Progress 09/01/13 to 08/31/16
Outputs
Target Audience:The primary target audiences for the work accomplished in this effort was the faculty and professional staffs of the southern regions 29 land grant universities. Other audiences of the program included 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?1/25-27/16 Association of Extension Administrators Meeting, Savannah, GA 2/9-10/16 Association of Research Directors Meeting, Atlanta 3/15-17/16 Rural Child Poverty Nutrition Center Workshop, Alexandria 3/22-25/16 eXtension Conference, San Antonio 5/2-5/16 SET Train the Trainers, Detroit 5/9-10/16 Local Foods Meeting, Washington DC 6/25-30/16 National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals, Burlington, VT 7/18-21/16 Community Resources Development State Program Leaders Meeting, Washington DC 7/23/16 National Association of Counties Meeting, Los Angeles 8/22-25/16 Southern Region Program Leadership Network, Nashville 8/25-26/16 SERA-37 Meeting, Nashville How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?10/26-28/15 Board/TOAC, Orlando 1/25-27/16 Association of Administration Meeting, Savannah, GA 2/9-10/16 Association of Research Directors Meeting, Atlanta 3/15-17/16 Rural Child Poverty Nutrition Center Workshop, Alexandria 3/22-25/16 eXtension Conference, San Antonio 5/2-5/16 SET Train the Trainers, Detroit 5/9-10/16 Local Foods Meeting, Washington DC 6/25-30/16 NACDEP, Burlington 7/18-21/16 Community Resources Development State Program Leaders Meeting, Washington DC 7/23/16 National Association of Counties Meeting, Los Angeles 8/22-25/16 Southern Region Program Leadership Network, Nashville 8/25-26/16 SERA-37 Meeting, Nashville Annual Report - 300 Mailings Around the South Monthly Newsletter - 3,000+ Mailing List Posts to 29 different listservs centered on a variety of interests/topics What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1. Fostering Civic-Minded Communities: • Facilitate the work of a multi-state research team to explore characteristics of communities that embrace civic engagement. In partnership with the Kettering Foundation, the SRDC multi-state research team visited with each of the former Turning the Tide on Poverty Sites to conduct interviews, focus groups and ripple mapping in order to learn of ways that civic engagement is fostered in rural places. The research culminated in a series of articles featured in a special issue of the Journal of the Community Development Society released July 2016. • 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 a leadership meeting in fall 2014 and helped the team organize its annual face-to-face meeting in August 2015 and August 2016. • 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. Thus, the SRDC is working to build partnerships around addressing poverty concerns instead. A core planning team was identified in August 2016 and will be working over the next year to formalize a regional strategy for addressing poverty through the lens of childhood poverty and community development. 2. Building Economically Vibrant Communities • Promote usage and adoption of Cashing in on Business Opportunities Curriculum. The curriculum is continually promoted through the SRDC website, publications, and displays. • Update National eCommerce Extension Initiatives resources. One new curriculum was developed and one of the former resources was updated. Additionally, a new learning tool was tested that involved live chats and social media connections allowing entrepreneurs to form learning networks. The funding for this initiative has now ended. • 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 21 regions. Eight additional SET sites were launched in 2016. Additionally Leaders in Economic Alliance Development (LEAD) was launched with six pilot sites in 2015 and one new site in 2016. • 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. Additionally, two multi-state conferences were held to bring SET teams together for collaborative learning and sharing in 2015 and a number of webinars around special topics were conducted. • 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. In June 2016, a task force was formed to revamp and expand the Foundations of Practice series. SRDC is serving on the task force. 3. 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.
Publications
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2015
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.11, No.7. Southern Rural Development Center. August 2015.
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.11, No.8. Southern Rural Development Center. September 2015.
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.11, No.9. Southern Rural Development Center. October 2015.
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2015
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.11, No.10. Southern Rural Development Center. November 2015.
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2015
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.11, No.11. Southern Rural Development Center. December 2015.
