Progress 09/01/12 to 08/31/15
Outputs
Target Audience:The primary target audiences for the work accomplished in this effort are the faculty and professional staffs of the southern regions 29 land grant universities. Other audiences of the program include the partners of the southern land grant university system, including faculty and professional staffs of the land grant university system in other regions of the country, state economic and social development agencies, local community stakeholders, governmental policy makers at all levels, policy analytical organizations, and non-profit and philanthropic organizations. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?1/4-5/15 Ready Community, Nashville 2/25/15 Ag Marketing Services Training, Nashville 3/25-26/15 SET Multi-State Meeting, Roanoke 4/23-24/15 YELP Ripple Mapping Training, Lexington 4/27-28/15 SET Multi-State Meeting, Oklahoma City 5/17-20/15 NACDEP, Little Rock 6/9-11/15 SET Train the Trainers, St. Louis 8/4-6/15 USDA Rural Development Training, St. Louis 8/24-8/15 Southern Region Program Leadership Network, Orlando 8/27-28/15 SERA-37 Meeting, Orlando How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?3/25-26/15 SET Multi-State Meeting, Roanoke 3/31-4/2/15 Tide-Horizons Workshop, Spokane 4/7-8/15 ASRED & SAAESD Meeting, Roanoke 4/27-28/15 SET Multi-State Meeting, Oklahoma City 5/17-20/15 NACDEP, Little Rock 8/11-13/15 Southern Regions Local Foods Workshop, Washington 8/24-8/15 Southern Region Program Leadership Network, Orlando 8/27-28/15 SERA-37 Meeting, Orlando Annual Report - 300 Mailings Around the South Monthly Newsletter - 3,000+ Mailing List 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 SRDC's five-year strategic plan identifies three overarching priorities relevant and vital to the key needs and issues in the rural South: Fostering Civic-Minded Communities, Building Economically Vibrant Communities, and Expanding Opportunities for Distressed and Low-Wealth Communities. Goals are organized under these three areas. Fostering Civic-Minded Communities: Facilitate the work of a multi-state research team to explore characteristics of communities that embrace civic engagement. The research conducted during this past year is culminating in a series of articles to be featured in a special issues journal of the Community Development Society in early 2016. Additionally, four working groups have emerged from the March 2015 Workshop of Tide and Horizons coaches. Develop a series of impact reports for Phase Two Turning the Tide on Poverty Sites. Six case study reports were completed July 2015. Promote collaboration on national civic engagement projects with National Issues Forum. SRDC continued to work with the Kettering Foundation (National Issues Forum sponsor) to promote opportunities for these sessions. Facilitate the work of SERA-37 through website maintenance, listserv maintenance, and assistance in promoting webinars and other education/research endeavors. SRDC facilitated the annual meeting in August 2015 and will assist the group in launching its four new working groups. Initiate an inventory of civic engagement resources and organizations within the South. An initial scan is complete. Examine the opportunities to update the Black Belt Region Study. Interest in the updated study has not been strong. Building Economically Vibrant Communities Promote usage and adoption of Cashing in on Business Opportunities Curriculum. The curriculum has been continually promoted through the SRDC website, publications, and displays. Update National eCommerce Extension Initiatives resources. SRDC has worked with authors of new curriculum to disseminate. Support the national broadband Extension & research team's efforts through listserv and web-based avenues. The listserv and web-based resource page continued to be supported through SRDC. Expand the Stronger Economies Together initiative to new regional sites and states. SET Phase V was launched in 13 states and 22 regions. Continue support of existing Stronger Economies Together existing sites by providing data support, scheduled calls, coaching assistance, and web support. Ongoing conference calls and listservs continued to be used to support these phases. Foster continued work of eXtension Community of Practice "Entrepreneurs and Their Communities" through providing fiscal management, participating in conference calls, promoting events, and helping to identify additional professionals to join the CoP. SRDC continued to support this work through promoting of webinars and other resources and facilitating connections to the group. Expanding Opportunities for Distressed and Low-Wealth Communities Facilitate enhanced disaster preparedness in rural places by training additional teams to implement ReadyCommunity and continuing to support existing teams. SRDC trained five teams from 1890 universities on the ReadyCommunity curriculum. Provide leadership and coordination to the Delta Rural Revitalization Initiative. This work was complete in 2014. Expand the Mid-South Data Library in conjunction with the Delta Geographic Concentration Initiative. This process was complete in 2014.
