Extension Foundation Selected by USDA-NIFA as Technical Provider for NEXTGEN Funding Opportunity

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The primary goal of the From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals Program (NEXTGEN) is to enable 1890 Land-grant institutions, 1994 Land-grant institutions, Alaska Native-serving institutions and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, Hispanic-serving institutions, and insular area institutions of higher education located in the U.S. territories to engage, recruit, retain, train, and support students to help build and sustain the next generation of the food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences (FANH) workforce including the future USDA workforce. NextGen supported projects should enable student scholarship support, meaningful paid internships, fellowships, and job opportunity matching, and also facilitating opportunities to learn the processes and pathways leading to training and employment in the federal sector.

The Extension Foundation will raise awareness of the NEXTGEN program and provide technical assistance for eligible institutions to develop teams, partners, program strategies and to connect with USDA and other career opportunities. 

Dr. Dawn Mellion has joined the Extension Foundation to serve as the Program Director for this initiative. Dr. Mellion is the former Vice Chancellor for Extension at the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center. 

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) will support the Extension Foundation in their role as a technical provider for NEXTGEN funding. Specifically, Wendy Fink, Assistant Vice President of the Office of Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources, will serve to help connect potential institutional partners to one another. 

To learn more about the Extension Foundation’s services for NEXTGEN including upcoming webinars, please visit their website at nextgen.extension.org. 

About the Extension Foundation

The Extension Foundation was formed in 2006 by Extension Directors and Administrators. The Foundation partners with Cooperative Extension through liaison roles and a formal plan of work with the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP) to increase system capacity while providing programmatic services, and helping Extension programs scale and investigate new methods and models for implementing programs. The Foundation provides professional development to Cooperative Extension professionals and offers exclusive services to its members. In 2020 and 2021, the Extension Foundation has awarded 85% of its direct funding back to the Land-grant university System, 100% of funds are used to support Land-grant university initiatives.

About APLU

APLU is a research, policy, and advocacy organization dedicated to strengthening and advancing the work of public universities in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. With a membership of more than 250 public research universities, land-grant institutions, state university systems, and affiliated organizations, APLU’s agenda is built on the three pillars of increasing degree completion and academic success, advancing scientific research, and expanding engagement. Annually, member campuses enroll 5.0 million undergraduates and 1.3 million graduate students, award 1.3 million degrees, employ 1.3 million faculty and staff, and conduct $49.5 billion in university-based research. 

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Extension Foundation Announces Year 4 (2022-2023) New Technologies for Ag Extension Projects

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Fifty-seven applications were submitted by 36 Land-grant universities in response to the RFA shared by the Extension Foundation in April, 2022, for New Technologies for Ag Extension (NTAE). The Extension Foundation will be supporting 39 projects across Cooperative Extension as part of its fourth year of the NTAE program. This program is made possible by funding from USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through a partnership with Oklahoma State University and the Extension Foundation, grant no. 2020-41595-30123. This program serves all Land-Grant Universities in the United States. 

The 39 projects represent 27 Land-grant universities including:

  • 1994 Region: 1 project
  • 1890 Region: 5 projects
  • Northeastern Region: 8 projects
  • North Central Region: 11 projects
  • Southern Region: 8 projects 
  • Western Region: 6 projects

All projects receive support from Extension Foundation Catalysts, Coaches, and Key Informants. Catalysts are experienced Cooperative Extension System (CES) Directors and Administrators that provide mentorship and guidance to projects, and Key Informants have subject matter expertise across areas such as publishing, evaluation, partner development, leadership and team development, project management, marketing, and more. Projects have access to these resources to advance their projects.

Through NTAE, the Extension Foundation provides a set of services most projects rarely have access to. The services that create deeper impact, greater leverage for impact and greater sustainability for the project. These services in collaboration with the great ideas and planned projects make for extended successes and sustainability of projects.

