The ECOP Monday Minute will be on hiatus on January 16, 2023, in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. We will return on January 23, 2023. Visit here to reflect on the national memorial quotes by the renowned non-violent leader of the civil rights movement.
Capacity Funding and the NIFA Reporting System - Last week during ECOP's monthly First Friday event, Alexis Nazario-Negron, NIFA’s Director for Planning, Accountability and Reporting Staff (PARS) joined ECOP Chair, Bev Durgan, University of Minnesota, and ECOP Professional Development Committee chair John Lawrence, Iowa State University, to provide the Cooperative Extension Section and 1994 Extension Directors with a status update on the development of NIFA Reporting System (NRS). The session included an overview of reporting activities in NRS for capacity funded extension programs and a valuable timeline. Slides for this presentation are available upon request by contacting the staff at the National Office www.extension.org/ecop or at this link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OiwQjDpVhqO7ZCryZli6QmIxAH2X6DSP/view?usp=sharing. The video recording is available at https://youtu.be/Xv-iIMu8Nsg or below.
Building Capacity for Health Equity and Well-Being - View and share this new peer-learning video resource that supports system-wide capacity to implement recommendations from Cooperative Extension's National Framework for Health Equity and Well-Being and provides examples of success. It features nuts and bolts of the framework as well as 12 examples of highly successful capacity building at the local levels. For more information, contact the Cooperative Extension System/ECOP's Extension Health Director Dr. Rennekamp at rogerrennekamp@extension.org. View the series play list below or visit ECOP's playlists at https://www.youtube.com/@ecopoffice3901/playlists today.
ECOP Budget & Legislative Committee Leadership News - During a special meeting in December of ECOP's Budget and Legislative Committee (BLC), Rich Bonanno, North Carolina State University, Vice Provost for Outreach and Engagement and Extension Director, was elected as Vice-chair. Rich who also represents the Cooperative Extension Section on the BAA's Committee on Legislation and Policy (Farm Bill), will assume the responsibilities in any absence of a Chair, serve a three-year, renewable term and can assume the chair's position with approval of the ECOP Executive. Jason Henderson, Purdue University, remains BLC Chair and will move to Iowa State University as Vice President of Extension and Outreach in April 2023. Congratulations and thank you Rich and Jason!