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.10, No.8. Southern Rural Development Center. October 2014.
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.10, No.9. Southern Rural Development Center. November 2014.
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.10, No.10. Southern Rural Development Center. December 2014
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.11, No.1. Southern Rural Development Center. January 2015
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.11, No.2. Southern Rural Development Center. February 2015.
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.11, No.3. Southern Rural Development Center. March 2015.
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.11, No.4. Southern Rural Development Center. April 2015.
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.11, No.5. Southern Rural Development Center. May 2015.
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.11, No.6. Southern Rural Development Center. July 2015.
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Capizzi, Julie. Stronger Economies Together Curriculum. Southern Rural Development Center. June 2015
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2014
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Loveridge, S., Albrecht, D, Welborn, R, and Goetz, S (2014). Opportunities for Rural Development in Cooperative Extensions Second Century. Choices. Available online: http://www.choicesmagazine.org/magazine/pdf/cmsarticle_360.pdf
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Progress 09/01/13 to 08/31/14
Outputs
Target Audience: The primary target audiences for the work accomplished in this effort are the faculty and professional staff of the southern region's 29 Land Grant Universities. Other audiences of the program include the partners of the southern Land Grant System, including faculty and professional staff of the Land Grant Universities in other regions of the country, state economic and social development agencies, local community stakeholders, governmental policy makers at all levels, policy analytical organizations, and non-profit and philanthropic organizations. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Turning the Tide on Poverty, a Four Year Review, Philadelphia, MS (April 9) National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals ReadyCommunity: Fostering Place Based Resilience (June 23) Partnering for Regional Economic Development in Rural Places (June 25) Community Decision Making: One Size Does Not Fit All- webinar (May 6) ReadyCommunity 1890 Partnership Workshop (July 28-29) Southern Region Program Leadership Network: Designed and led two webinars for SRPLN committee officers. (May 21 and September 30) Designed materials and assisted with SRPLN Orientation session at conference, Nashville, TN (August 18). SRDC Current Foundations and New Horizons, presentation to ASRED and AEA (August 20) SERA 37: Latinos in the New South, facilitated planning meeting (August 28-29) Stronger Economies Together (SET) Measuring High Quality Plans webinar (October 27)) How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Dissemination of Results via several means including: Annual report - 300 mailings Around the South monthly newsletter - 3,000 + mailing list Southern Region Community Development State Program Leadership Network meetings and bi-monthly calls National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals - National meetings, Board liaison (Monthly meetings), and Regional meeting. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? PRIORITY 1: Fostering Civic-Minded Communities The Center will continue to make important strides in advancing work designed to facilitate and strengthen the engagement of people in their communities: 1. Turning the Tide on Poverty: Over the course of several years' work, a rich collection of associated data has been gathered in order to better understand how to foster civic engagement in the context of this program. During 2015, the SRDC plans the following activities to continue support of this work: (a) Facilitate the work of the multi-state research team.(b) Coordinate a joint Tide and Horizons team meeting. 2. Investigate the core leadership competencies/skills needed for people to be effective as community leaders in the 21st century - particularly among retirees/seniors, youth, underserved/limited-resource populations; uncover what LGUs are doing in the form leadership development and but also where the gaps may be and areas where we can build capacity; etc. 3. SERA-37 - Latinos in the New South: The SERA 37 team is planning a regional conference in fall 2015. The SRDC will work with their planning committee facilitate this meeting. 4. Explore targeted programming to county/municipal officials, which may support them in being effective as local leaders. 