2022-2023 New Technologies for Ag Extension Program Awards:

Projects selected for NTAE participate in one of three phases of development and support:

Incubation projects. These projects are still in the idea stage and pre-planning stage.  Work on these projects will take project leaders through an innovation process designed to help them think through their project ideas, audiences, outcomes, and plans. These projects will plan, test, and create a pilot. The Fellowship amount is $5000.

  • Kansas State University, Development of an Application States Can Use to Provide Info. on Food Safety Regulations for Direct to Consumer Food Sales
  • Langston University, Reimagining InterConnectivity Between Langston University and Selected OK Historical Black Towns: Model for Expanding Diversity and Opportunities in Food and Agriculture
  • Lincoln University, Show Me How Resource Library
  • North Carolina State University, A Program Team for Multimedia IPM Outreach
  • North Carolina State University, Building Capacity to Address Broadband Access and Digital Skills in NC Cooperative Extension
  • Oklahoma State University, High Plain Alternative Crops Conference
  • Tuskegee University, Creating a Multi-State Meat Consortium for Producers
  • University of Florida, Climate Smart Landscaping
  • University of Illinois, Developing Climate Relevant Content for Extension Programs
  • University of Illinois, Interoperability Challenges in AgTech
  • University of Kentucky, Female Equestrian Health and Wellness Network
  • University of Maryland, Intergenerational Digital Support for Maryland Growers
  • University of Minnesota, Nourish and Flourish
  • University of Missouri, Home Internet Adoption: Digital Ambassador Program
  • University of Missouri, The Future of Mentorship: Creating Pathways for Professional Mentorship within Cooperative Extension
  • Utah State University, Box Elder Jr Livestock Course
  • Utah State University, Wildlife Across America (WAA): Supporting Stakeholder and Community Connections and Needs
  • West Virginia University, Cultural Competency for Municipalities
  • West Virginia University, Seeing Yourself in the Future – Career Readiness Program.

Acceleration Projects. These projects are in the pre-planning stage and may have been piloted, developed a curriculum, or are in another stage of early implementation. Project Fellows receive $10K to support their project. Acceleration projects will share their content and learning processes with CES through digital engagement and publishing.

  • Auburn University, Alabama Master Naturalist and Underserved Communities
  • Cornell University, The African American Experience: Cultural Competency and Capacity in Extension Executive Leadership
  • Delaware State University, Pollution Prevention and Wastewater Phytoremediation Using an Algal Turf Platform for Improving Sustainable Agriculture Practices in Delaware.
  • Iowa State University, Building Sustainability for ¡Salir Adelante! Caminos a Nuestro Futuro
  • Mississippi State University, Building Grantsmanship Capacity in Underserved Communities
  • North Carolina State University, Creating a Food Safety Consortium: A Multi-State Effort to Support Customers, Home-based Businesses and Retailers
  • Pennsylvania State University, Promotion of Penn State Extension: Utilizing Cooking Demonstrations to Encourage Healthy Dietary Practices
  • University of California-Davis, Increasing Equity-driven Approaches to Food Preservation Programming in California
  • University of Illinois, Developing a Sustainable Model for Community Engaged Dissemination of Health Research to Benefit the Public
  • University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Coordination, Capacity Building and Community Engagement to Expand Extension in Springfield, MA
  • University of Minnesota, Minnesota Well and Septic Class
  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Pesticide Safety Training for Nebraska Online
  • University of Nevada, Heart and Hope Family Violence Prevention Program
  • Utah State University, Developing and Testing Confidence-building Challenge Activities for Youth in After-School Settings
  • West Virginia State University, WV Coalfields Trail Town Program
  • West Virginia University, WVU Financial Literacy Education Program

Expansion Projects. These are already-implemented projects that need support to expand into state, regional, or national projects. Each selected project will receive $60,000.

