Source: MICHIGAN STATE UNIV submitted to NRP
NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL CENTER FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
OTHER GRANTS
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
1020184
Grant No.
2019-51150-29984
Cumulative Award Amt.
$474,880.00
Proposal No.
2019-04660
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Sep 1, 2019
Project End Date
Jul 19, 2021
Grant Year
2019
Program Code
[UU.R]- Rural Development Centers
Recipient Organization
MICHIGAN STATE UNIV
(N/A)
EAST LANSING,MI 48824
Performing Department
MSUE DIR OFF
Non Technical Summary
The North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD) serves as a nexus point and convener for land grant college and university programs aimed at improving the lives of rural people. The encourages program innovation in response to emerging issues and adaptation of proven rural development methods to the context of the region.
Animal Health Component
100%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
0%
Applied
100%
Developmental
0%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
60860503010100%
Knowledge Area
608 - Community Resource Planning and Development;

Subject Of Investigation
6050 - Communities, areas, and regions;

Field Of Science
3010 - Economics;
Goals / Objectives
The core mission of the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD) is to help strengthen the social and economic fabric of rural America. To achieve this goal, the NCRCRD allocates resources to four priority areas: 1) Building a 21st Century Economy; 2) Sustainable Communities; 3) Leadership development and civic engagement; and 4) Community health and wellness. For generations, the Land Grant university system has served as an agent of change in rural America. New technologies created within Land Grant universities changed how America farmed, helping to free millions of people to pursue other occupations (Lobao and Myer, 2001), thus facilitating the movement of people to urban centers. While technological innovation has led to tremendous increases in agricultural productivity, there are also many challenges associated with the evolving rural systems. The flow of people away from many rural places continues; local governments in rural communities with eroding population bases struggle to provide basic public services and maintain quality of life. With the more mobile young people leaving rural areas, populations are, on average, older than the national average and are aging more rapidly.Despite challenges, emerging opportunities exist; however, building stronger and more vibrant rural communities requires a collaborative effort. These conditions provide an excellent opportunity for the Center to help create and support networks across the north central region's Land Grant university system to support rural development. Through collaborative efforts, our goals are to enhance the research, outreach, and educational services available to rural communities in the region, while at the same time building on the areas of strength.
Project Methods
The methods include engaging land grant personnel via small grants, webinars, and convenings.

Progress 09/01/19 to 07/19/21

Outputs
Target Audience: Nothing Reported Changes/Problems:I am completed the final report in order the facilitate the closing of my role in the project so that remaining funds can be relinquished and transferred to Purdue University, which is the new home of the NCRCRD. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Nothing Reported How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Nothing Reported What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? The accomplishments are provided in the progress reports, the last of which was submitted in September 2020. I am completed the final report in order the facilitate the closing of my role in the project so that remaining funds can be relinquished and transferred to Purdue University, which is the new home of the NCRCRD.

Publications


    Progress 09/01/19 to 08/31/20

    Outputs
    Target Audience:Target audience includes researchers, policy makers, and Extension professionals actively engaged in topics related to rural development. Changes/Problems:The COVID-19 policy response delayed many planned activities. the NCRCRD and partners revised programming accordingly. However, small grants required no cost extensions. New leadership at Purdue University will oversee these activities. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Post-doc Quan Sun engaged in outreach activity, which opened a new dimension of work for him. Nearly all of his previous work was research-oriented. He also leaned a new subfield of economics, natural disaster econonomics, and produced a research paper which will eventually be published in refereed journal. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The results have been shared via webinars, workshops, and meetings. Note, however, that the COVID-19 restrictions prohibtied normal face-to-face meetings. When possible, Zoom and other distance technology was used. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Beginning September 15, 2020 the Center will move to Purdue University under new leadership. I therefore will no longer be directly involved in activities. We are currently working to relinquish remaining funds to Purdue, and I will continue to assist with the transition.