5. Expand civic engagement to other topics. (1) Investigate other civic engagement programs being done in region and what's working. (2) Explore opportunities to use civic engagement practices in other topic areas (i.e. foods systems). (3) Extend training opportunities to build capacity for civic engagement to other Extension professionals. 6. Offer training on ripple mapping as a means to document programs impacts. Ripple mapping uses elements of mind mapping, qualitative data collection, and appreciative inquiry. PRIORITY 2: Build Economically Vibrant Communities The Center will continue to carry out the variety of efforts that are intended to advance the economic health of rural places in the region. It will do so in partnership with its land-grant university colleagues and other key external partners. Stronger Economies Together (SET) Initiative: The SRDC will continue, in partnership with USDA RD and the Purdue Center for Regional Development, to provide overall coordination for the SET initiative as the program enters its fifth year: Communications: Maintain conference calls and email communications with all states that are part of the SET program. Coordination of Evaluation of SET: Continue to evaluate data related to the effectiveness of SET. Revision of SET Materials: Guide the refinement of SET materials based on the FY14 evaluation. Launching SET V Regions: Coordinate application period, training, and technical support to facilitate selection and launching of new SET regions. Specialized Data Reports: Coordinate the development of socio-demographic and cluster analysis data needed to support the SET efforts in cooperation with Purdue Center for Regional Development. Presentations: Present highlights of SET at various national and regional meetings Food Systems: Collaborate with partners to initiate research and Extension programming to build and support local food systems. Implement the Ag Marketing Services funded proposal. Implement SRDC's RIDGE program, funded through ERS. Collaborate with Purdue on the Rural Veteran's project, funded in a partnership between USDA and Veterans' Affairs. Align new initiatives with existing work on local food systems, including the eXtension Community of Practice on Community, Local, and Regional Food Systems; the AFRI Community Foods Projects program; the Southern Region Program leadership Committee; Southern SARE; and others. Survey southern region to identify both researcher and Extension professionals working on aspects of food access. Explore opportunities to generate cross-discipline, multi-state working teams. Examine opportunities to re-initiate Sustainable Community Innovation Grants in partnership with Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension (SSARE). 3. Entrepreneurship: Research and explore entrepreneurship programs and partnerships to support community-based entrepreneurship for youth and adults. Coordinate the National e-Commerce Extension Initiative and the production of related educational products. Support the National Broadband Extension/Research Team in addressing digital literacy and broadband issues relevant to small businesses, workforce development agencies and municipal governments. The Center maintains a national listserv of professionals engaged in this work and hosts a repository of broadband resources. Explore youth entrepreneurship partnerships and opportunities, including 4-H and FFA. Compile and disseminate information on programs, needs, and opportunities related entrepreneurship and workforce service for rural veterans. PRIORITY 3: Strengthening Capacity of Communities While the priority title has changed from "Enhancing Distressed Communities" to "Strengthening Capacity of Communities" to reflect a more positive direction, continued emphasis will be placed on those communities with the greatest needs under this priority: ReadyCommunity: Building Disaster Resilient Places: In partnership with University of Kentucky, the SRDC will continue to guide the piloting and evaluating of the recently revised ReadyCommunity process and materials. Community Assessment and Education to Promote Behavioral Health Planning and Education (CAPE II): Work in concert with the other three RRDCs to support work with index partner communities and innovation communities. Examine the Opportunities for Poverty Research in the South: Explore options for building on the existing research in the region. 