Progress 09/01/14 to 08/31/17
Outputs
Target Audience:The primary target audiences for the work accomplished in this effort was the faculty and professional staffs of the southern regions 30 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 8/30/16 Local Foods Focus Group Site Visit, Rockingham, NC 9/30-10/2/16 Food Distribution Research Society Conference, New Orleans, LA 10/12/16 Local Foods Focus Group, Lorman, MS 10/13/16 Local Foods Focus Group, Marks, MS 10/19/16 Local Foods Focus Group, Jackson, MS 10/20/16 Local Foods Focus Group, Hattiesburg, MS 10/21/16 Local Foods Focus Group, Gulfport, MS 10/24-10/26 SRDC Board & TOAC Meeting, Baton Rouge, LA 10/31/16 Local Foods Focus Group, Verona, MS 11/4/16 Local Foods Focus Group, Corinth, MS 11/8/16 Local Foods Focus Group, Starkville, MS 11/14/16 Local Foods Focus Group Site Visit, Owensboro, KY 12/6/16 SET Coaching Visit, Poplar Bluff, MO 12/8/16 SET Coaching Visit, Camden, SC 12/13/16 Clemson University Director's Site Visit 12/14/16 South Carolina State University Director's Site Visit 12/14/16 Local Foods Focus Group, Raymond, MS 1/5/17 SET Coaching Visit, Santa Rosa, NM 1/9-10/17 University of Kentucky Director's Site Visit 1/23-25/17 Association of Extension Administrators, Houston, TX 2/28/17 Federal Reserve Workforce Development Roundtable, Starkville, MS 3/1/17 SET Coaching Visit, Tomah, WI 3/16-17/17 Virginia Tech University Director's Site Visit 3/27/17 Virginia State University Director's Site Visit 3/28/17 North Carolina State University Director's Site Visit 3/30/17 North Carolina A&T Director's Site Visit 4/24-26/17 ASRED Meeting, New Orleans, LA 5/16/17 Florida A&M University Director's Site Visit 5/18/17 University of Florida Director's Site Visit 6/11-14/17 NACDEP Annual Meeting, Big Sky, MT 6/25/17 Local Foods Focus Group Site Visit, Flagstaff, AZ 7/20/17 Oklahoma State University Director's Site Visit 7/24/17 Association of Research Directors Meeting, Dayton, OH WEBINARS : 10/17/2016 - National CRD Indicators Series Webinar : Social Network Analysis for the Uninitiated -- What is it and what's it good for? 10/27/2016 - CRD Webinar Series : Local & Regional Foods : Connecting Regional Efforts 11/15/2016 - CRD Webinar Series : Igniting the Spark for Community Development: Developing Community Readiness 12/15/2016 - SET VII Webinar : SET VII Launch 12/15/2016 - CRD Webinar Series : Considerations in Managing Oil and Gas Development and Forest Resources 1/25/2017 - CRD Webinar Series : Community-Centered Design: How to Empower Residents to Shape the Development of their Communities 2/1/2017 - SET VII Webinar : SET VII Selected States 2/6/2017 - National CRD Indicators Series Webinar : Documenting Community Outcomes with Surveys: A how-to on designing questions and collecting data 3/8/2017 - CRD Webinar Series : How Latino Owned Businesses Thrive 4/4/2017 - CRD Webinar Series : Show Me the Money 4/27/2017 - CRD Webinar Series : Developmental Evaluation for Cooperative Extension Community Development Programs 5/9/2017 - SET VII Webinar : SET VII Data Dashboard 5/31/2017 - CRD Webinar Series : A Comprehensive Downtown Revitalization Program for Rural Kentucky 5/17/2017 - Civil Discourse Rapid Response Team Webinar 5/18/2017 - SET VII Webinar : SET VII Rural Development 101 6/27/2017 - CRD Webinar Series : Utilizing Extension as a Tool to Preserve your Community's Housing Stock 7/27/2017 - CRD Webinar Series : The Development of Utility-Scale Solar: Tales of Local Government 8/8/2017 - CRD Webinar Series : Choosing the Best Legal Structure for your 21st Century Small Business 9/12/2017 - SET VII : SET Broadband Session 1 9/26/2017 - SET VII : SET Broadband Session 2 How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?10/12/16 Local Foods Focus Group, Lorman, MS 10/13/16 Local Foods Focus Group, Marks, MS 10/19/16 Local Foods Focus Group, Jackson, MS 10/20/16 Local Foods Focus Group, Hattiesburg, MS 10/21/16 Local Foods Focus Group, Gulfport, MS 10/26-28/15 Board/TOAC, Orlando 10/31/16 Local Foods Focus Group, Verona, MS 11/4/16 Local Foods Focus Group, Corinth, MS 11/8/16 Local Foods Focus Group, Starkville, MS 12/14/16 Local Foods Focus Group, Raymond, MS 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 10/24-26/16 SRDC Board & TOAC Meeting, Baton Rouge, LA 11/11/16 Local Food System Research Group, Mississippi State University 11/17-18/16 Regional Rural Development Centers Quarterly Meeting, Washington, DC 11/28-30/16 SERA 47 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA 10/5-6/16 PAWC Annual Meeting, Tuskegee, AL 2/5-7/17 Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Mobile, AL 2/20-22/17 Regional Rural Development Centers Quarterly Meeting, Washington, DC 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 The results of the Local Foods Focus Groups were disseminated through the local foods listserv 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. 1. Fostering Civic-Minded Communities: Facilitate the work of a multi-state research team to explore characteristics of communities that embrace civic engagement. Develop a series of impact reports for Phase Two Turning the Tide on Poverty Sites. Promote collaboration on national civic engagement projects with National Issues Forum. Facilitate the work of SERA-37 through website maintenance, listserv maintenance, and assistance in promoting webinars and other education/research endeavors Initiate an inventory of civic engagement resources and organizations within the South. Examine the opportunities to update the Black Belt Region Study 2. Building Economically Vibrant Communities Promote usage and adoption of Cashing in on Business Opportunities Curriculum Update National eCommerce Extension Initiatives resources Support the national broadband Extension & research team's efforts through listserv and web-based avenues. Expand the Stronger Economies Together initiative to new regional sites and states. Continue support of existing Stronger Economies Together existing sites by providing data support, scheduled calls, coaching assistance, and web support. 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. 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. Provide leadership and coordination to the Delta Rural Revitalization Initiative. Expand the Mid-South Data Library in conjunction with the Delta Geographic Concentration Initiative.