  • Nebraska Indian Community College, Using Animated Pollinator Video to Educate Underserved Populations
  • New Mexico State University, A New Ninja Kitchen: Food Safety for Youth
  • University of Illinois, Building a Culture of Composting in Greater Chicagoland
  • West Virginia University, My Hometown is Cool

To help lead the NTAE Program Accelerator, the Extension Foundation leverages a team of Catalysts that help mentor and guide Extension projects and best connect those projects with the Extension Foundation’s Key Informant resources. Catalysts for 2021-2022 include:

  • Dr. Chuck Hibberd, Retired Dean of Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 
  • Dr. Chuck Ross, Retired Director of Extension, University of Vermont
  • Dr. Dawn Mellion, Retired Vice-Chancellor for Southern University Cooperative Extension.
  • Dr. Dyremple Marsh, Retired College Dean, Research Director, and Extension Administrator, Delaware State University
  • Dr. Fred Schlutt, Retired Vice Provost for Extension and Outreach at University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • Dr. Jimmy Henning, Extension Professor, Former Director of Cooperative Extension Service, University of Kentucky
  • Dr. Rick Klemme, Former Executive Director, ECOP, Former Dean & Director, University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension
  • Dr. Scott Reed, Emeritus Vice Provost for University Outreach and Engagement, Oregon State University

The Extension Foundation’s Key Informants work directly with teams to provide on-demand professional expertise to support scaling and programming efforts. Key Informant services include support in digital engagement, partnership development, leadership development, marketing, evaluation, and more. 

To learn more about NTAE, please visit extension.org/ntae or connect with the NTAE Project Director, Beverly Coberly, at beverlycoberly@extension.org. Cooperative Extension professionals from all Land-grant universities are invited to join Connect Extension at connect.extension.org/join to stay up to date with the progress of NTAE projects. 

About the Extension Foundation

The Extension Foundation was formed in 2006 by Extension Directors and Administrators. The Foundation partners with Cooperative Extension through liaison roles and a formal plan of work with the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP) to increase system capacity while providing programmatic services, and helping Extension programs scale and investigate new methods and models for implementing programs. The Foundation provides professional development to Cooperative Extension professionals and offers exclusive services to its members. In 2020 and 2021, the Extension Foundation has awarded 85% of its direct funding back to the Land-grant university System, 100% of funds are used to support Land-grant university initiatives.

 

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Extension Foundation Says Farewell to Longtime Technology Team Member

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The Extension Foundation offers its sincere gratitude to Ben MacNeill who has been part of the Extension Foundation team since 2006. In July 2022, Ben will be transitioning to a new role outside of the Extension Foundation.

Ben has been working with the Foundation through a full-time buyout from North Carolina State University. One of the original architects of many of the Extension Foundation’s former technology infrastructure under the “eXtension” brand, Ben has played a leading role in the implementation of national technology solutions for Cooperative Extension. More recently, Ben has played a major role in transitioning the Extension Foundation towards commercial technology tools for use by Cooperative Extension. In addition, Ben has provided expertise and leadership on the Extension Foundation’s Ask Extension system (formerly Ask An Expert) which has enabled Cooperative Extension to answer over 500,000 questions from the public and better connect the public with Cooperative Extension resources.

Ben is often the go-to customer support agent for providing web development support for the Extension Foundation’s 100+ National Cooperative Extension Project websites, assisting Land-grant university professionals with technical needs. His demeanor is often described by colleagues as kind and pleasant when solving both big and small technical problems.

On behalf of the Extension Foundation, we wish Ben and his family the best in his next adventure and thank him for 16 years of service to the Extension Foundation and Cooperative Extension.

For those that have worked closely with Ben, the Extension Foundation will continue to provide support and service on WordPress Sites, Ask Extension, and other technology platforms. For assistance, please continue to email contact-us@extension.org.

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Getting Started with the Extension Foundation

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At the request of Cooperative Extension professionals, the Extension Foundation has developed an interactive tool to help Land-grant university professionals get familiarized with the Extension Foundation, its tools, national funded programs, services, and learn how the Foundation can be a partner in making a greater impact on local issues. The Extension Foundation serves all 112 Land-grant universities in the United States regardless of membership. Extension Foundation members receive additional benefits through our Member Services that can be found on our website at extension.org.