4. Investigate youth programs related to community and economic development being done in region and what's working (e.g., entrepreneurship, leadership, citizenship and civic engagement) Capacity-Building and Other Support Activities Collectively, these efforts are designed to help strengthen the capacity of our region's land-grant schools to focus on high priority rural development research and Extension outreach efforts. Among these activities are to: Provide assistance to the National Agriculture and Rural Development Policy Center (NARDeP) initiative along with the three other Regional Rural Development Centers Provide leadership to the southern CRD State Program Leaders in establishing regional CRD indicators. Collaborate with the National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (NACDEP) to provide capacity building opportunities across the land-grant system in community development. Expand the research partnerships within the Southern Region Maintain active communication with land-grant faculty and other clientele in the South: Provide timely information on a variety of rural development-relevant matters Publish Around the South newsletter on a monthly basis Coordinate bi-monthly calls of Extension community development program leaders in the Southern region; Coordinate the annual meeting of the community development program leaders carried out as part of the Southern Region Program Leadership Network (PLN) conference, as well as work with the Association of Southern Region Extension Directors (ASRED) and Association of Extension Administrators (AEA) in managing all the logistics associated with the PLN meeting; Meet with the regional leadership of the 1862 and 1890 research and Extension leaders in the South Host quarterly calls of the SRDC Board of Directors and the Technical and Operational Advisory Committee Participate, as needed, in community/rural development efforts of land-grant institutions in the region; Maintain strong working ties and interactions with the SRDC's sister Regional Rural Development Center staff, with NIFA and with other federal partners who can further advance the work of the SRDC in the Southern region.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
PRIORITY 1: Fostering Civic-Minded Communities The Center continued to make important strides in advancing work designed to facilitate and strengthen the engagement of people in their communities: Turning the Tide on Poverty: The "Turning the Tide on Poverty" pilot effort was launched in five states involving eight communities during 2009-10. During the second phase in 2011, seven new state teams were trained to launch the initiative and an additional four sites were added in 2012. Over the course of several years' work, a rich collection of associated data has been gathered in order to better understand how to foster civic engagement. During 2014, the SRDC completed the following activities in support of this work: (a) Facilitated the work of the multi-state research team: Through a joint learning agreement from the Kettering Foundation, the SRDC coordinated a multi-state data collection process to explore the Tide initiative. This process involved conducting pre and post-event key informant interviews, focus groups, and administering surveys to participants. Over the summer of 2014, a multi-state research team explored this data and strengthened the work through interviews and focus groups in the Tide sites. Additionally, an opportunity to examine the Tide data alongside the Horizons data (Tide's sister program in the northwest portion of the nation) is now underway with plans for a first face-to-face meeting in early 2015. (b) Developed a series of research articles to be included in a special issues of the Community Development Society in early 2016. Using a Ripple Map process, the research team visited selected sites to record impacts which were incorporated into these research articles. Community Circles/National Issues Forum Activities: The Center continued to look for opportunities with other national organizations to promote collaboration on civic engagement opportunities. These partnerships included the Kettering Foundation as noted above and exploring a potential new partnership with Everyday Democracy. SERA-37 - Latinos in the New South: The SERA 37 team met in August 2014 to re-evaluate its priorities. SRDC facilitated that meeting and also assisted the group by conducting a membership survey to determine interests in continued work. Plans are now underway for a region-wide conference in fall 2015. 