University of Florida
University of Florida
POW-10/ROA-09
Allen, Katherine K
UF/IFAS Suwannee County Extension
2. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF JOB DUTIES
Oversee Extension operations; act as a liaison between the University of Florida/IFAS and Suwannee County to ensure policies and procedures for both are followed; guide programmatic activities; hire and develop Agents and staff (10 plus three multi-county positions); assess, develop, present and evaluate programs for Suwannee Co. citizens in the area of food safety and preservation, nutrition and housing issues (energy and water conservation, indoor air quality, universal design, hurricane preparedness, etc.); assist with volunteer development and management (HCEs, MGs, and 4-H volunteers); supervise the facility and its maintenance; and manage the financial resources for Extension, including grants.
Specific duties by percentage (use same titles of Extension Program found in Section 23.)
2008 2009 2010
I. Health, nutrition and Food Safety/Preservation 20% 40% 40%
II. Housing Issues 20% 15% 10%
III. Administration and Leadership 45% 35% 35%
IV. Volunteer 10% 5% 10%
V. 4-H and (if non-4-H faculty) Other Extension Activities 5% 5% 5%
Total 100% 100% 100%
3. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
|Specialty |
|Energy and water conservation/efficiency |
|Food Handling and Food Safety |
|Food Preservation |
|Housing and Built Environment |
|Hurricane Preparedness |
|Indoor Air Quality |
|Nutrition and weight management |
4. ASSIGNED ACTIVITY:
|Activity |2009-10 |2008-09 |2007-08 |2006-07 |2005-06 |
|Teaching |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |
|Research |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |
|Extension |100 |100 |100 |100 |100 |
|Service |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |
|Total |100 |100 |100 |100 |100 |
5. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
|Institution |Field of Study |Degree |Year |
|University of Central Florida |Instructional Systems Design |M.A. |2000 |
|Central Michigan University |Interpersonal and Public Communication |B.A.A. |1991 |
6. EMPLOYMENT
|Employer |Rank |T/A* |From |To |
|UF/IFAS Suwannee County Extension Service |CED/Extension Agent III-FCS |Yes |8/10/2007 |Current |
|University of Florida/IFAS-Citrus Co. |CED/Extension Agent III-FCS |Yes |2/16/2005 |8/9/2007 |
|Extension | | | | |
|University of Florida/IFAS-Citrus County |CED/Extension Agent II-FCS |Yes |7/2/2002 |2/15/2005 |
|Extension | | | | |
|University of Florida/IFAS-Orange County |Extension Agent II-Energy | |6/2/2000 |7/1/2002 |
|Extension | | | | |
|University of Florida/IFAS-Orange County |Program Extension Agent I-Energy | |4/2/2000 |6/1/2000 |
|Extension | | | | |
|University of Florida/IFAS-Orange County |Visiting Extension Agent I-Energy | |4/29/1994 |4/1/2000 |
|Extension | | | | |
|*tenure accruing |
7. YEAR TENURE/PERMANENT STATUS AWARDED BY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA: 2003
8. UF TENURE AND PROMOTION CRITERIA:
9. TEACHING, ADVISING, AND/OR OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS: N/A
10. TEACHING EVALUATIONS: None
11. GRADUATE FACULTY STATUS: N/A
12. GRADUATE COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES: None
13. RESEARCH NARRATIVE: None
14. CREATIVE WORKS-6 slide shows (including Annie’s project, time management, basic solar panels, etiquette, modular housing, and how to utilize Powerpoint.)
Instructional multi-media presentations
Total six (6) instructional multi-media presentations for 2009
Allen,K. K. 2009. “Green? Renewable? Recyclable? Non-Toxic? Local? Sustainable? Conservation? SMART!” Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee County Extension office. 16 PowerPoint slides with script. Used with the Home and Community Education volunteers to give overview of energy situation.
Ruppert, K. C. and Allen,K. K. 2009. “Lighting” Gainesville, FL: Program for Resource Efficient Communities. 44 PowerPoint slides with script. Used for DOE meeting.
Allen,K. K. 2009. “Customer Service with a Smile” Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee County Extension office. 44 PowerPoint slides with script. Used in Master Gardener Volunteer training.
Allen,K. K. and Rogers, C. J. 2009. “Holiday Eating” Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee County Extension office. 44 PowerPoint slides with script. Used with Advent Christian Village.
Allen,K. K. 2009. “UF/IFAS Suwannee County Extension Review” Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee County Extension office. 44 PowerPoint slides with script. Used with the Overall Extension Advisory Committee.
Allen,K. K. 2009. “Stretching Your Food Budget” Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee County Extension office. 22 PowerPoint slides with script. Used with the HCE Cooking School.
Total six (6) instructional multi-media presentations for 2008
Allen, K. K. 2008. “Credit” Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee County Extension office. Eight (8) PowerPoint slides. Used with Financial Management 4-H Day Camp.
Allen, K. K. 2008. “Impacts in Extension Accountability”, Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee County Extension Office. 22 PowerPoint slides. Used with faculty to improve success stories.
Allen, K. K. 2008. “Help Yourself to a Healthy Home” Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee County Extension office. 51 PowerPoint slides. Used with indoor air quality classes.
Allen, K. K. 2008. “Summertime Food Safety” Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee County Extension office. 14 PowerPoint slides. Used with consumer food safety programs.
Allen, K. K. 2008. “ABC’s of Staying Safe” Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee County Extension office. Six (6) PowerPoint slides. Used with Extension Academy series.
Allen, K. K., & Corless, J. M. 2008. "Overall Advisory Committee Budget Overview" Live Oak, FL: Suwannee County Extension office. 36 PowerPoint slides (Slides).
Total three (3) instructional multi-media presentations for 2007
Allen, K. K., Corless, J. M. & Israel, G. D. 2007. "Overall Advisory Committee Overview" Lecanto, FL: Citrus County Extension office. 36 PowerPoint slides.
Allen, K. K. 2007. "Super Size Me: Portion Distortion" Live Oak, Fl: UF/IFAS Suwannee County Extension Office. 25 PowerPoint slides (Slides).
Allen, K. K. 2007. "The Importance of Flexibility" Lecanto, FL: UF/IFAS Citrus Co. Extension. Ten (10) slides and script (Slides).
Total six (6) instructional multi-media presentations for 2006
Allen, K. K. 2006. "Who Gets Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate" Lecanto, Florida: UF/IFAS Citrus County Extension office. 37 slides (Slides).
Allen, K. K. 2006. "Lunch and Learn: How to Prevent the Turkey Flu" Lecanto, FL: Citrus Co. Extension office. 19 Powerpoint slides (Slides).
Allen, K. K. & Bonsett, M. 2006. "Stress Management" Lecanto, Florida: UF/IFAS Citrus Co. Extension. Format Requirement: 17 PowerPoint slides (Slides).
Corless, J. M. & Allen, K. K. 2006. "Citrus County Overall Advisory Committee Update" Green Cove Springs, Florida: Clay County Extension office. 40 PowerPoint slides and script.
Henderson, B. M. & Allen, K. K. 2006. "Lighting" Pinellas, Citrus County FL: Pinellas and Citrus Counties Extension. (Slides).
Henderson, B. M. & Allen, K. K. 2006. "Homeowner Repair" Pinellas, Citrus County: Citrus County, FL. (Slides).
Total six (6) instructional multi-media presentations for 2005
Allen, K. K. 2005. "Jam and Jelly Making (powerpoint 27 slides)" Inverness, FL: UF/IFAS Citrus Co. Extension. Microsoft PowerPoint (Slides).
Allen, K. K. 2005. "Freezing Fruits and Vegetables at Home (65 slides)" Inverness, FL: UF/IFAS Citrus Co. Extension. Microsoft PowerPoint (Slides).
Allen, K. K. 2005. "Drying Foods (48 slides)" Inverness, FL: UF/IFAS Citrus Co. Extension. Microsoft Powerpoint (Slides).
Allen, K. K. 2005. "Canning Basics 101 (44 slides)" Inverness, FL: UF/IFAS Citrus Co. Extension. Microsoft PowerPoint (Slides).
Allen, K. K. 2005. "SALSA! (38 slides)" Lecanto, FL: UF/IFAS Citrus Co. ExtensionMicroSoft Powerpoint (Slides).
Allen, K. K. 2005. "SunWise (32 slides)" Inverness, FL: UF/IFAS Citrus Co. Extension Microsoft PowerPoint (Slides).
Exhibits and/or displays
Total three (3) exhibits and/or displays for 2009
Allen, K.K. 2009. “Keep it Green” Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee County Extension. Display at the Suwannee County Fair. (Exhibit)
Allen, K.K. 2009. “Food Safety, It’s in your hands!” Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee County Extension. Display at WalMart’s Safety Day. (Exhibit)
Allen, K. K. 2009. “UF/IFAS Suwannee County Extension Information” Gainesville, FL: ICS. (Exhibit)
Total six (6) exhibits and/or displays for 2005-2008
Allen, K. K. 2008. “UF/IFAS Extension, It’s in Your County” Live Oak, FL: North Florida Printing and graphics. (Exhibit).
Allen, K. K. 2007. "Suwannee County Overall Extension Booth" Live Oak, FL: North Florida Printing. Format Requirement: 8x10 booth (Exhibit).
Allen, K. K., Bonsett, M. F., Cuyler, G. & Nowak, C. 2007. "World's Greatest Baby Shower exhibit" Lecanto, FL: UF/IFAS Citrus County Extension. (Exhibit).
Allen, K. K. & Bonsett, M. L. 2007. "Ten Clues to Health Fraud" Lecanto, FL: UF/IFAS Citrus Co. Extension. (Exhibit).
Allen, K. K. & Bonsett, M. L. 2005. "Portion Distortion Exhibit" Lecanto, FL: UF/IFAS Citrus Co. Extension. (Exhibit).
Radio and TV
Total two (2) radio and TV for 2005
Allen, K. K. & Bonsett, M. 2005. "How to be safe when returning home from a hurricane-WYKE TV (Monica Bonsett)" Lecanto, FL: WYKE TV. Format Requirement: Digital television (Audiovisual Material).
Allen, K. K. 2005. "WYKE presents Lifelong Learning and Environmental Wrapping Paper" Lecanto, FL: WYKE TV. Format Requirement: Digital TV (Audiovisual Material).
15. PATENTS AND COPYRIGHTS: N/A
16. PUBLICATIONS
A. Books, Sole Author: None
B. Books, Co-Authored: None
D. Books, Contributor of Chapter(s):
Contributed one chapter in 2008
Allen, K. K., Norman, A. R., Boodoo, N. G., & Lee, H. J. (2008). My Florida Home Book 2.4: Taking Care of Home Systems (EDIS FCS3296) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida,Gainesville, FL.