It is available at extension.org/start and can be found under the About section of the extension.org website, and on Connect Extension. The Foundation invites its land-grant university partners regardless of membership status to include this tool in the onboarding of new employees to help share how the Foundation can serve local needs, funding opportunities available through the Foundation, and to stay connected to national projects. 

Land-grant university professionals and the public can explore information about the Extension Foundation’s five national funded programs, how to take advantage of member services, technology tools available, frequently asked questions, contact information, and how to stay connected with the Extension Foundation. 

About the Extension Foundation

The Extension Foundation was formed in 2006 by Extension Directors and Administrators. The Foundation partners with Cooperative Extension through liaison roles and a formal plan of work with the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP) to increase system capacity while providing programmatic services, and helping Extension programs scale and investigate new methods and models for implementing programs. The Foundation provides professional development to Cooperative Extension professionals and offers exclusive services to its members. In 2020 and 2021, the Extension Foundation has awarded 85% of its direct funding back to the Cooperative Extension System, 100% of funds are used to support Cooperative Extension initiatives.

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New Report Provides Regional Assessment of Ecosystem Services in Northeast U.S.

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A new report – Ecosystem Services in Working Lands Practice and Policy of the U.S. Northeast – has been added to the Extension Foundation’s bookshelf.

Authored by Northeast Ecosystems Services Fellows  Alicia F. Coleman, PhD, and Mario R. Machado, PhD, the report documents results from an assessment of over 1,300 ecosystem service provisioning programs and policies across the U.S. Northeast (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia, as well as in the District of Columbia.) 

The assessment describes the programs’ institutional arrangements, their incentive structures, and the ecosystem services they provide. The analysis is tied to goals for the Northeast region developed by the Association of Northeast Extension Directors (NEED) and Northeastern Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (NERA). The assessment is intended to build the capacity of Cooperative Extension and the Agricultural Research Station system’s work in supporting producers to deliver ecosystem services on working lands. In addition to providing analysis, a linked database captures a time-bound dataset that can be filtered by state.

Additional titles have recently become available in the Extension Foundation library on topics such as creating mass media campaigns, game-based education, wellness in “tough times,” innovating curriculum, prescribed fire, emergency preparation and response, understanding food labels, and building farm and farm family resilience. You can find the entire library of publications here.

A note about our Publications: 

After listening to the feedback of our Cooperative Extension partners, the new Publication bookshelf serves as a replacement for our old eFieldbook library. We greatly value and appreciate the feedback we received, including eliminating a LinkedIn login to access titles on the bookshelf. All titles are publicly available on our Connect Extension platform. Titles that were on our former eFieldbook bookshelf are in the process of being migrated.

 

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Getting to the Heart of the Matter: COVID-19 Vaccination Education Survey

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Cooperative Extension professionals across the system and at all levels are invited to share their opinions and experiences regarding COVID-19 vaccinations and vaccination education.

This project is sponsored by the Extension Foundation and the Extension Collaborative on Immunization Teaching and Engagement (EXCITE).

Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow Center for Media & Health Promotion Research, WSU Extension, and the WSU College of Education are conducting a needs assessment to gain insight into the current realities of Cooperative Extension professionals regarding COVID-19 vaccinations and vaccination education.

This is a short survey that should take about 15-20 minutes to complete:

https://wsu.co1.qualtrics.com/…m/SV_3jU0g7onaHBbd5k

The results of the needs assessment will be used to develop communication strategies and tools to help Cooperative Extension professionals at all levels and across the entire system feel more comfortable, willing, and confident with COVID-19 vaccination efforts.

These will support Cooperative Extension professionals, who choose to, serving as trusted and compassionate messengers of accurate vaccination information in their communities so individuals can make the decision that is in their best interest.

Your feedback about your experiences and opinions with COVID-19 vaccinations and education will be very useful for helping us understand the barriers and challenges faced by Cooperative Extension Professionals.

Please take the time to complete this survey. Every response is important!

It is only with your assistance that we can understand the full range of opinions and experiences about COVID-19 vaccinations across the Cooperative Extension System and all types of Land Grant Universities.