4 Explore New Opportunities: The SRDC explored new opportunities to advance the research and Extension work in this priority area over the past year. Two particular opportunities include integration of a civic engagement forum into the new version of SET to be released in summer 2015. Additionally, interest in converting the Tide materials to explore the topic of food insecurity has surfaced. PRIORITY 2: Build Economically Vibrant Communities The Center continued to carry out the variety of efforts that are intended to advance the economic health of rural places in the region in partnership with its land-grant university colleagues and other key external partners. National e-Commerce Extension Initiative: The SRDC continued to coordinate this national initiative, strategically using the limited resources that Center has to improve the quality of resources available to support the broadband and e-commerce efforts of Extension educators across the nation. In the past year, the Center pursued the following: Piloted New Curricula e-Commerce Products: SRDC's partner, Mississippi State University, developed an on-the-ground training program for beginning e-commerce users. This material will be expanded nationally in 2015. Produced eNews: The SRDC continued to disseminate cutting edge research and Extension information through its electronic newsletter. National Broadband Extension/Research Team: Given the significant investments being made by key federal and state agencies to expand broadband access to underserved areas of the United States, a number of Extension programs across the nation are working hand-in-hand with many of their state/federal agencies to strengthen the adoption and application of broadband. In an effort to share promising practices and to build a more integrated set of resources to support these Extension activities, the SRDC continued to foster the work of the National Broadband Extension and Partners Team that initiated in December 2011. The Center helped the team to write a proposal for AFRI funding to help support the expanding group's research and Extension endeavors to better understand and serve the broadband needs of rural areas. However, the grant was not funded. Stronger Economies Together (SET) Initiative: The SRDC continued, in partnership with USDA RD and the Purdue Center for Regional Development, to provide overall coordination for the SET initiative in states that have launched SET in the past four years. As such, the Center carried out a number of activities in FY14 in support of this key initiative, including the following: Communications: Maintained conference calls and email communications with all states that are part of the SET program. Internal Evaluation of SET Resources: Continued to fine tune and administer pre- and post-assessment surveys to regional team members involved in SET. Revision of SET Materials: Secured feedback from state training team members and regional participants regarding need revisions/refinements to the SET modules. Revised modules as needed to enhance their effectiveness. Webinars: Conducted webinars on timely topics that can help strengthen the work of the regional teams and/or training teams. Evaluation Team: Assembled evaluators from within and outside of the SET training teams to cross-visit SET sites to explore the work of SET across the various Phases and sites. Specialized Data Reports: Coordinated the development of socio-demographic and cluster analysis data needed to support the SET efforts in cooperation with Purdue Center for Regional Development. Presentations: Presented highlights of SET at various national and regional meetings PRIORITY 3: Expanding Opportunities for Distressed and Low-Wealth Communities The lion's share of our nation's persistent high poverty counties is located in the rural South. The challenges local residents face are monumental and across the board -- economic, educational, social, historical, cultural, and more. These are complex issues that cannot be overlooked. They are ones for which our land-grant system must accelerate its efforts to better understand and address through appropriate mechanisms and strategies. Thus, the SRDC maintained a focus on the following over the past year: ReadyCommunity: Building Disaster Resilient Places: In partnership with FEMA, the SRDC continued to guide the piloting and evaluating of the recently developed ReadyCommunity process and materials. Toward that end, the Center (a) coordinated monthly check-in calls with pilot teams; (b) recruited and trained additional trainer cohort groups with a special emphasis given to 1890 Land Grant Partners; (c) refined the training materials based on the pilot efforts; (d) facilitated the evaluation efforts in collaboration with the University of Kentucky and (e) presented information about this program at appropriate national and regional meetings/conferences. Community Assessment and Education to Promote Behavioral Health Planning and Education (CAPE) and (CAPE II): Worked in concert with the other three RRDCs to identify and guide communities through various aspects of community level behavioral health work. Opportunities for Poverty Research in the South: Building on the Poverty Summit conducted in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta in December 2013, the SRDC has worked this year to focus on some of the foods access concerns of people in poverty. In December 2014, the SRDC assembled a team of research and Extension specialists to begin to frame this work throughout the 2015 year.