E. Monographs: None
F. Refereed Publications: None
G. Non-Refereed Publications
Journal Articles
Four journal articles from 2006-2007
Allen, K. K. 2007. "Preventing Mold and Allergy Triggers Inside the Home" Building Solutions Magazine. Volume 3, Issue 8:9-13.
Allen, K. K. 2007. "Can You Smell the Wildfire?" Building Solutions Magazine. Issue 5, Volume 3:.
Allen, K. K. 2006. "Brighter Options for Saving Energy" Building Solutions Magazine. Issue 9, Volume 2.
Allen, K. K. 2006. "Keeping your Home Healthy" Building Solutions Magazine. Issue 1. Volume 7.
Bulletins, Circulars, and Fact Sheets
Allen, K. K. 2009. “Past Socialization Awareness Exercise” Live Oak, FL: Suwannee County Extension. 1 pp..
Three factsheets from 2006
Allen, K. K. 2006. "Are You Prepared?" Lecanto, FL: Citrus County Extension. 1 pp..
Allen, K. K. 2006. "Paint Finishes" Lecanto, FL: Citrus County Extension office. 1 pp..
Bonsett, M. & Allen, K. K. 2006. "Timeless Stress Relievers" Lecanto, FL: Citrus County Extension. 1 pp..
Newsletters
2010-Four issues of the Center Pivot, the UF/IFAS Suwannee County Extension newsletter.
Allen, K. K., Estevez, B., Hochmuth, R., Landrum, L., Rogers, C. J., Saft, C. S., Sowerby, M. E. & Toro, E. 2009. "Center Pivot Quarterly Newsletter" Suwannee County, Live Oak: In-house..Vol 2, Issues 1-4.
Allen, K. K., Estevez, B., Hochmuth, R., Landrum, L., Rogers, C. J., Saft, C. S., Sowerby, M. E. & Toro, E. 2008. "Center Pivot Quarterly Newsletter" Suwannee County, Live Oak: In-house..Vol 1, Issues 3-4.
Allen, K. K., Hochmuth, R., Landrum, L., Rogers, C. J., Saft, & C. S., Sowerby. 2008. "Center Pivot Quarterly Newsletter" Suwannee County, Live Oak: In-house.. Vol:1, Issue:2.
Allen, K. K., Hochmuth, R., Landrum, L., Kerr, S. S., Rogers, C. J., Saft, C. S., Ward, M. E., & Sowerby, M. E. 2008. "Center Pivot Quarterly Newsletter" Suwannee County, Live Oak: In-house.. Vol:1, Issue:1.
Allen, K. K., Camerino, A. W., Bradshaw, J. P., Bonsett, M. F., Duncan, A. H., Durr, A. J., Hooper, D. E., Jennings, E. W., Strickland, J. S., England, G. & Sweat, D. E. 2007. "Citrus County Extension Connection" Lecanto Florida: Citrus County Extension Office..
Newsletter Articles
2009-foreword for the Center Pivot quarterly newsletter
2008-Foreword for four issues of the Center Pivot, Suwannee County Extension’s quarterly newsletter.
Allen, K. K. 2007. "Baking Tips" Citrus County Extension Connection. (Quarterly) 2/1.
Allen, K. K. 2007. "Handwashing Habits" Extension Connection. (Quarterly).
Allen, K. K. 2007. "Are you ready? Emergency Preparedness for Older Adults" Extension Connection. (Quarterly).
H. Bibliographies/Catalogs: None
I. Abstracts
2010-Two abstracts planned
One abstract in 2009
Vergot III, P., Bowen, W. T., Allen, K. K., Atkins, J., Norman, A.R., Holmes, D., & Rosenthal, S. 2009. “Internationalizing University of Florida IFAS Extension Local Leaders and Extension Faculty Explore Biofuess in Brazil” Association of International Agriculture and Extension Education, 2009 San Juan, Puerto Rico (poster)
Four abstracts 2005-2008
Allen, K. K. & Hatch, W.R. 2008. "Working Towards Energy Independence: Affecting Decisions at the Local Level" A Conference on Ecosystems Services 2008: Using Science for Decision Making in Dynamic Systems, Naples, FL. conference.ifas.ufl.edu/aces (poster)
Allen, K. K. 2008. "Energy Independence: What Can We Learn From Brazil?" Campus and Community Sustainability Conference 2008. Orlando, FL.
Whitworth, G. O., Shephard, E. C. & Allen, K. K. 2007. "World's Greatest Baby Shower" 2007 EPAF Proceedings. 2007.
Schmidt, R. H., Allen, K. K., Blanton, Z., Clampitt, D., Goodrich, R. M., Hammond, R., Juarez, P., Walter, C., Keith, M. A. & Simonne, A. H. 2005. "Food irradiation survey: Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior" Proceedings of the Florida Association of Environmental Professionals (FAEP).
J. Reviews
Two reviews for 2009
Pederson, C.(2009). Top Ten Home Energy Checklist. (AE-1442) North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota.
Penuela, C. and Hillan, J. (2009). Breastfeeding: Benefits for Babies, Mothers, and Society.(EDIS FCS 8726) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Lee,H.J., Ruppert, K.C., and Porter, W. A. (2008). Energy Efficient Homes: Fluorescent Lighting (EDIS FCS3270) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
K. Miscellaneous
Newspaper Articles
In 2010, will submit eight (8) newspaper articles to the Suwannee Democrat
In 2009, eight (8) newspaper articles.
Allen, K. K. 2009. "Holiday Eating Tips” Suwannee Democrat. 12-30-2009(5a,10a).
Allen, K. K. 2009. "Community Members Make History” Suwannee Democrat. 10-30-2009(5a,10a).
Allen, K. K. 2009. "Get ‘Caught’ Eating Fish?” Suwnannee Democrat. 9-11-2009(11a).
Allen, K. K. 2009. "Mold-ology” Suwannee Democrat. 7-31-2009(3a).
Allen, K. K. 2009. "Local Extension Providing Space Age Technology” Suwannee Democrat. 7-17-2009(8c).
Allen, K. K. 2009. "Canning Under Pressure” Suwannee Democrat. 6-19-2009(3a).
Allen, K. K. 2009. "Lessons Learned” Suwannee Democrat. 5-22-2009(3a).
Allen, K. K. 2009. "Frugality is “IN”” Suwannee Democrat. 2-20-2009(3a).
Allen, K. K. 2008. "Prevent ‘Sal’ from Coming to your Holiday Meal” Suwannee Democrat. 12-5-2008(8a).
Allen, K. K. 2008. "Extension Cords Don’t Have To Be Frightening" Suwannee Democrat. 10-17-2008(3a).
Allen, K. K. 2008. "A Fan of Saving Energy" Suwannee Democrat. 7-18-08(5a).
Allen, K. K. 2008. "Yummers! The Joy of Canning" Suwannee Democrat. 6-20-08(3a-5a).
Allen, K. K. 2008. "More AC Tips" Suwannee Democrat. 5-9-08(5a-12a).
Allen, K. K. 2008. "Post Hole Digger New Weight Loss Remedy!" Suwannee Democrat. 5-9-2008(3a).
Allen, K. K. 2008. "How to be Watts Smart" Suwannee Democrat. 5-2-2008(11a).
Allen, K. K. 2008. "”Tis The Season…For Air Conditioning" Suwannee Democrat. 4-18-2008(3a, 7a).
Allen, K. K. 2008. "Yikes! Termites!" Suwannee Democrat. 3-28-08(5a-7a).
Allen, K. K. 2008. "Eggs Are Food, Not Toys" Suwannee Democrat. 3-21-2008(3a).
Allen, K. K. 2008. "There’s No Place Like Home" Suwannee Democrat. 2-8-2008 (3a).
Allen, K. K. 2008. "Football Fever: Don’t Catch the Wrong Kind" Suwannee Democrat. 2-1-2008 (5a).
Allen, K. K. 2008. "Help Yourself to A Healthy Home" Suwannee Democrat. 1-9-2008(3a).
Allen, K. K. 2007. "Extension Office Mark Farm-City Week with Inaugural Tour" Suwannee Democrat. 11-20-2007 (11a).
Allen, K. K. 2007. "New Weekly Column From Extension" Suwannee Democrat. 11-23-2007.
Allen, K. K. 2007. "Tips when buying a home" The Citrus County Chronicle-Blueprints. Blueprints.
Allen, K. K. 2007. "Is your 4-year old (secondhand) smoking?" The Citrus County Chronicle. HomeFront.
Allen, K. K. 2007. "Do You Have A Lead Paint Problem? (Blueprints)" The Citrus County Chronicle-Blueprints.
Allen, K. K. 2007. "New Year's Resolution: No Raw Shellfish" The Citrus County Chronicle. HomeFront pg. 19E.
Allen, K. K. 2006. "Home Sick Home: Air Quality Issues" Citrus County Chronicle. HomeFront.
Allen, K. K. 2006. "Design for Universal Use: A Home Needs to Accommodate Life's Age Stages and Varying Abilities (Blueprints)" Citrus County Chronicle.
Allen, K. K. 2006. "Turkey Flu? Foodborne Illness calls for precautions" Citrus County Chronicle.
Allen, K. K. 2006. "Energy Efficient Lighting: Can you SEE the savings?" Citrus County Chronicle.
Allen, K. K. 2006. "Is It Done?" Citrus County Chronicle. HomeFront.
Allen, K. K. 2006. "Lead Paint Hazards: Are they real?" Citrus County Chronicle. Homefront.
Allen, K. K. 2006. "Irradiation benefits Society in Many Ways" Citrus County Chronicle. HomeFront.
Allen, K. K. 2006. "Volunteers offer great solutions for your life-Citrus Co. Chronicle" Citrus County Chronicle.
Allen, K. K. 2006. "New Year's Resolutions-No Raw Oysters" Citrus County Chronicle. Homefront.
Allen, K. K. 2005. "Turkey time rolls around again for families-Citrus County Chronicle" Citrus County Chronicle.
Allen, K. K. 2005. "Saving Trees Makes Sense-Citrus Co. Chronicle, Circ. 30,000" Citrus County Chronicle.
Others
2010-Four brochures (Small Steps to Health and Wealth, canning classes brochure, lighting, energy)
Two brochures for 2009.
Allen, K. K. & Walters, W. 2009. "Cooking School: Stretching your Food Budget” class brochure, Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee Co. Extension. 2 pp..
Allen, K. K. 2008. "Termite ID and Prevention” class brochure, Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee Co. Extension. 2 pp..
Allen, K. K. 2008. "Who Get’s Grandma’s Yellow Pie Plate?" class brochure, Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee Co. Extension. 2 pp..
Allen, K. K. & McMillan, D. R.2008. "Help Yourself to a Healthy Home brochure" Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee Co. Extension. 2 pp..