Your participation is voluntary and your responses will be kept confidential. No personally identifiable information will be associated with your responses in any reports of these data.

If you have questions or comments about the survey, please feel free to email us at eaustin@wsu.edu or ask for Erica at 509-335-8840.

This study has been certified as Exempt by the WSU Human Research Protection Program: irb@wsu.edu.

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New Publication Helps Cooperative Extension Professionals Engage Communities

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A new publication – Engaging Communities Through Issues Forums: A How-To Guide for Onsite and Online Community Engagement – is available from the Extension Foundation.

The publication explores the use of issue forums as a community engagement tool in Extension work. Both a process guide and content publication, it is a comprehensive “how-to” designed to help Cooperative Extension professionals successfully develop and implement issues forums in both onsite and online settings. Each section of the publication includes Our Story, a narrative of the key lessons learned by the authors. This publication will be of value to Cooperative Extension professionals and other organizations and institutions that are considering ways to increase community engagement to collaboratively address issues.

It was written by a team from the University of Maryland Extension, University of Delaware Cooperative Extension, and Ohio State University who have been involved in a multi-year project. This project has focused on engaging communities in helping to address issues facing farmers and farm families. The authors are Bonnie Braun and Jesse Ketterman from the University of Maryland, Maria Pippidis from the University of Delaware; and Shoshana Inwood and Nicole Wright from Ohio State University. 

As the authors noted, “The need to move from face-to-face to online forums arose with the COVID-19 pandemic. We sought funding and consulting services to enable us to compare outcomes of face-to-face forums with those of an online forum…This project allowed us to test on-site vs online forums, to create this how-to e-Pub, and to offer professional development to those wanting to learn about conducting their own forums.” 

This publication is the second produced by the team for NTAE. The team’s first publication –  Building Farm and Family Family Resilience in our Communities: A Guide for Extension Professionals to Engage Strategically – strengthens the ability of Cooperative Extension professionals to reduce risk and stressors and increase the resilience of farms and farming families with the context of a sociological framework. 

The project was supported by a grant from the New Technologies in Agricultural Extension (NTAE) program. The team was supported in their work by the Extension Foundation. The Northeast Extension Risk Management Educational Center and the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development provided support for the on-site forums.

Additional titles have recently become available in the Extension Foundation library on topics such as creating mass media campaigns, game-based education, wellness in “tough times,” innovating curriculum, prescribed fire, emergency preparation and response, understanding food labels, and building farm and farm family resilience. You can find the entire library of publications here.

A note about our Publications: 

After listening to the feedback of our Cooperative Extension partners, the new Publication bookshelf serves as a replacement for our old eFieldbook library. We greatly value and appreciate the feedback we received, including eliminating a LinkedIn login to access titles on the bookshelf. All titles are publicly available on our Connect Extension platform. Titles that were on our former eFieldbook bookshelf are in the process of being migrated.

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Impact Collaborative Launches Three New Professional Development Series for 2022

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For 2022, the Extension Foundation’s Impact Collaborative Program has launched three new professional development series for Extension Foundation members:

Extension Skills

Each second Thursday of the month, the Impact Collaborative’s Extension Skills series will provide an opportunity for Cooperative Extension professionals to build capacity with tools, processes and tech skills training.

For March 2022, join Victor Villegas and Molly Immendorf as they share their favorite tools and tips for creating and hosting engaging dynamic meetings and webinars. While Zoom will be the primary platform demonstrated, most of these tools and tips will translate to platforms like Teams, WebEX, and others. Some tools to be shared will include free or low-cost third party tools. Be sure to bring your own tools and tips to share. Collectively, we’ll create some ah-has and examples to try in this fun session.

Dynamic Discussions

Each fourth Thursday of the month, the Impact Collaborative will host professionals from across Cooperative Extension and beyond to address hot topics of interest to Cooperative Extension.