    Impacts
    What was accomplished under these goals? The following small grants were supported: 1) Reducing Rural Young Adult Health Disparities through an Adaptive Mobile Relationship (Missouri) 2) Combating a Crisis: Exploring Community Responses to Opioids (Kansas)* 3) An Extension Guidebook to Help Communities Plan for Drought Using Scenario Based Planning (Nebraska) 4) Retaining Rural Businesses by Transitioning to Cooperative Ownership (Minnesota) 5) Homegrown: Entrepreneurship in your Community--And Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (Wisconsin) 6) Updating Marketing Hometown America Curriculum and Expanding to Additional States (Nebraska) 7) Local Policymaker Perceptions of the Opioid Crisis and the Efficiacy of Extension Communication (Michigan) Due to the COVID-19 policy response of closing down large portions of hte economy, these projects have experienced delays and thus no cost extensions have been granted. However, 4 of the 7 projects are nearly completed. Management of these activities will be transfered to Purdue University as the part of shift of the NCRCRD host institution to Purdue. Faculty Fellow John Mann engaged in several activiteis with a 27% effort. Specifically, Dr. Mann helped to 1) Identify key challenges that rural communities will face as advances in artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and automation lead to new agriculture production and agri-food related technologies. 2) Use media marketing BMPs to improve and expand outreach and engagement in the NC region. 3) Helped to build new collaborations between tribal colleges and land-grant universities. 4) Obtained a $500k grant with tribal partners on on broadband needs. 5) Continuing work on the tribal college research matching program. 6) Worked with entrepreneures and business to develop SBIR grant applications. One client was recently successful in obtaining a SBIR grant.. Post-doc Quan Sun has produced a research paper examining the economic impacts of flooding in a nationwide analysis. He has also prepared a policy report outlining implications of the study for the latest large midwest flooding event on 2019. The Center has also helped to establish the National Behavioral Health Extension Network, which is housed at Iowa State University's Partnerships in Prevention Science Institute. This was a collaboration The Center also hosted 11 webinars, two of which were a part of another SAMHSA funded "combating opioids webinar series".

    Publications

    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Awaiting Publication Year Published: 2020 Citation: Wang, J. Wu, Q., Skidmore, M., and Wang, S. 2020. The Impact of Business Tax to Value-added Tax Reform on the Land Finance Revenue: Empirical Evidence from Eastern China, forthcoming in the Journal of Urban Affairs
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Awaiting Publication Year Published: 2020 Citation: Tanner, C., Reese, L., Skidmore, M. 2020. The Ruralization of Detroit: Implications for Economic Redevelopment Policy, forthcoming in Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management Journal (TERUM).
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Awaiting Publication Year Published: 2020 Citation: Cuthbertson, C., Brennan, A., Shutske, J., Bjornestad, A., Dellifield, J., Leatherman, J., Shelle, G., Macy, K., Schallhorn, P., Zierl, L., Lin, E. and Skidmore, M. 2020. Developing and Implementing Farm Stress Training to Address Agricultural Producer Mental Health, (with ), forthcoming in Health Promotion and Practice.f
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2020 Citation: Lim, J., and Skidmore, M. 2020. Heat Vulnerability and Heat Island Mitigation in the United States, Atmosphere 11, 558 doi:10.3390/atmos11060558, 2020.
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2020 Citation: Green, B., Jones, K., Lyerla, R., Skidmore, M., and Dyar, W. 2020. Stigma and Behavioral Health Literacy among Individuals with Proximity to Mental Health or Substance Use Conditions, Journal of Mental Health, DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2020.1713998
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2020 Citation: Dobis, Goetz. S., Skidmore, M., and Stephens, H. 2020. Explaining the Spatial Variation in American Life Expectancy, Social Science and Medicine, 246: doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112759, 2020.
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2020 Citation: Torrejon, C., Paredes, D., and Skidmore, M. 2020. Housing Demolition and Property Tax Delinquency: Evidence from Detroit," Journal of Urban Affairs, DOI:10.1080/07352166.2019.1697183.
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Bourdreaux, C., Escaleras, M., and Skidmore, M. 2019. Natural Disasters and Entrepreneurship Activity, Economics Letters, 182: 82-85, 2019.