Allen, K. K. 2008. "Housing Websites in Suwannee County" Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee Co. Extension. 1 p. (handout)
Allen, K. K. 2008. "Disaster Preparedness brochure" Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee Co. Extension. 2 pp..
Allen, K. K., Estevez, B., & Rogers, C. J. 2008. "Financial Melodrama" Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee Co. Extension. 2pp.. (script to be used as 4-H activity)
Allen, K. K. 2008. "Food Safety Melodrama" Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee Co. Extension. 1p. (script to be used as 4-H activity)
Allen, K. K. & Walters, W. H. 2008. "Food Manager and Handler Classes in Suwannee County" Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee Co. Extension. 2 pp..(brochure)
Allen, K. K. 2008. "UF/IFAS Suwannee Co. Extension programming with Suwannee County Schools” Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee Co. Extension. 2 pp..(handout used with Superintendant and Board of County Commissioners.)
Allen, K. K. & Walters, W. 2007. "Food Handler Training in Columbia and Suwannee brochure" Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee Co. Extension. 2 pp..
Allen, K. K., Walters, W. & McMillan, D. R. 2007. "Simply Florida Recipe Demonstration Class brochure" Live Oak, FL: UF/IFAS Suwannee Co. Extension. 2 pp..
Allen, K. K. 2005. "Citrus County Canning Kitchen 2005 Brochure" Inverness, FL: UF/IFAS Citrus Co. Extension. 2 pp..
Allen, K. K. & Cuyler, G. 2005. "UF/IFAS Citrus Co. Extension and Environmental Health Building Ribbon Cutting" Lecanto, FL: UF/IFAS Citrus Co. Extension. 2 pp..
Allen, K. K. & DeVries, C. 2005. "Making Chocolate Candy 2005 Brochure" Lecanto, FL: UF/IFAS Citrus County Extension office. 2 pp..
Allen, K. K., Bonsett, M. & DeVries, C. 2005. "Drying and Freezing 2005 Brochure" Inverness, FL: Citrus County Extension Office. 2 pp..
Allen, K. K., Bonsett, M. & DeVries, C. 2005. "Jam/Jelly Making 101-2005 Brochure" Inverness, FL: Citrus Co. Extension Office. 2 pp..
Allen, K. K., DeVries, C. & Bonsett, M. 2005. "Canning Basics 2005 Brochure" Inverness, FL: Citrus County Extension Office. 2 pp..
Allen, K. K., DeVries, C. & Bonsett, M. 2005. "Salsa Making 2005 Brochure" Inverness, FL: Citrus Co. Extension. 2 pp..
17. LECTURES, SPEECHES OR POSTERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES/MEETINGS
International
Allen, K. K. (poster presenter, selected) "Using Research to Make Decisions”. A Conference on EcoSystems, Naples, FL. December 10, 2008.
Allen, K. K. (moderator, selected) Energy Conservation track at Housing Education and Research Association in Indianapolis, IN. October 9, 2008.
National-None
Regional
Allen, K.K. (presenter, invited) Residential Lighting. At ORNL/DOE Transferring Housing Research Information to Land Grant Universities in Orlando, FL on May 26-28, 2009.
State
Allen, K. K. (presenter, selected) Energy Independence: What can we learn from Brazil? At Campus and Community Sustainability Conference at University of Central Florida at Orlando, FL on October 21, 2008.
Allen, K. K. (presenter, selected) Taking Care of Home Systems at Homebuyer Education and Some Critical Housing Issues Inservice in Gainesville, FL on June 24, 2008.
Local
Allen, K. K. (Presenter, invited) "A Bright Way to Save Energy: Lighting" at FAFCS-Regional Meeting, Longwood, September 19, 2006.
18. CONTRACTS AND GRANTS DURING LAST FIVE YEARS
a. Funded Externally
|Date |Value |Funding Agency |Title |Role/% |
|2008-09 & 10 |$100,000 |Suwannee River Management District |FYN Partnership |Co-PI (10%) |
|2007-08 |$119,746 |SWFWMD and Citrus Co. BOCC |2008 FYN program in Citrus County |PI |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
Summary of External Grant Funding
|Role |Total |Direct Costs |Indirect Costs |
|Principal Investigator |$0 |$0 |$0 |
|Co-Principal Investigator |$10,000 |$0 |$0 |
|Investigator |$0 |$0 |$0 |
|Sponsor of Junior Faculty |$0 |$0 |$0 |
|Total |$10,000 |$0 |$0 |
b. Funded Internally:
2009 $ 1,278 IFAS Administration Professional Enhancement Grant-PI
2009 $12,000 UF/IFAS Administration-Extension Program Enhancement Grant -Member
Revitalizing home canning and food preservation in Florida for Sustainable
Living, Sustainable Community, and Safe Food.
c. Submitted, Pending Decision: N/A
d. Submitted, but not funded:
|Subm. |Amount Requested |* |Funding Agency |Title |Role |
|Date | | | | | |
|2009 |Registration, lodging |NF |Center for Environmental Farming |Energy Training for Agriculture | |
| |and transportation | |Systems |Professionals (EnTAP) | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| |$10,000 |NF |UF/IFAS Administration-Extension |Revitalizing home canning and food|Member |
|2008 | | |Program Enhancement Grant |preservation in Florida for | |
| | | | |Sustainable Living, Sustainable | |
| | | | |Community, and Safe Food. | |
|*P = Pending; NF = Not Funded; R = Resubmission |
e. In-kind Contributions
|Date |Value |Funding Agency |Title |Role |
|2010 |$500 |Shirley Neimeyer (University of Nebraska) |Housing Energy Community of Practice | |
| | | |Appliance meeting (travel and lodging costs |Member |
| | | |to Louisiana) | |
|2010 |$625 | |Annie’s project materials |presenter |
|2009 |$1,800 |Various businesses in Suwannee |Door prizes for HCE cooking school |Advisor |
|2009 |$1,404 |Shirley Neimeyer |Housing Community of Practice |member |
|2009 |$322 |HCE |Food at BOCC luncheon |Advisor |
|2009 |$50 |Cheek and Scott (through Wanda Walters) |2 gallons of hand antiseptic ($24 ea) |Co-PI |
|2009 |$50 |Bank of America |Bags for programs |PI |
|2009 |$1,832 |Rural Lite (total amt: $3,665 divided by two |Goodies for classes (food tasting, scales, |Co-PI |
| | |Agents in Suwannee) |pedometer, Calorie King books, measuring | |
| | | |cups/spoons, class materials, screen, and | |
| | | |campaign materials) | |
|2009 |$170 |PREC/DOE |Lodging and mileage |PI |
|2009 |$595 |Anna Smith* |Volunteer to answer phones |PI |
|2009 |$2138 |Workforce* |Summer Youth Intern |PI |
|2009 |$150 |Suwannee River Regional Library |Meeting space for Rural Lite classes |PI |
|2009 |$750 |Spirit of the Suwannee |Meeting room for Faculty mtg. |PI |
|2009 |$240 |Suwannee Co. Public Works |Labor for digging trench, creating form |PI |
| | | |boards and screeing the concrete for compost| |
| | | |shed | |
|2009 |$375 |Hatch Enterprises, Inc. |Concrete for compost shed |PI |
|2009 |$800 |Shirley Neimeyer (University of Nebraska) |Housing Energy Community of Practice meeting|Member |
| | | |(travel and lodging costs to Las Vegas, | |
| | | |Nevada) | |
|Total In-Kind for 2009 |$10,676 |
|2008 |$557 |Suwannee Regional Library |Training for staff on Powerpoint and Excel |PI |
|2008 |$3,050 |Kiah Eubanks |Greenhouse |PI |
|2008 |$120 |HCE volunteers |Food for Commissioners Luncheon |Co-PI |
|2008 |$250 |Merriman and Associates |Filter Samples |PI |
|2008 |$4,171 |Lisa Kilmire |20 hrs./wk volunteer secretarial |PI |
|2008 |$1,251 |Anna Smith |6 hrs./mo. volunteer receptionist |PI |
|2008 |$300 |Live Oak Paint (Brad) |Items for Hale Park project |Co-PI |
|Total in-kind for 2008 |$9,699 |
|2007 |$1,500 |TDC of Suwannee County |Marketing Suwannee County Extension |PI |
|2007 |$200 |Joseph Laquatra, Ph.D. |Healthy Homes resources |PI |
|2007 |$900 |Brad Thorpe/Bob Glancy |Boulders for FYN garden |PI |
|2007 |$900 |Farm Bureau and Suwannee River Partnership |Luxury Motorcoach for Farm Tour |Co-PI |
|2007 |$350 |Farm Bureau |Farm City Days Luncheon |PI |
|2007 |$240 |Farm Bureau, various local farmers, Pilgrims |Gifts for Farm Tour Participants |PI |
| | |Pride, REC center,etc. | | |
|2006 - |$119,746 |SWFWMD and Citrus Co. BOCC |2007 FYN program in Citrus County |PI |
|2007 | | | | |
|2006 - |$500 |SunTrust Bank |Funding for Reality Check Money Camp: |PI |
|2006 | | |Teaching Teens Financial Fitness | |
“Calculation of economic value of trained volunteers’ contribution to Extension programs: According to 2007 Fl. data from the Independent Sector
the estimated dollar value of a volunteer hour in Florida is $17.78, including estimated fringe benefits. In Extension, trained volunteers are contributing to Extension programs by dedicating their time, skills, talent, and expertise under supervision or guidance by faculty.” Note there is a lag time of almost one year in the government’s release of the state level data which explains why the state volunteering value are one year behind the national value.
19. UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE AND SERVICE
|Year |Type and Role |Unit of Measure |Number |Description |
|2009-10 |Member, Live Oak Small Farms |Meetings |1 |Small Farms Academy Board Member |
| |Academy | | | |
|2009 |Serve on REC advisory committee|Year |1 |North Florida Research and Education |
| | | | |Center-Suwannee Valley |
|2009-10 |Participant |Committees |2 |Housing Energy Community of Practice |
| | |(Appliances and | | |
| | |Lighting) | | |
|2008 |Participant |Participant |1 |SERA # 37: Bridging the Culture Divide: |
| | | | |Inclusive Extension Programming for Latinos |
|2008 |Screening Committee Member |Committee |1 |NE District Extension Director Screening |
| | | | |Committee |
|2008 |Serve on college committee/task|Committees/Task |1 |Marketing, Recruiting, Screening, and Hiring |
| |force – member |Forces | |(MRS. H) committee. Act as secretary for group.|
| | | | |Produced a recruiting brochure and advised on |
| | | | |on-line application and reference forms. |
|2008 |Serve on advisory committee |Meetings |2 |North Florida Research and Education |
| | | | |Center-Suwannee Valley on 2-21-08 & 9-11-08 |
|2007-08 |Serve on other committee/task |Years |2 |Focus 7 Goal 5 |
| |force – member | | | |
|2007-08 |Serve on university |Years |2 |EPI action team for UF's Emerging Pathogens |
| |committee/task force – member | | |Institute |
20. CONSULTATIONS OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY: N/A
21. EDITOR OF A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL, SERVICE ON AN EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD OR REVIEWER FOR A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL- N/A
22. INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
|Year |Type and Role |Unit of Measure |Number |Description |
|2008 |Member |Team |1 |Study ethanol production (including issues and |
| | | | |challenges faced) in Sao Paulo, Brazil with a |
| | | | |team of five Florida County Commissioners and |
| | | | |UF/IFAS colleagues. |
| |
23. EXTENSION PROGRAM (for IFAS only)
When reviewing the existing advisory committee, it was revealed that meeting as one big overall group and then breaking into program areas afterward did not provide enough time to discuss programmatic activities. A new structure was implemented. Agents established which members they would like to stay on the overall as representatives of their program area or if they would like the members to represent their individual program area advisory committee. We met twice during lunchtime (on July 17, 2009 and October 21, 2009). Minutes were sent to the District Extension Director. Copies are also available in the affirmative action file in the office. The members on the committee represent all program areas in the Suwannee County Extension office and locations within the county. The members also represent the demographics of the community. The group identified a need to elevate the awareness of Extension and brainstormed potential ways to be seen as a resource. Two drafts of brochures were created as a result and were reviewed at the second meeting. In addition, a list of community members with whom the Agents need to become familiar was generated.
The Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) committee of twelve members was established by Cathy Rogers and Katherine Allen to review the FCS programs (including the Family Nutrition Program grant) and met on: November 12, 2009.
This committee received background on FCS and current/planned programs, the budget, Affirmative Action and the Family Nutrition Grant. The committee provided feedback on areas that are currently needed. Additional members are being solicited to ensure representation from various societal needs. There were four males and eight women. There is one black representative and one Hispanic representative. They confirmed the identification of needs within the community that the Family and Consumer Sciences programs can address. Developed a one-year/two year rotation based on whether they were transferred from the overall advisory committee.
Specific duties by percentage
2008 2009 2010
Health, nutrition and Food Safety/Preservation 20% 40% 40%
Housing Issues 20% 15% 10%
Administration and Leadership 45% 35% 35%
Volunteer 10% 5% 10%
4-H and (if non-4-H faculty) Other Extension Activities 5% 5% 5%
Total 100% 100% 100%
Food Safety and Preservation Situation
Situation statement:
The Center for Disease Controls (CDC) estimates that there are about 76 million foodborne illnesses, 300,000 hospitalizations and over 5,000 deaths each year as a result of foodborne disease. The five most common risk factors that cause foodborne illness include: Purchasing food from unsafe sources, failing to cook food adequately, holding food at incorrect temperatures, using contaminated equipment and practicing poor personal hygiene. So, even with today’s technology, the causes can be prevented if people handling food utilize proper procedures and practices. Florida ranks as one of the top ten states in the incidence of foodborne disease. Florida has the second highest incidence of AIDS in the U. S. This disease predisposes people to the most severe consequences of foodborne illness.
CDC surveillance data show that more than 50% of reported foodborne illness cases are attributed to foodservice establishments. Food service establishments in Florida are regulated by three agencies: the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DACS), and by the Department of Health (DoH). Those under DBPR and DACS are required to receive certification by passing an exam with a 75% or higher. Agencies regulated by DoH are not required by the state, but may have county requirements to fulfill. UF/IFAS Extension has utilized the National Restaurant Association’s ServSafe curriculum since 2001. The certification is valid for five years from the test date and must be renewed. In addition, all food handlers must be trained within 60 days of date of hire. Establishments in Suwannee County and the surrounding areas have access to the training and exam locally (without having to travel to Tallahassee, Gainesville, Jacksonville or Orlando.) Cost for the class, exam and textbook is $165.00 per participant.
This training is recommended by many establishments in order to be promoted into management, which increases the salary of the worker. The average annual wage for someone in Leisure and Hospitality in 2008 in Suwannee County was $12,053.
USDA FNS is issuing a final rule requiring school food authorities participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) or the School Breakfast Program (SBP) to develop a school food safety program, based on the hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) system in 2010.
More stringent food safety standards are being required by regulatory agencies for growers/packers to prevent foodborne illness outbreaks.
In addition, there used to be a Canning Center in Suwannee County. With the downturn in the economy there is a renewed interest in food preservation.
Target audience(s): Workers and volunteers of foodservice establishments and general consumers (including school food service workers and growers).
Food Safety and Preservation Program Objectives
• Over 70% of the participants in the ServSafe class will pass certification exam with a 75% or higher in 2010.
• In 2010, 100% of the participants attending the ServSafe class will identify at least one improved procedure or technique for handling and preparing food they intend from post surveys.
• In 2010, at least 75% of ServSafe participants will adopt one or more recommended safe food handling practice to protect food from contamination by pathogenic microorganisms, parasites, and naturally occurring toxins as documented through post survey or phone call.
• Participation in ServSafe in 2010 will increase over 2009 (60) in 2009.
• Over 70% of the participants in the ServSafe class will pass certification exam with a 75% or higher.
• In 2009, 100% of the participants attending the ServSafe class will identify at least one improved procedure or technique for handling and preparing food.
• In 2009, 75% of ServSafe participants intend to change one or more recommended safe food handling practice to protect food from contamination by pathogenic microorganisms, parasites, and naturally occurring toxins.
• Participation in ServSafe will increase by 10% in 2009.
Food Safety and Preservation Educational Methods and Activities
Two canning classes are scheduled for 2010. Local newspaper articles are planned. Phone call and walk-in questions are answered as needed. Working on cost and design to create a certified kitchen from a local facility that is county-owned. Annie’s project (6-wk course co-teaching). Tomato-Small Farms Academy class. Six ServSafe courses scheduled. One on one consultations with those who failed ServSafe exam to prepare them to re-take the test.
The National Restaurant Association’s ServSafe course material is taught and the exam is proctored by the instructor. Cathy Rogers, the Family and Consumer Sciences Agent who teaches financial management and health related issues was agreeable to obtain her instructor and proctor certification to ensure a back-up for me in the event that I was called away and could not teach during the pre-scheduled dates. Food Managers and handlers class participants were all given thermometers, which are paid for through the fee received by the Agent by providing the Food Manager’s course. Six NRA ServSafe food manager certification programs were scheduled for 2009. One had to be cancelled due to low registrations. One-on-one consultations were provided to those who failed ServSafe exam to prepare them to retake the test.
Consumer food safety and preservation is presented at short meetings (1/2 hour to 1 hour) at places like the Advent Christian Village, Home and Community education meetings, etc. Articles are written for the newspaper and general requests for information are received via phone and walk-ins (usually about canning).
In collaboration with Columbia County Extension, Suwannee County scheduled programs to ensure every month (either in Suwannee or Columbia) there was a food manager training and certification course available. When the Agent in Columbia took another position, Cathy Rogers and I taught the remaining Columbia County Extension dates to prevent them from being cancelled. Three of the food handler’s classes were provided utilizing the Florida Restaurant Association’s SafeStaff materials.
Table 1a. Group Teaching Events- Agent
| |Number of Events |Number of |
|Type of Event/Topic 2009-2010 | |Participants |
|2010-NRA Serv Safe Food Mgr. Class/Exam |6 |60 |
|2010-General consumer food safety classes |4 |48 |
|2009-National Restaurant Association’s (NRA) ServSafe Food Manager Class and |5 |52 |
|Exam 2-16-2009 | | |
|2009-Food Handler classes |2 |30 |
|2009-Consumer food safety classes |4 |60 |
|2009 Safety Day at Walmart |1 |75 |
| | | |
| | | |
| |Number of Events |Number of Participants |
|Type of Event/Topic | | |
|2008-NRA ServSafe Food Manager Class and Exam (3-11, 5-13, 8-5, | |33 |
|2008 Food Handler Class (using FRA’s SafeStaff materials) 1-30, 9-21, 11- |3 |16 |
|2008-Consumer Food Safety (ACV, HCEs, etc.) |4 |136 |
| | | |
|2007 Canning Center Classes |6 |117 |
|2007 Serv Safe classes and counseling | |21 |
|2007 Food Safety Demo | |57 |
|2006 Irradiation |2 |22 |
|2006 Irradiation Field Day |1 |7 |
|2006 ServSafe Class and Exam | |40 |
|2006 Canning Basics, Jam and Jelly Making Class, Salsa Class | |87 |
|2006 World's Greatest Baby Shower 2006 | |200 |
|2006 Demonstration-Food Safety Demo |3 | |
|2005 Canning Basics, Drying and Freezing, Jam/Jelly Making 101, & Salsa | |78 |
|2005 ServSafe Class and Exam | |36 |
|2004 ServSafe Class and Exam | |71 |
Note: From 2005-2007 Agent worked in Citrus Co. which also had supervisory requirements for a canning kitchen for food preservation that was open to the public.
Table 2. “Workload Data”
|Your total number of Educational Materials prepared this Year |11 |
| | |
|Your Number of Clientele contacts: | |
|Douglas Center Kitchen, Walmart field consultations |2 |
|office consultations |5 |
|telephone consultations |25 |
|group learning participants |217 |
|e-mail consultations |3 |
Table 3: Race and Ethnicity Data
| |Projected | |Parity |
| |Target Audience |Audience Reached |(± 4%) |
|Race and Ethnicity |(from 2009 POW) |in 2009 |Reached |
| |Number |% |Number |% | |
|Hispanic |56 |7.4% |17 |7.8 |Y |
|Multi-racial |8 |1% |3 |1.3 |Y |
|Pacific Islander |0 |0% |0 |0 |Y |
|American Indian |3 |0.4% |1 |0 |Y |
|Asian |5 |0.6% |0 |0 |Y |
|Black |86 |11.3% |1 |5.5 |N |
|White |608 |79.5% |2 |84.7 |N |
|Unknown | | |12 | | |
|Total |766 |100% |217 |100% | |
| | | | | | |
|Male |375 |49% |95 |44% |N |
|Female |391 |51% |121 |56% |N |
|Unknown | |% | |% | |
|Total |766 |100% | |100% | |
Food Safety and Preservation Outcomes and Impacts
Objective #1: Over 70% of the participants in 2009 ServSafe classes will pass certification exam with a 75% or higher.
Outcome/Impact #1: In 2009, 80.22% of the Suwannee County ServSafe participants passed with a score of 76 or higher. Average class score in 2008 was 82.9% in Suwannee.
Objective #2: In 2009, 100% of the participants attending the ServSafe class will identify at least one procedure or technique for handling and preparing food they will improve.