For March 2022: As Extension professionals, our job is to communicate science to the public. Yet, in the ever growing and ever changing spaces of global media, successfully sharing science has become a monumental task. Agents of misinformation abound and it seems like there are always new—and worse—distortions of the science to be found. For the last 30 years, climate change communicators and communication scientists have been studying the misinformation campaigns, learning how and why they work, and developing means to successfully communicate climate topics in spite of them. What we have learned about climate communication is relevant to all science communication. This Dynamic Discussion will present the basic tenets of “information disorder” and begin the conversation on what Extension professionals can do to further science communication in their fields.

Program Center Stage

The Program Center Stage will highlight programs from across the system including current and past New Technologies from Ag Extension projects, Impact Collaborative projects, National programs like EXCITE, and more on the 4th Mondays of each month at 2 PM ET.

For March 2022: the Southern JAGriculture (Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, SUAREC) team prioritizes emergency preparedness and answering the calls of our community following an emergency. After the danger is controlled and the threat is managed, they provide programming and support to aid communities and Louisiana citizens in the Recovery phase.

Utilizing the historic 2016 Louisiana Flood as their conceptual lens, this webinar will focus on our individual efforts as second responders, SUAREC’s response to help mitigate future losses, the role and linkage of Extension professional as second responders, and much more. Be prepared to leave with a Social Action charge!

This team was supported by the Extension Foundation’s New Technologies for Ag Extension Program and released a publication about their work in 2021.

The Impact Collaborative is a bundle of services and events that are funded by and for Extension Foundation members only. To learn more about all Impact Collaborative opportunities, please visit the Impact Collaborative Events Calendar on Connect Extension. For inquiries on membership in the Extension Foundation, please contact membership@extension.org.

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National Registry of Cooperative Extension Programs & Assets February 2022 Update

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The National Registry of Cooperative Extension Programs & Assets (NRCEPA) provides ready-access to a living database of efforts across the system in order to rapidly respond to system-wide funding opportunities. Over 200 Cooperative Extension Programs and Projects have been registered in the NRCEPA since its inception. 

In February 2022, several improvements were made to the NRCEPA based upon feedback received from individuals and organizations across Cooperative Extension:

  • Improved design to show multiple questions per screen rather than a single question per screen. 
  • Reduced redundancy on question condition logic. 
  • Enabled and improved form accessibility for ADA compliance. 

The Extension Foundation would like to thank numerous individuals and organizations across Cooperative Extension that have provided feedback on the NRCEPA for the past year to help us improve this technology. This includes the National Extension Tourism Network, National Extension Climate Initiative, Southern Rural Development Center, National Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences, National Urban Extension Leaders, Extension Collaborative on Immunization Teaching & Engagement, and individual users across the Cooperative Extension system. 

To register your program, project, curriculum, or resource, please visit extension.org/registry. 

This tool is supported in part by New Technologies for Ag Extension grant no. 2020-41595-30123 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this content are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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EXCITE Gets Recognition from the CDC

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The Extension Collaborative on Immunization Teaching and Engagement, (EXCITE) program received a letter of gratitude from CDC director Samuel F. Posner, and a spotlight on the CDC’s Health Equity in Action page for their work.

In the letter, Samuel Posner recognizes the value of a partnership with Cooperative Extension, stating “..we’re looking forward to learning from CES and understanding community concerns to develop and deliver effective tailored messaging to increase vaccination in hard-to-reach communities, in both rural and urban settings. I know how hard field agents work, the long hours and distances traveled especially in rural and frontier areas, and how much you all care about the community members you serve.

He highlights how this strength of CES has led to great success in vaccine uptake, “because Extension field agents are known trusted messengers working in every county across the nation,….Tailored messaging in rural areas works… In rural areas, 71.4% of people ages 18 and older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Thank you to those who helped realize these achievements by getting vaccinated and helping others do the same.”

A great shout out to our EXCITE team members doing work in their communities! To view the impactful work EXCITE is doing including the full CDC letter, project success stories, and breakdown of projects by state head to the new EXCITE website hosted by Extension.org — https://extension.org/excite/

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