Publications
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2013
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Welborn, R. Around the South Newsletter. Vol. 9 No.10. Southern Rural Development Center. October 2013
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Welborn, R. Around the South Newsletter. Vol. 10 No.1. Southern Rural Development Center. January 2014
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Welborn, R. Around the South Newsletter. Vol. 10 No.2. Southern Rural Development Center. March 2014
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Welborn, R. Around the South Newsletter. Vol. 10 No.3. Southern Rural Development Center. April 2014
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Welborn, R. Around the South Newsletter. Vol. 10 No.4. Southern Rural Development Center. May 2014
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Welborn, R. Around the South Newsletter. Vol. 10 No.5. Southern Rural Development Center. June 2014
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Welborn, R. Around the South Newsletter. Vol. 10 No.6. Southern Rural Development Center. August 2014
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Welborn, R. Annual Report. Southern Rural Development Center. February 2014
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2014
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Loveridge, S., Albrecht, D, Welborn, R, and Goetz, S (2014). Opportunities for Rural Development in Cooperative Extensions Second Century. Choices. Available online: http://www.choicesmagazine.org/magazine/pdf/cmsarticle_360.pdf
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Progress 09/01/12 to 08/31/13
Outputs
Target Audience: The primary target audiences for the work accomplished in this effort are the faculty and professional staff of the southern region’s 29 Land Grant Universities. Other audiences of the program include the partners of the southern Land Grant System, including faculty and professional staff of the Land Grant Universities in other regions of the country, state economic and social development agencies, local community stakeholders, governmental policy makers at all levels, policy analytical organizations, and non-profit and philanthropic organizations. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? 9/4/12 Civic Dialogue Facilitator Training 10/2/13 Community Development Extension Agent Training 12/10-14/13 SET Coaching Team Visits (NC, SD) 1/10/13 SET Coaching Team Visit (OK) 2/25/13 Civic Dialogue Facilitator Training 4/4/13 Community Development Extension Agent eCommerce Training 8/12-14/13 SET Phase IV Coaches’ Training Workshop 8/19-22/13 Southern Region Program Leadership Network Joint Meeting How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? 10/9/12 Broadband Symposium 10/22/12 MLC Technology Academy 12/17/12 Kettering Foundation Dialogue Workshop 4/22/13 Public Issues Leadership Development Conference 8/19-22/13 Southern Region Program Leadership Network Joint Meeting What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Priority 1: Fostering Civic-Minded Communities – SRDC will continue to provide leadership to the Research Team exploring Turning the Tide on Poverty. The team has secured a partnership with the Kettering Foundation to explore a research project in 2014 that will compare Tide and Horizons (NW United States) communities. Priority 2: Building Economically Vibrant Communities – SRDC will continue to support the work of Stronger Economies Together (SET) Phase I-IV sites as they continue through the process and begin implementation. This involved monthly calls, data compilations, and coaching visits. To promote entrepreneurship, the SRDC will continue to provide leadership to the National Extension eCommerce Initiative in partnership with Mississippi State University Extension Service. SRDC will also help to facilitate the work of a national broadband team by managing a listserv, seeking grant opportunities, and facilitating the development of a repository for materials supporting broadband adoption education and research. Priority 3: Enhancing Distressed Communities – ReadyCommunity, a disaster planning process designed to address issues for disadvantaged populations in rural places, will continue to be expanded through the SRDC’s efforts. During 2014, new coaching teams will be trained to lead the process. Special emphasis will be given to working with 1890 partners. SRDC will continue to support communities through the process through monthly calls and helping to identify data and other resources. Through the Community Assessment and Education to Promote Behavioral Health Planning and Evaluation (CAPE), SRDC will work in partnership with the other RRDCs to survey existing resources for benchmarking behavioral health, develop a toolkit of resources for communities, and provide training on the use of the toolkit. In partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, SRDC will help facilitate the Poverty Summit, designed to help develop a research agenda for the coming years to address prominent poverty related issues. In support of all three priorities, the SRDC will continue to produce and disseminate its electronic newsletters: Around the South, eNews, and Grant Connections. Additionally, the SRDC will continue facilitating the work of the Southern Region Program Leadership Network (PLN) in both the annual joint meeting as well as ongoing communication support. Along with its sister RRDCs, the SRDC staff will meet quarterly in Washington DC to meet with national and federal partners to help facilitate the important work of rural development across the nation. The four RRDCs will also work closely with the National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (NACDEP) to help build capacity within the Land Grant System to do the important work of strengthening rural communities.