Outcome/Impact #2: As a result of attending the ServSafe course, 100% participants from 2-16-09 class marked on post class survey they intended to prevent cross-contamination through proper food handling and storage as a result of the class. In the 11-18-09 class, not only did they intend to cool, hold and cook food s to the proper internal temperature, a majority of the class (19 out of 23) planned to wash hands more frequently and thoroughly as well as prevent cross contamination through proper foodhandling and storage. They also submitted the following unsolicited items:
• Work on training my employees more vigorously on hand washing
• Plan for issues like water outage and sewage backage
• Constant and on-going training for crew
• Crisis management
• Pass my knowledge onto my crew members in a fun, educational way.
The Center for Disease Controls (CDC) estimates that there are about 76 million foodborne illnesses, 300,000 hospitalizations and over 5,000 deaths each year as a result of foodborne disease. The five most common risk factors that cause foodborne illness include: Purchasing food from unsafe sources, failing to cook food adequately, holding food at incorrect temperatures, using contaminated equipment and practicing poor personal hygiene. So, management has identified practices in their work that need to be modified or implemented. They focused in on some of the top causes of foodborne disease.
Objective #3: Participation in ServSafe will increase by 10% in 2009.
Outcome/Impact #3: 2009 saw 41 participants tested. In 2008, there were 25 participants who tested. This was a 64% increase over 2008. There were participants who traveled from surrounding counties as well as from Bainbridge, Valdosta, Albany and Thomasville, Georgia. This certification ensures establishments have a supervisor who has a base of food safety knowledge and is in a position to train others. CDC surveillance data show that more than 50% of reported foodborne illness cases are attributed to foodservice establishments. Therefore, the more people we can have in foodservice establishments, the greater the likelihood that we are reducing the number of instances of foodborne outbreaks.
Success Story
I received a call from a participant who wanted to know where to purchase the thermometers similar to the ones that I had given out in the ServSafe class, as she wanted to provide them to all of her employees. The Center for Disease Control lists failing to cook food adequately and holding food at incorrect temperatures as two of the top five reasons why food becomes unsafe. Utilizing a thermometer would allow a food service worker to cook as well as to hold food at the proper temperatures. If only one foodborne outbreak was prevented as a result of this establishment providing thermometers to its staff, an average of $250,000 worth of costs (lost revenue, pitched food, lost wages, court and medical costs) could be prevented. In many cases after an outbreak, restaurants go out of business. In a small town, the ripple effect is huge. In addition, the potential for preventing someone from getting sick or dying is important but difficult to quantify.
In 2008 only 56% of ServSafe participants statewide purchased a book.
In 2008 Suwannee had 33 ServSafe participants, 25 were tested, 24 passed for a 96% passing rate, 21 purchased manuals, one took a re-test, overall the average exam score in Suwannee was 84.2%. A statewide 8.9% decrease in participants in 2008 may be due to either economy or a reduction in the number of instructors
Statewide, among those who purchased the manual in 2007 show a higher average score (by 4.01-point) for examinees who purchased the book over those who did not purchase the manual.
Overall FL Total Passing Rate: 2007: 79.72% 2008: 80.22%
I received a score of 100% on the ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification Exam (the instructor exam), thus providing an informed instructor to provide quality information to Suwannee County citizens.
During each class, participants share stories of incorrect food handling procedures they previously utilized and then confirmed the correct food handling technique during class
In 2007, worked with an establishment to become certified through USDA to be able to ship beef jerky internationally, but before could work through the whole process, the two owners got into a fight and they went bankrupt.
Housing Issues Situation
Situation statement:
Shelter is one of the three essentials for mankind. Floridians spend from 1/3 to ½ of their disposable income for housing. In Suwannee County, the median household income in 2007 was $36,898 while the median value of owner-occupied home in 2007 was $157,855 (46%) while in Florida is $230,400.
Besides the lack of availability of affordable, quality housing for low and limited income families, Suwannee County faces several different housing challenges including, housing for the elderly and physically challenged; housing that utilizes natural resources like water and energy usage in a conservative way, and housing that provides good indoor air quality in a hot and humid climate. Suwannee County must also consider the removal and disposal of lead house paint from old structures. So in addition to being a financial consideration, shelter is also an important health concern.
Finally, the economy has placed additional stress on the housing situation. Florida holds the dubious distinction of having the highest foreclosure rate in the nation. In 2008, Suwannee had a population of 39,802. With the downturn in the economy, the housing market has suffered both in new home starts (In 2007, there were 463, while in 2008 there were 247) and in terms of sales and median value. In 2008, there were 16,779 housing units. Although there was an increase of 5.6% from 2000-2006, the recession in 2008 has seen reduction in the workforce of the construction industry (which according to the Florida enterprise website, accounted to 3.1 % in Suwannee Co. in 2006.) The average annual wage for someone working in construction in 2008 was $29,905. One of the top six private sector employers in Suwannee was in the construction field: MusGrove Construction. Another issue is in regards to planning and zoning. There are two large cities Live Oak and Branford around which main clusters of population are located. However, five and ten acre tracts are required outside of the city limits which places stress on infrastructure and services (EMS) and can lead to sprawl if unchecked and unplanned.
The good news is that in 2000 (most recent census information available) Suwannee County had an 80.9% homeownership rate (vs. 70.1% in Florida). If citizens in Suwannee County can become homeowners, we can increases the local tax base. The State Housing Initiative Program (SHIP) provides down payment assistance to those limited resources families who fix credit issues which result in mortgage payments that are the same or less than rent. The downpayment assistance is based on income eligibility and the participants must attend both nights of the two-class session.
Finally, through simple retrofitting or incorporating home designs to accommodate all abilities, the elderly and physically challenged are able to live independently and longer in their homes. This reduces the amount of assistance required through the state. Homes also affect health. Respiratory and other health related problems could be substantially reduced by improving indoor air quality. Radon and lead are just a couple of examples. Very often, the problems are easy to correct or can be built into the housing system from the start.
In 2007, seven percent of Suwannee County adults have asthma. (State rate is 6.2%) according to the Florida Dept of Health. Bureau of Epidemiology, Florida BRFSS Survey.
Target audience(s): Parents, builders/remodelers, homebuyers, caregivers, the elderly, those who have physical disabilities, those with allergies or asthma.
Housing Issues Program Objectives
• In 2010, according to a six month post-class survey, 75% of SHIP participants will identify the three ways to differentiate a termite from an ant.
• In 2010, 50% of the State Housing Initiative Program (SHIP) participants will adopt two or more energy saving or universal design practices.
• In 2010, according to a six month post-class survey, participants of the termite class and the SHIP classes will identify the benefit of a full termite guarantee vs. a limited warranty.
• In 2009, 80% of the SHIP participants will identify, look for and buy products with the Energy Star logo.
• In 2009, 10% of the builders attending the Low Impact Development workshop will sign up as an Energy Star builder and will offer Energy Star as a homebuying option.
• In 2009, 10% of the SHIP participants will purchase a home after qualifying for the homebuyer assistance through attendance of the class.
• 20% of the participants in the Help Yourself to a Healthy Home class will obtain and use a lead testing or radon kit.
Housing Issues Educational Methods and Activities
In 2010, there have been four, two-night (three hours each) State Housing Initiative Program (SHIP) first time homebuyer classes scheduled. Present a Post-purchase class in the second half of 2010 for those who have purchased a home through the SHIP program. Local newspaper articles are planned. Phone call and walk-in questions are answered as needed.
Four SHIP classes were scheduled for and presented in 2009. Presentations on energy and lighting were presented. Created a survey to assess needs of homebuyers. Coordinated with the Itchtucknee Springs Partnership to present a low-impact development in Suwannee and Columbia counties. . Local newspaper articles were written. Exhibits at fair and other festivals were manned. Phone calls and walk-in questions were answered (on topics from asbestos, radon, etc.) One on one consultations for local citizens building a house were also performed.
Initial participation in the State Housing Initiative Program (SHIP) was assisting with one of three nights in presenting energy efficiency and termite information. Discussions about moving the class to the Extension office and having Extension oversee the content delivery were discussed in the summer. The new My Home book was utilized for the first class overseen by Extension in November 2008. Two of the three scheduled Healthy Homes classes were cancelled due to low participation. Two Disaster Preparation classes were cancelled due to no interest.
Table 1a. Group Teaching Events- Agent
| |Number of Events |Number of |
|Type of Event/Topic | |Participants |
|2009 Review of energy situation |1 |15 |
|Lighting in Orlando for Southeast region | |35 |
|2009-State Housing Initiatives Program (SHIP) classes for down payment |4 |62 |
|assistance | | |
|2008- State Housing Initiatives Program (SHIP) classes for down payment |6 |243 |
|assistance | | |
|2008-Scheduling Maintenance: Taking Care of Home Systems |1 |25 |
|2008-Consumer Housing Programs (Radon, Lead, Energy Efficiency, termites, |4 |16 |
|Indoor Air Quality, etc.) | | |
Table 2. “Workload Data” exhibit, green ppt, abstract, articles, lighting
|Your total number of Educational Materials prepared this Year |5 |
| | |
|Your Number of Clientele contacts: | |
|field consultations |1 |
|office consultations |11 |
|telephone consultations |10 |
|group learning participants |112 |
|e-mail consultations |15 |
Table 3: Race and Ethnicity Data
| |Projected | |Parity |
| |Target Audience |Audience Reached |(± 4%) |
|Race and Ethnicity |(from 2009 POW) |in 2009 |Reached |
| |Number |% |Number |% | |
|Hispanic |996 |7.4% |6 |4% |Yes |
|Multi-racial |13 |1.0% |0 |0% |Yes |
|Pacific Islander |0 |0% |0 |0% |Yes |
|American Indian |53 |0.4% |0 |0% |Yes |
|Asian |80 |0.6% |1 |.006% |Yes |
|Black |1,520 |11.3% |29 |19% |No |
|White |10,798 |79.5% |113 |75.8% |Yes |
|Unknown |0 |0 | | | |
|Total |13,460 |100% |149 | | |
| | | | | | |
|Male |6,595 |49% |37 |25% |No |
|Female |6,865 |51% |112 |75% |Yes |
|Unknown |0 |0% | | | |
|Total |13,460 |100% |149 | | |
Housing Outcomes and Impacts
Note: Long term evaluations were not given since downpayment money was not available.
Objective #1: In 2009, 80% of the SHIP participants will identify, look for and buy products with the Energy Star logo.
Outcome/Impacts #1: In September 2009 a post-class survey found 17 our of the 19 SHIP class participants intended to buy an energy efficient light bulb and 17 indicated that they would purchase appliances with energy star labels. Note: Surveys for future post-class follow up surveys were developed utilizing Survey Monkey. Surveys were not sent out as Housing Services would not allow addresses to be shared. A new, additional sign-in sheet was developed to capture address information from participants attending the classes in order to send follow up surveys.