Publications
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2016
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Spiering, Katherine. Around the South Newsletter. Vol 12, No 7. Southern Rural Development Center. August 2016.
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2016
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Spiering, Katherine. Around the South Newsletter. Vol 12, No 8. Southern Rural Development Center. September 2016.
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2016
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Spiering, Katherine. Around the South Newsletter. Vol 12, No 9. Southern Rural Development Center. October 2016.
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2016
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Spiering, Katherine. Around the South Newsletter. Vol 12, No 10. Southern Rural Development Center. November 2016.
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2016
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Spiering, Katherine. Around the South Newsletter. Vol 12, No 11. Southern Rural Development Center. December 2016.
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2017
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Spiering, Katherine. Around the South Newsletter. Vol 13, No 1. Southern Rural Development Center. January 2017.
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2017
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Spiering, Katherine. Around the South Newsletter. Vol 13, No 2. Southern Rural Development Center. February 2017.
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2017
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Spiering, Katherine. Around the South Newsletter. Vol 13, No 3. Southern Rural Development Center. March 2017.
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2017
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Spiering, Katherine. Around the South Newsletter. Vol 13, No 4. Southern Rural Development Center. April 2017.
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2017
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Spiering, Katherine. Around the South Newsletter. Vol 13, No 5. Southern Rural Development Center. May 2017.
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2017
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Spiering, Katherine. Around the South Newsletter. Vol 13, No 6. Southern Rural Development Center. June 2017.
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2017
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Spiering, Katherine. Around the South Newsletter. Vol 13, No 7. Southern Rural Development Center. July 2017.
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Book Chapters
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Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Welborn, R. (2017). Turning the Tide on Poverty: Exploring REM in the Context of Civic Engagement In Chazdon, S., Emery, M., Hansen, D., Higgins, L., & Sero, R. (Eds.), A Field Guide to Ripple Effects Mapping (pp. 65-71). Retrieved from file:///C:/Users/rcw33/Downloads/REM_monograph_withcover.pdf
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Books
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Awaiting Publication
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2018
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Albrecht, D., Loveridge, S., Goetz, S., Welborn, R., eds. (2018) Rural Housing and Economic Development. New York: Routledge. [in press]
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Other
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2017
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Welborn, R. (2017). Rapid Response Team Regarding Civil Discourse on Race Relations, Final report submitted to the Extension Committee on Policy and Operations. Available https://publish.extension.org/civildialogue/files/2017/03/RapidResponse-Report-April2017.pdf
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2017
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Welborn, R. (2017). Civil Dialogue on Race Relations: Resources for Cooperative Extension Service. https://publish.extension.org/civildialogue/
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Other
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Other
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2017
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Chance McDavid, Leslie Hossfeld, Kelli Russel. Local Foods Resource Mapping Report. August 2017.
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Progress 09/01/15 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 organzations. 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?1. Fostering Civic-Minded Communities: •Facilitate enhanced disaster preparedness in rural places by training additional teams to implement ReadyCommunity and continuing to support existing teams. This work was complete in 2016. •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. This work was complete in 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. These will be disseminated through various avenues in the coming year. Complete in 2015. •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. SRDC facilitated the August 2016 meeting and will assist the group in revising its plan of work. •Initiate an inventory of civic engagement resources and organizations within the South. An initial scan is complete. SRDC will focus attention in the coming year specifically on civic engagement resources related to food access and to racial tensions. •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. A task force was formed in August 2016. SRDC will facilitate the work of this group to explore new strategies around poverty alleviation. 2. 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. Work was completed in 2015. •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. Eight new sites were added in 2016 along with 5 LEAD sites in 2015 and 2016. SRDC will support the planning process in the new sites while continuing to support the implementation phases of previous 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. A new task force was formed in June 2016 to revamp and expand existing curricula. 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. SRDC will continue to provide support for these teams in the coming year through conference calls. Project complete in 2016. •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?
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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Other
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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
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
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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Journal Articles
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Published
Year Published:
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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Journal Articles
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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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Journal Articles
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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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Journal Articles
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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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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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Journal Articles
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Published
Year Published:
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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Journal Articles
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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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Other
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Published
Year Published:
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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Other
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Published
Year Published:
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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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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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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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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