and Lewis-Burke Associates
• Sanah Baig, Brand New Deputy Undersecretary of USDA-REE
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Breakfast
• National Coalition for Food and Agriculture Research (NCFAR) – Laura Wood Peterson, Executive Director
• Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) – Saharah Moon Chapotin, Executive Director

Update: Health Framework Lightning Sessions 12/15 - Because of the interest expressed by Extension Directors and Administrators to learn how various LGUs are advancing health as a priority, twelve institutions have been invited to share their accomplishments in this area. The first webinar was held on November 15 with Penn State, Ohio State, Kansas State, and Universities of Georgia, Florida, and New Hampshire presenting. Roughly 100 individuals participated live. A recording of that session can be accessed at https://4-h-org.zoom.us/rec/share/zI9dunTwok0zQNEP7C9KHmjlbBDHgLBBHZ6cVgd5y4b_hKb-0dD8lrpsd6cZ9axb.XISPRM_ZKG2WvXpW using passcode t$b6Uy5B. To register for the second session scheduled for December 15, 1:00 PM ET to hear from University Kentucky, Clemson University, Tennessee State University, the University of Wisconsin, Colorado State University, and the University of Missouri, register at https://4-h-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtd-urqz8vHNI1I-TijtvhJjT3zzEvAq7I, The sessions are open to all Extension personnel.

 

 
Health Conference Call for Proposals - The planning committee for the 2023 National Health Outreach Conference is currently accepting presentation proposals. The conference to be held May 22-24, 2023 in Ithaca, NY is hosted by Cornell University. Interested Extension professionals may submit proposals for concurrent sessions of 60 or 20 minutes in length as well as poster presentations that will be staffed at a designated time. The central theme of the conference is Health Equity: Framing Our Work, ensuring that all people have a fair and just opportunity to experience lifelong health and well-being. Learn more and submit at https://bit.ly/NHOCproposal2023 no later than January 12, 2023.

2022 Census of Agriculture Underway - USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently sent a press release announcing the start of data collection for the 2022 Census of Agriculture USDA invites ag producers to respond online to the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Use the social media toolkit at the bottom of the release to get the message out to ‘respond now’ to every ag producer. Every voice counts. Collected just once every five years, the ag census is the only source of uniform, comprehensive and impartial agriculture data for every county and state in the nation. Survey codes for producers to respond online at agcounts.usda.gov were mailed Nov. 22 and paper questionnaires will follow in December. Responses are due February 6, 2023. Additional promotional materials to encourage response are available on the NASS Partner Tools webpage.