Pre and post class surveys were given in Sept. 2009. Some of the changes included:
• Creating a written budget. Four SHIP participants originally indicated they felt they needed a lot of help and information about creating a written budget. As a result of the class, the importance of having a written budget was evidenced by 17 (out of 19) participants indicating they intended to create a written budget.
• Repairing their credit. Most of the participants understood they needed to correct some issues, but did not necessarily know how or where to start. As a result of the class 14 SHIP participants intended to order their credit report and nine intended to purchase their credit score.
• Utilizing additional resources. Only one was already using Rural Development for a low interest loan, but an additional eight SHIP participants intended to apply for a USDA loan.
• Deciding if they were ready to buy a home. Three of the participants decided that they were not ready to purchase a home at this time.
Objective #2: In 2009, 10% of the builders attending the Low Impact Development workshop will sign up as an Energy Star builder and will offer Energy Star as a homebuying option.
Outcome/Impacts #2: Unfortunately, this number was not able to be quantified. Disappointingly, a follow-up field trip was planned to view developments that had implement the Low Impact Development principles and not one person from the class attended.
Objective #3: In 2009, 10% of the SHIP participants will purchase a home after qualifying for the homebuyer assistance through attendance of the class.
Outcome/Impacts #3: In 2008-2009, we help 15 families buy homes (two new constructions and 13 existing homes). The two foreclosures that occurred in 2009 were from purchases in the previous ten years. As a result of homebuying, there are additional purchases that occur and support the local economy.
2009 Success Story:
A woman called the office concerned about radon because she was getting headaches. After going through a list of symptoms and living habits and house information, it was suggested that she first try refraining from burning scented candles and stop using any kind of home fragrance (from the reeds to the plug in types scent diffusers, etc.). I also suggested that she try to find fragrance-free products (from washing machine detergent to the lotion she used.) She was convinced that it was radon and had a “contractor” who was willing to do a bunch of “fixing”, but was concerned about the cost. I asked her to try this first so we could start ruling things out. After two-three weeks, she again called the office and was amazed at how much better she was feeling. She thanked me profusely because it prevented her from spending unnecessary money when it was tight. In addition, we potentially helped to prevent fraud with an unlicensed contractor.
A young man came up to me in Publix and said how much he enjoyed the SHIP class and that he and his wife had decided to wait to build a house until they had saved up a little more money so they could reduce the monthly payment amount because they had not factored the monthly utility costs into their budget. He added that they had changed his lightbulbs to compact fluorescent inside his house and it was making a difference he could see on his monthly electric bill. As a result of this class, we potentially avoided a foreclosure and all of the negatives (bad credit, loss of confidence/self-esteem, need for public assistance) for this young family. Instead they will wait a little longer until they are able to afford homeownership.
In addition, Rogers and Allen submitted and received HUD certification for Suwannee and Columbia Counties.
In 2008, seven of the eight participants of the Help Your Self to a Healthy Home obtained a radon and lead testing kit and used it! As a result of the Help Yourself to a Healthy Home class, participants used lead test kits in their homes. From the follow-up phone survey, two of the participants told that their coffee mugs showed positive results (one participant tested 12 items) and either threw them away or did not use them for food or drink anymore. Another participant purchased plates at a yard sale and no longer uses them for food after testing positive for lead.
• In 2008, 100% of the participants who attended the Help Yourself to a Healthy Home and obtained a radon test kit sent it into the lab to be assessed.
• In 2008, 14 families qualified for SHIP funding and purchased homes in Suwannee County.
II. Administration
Situation
Suwannee County is a small, still mostly agricultural community. The Extension office has a good reputation, but is not highly visible. There has been a lot of turnover in the past. The current Agents are fairly new, with most having three years or less experience within the county. The former Director had been in the Suwannee County office for 39 years and had a good relationship with county government. The office needs some upgrading in terms of equipment and skills. There are four secretaries, one Program Assistant, six Agents and two additional Agents housed at the research and education center in Live Oak.
The County Extension Director (CED) is responsible for not only the general operations of the Extension office, but for all of the details which help the office and its staff to be successful within the community. This includes networking meetings to introduce Extension and the staff to organizations such as Chamber of Commerce or Kiwanis, or to continue working relationships like Farm Bureau, the Fair Board, and the Suwannee River Water Management District. These meetings also help the CED identify potential partnerships, identify trends/needs and look for growth opportunities within the community.
Personnel management is perhaps the greatest percentage of the job responsibilities. From hiring to counseling and evaluation, the duties run the gamut of introducing faculty and staff to various areas/people/organizations of the community and the availability of meeting space to program area direction, brainstorming and evaluating and communicating programmatic efforts. Staff development is important in enhancing Agent and staff satisfaction in the job and their performance. Assisting county faculty in obtaining promotion and tenure is critical for the stability of the office. Assessing ability and identifying and encouraging responsibilities that will challenge and fulfill them can be essential in retention. Relaying and enforcement of policies and procedures is another function of the County Extension Director (CED) role. Troubleshooting issues with Agents and staff is a big part of the job since Extension is a service organization. Disagreements, miscommunication, policy interpretation etc. can take up a huge amount of time, but are critical to continue functioning and to guarantee the stellar reputation of Extension.
Additionally, this position is responsible to increase productivity and to ensure smooth operations. One example is through the procurement of equipment and materials assist the entire staff. Training for staff may be on specific software packages or may be more general in terms of teamwork, HIPPA rules and stress management. Improving information delivery through a variety of means allows faculty the ability to choose from the best method for their audiences. Facilities maintenance, facility operations and inventory are also critical to ensure the proper equipment is available to do the job at hand and that the environment is safe, healthy and pleasant.
The County Extension Director (CED) position is unique in that the individual has his/her own programmatic responsibilities as well as serving as the liaison between the Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) and the University of Florida/IFAS Extension administration. In this role, CEDs are required to serve as the bridge for commissioners. Attendance at Department Head meetings, agenda review, budget hearings and BoCC meetings are required and allow the opportunity to communicate efforts and activities by Extension. Since the majority of the funding is received from the Suwannee County BoCC, it is vital to the organization to have support from the commissioners and to respond quickly to requests from the commissioners. This role also assists in providing research-based information to policy makers to improve the effects of government action when implementing programs and policies.
To ensure programmatic direction, an overall advisory committee is utilized and is overseen by the Director (in addition to each Agent’s individual programmatic advisory committee.) Included in the County Extension Director (CED) duties is a reporting requirement. Reports required by both the BoCC and IFAS administration include, but are not limited to: The budget and its justification, partners in progress (now CALF), affirmative action, department updates, etc. In some cases where the information is requested from Agents (like faculty semester reports, account audits, ES237 and others), the CED is responsible for the deadlines. In this leadership role, the CED is also expected to serve on various UF/IFAS and community committees.
Target audience(s): County faculty and staff, BOCC, UF faculty, community organizations, and UF/IFAS Extension administration.
Administration Program Objectives
• In 2010, marketing will be improved through updating the website to include interactive portions and tracking individual page hits. Total hits to website will be 10% higher than 2009 (16,950 total sessions with 55,409 page views).
• In 2010, clear communication of policies and procedures will be enhanced, as evidenced through the development of a policy manual. Material will be shared with Extension staff.
• In 2010, the BOCC will approve funding for the commercial cooking equipment for the Douglas Center Kitchen.
• BOCC will view Extension as a resource as evidenced by approving a workplace wellness program for Suwannee County employees provided by Extension in 2010.
• In 2010, two Agents (40%) will increase the quality of their promotion and tenure packets by submitting for an award to a professional association. Two Agents will submit abstracts.
• In 2010, professionalism of staff will improve, as evidenced by a program assistant passing the National Restaurant Association’s ServSafe exam by 76% or above.
• In 2010, professionalism of staff will be developed, by becoming aware of ways to improve their program delivery as evidenced by each Agent providing feedback through a critique.
• In 2009, 100% of the Suwannee County Extension staff will improve their knowledge and usage of Microsoft office products.
• In 2009, 100% of Extension office staff will improve their utilization of technology as evidenced by demonstrating proficiency in a web survey program after attending in-house training.
• In 2009, the BOCC will maintain the current funding for Extension.
• Staff will increase the number of educational activities that involve multiple faculty or collaborators by 10%.
• In 2009, the BOCC will request information from the CED to be included in Staff reports during the County Commissioner meetings.
Administration Educational Methods and Activities
Develop two marketing brochures to tell what services Extension provides (as directed by the overall Extension advisory committee.) Purchase/obtain new signage for remodeled building.
Attend trainings on new technology to share with office workers (ie. Turning point)
Provide appreciation functions (maintenance, Home and Community Education volunteers’ BOCC luncheon, BOCC luncheon for employees, and Extension volunteers.)
Meetings with staff as a whole, as well as Agents and secretaries individually, to plan for 2011 needs for programs/equipment, etc. that could be helpful to making the office more efficient.
Attend meetings to facilitate relationships (water management district, women’s club, library, fair board, farm bureau, soil and water conservation, etc.
In 2009, attended various county government meetings, groups (ie. chamber of commerce, Farm Bureau, HCE State conference, Water Management District meetings, Partnership breakfasts, CARES dinners, Farm Bill, legislative meetings, Crapp’s estate meeting, volunteer appreciation events, participate in surveys, proclamations for HCEs and 4-H, assist with county requests (providing preliminary numbers to equipment the Douglas Center kitchen, Drew land coordination), functions like live Oak’s Fall Festival, Farm-City day, Safety day at Wal-Mart, manning a worm composting display, judge of Suwannee county conservation district speech contest, Library’s Big Read event, etc. Held secretaries meeting in addition to Agent meetings and all staff (Agents, Pas and secretaries) meetings. Ensured completion and submission of various reports (POW/ ROA, financial audits, affirmative action, customer satisfaction survey, evaluations, after the fact reporting, semester faculty reports, inventory, budget, etc.)
Assisted in organizing UF county Faculty meeting (teambuilding exercises) and the BOCC employee appreciation luncheon. Developed and presented in-service originally slated for spring symposium, but offered at the Extension Professionals Association of Florida meeting in the fall “You Don’t Have To Speak Spanish to Include Latino Audiences” as a result of attending the SARE meeting the year before. Assisted Columbia County in review and hiring of two program assistants for the Family Nutrition Program. Helped to organize NE District CED informal meetings.
Chose to have a voluntary exhibit in North Florida Fair so that we can have a Suwannee County Farm Family of the Year.
In 2009, asked for $3,000 from the unused salary in 2008 to pay for three replacement computers since ours were so out of date. This request was approved even though there was a request in the 2009 budget to purchase three other replacement computers.
In November 2008, asked for an additional amount of $4,400 to support the Livestock Judging team which passed. What makes this so amazing is on the same agenda was discussion about freezing all positions within the County.
