The ECOP Monday Minute will be on hiatus until January 8, 2024. Happy and safe holidays to all!
Long History of Cooperative Extension and the National Agricultural Statistics Service Renewed
CYFAR RFA Available - The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) requests applications for new Children, Youth and Families at Risk (CYFAR) Sustainable Community Projects (SCP) for fiscal year 2024. The due date is February 15, 2024. The mission of the CYFAR program is to marshal resources of the Land-grant and Cooperative Extension Systems so that, in collaboration with other organizations, they can develop and deliver educational programs that equip youth who are at-risk for not meeting basic human needs with the skills they need to lead positive, productive, contributing lives. Consider attending one of the webinars on January 8 at 3:00 PM ET or January 11 at 5:00 PM ET.
Open Science at USDA - Public access is a critical part of the USDA and National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) support of Open Science. USDA Departmental Regulation (DR) 1020-006 makes all peer-reviewed, scholarly publications and digital scientific research data assets arising from unclassified scientific research, “supported wholly or in part by the USDA,” accessible to the public to the extent practicable. There is a frequently asked questions document and webinar recording, which covers some information that Extension professionals who publish in scholarly publications might find useful.
2024 National Health Outreach and Engagement Conference Proposals - The planning committee for the 2024 National Health Outreach and Engagement Conference is now accepting proposals for concurrent sessions and posters at next year’s conference (May 13-15, 2024). The conference will be hosted by University of Georgia, Clemson University, and NCSU Extension Services in Greenville, SC. Proposals may focus on any health-related topic including mental health, well-being, transdisciplinary research, implementation science, workforce development, community engagement, health equity, data utilization, place-based interventions, environmental health, housing, health systems and services, food systems, social determinants of health, coalition development, and youth development as a health strategy. Guidelines for preparing proposals can be found here and submitted through the submission portal no later than February 4, 2024.
Intro to Migrant Education Program - The folks that run the Migrant Education Program (MEP) are asking for help get the word out about their effort. This is a nationally funded program through the Department of Education that has existed since 1966. Many farmworker families move during the year or every couple of years in search of work. Many children fall behind in school due to these moves. The Identification and Recruitment Consortium (IDRC) includes 32 Migrant Education Programs. The children they serve are children of farmworkers who have moved in the last three years. They have resources to help more kids graduate from school, assist with life skills classes, language development and more. They would like to share more with Extension Services in each state about this program. Please email jcastanedaidr@gmail.com or call 931-273-4050 for more information.
Read more about IDRC: https://www.idr-consortium.net/Agriculture%20site/index.html
Access information from the Department of Education: https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-migrant-education/
More about MEP: https://results.ed.gov/