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2016
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.12, No.1. Southern Rural Development Center. January 2016.
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2016
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.12, No.2. Southern Rural Development Center. March 2016.
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2016
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.12, No.3. Southern Rural Development Center. April 2016.
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2016
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.12, No.4. Southern Rural Development Center. May 2016.
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2016
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.12, No.5. Southern Rural Development Center. June 2016.
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2016
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.12, No.6. Southern Rural Development Center. July 2016.
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Journal Articles
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2016
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Lionel J. Beaulieu, Alice Diebel. (2016) Bringing hope: Preface to the Turning the Tide on Poverty special issue. Community Development, 47:3, 285286.
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2016
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Patricia Hyjer Dyk, Pamela A. Monroe, Crystal Tyler-Mackey, Rachel Welborn, Sheri Lokken Worthy. (2016) Turning the Tide on Poverty: History, theoretical frameworks, and methods. Community Development 47:3, 287-303.
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2016
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Crystal Tyler-Mackey, Pamela A. Monroe, Patricia Hyjer Dyk, Rachel Welborn, Sheri Lokken Worthy. (2016) Turning the Tide on Poverty: Community climate in economically distressed rural communities. Community Development 47:3, 304-321.
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2016
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Pamela A. Monroe, Crystal Tyler-Mackey, Patricia Hyjer Dyk, Rachel Welborn, Sheri Lokken Worthy, Catherine H. Lowe, Natalie J. Pickett. (2016) Turning the Tide on Poverty: Sustainability of community engagement in economically distressed communities. Community Development 47:3, 358-374.
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2016
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Rachel Welborn, Laura Downey, Patricia Hyjer Dyk, Pamela A. Monroe, Crystal Tyler-Mackey & Sheri L. Worthy (2016) Turning the Tide on Poverty: The role of the Cooperative Extension Service in the initiative, Community Development, 47:3, 375-384.
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2016
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Rachel Welborn, Laura Downey, Patricia Hyjer Dyk, Pamela A. Monroe, Crystal Tyler-Mackey & Sheri L. Worthy (2016) Turning the Tide on Poverty: Documenting impacts through Ripple Effect Mapping, Community Development, 47:3, 385-402.
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2016
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Sheri Lokken Worthy, Lionel J. Beaulieu. (2016) Turning the Tide on Poverty: Strategies and challenges related to tackling poverty in rural communities in the South. Community Development 47:3, 403-410.
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2016
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Sheri Lokken Worthy, Crystal Tyler-Mackey, Patricia Hyjer Dyk, Pamela A.Monroe & Rachel Welborn (2016) Turning the Tide on Poverty: Perceptions of leaders and leadership in economically distressed communities, Community Development, 47:3, 322-340.
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2016
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Sheri Lokken Worthy, Laura Downey, Patricia Hyjer Dyk, Pamela A. Monroe, Crystal Tyler-Mackey, Rachel Welborn. (2016) Turning the Tide on Poverty: Community champions as critical elements of success in economically distressed communities. Community Development 47:3, 341-357.
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Progress 09/01/14 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 systemin 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 organzations. 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?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 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. SRDC will continue to provide support for these teams in the coming year through conference calls. 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. 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. The SRDC will continue to facilitate the work of these four groups in the coming year Develop a series of impact reports for Phase Two Turning the Tide on Poverty Sites. Six case study reports were completed July 2015. These will be disseminated through various avenues in the coming year Promote collaboration on national civic engagement projects with National Issues Forum. SRDC will continue 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. Thus, the SRDC is working to build partnerships around addressing poverty concerns instead. Focus is growing on food access issues and rural housing. Building Economically Vibrant Communities Promote usage and adoption of Cashing in on Business Opportunities Curriculum. The curriculum will be continually promoted through the SRDC website, publications, and displays. Update National eCommerce Extension Initiatives resources. SRDC will work 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 will continue 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. SRDC will continue to support these regions in the coming year as well as launch a Phase VI and launch five pilot capacity building sites. 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 will continue 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 will continue 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. SRDC will continue to provide support for these teams in the coming year through conference calls. 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.