Other activities included attending the Florida Communities Trust grant review in Tallahassee to support Suwannee County’s submission. It was close, but we did not get funded.
Met with a team to establish a farm tour during farm-city week. After repeated discussions, the group decided to postpone until the spring when plants are growing.
Have updated facilities (wireless, Sunpass, paint), attended various community functions and meetings (TIP, Partnership Breakfasts, Farm Bureau, Fair Board, Chamber of Commerce, Kiwannis, etc.), prepared training for staff (EXCEL, Publisher, value of time, how to write success stories, etc.), hired two Agents, completed reports, provided updates, established partnerships within the community (Advent Christian Village series).
Assisted in the development of a brochure, powerpoint to be used for recruiting, pilot tested on-line screening of applicants, reviewed the basic job descriptions that would be approved and could be used for all program areas with minor tweaking to speed up hiring process, revised the reference tool used to judge applicant suitability for an Extension job.
Table 1a. Administration Group Teaching Events- Agent
| |Number of Events |Number of |
|Type of Event/Topic | |Participants |
|2010-BOCC and Department Head Meetings | | |
|2009-BOCC and Department Head Meetings |48 |8+ |
|2009-Advent Christian Village |2 |8+ |
|2009 staff meetings |24 |11 |
|2009 Fair Board and misc. community organizations |14 |24 |
|2009 Diversity training at EPAF |1 |18 |
| | | |
| | | |
|Year |Activity Title |Number of Events |Total Attendance |
|2008 |BOCC and Department Head Meetings | | |
|2008 |Staff Development Meetings | | |
|2008 |Staff Meetings | | |
|2008 |Specific Staff Training |4 |54 |
|2008 |CED inservice | | |
|2008 |Agent Planning Meetings |2 |18 |
|2007 |MRS H Planning Meetings | |72 |
|2007 |Planning Meetings | |6 |
|2006 |2006 Planning CED In-Service | |62 |
|2005 |2005 ELF Panel presentation | |21 |
|2005 |CED Training - Administrative Leadership | |46 |
Table 2. “Workload Data”
|Total number of Educational Materials prepared this Year | |
| | |
|Your Number of Clientele contacts: | |
|field consultations | |
|office consultations | |
|telephone consultations | |
|group learning participants | |
|e-mail consultations | |
Table 3: Race and Ethnicity Data
| |Projected | |Parity |
| |Target Audience |Audience Reached |(± 4%) |
|Race and Ethnicity |(from 2008 POW) |in 2008 |Reached |
| |Number |% |Number |% | |
|Hispanic | |7.4% |2 | | |
|Multi-racial | |1.0% |0 | | |
|Pacific Islander | |0% |0 | | |
|American Indian | |0.4% |1 | | |
|Asian | |0.6% |1 | | |
|Black | |11.3% |2 | | |
|White | |79.5% |56 | | |
|Unknown | |% | | | |
|Total | |100% |62 |100% | |
| | | |
|2009-Volunteer Recognition |1 |52 |
| 2009-Overview of Energy |1 |25 |
|2009-4-H Leader Training |2 |60 |
|2009-Home and Community Education (HCE) Volunteer meetings (council, club, |10 |100 |
|district, state) fundraising events | | |
|2009-Customer Service |1 |17 |
| | | |
| | | |
|2008-HCE council meeting |1 |23 |
Table 1b. Group Teaching Events- HCE Volunteers
| |Number of Events |Number of |
|Type of Event/Topic | |Participants |
|Various events | |116,138 |
Table 2. “Workload Data”
|Your total number of Educational Materials prepared this Year |2 |
| | |
|Your Number of Clientele contacts: | |
|field consultations |0 |
|office consultations |12 |
|telephone consultations |10 |
|group learning participants |114 |
|e-mail consultations |2 |
Table 3: Race and Ethnicity Data
| |Projected | |Parity |
| |Target Audience |Audience Reached |(± 4%) |
|Race and Ethnicity |(from 2008 POW) |in 2008 |Reached |
| |Number |% |Number |% | |
|Hispanic | |2.1% |2 |1% |yes |
|Multi-racial | |0.5% |0 |0% |Yes |
|Pacific Islander | |0.1% |0 |0% |Yes |
|American Indian | |0.1% |1 |0.7% |Yes |
|Asian | |0.1% |0 |0% |Yes |
|Black | |5.2% |2 |1% |Yes |
|White | |91.6% |133 |96% |yes |
|Unknown | |0% |116,138 (HCE) | | |
|Total | |100% |116,276 |100% | |
| | | | | | |
|Male | |49% |13 |9% |No |
|Female | |51% |125 |90% |no |
|Unknown | |% |116,138 (HCE) |% | |
|Total | |100% |116,276 |100% | |
Outcomes and Impacts for Volunteers:
Objective #1: In 2009, will raise awareness through proclamations in front of the BOCC as evidenced through commissioners’ knowledge of the group through informal discussion.
Outcome and Impact #1: Two proclamations were submitted and included on the BOCC agenda. One for the 74 anniversary of HCEs in Suwannee County and one proclaiming it 4-H week in Suwannee County. The commissioners came up to me afterwards expressing their recollections of ladies within the community who were a part of the group in the past, as well as a request to submit some of the history as an article for the paper. In terms of 4-H and Youth Development, the commissioners have agreed to funding Suwannee County youth who have won at the county or regional level to attend state functions. They also approved additional funding for the Livestock Judging Team to go to Nationals. Verbally they have been supportive of the 4-H program.
Objective #2: In 2009, Extension will increase awareness its appreciation of volunteers through a volunteer recognition activity. This will result in retention of volunteers .
Outcome and Impact #2: Volunteers commented how this was the first time they had received any kind of thank you from the Extension office as a whole for their volunteering. Many expressed gratitude at the function and the effort that went into it. Agents felt as a result of the comments that the event helped to retain some of the volunteers who may be on the fence about returning or committing to volunteering their time.
Volunteer Success story:
We have a great core group of volunteers in Suwannee County. The Master Gardeners have utilized the donated greenhouse and used it to demonstrate principles of raised beds, irrigation and mulch. They started a monthly class in which they teach the general public at the Extension office. Our Home and Community Education volunteers provide a lot of community service activities. This year they again adopted a family to assist during the holidays. This was a single mom with two boys ages six and two. She was pregnant and due with her third boy sometime around Christmas. The HCEs shared the information about the family who was in a situation that they had nothing…not shampoo, sheets, cookware, nothing. The support they had from their individual club as well as from the office staff ended up in a large office space filled with food, presents, baby items (like a highchair), clothes, bedding and kitchen items. When our contact from the Department of Health came to pick up the items, she cried and said that this would assist this family in need like we could not imagine. In addition to our volunteers being thoughtful and generous, they are also able. One of our members is the District II President and is a great role model for others who aspire to leadership positions. Lastly, our 4-H volunteers were recently honored at the Centennial Gala held in Jacksonville for their participation in 4-H. This was an event that showcased the best of the best and our little ‘ole Suwannee County was recognized in two categories!
III. 4-H and other Extension Activities
A. 4-H Situation
The 4-H and Youth Development program currently has an Agent and a secretary. There are ten clubs with over 43 volunteer leaders. Various afterschool programs are presented at the office. There is an active county Council. Numerous judging teams have been established.
One issue is that there is a trend for young kids to start in 4-H and then once they become teenagers, they switch to Future Farmers of America. Another issue is that in Suwannee County there are not a lot of venues for the youth (there isn’t even a movie theatre!) and 4-H is a positive program to help youth stay out of trouble. Even within the school system, with the exception of the 4-H Tropicana Speech Contest, there is little to no activity in an afterschool program or a school club. Additionally, there are two main cities in Suwannee County, Branford and Inverness. Branford (correctly or not) has always felt as though they have been excluded from activities. The main way the Agent communicates is through email. The 4-H Agent has been instrumental in utilizing technology the youth use such as blogs, YouTube videos, mySpace, ect.
One of the final issues is there is not a lot of minorities represented in the clubs. Most times 4-H in our county is thought to address agricultural issues and the have white members. There are more topic areas than just agriculture that are addressed by 4-H. More minority leaders need to be identified and groomed to encourage diversity within the program.
Target audience(s): Potential minority club leaders, school system (specifically afterschool staff), and youth.
B. 4-H Program Objectives
Objective #1: To increase minority participation (in both members and leaders) over 2009.
Objective #2: To increase leadership skills of Suwannee County youth by participating in a Youth Suwannnee Leadership program as evidenced by a final community service project.
Objective #3: In 2010, 50% of the 4-H club leaders will undergo and pass background checks as evidenced by CheckPoint background screening services. (The remaining 50% will be submitted for screening in 2011.)
Objective #4: In 2010, at least one 4-H member will attend a regional or state consumer judging event as a result of the training received at the Extension office.
Objective #1: To bring each 4-H club up to date with their paperwork in 2009. This would be evidenced by each club obtaining an EIN number and becoming chartered.
Objective #2: Ensure staff is following copyright rules as evidenced by proper usage of the 4-H clover on brochures, fliers, website, etc. as a result of attending an on-line training.
C. 4-H Educational Methods and Activities
Estevez and I will coordinate with Nassau County and model our Youth Leadership program after theirs. We will also be working in coordination with other Agents to provide a “Housing” daycamp.
Rogers and I will initiate a consumer judging team.
I fill in whenever needed with 4-H, from judging activities to helping to plan camps and resolve issues as needed. This year we had to investigate a possible misuse of a county club bank account’s funds. Liason with other youth organizations while maintaining that 4-H is the Board of County Commissioner’s youth program. Successfully solicited additional funding for 4-Hers who went to Colorado in January for a National Judging competition.
Ensured staff attended a training on proper use of the 4-H logo. Attended an inservice with the 4-H Agent on proper tax procedures and paperwork to complete the chartering process.
Held a planning day to encourage cooperation among the Agents with the summer 4-H Day Camps.
Support through my attendance and assistance, 4-H events such as county events, awards banquet, club meetings (on occasion), summer camps, leader training, etc.
Write newspaper articles on the need and importance of 4-H Leaders. Hosted first volunteer recognition “party” to thank volunteers.
|Instructor |Number of Events |Number of Participants |
|Youth Leadership |1 (7 classes) |12 |
|Consumer Judging |4 |7 |
|Ettiquette training |1 |5 |
|Nebraska training as |1 (4 classes) |11 |
|daycamp | | |
|Leader training |1 | |
|Vermicomposting exhibit | | |
Summary of clientele reached for 4-H
|Program Title |
|Number of Educational Materials Developed | |
|Number of Clientele Contacts | |
|field consultations | |
|office consultations | |
|telephone consultations | |
|group teaching participants | |
|e-mail consultations | |
|Web site visits | |
D. 4-H Outcomes and Impacts
Objective #1: To bring each 4-H club up to date with their paperwork in 2009. This would be evidenced by each club obtaining an EIN number and becoming chartered.