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Priority 1: Fostering Civic-Minded Communities – SRDC continued to provide leadership to the Research Team exploring Turning the Tide on Poverty. The team has secured a partnership with the Kettering Foundation to explore a research project in 2014 that will compare Tide and Horizons (NW United States) communities. Additionally, the SRDC trained 15 dialogue facilitators for a set of roundtable discussions around climate variability. Priority 2: Building Economically Vibrant Communities – SRDC supported the work of Stronger Economies Together (SET) Phase Two and Three sites as they continued through the process. This involved monthly calls, data compilations, and coaching visits. Additionally, Phase Four states were selected and coaching teams were trained. These new regions will launch in late 2014 or early 2015. To promote entrepreneurship, the SRDC continued to provide leadership to the National Extension eCommerce Initiative. Partnering with Mississippi State University Extension Service, the initiative launched a new website with easier access to materials and mapped out a plan for upgrading some of the curricula that had been developed over the years. SRDC also helped to facilitate the work of a national broadband team by assisting in writing an AFRI grant, developing and managing a listserv, and facilitating the development of a repository for materials supporting broadband adoption education and research. Priority 3: Enhancing Distressed Communities – ReadyCommunity, a disaster planning process designed to address issues for disadvantaged populations in rural places, was introduced to a second wave of communities. SRDC designed the training, facilitated the workshop, and continued to support communities through the process through monthly calls and helping to identify data and other resources. Through the RIDGE Center, the SRDC funded four research initiatives and three doctoral dissertations. In support of all three priorities, the SRDC continued to produce and disseminate its three electronic newsletters: Around the South, eNews, and Grant Connections. Additionally, the SRDC coordinated the work of the Southern Region Program Leadership Network (PLN) in both the annual joint meeting as well as ongoing communication support. Along with its sister RRDCs, the SRDC staff met quarterly in Washington DC to meet with national and federal partners to help facilitate the important work of rural development across the nation.
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Gallardo,R eNews Newsletter. No. 49. Southern Rural Development Center. September 2012.
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Gallardo,R eNews Newsletter. No. 50. Southern Rural Development Center. November 2012.
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Gallardo,R eNews Newsletter. No. 51. Southern Rural Development Center. January 2013.
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Duncan,B eNews Newsletter. No. 52. Southern Rural Development Center. July 2013.
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Gordon, M. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.8, No.9. Southern Rural Development Center. September 2012.
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Gordon, M. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.8, No.10. Southern Rural Development Center. October 2012.
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Gordon, M. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.8, No.11. Southern Rural Development Center. November 2012.
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Gordon, M. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.8, No.12. Southern Rural Development Center. December 2012.
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Gordon, M. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.9, No.1. Southern Rural Development Center. January 2013.
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Gordon, M. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.9, No.2. Southern Rural Development Center. February 2013.
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Gordon, M. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.9, No.3. Southern Rural Development Center. March 2013.
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Gordon, M. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.9, No.4. Southern Rural Development Center. April 2013.
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Gordon, M. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.9, No.5. Southern Rural Development Center. May 2013.
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Gordon, M. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.9, No.6. Southern Rural Development Center. June 2013.
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Ratliff, B. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.9, No.8. Southern Rural Development Center. August 2013.
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Gordon, M. Grant Connections. Vol.15, No.1. Southern Rural Development Center. October 2012.
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Gordon, M. Grant Connections. Vol.15, No.2. Southern Rural Development Center. December 2012.
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Gordon, M. Grant Connections. Vol.15, No.3. Southern Rural Development Center. February 2013.
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Gordon, M. Grant Connections. Vol.15, No.4. Southern Rural Development Center. April 2013.
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Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Gordon, M. Grant Connections. Vol.15, No.5. Southern Rural Development Center. June 2013.
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Books
Status:
Awaiting Publication
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Beaulieu, Lionel J. and Jeffrey L. Jordan (Editors). 2013. Sustainable Development: Connecting Agriculture and Community. Taylor and Francis Publisher (Forthcoming).
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