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. In partnership with the Kettering Foundation, the SRDC multi-state research team visited with each of the former Turning the Tide on Poverty Sites to conduct interviews, focus groups and ripple mapping in order to learn of ways that civic engagement is fostered in rural places. The research is culminating in a series of articles to be featured in a special issues journal of the Community Development Society in early 2016. 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 a leadership meeting in fall 2014 and helped the team organize its annual face-to-face meeting in August 2015. 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. Thus, the SRDC is working to build partnerships around addressing poverty concerns instead. Building Economically Vibrant Communities Promote usage and adoption of Cashing in on Business Opportunities Curriculum. The curriculum is continually promoted through the SRDC website, publications, and displays. Update National eCommerce Extension Initiatives resources. One new curriculum was developed and one of the former resources was updated. Additionally, a new learning tool was tested that involved live chats and social media connections allowing entrepreneurs to form learning networks. 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 21 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. Additionally, two multi-state conferences were held to bring SET teams together for collaborative learning and sharing. 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.
Publications
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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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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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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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2015
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Capizzi, Julie. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.11, No.1. Southern Rural Development Center. January 2015.
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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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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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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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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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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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Year Published:
2015
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Capizzi, Julie. Stronger Economies Together Curriculum. Southern Rural Development Center. June 2015.
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Status:
Other
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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? 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? 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?
The following goals were completed or in progress as noted below: Fostering Civic-Minded Communities: Facilitate the work of a multi-state research team to explore characteristics of communities that embrace civic engagement. - Team is formed and funding is secured for work into FY2014 Develop a series of impact reports for Phase Two Turning the Tide on Poverty Sites. - Drafts are written; work continues in FY2014 Promote collaboration on national civic engagement projects with National Issues Forum. - Complete through emails and other communication to CRD listserv. Facilitate the work of SERA-37 through website maintenance, listserv maintenance, and assistance in promoting webinars and other education/research endeavors - Continuing support through FY14. Initiate an inventory of civic engagement resources and organizations within the South. - Initial conversations with key stakeholders, work continuing to FY2014 Examine the opportunities to update the Black Belt Region Study - Partnering on Poverty Summit in Dec. 2013. Building Economically Vibrant Communities Promote usage and adoption of Cashing in on Business Opportunities Curriculum - Complete through various communication networks Update National eCommerce Extension Initiatives resources - Work continuing through FY2014. Support the national broadband Extension & research team's efforts through listserv and web-based avenues. - Support systems established, work continuing through FY2014 Expand the Stronger Economies Together initiative to new regional sites and states. Expanded in four states, introduced in two new states in FY2013. Continue support of existing Stronger Economies Together existing sites by providing data support, scheduled calls, coaching assistance, and web support. - Continuing to support through responding to requests for data, monthly calls, coaching visits and web support. Foster continued work of eXtension Community of Practice (CoP) "Entrepreneurs and Their Communities" through providing fiscal management, participating in conference calls, promoting events, and helping to identify additional professionals to join the CoP. Working with CoP to streamline weblinks for resources. 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. - Five new teams trained, continuing to provide support for existing teams through monthly calls, data requests, etc. Provide leadership and coordination to the Delta Rural Revitalization Initiative. - complete Expand the Mid-South Data Library in conjunction with the Delta Geographic Concentration Initiative. - complete
Publications
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2013
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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.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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2013
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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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Gordon, M. Grant Connections. Vol.15, No.5. Southern Rural Development Center. June 2013.
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Books
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2013
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Beaulieu, Lionel J. and Jeffrey L. Jordan (Editors). 2013. Sustainable Development: Connecting Agriculture and Community. Taylor and Francis Publisher (Forthcoming).
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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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