Outcome and Impact #1: Each club has filled out paperwork and Agent has submitted chartering information to the State office. Legally, the clubs can provide those who donate goods or services with a letter that will allow the donation to be tax deductible. More people might be willing to donate if they knew there would be an additional benefit.
Had an issue with a bank account with a club that was established in an individual leader’s social security number. She spoke to the group about how lucky she was that it was caught before huge amounts were missing and how she was personally liable since the account had been established with her personal information. She explained how important this was to correct with an EIN number especially if the leader moves on or the account is transferred to whomever is the new treasurer.
Objective #2: Ensure staff is following copyright rules as evidenced by proper usage of the 4-H clover on brochures, fliers, website, etc. as a result of attending an on-line training.
Outcome and Impact #2: Existing fliers were reviewed and the appropriate logo was replaced on those marketing pieces. It helps volunteers and staff if there are guidelines by which to abide. It also helps to ensure a consistent message.
Success Story.
RM came to me and explained about how she and her husband and two kids had lived in Live Oak for about three years. After moving to the community as a stay at home mom, she felt disconnected to the community and found that she was not enjoying the move. She enrolled the kids in the first of what would turn out to be three summer day camps. Originally, she came to ensure the kids were safe and behaving. As a result, she met other mothers and ended up signing her kids up to join a 4-H club. She now feels a part of the community and is a very active parent. She confided to me that she feels blessed and that 4-H was given to her to help her within the community.
IV. Improving Nutrition and Weight Management Skills
Situation
Rural communities in the U. S. have higher rates of obesity and sedentary behavior. Lifestyle interventions have shown to produce sufficient weight reduction to improve health. In 2007, 62% of Florida adults were overweight or obese. Adult obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher. In Suwannee County in 2007, 67% of the citizens were overweight or obese. In 2007, 58% of Suwannee County adults had no regular moderate physical activity and 81% had no regular vigorous physical activity compared to the Florida rates of 55% and 75% respectively (CHARTS ). With almost 20% of Suwannee County residents living below the poverty level, health promotion activities are often neglected due to the need to address more pressing acute care concerns.
A combination of environmental factors appears to be responsible for this sharp rise, including: decreased physical activity related to greater mechanization at work and at home; increased availability of low-cost palatable foods; higher energy intakes due to larger portion sizes; and the increased consumption of energy-dense foods. In rural settings add in the effects of poverty, low educational attainment, decreased access to preventive health services (including gyms and weight loss facilities), and cultural factors regarding diet and physical activity results in rural white women and men being more likely to be obese than their urban counterparts. Obesity is directly associated with an array of health complications, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, asthma, osteoarthritis, and breast, prostate, and pancreatic cancer. Obesity accounts for 9.1% of the nation’s health expenditures. Social and psychological effects of obesity are profound and include social discrimination, personal distress, and decreased emotional well-being. Suwannee County is a medically underserved population.
Target audience(s): Suwannee County citizens who would like to lose or maintain their weight in a healthy manner.
Improving Nutrition and Weight Management Skills Program Objectives
Objective #1: In 2010, 100% of the participants in the “Small Steps to Health and Wealth” program will choose three behavior change strategies out of the list of 25 to work on one health goal and one wealth goal throughout the nine-week program utilizing the “Make Progress Every Day” worksheet.
Objective #2: In 2010, 50% of the “Small Steps to Health and Wealth” participants will achieve their goals set on the first day of class as noted by a post-class follow up survey and tracked through either activity/calorie and/or income/expense logs.
Objective #3: In 2010, participants of the “Small Steps to Health and Wealth” program will meet their health or wealth goal at least four out of the nine weeks as evidenced through logs.
Objective #4: In 2010, 75 % of the “Small Steps to Health and Wealth” participants who choose a health goal will track their calorie intake through food logs.
Objective #5: In 2010, 50% of the “Small Steps to Health and Wealth” participants who chose a health goal obtained a pedometer and tracked the number of steps.
Educational Methods and Activities for Improving Nutrition and Weight Management Skills
In addition to answering questions by phone, email or walk in, opportunities to share the information on weight management through proper nutrition and physical activity will be shared through newspaper and newsletter articles, classes, exhibits, and the through the following curriculum:
• Small Steps to Health and Wealth, a nine-week curriculum (each session is an hour long) will be provided to help participants learn how to track personal progress for both health and wealth related behavior change goals.
• Rural Lite: A UF Weight Management Program is a program developed by UF Health Science Center through a grant from the National Institutes of Health. This is a two year study with four groups meeting 1 ½ hours a week for various intensities (lengths of time: 16, 32, 48 weeks) to determine cost effectiveness. Participants are taught lifestyle intervention to modify their eating and physical activity patterns to produce a negative calorie balance to lose weight. Procedures include self-monitoring, goal setting, performance feedback, reinforcement, stimulus control, cognitive reframing and problem solving. A dietician is paired with FCS staff (Allen and Rogers) to present the program.
Rural Lite classes were held at the Extension office for up to 48 weeks (for high intensity conditions) and will continue into 2010. Each class would start with a check in of food records and step logs as well as a weight measurement for each participant. We would then go around the group to see what things were working and what some of the issues were and brainstormed potential solutions. A lesson on nutrition or health and wellness was included for the participants each week. Approx. 75% of the lessons were taught in 2009 by the dietician and the remaining were split between the two FCS Agents. The rest of the time, the Agents co-facilitated with the dietician. In 2010, the FCS Agents will be teaching the majority of the time since we will have overlap in the Wave 2 classes and the Wave 1 campaigns. Participants were pre-screened and: had to be between the ages of 21-75, had to currently be living in a rural county, had to be of a certain weight, had to have no serious illnesses, had to be interested in attending a group program and changing eating and exercise habits, and had to be willing to complete three health assessments over the course of two years.
In 2009 presented six times on the topics of balanced diet, portion control, diet quality, importance of activity, ways to overcome obstacles to healthy eating, and goal setting.
Summary of group teaching events for Improving Nutrition and Weight Management Skills in 2009:
|Instructor |Number of Events |Number of Participants |
|Self |1, 3 (Two Small Steps programs |49 (six classes for a total of 294), 65 |
| |consisting of 9 class sessions, one| |
| |Rural Lite is 112 individual | |
| |classes) | |
|Prog. Assist. |None |None |
|Volunteer |None |None |
Summary of clientele reached in 2009:
|Program Title: Improving Nutrition and Weight Management Skills |
|Number of Educational Materials Developed |2 |
|Number of Clientele Contacts |5,560 |
|*Suwannee Democrat newspaper circulation (5,560) | |
|field consultations |2 |
|office consultations |10 |
|telephone consultations |15 |
|group teaching participants |294 |
|e-mail consultations |0 |
|Web site visits |0 |
Improving Nutrition and Weight Management Skills Outcomes and Impacts
Objective #1*: In 2009, 75% of the participants will complete the Rural Lite program as evidenced through follow-up consultations.
Objective #2*: In 2009, 50% of the Rural Lite participants will achieve their goals set on the first day of class as noted by a post-class follow up survey and tracked through either activity/calorie logs. A 5% weight reduction is considered statistically significant.
Objective #3*: In 2009, participants of the Rural Lite program will meet their calorie goal at least 35% of the time as evidenced through food logs.
Objective #4*: In 2009, 50% of the Rural Lite program participants will track their average number of steps per week as evidenced by step logs.
*Note: Due to the research nature of the project, preliminary results cannot be disclosed prior to the conclusion of the project.
Success Story
I have been excited about participating in the UF Shands’ Rural Lite project as the Agents involved have learned some problem solving techniques which can be utilized for other programs. In Suwannee County in 2007, 67% of the citizens were overweight or obese. Although specific details about weight cannot be mentioned, participants exclaimed how meaningful the program has been to them. Some have reduced or eliminated medicines; one mentioned that she wasn’t wheezing as she walked anymore, and one started doing more things with his family in order to get the exercise requirements met. One mother talked about the changes in her young children’s diet. So as we look at the initial four main goals of the program: Improve nutrition/diet quality, increase physical activity, manage weight and improve the quality of life, we have seen positive changes in the participants. By just reducing weight alone, we may be able to reduce the incidence of a number of weight-related diseases, as well as reducing the money spent on health expenditures. Weight reduction as an end result doesn’t take into account additional benefits such as improved mental disposition, increased energy and general quality of life that also occurs as a result of the nutrition and activity behaviors that are adopted.
Race and Ethnicity Data
| |Projected | |*Parity |
| |Target Audience |Audience Reached |(± 4%) |
|Race and Ethnicity |(for 2009) |in 2009 |Reached |
| |% |No. |% |Yes or No |
|Hispanic |2.1% |2 |.04% |Yes |
|Multi-racial |0.5% |0 |0% |Yes |
|Pacific Islander |0.1% |0 |0% |Yes |
|American Indian |0.1% |1 |0.02% |Yes |
|Asian |0.1% |0 |0% |Yes |
|Black |5.2% |1 |0.02% |*No |
|White |91.6% |45 |91.8% |Yes |
|Unknown |0% |0 |% |N/A |
|Total |100% |49 |100% | |
| |
|Gender | |
|Male |49% |11 |28% |No** |
|Female |51% |38 |77.5% |No** |
|Unknown | | |0% | |
|Total |100% |49 |0% | |
* In 2009 additional efforts including attending black churches, providing additional screening days for minorities, etc. were implemented.
**For the research project, participants must pass screening requirements. A randomized mailing list was utilized by a company contracted out by UF to solicit interest from community.
24. CLINICAL SERVICE OR CLINICAL ACTIVITIES
|Year |Type and Role |Unit of |Number |Description |
| | |Measure | | |
|2010 |Co-instructor |Years |1 |Rural Lite-Study of Obesity in Rural Counties |
|2009 |Co-instructor |Years |1 | |
| | | | |Rural Lite-Study of Obesity in Rural Counties |
25. SERVICE TO SCHOOLS
|Year |Type and Role |Unit of Measure|# |Description |
|2009 |Liaison for UF info | | |Provided information on available programs and provided|
| | | | |statistics for superintendent. Provide curriculum. |
| | | | |Work to continue to allow FNP in schools. |
| | | | |Offered Extension programming for teachers to receive |
| | | | |in-service training. |
|2008 |Support for grant submission | | | |
|2007 |Volunteer in specialization area - |Events |1 |Provided curriculum and other materials to PTA group |
| |resource person | | |that wanted to include additional science curriculum. |
26. MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES IN THE PROFESSION
|Year |Type and Role |Unit of Measure |Number |Description |
|2009-10 |Auction Chair |Years |1 |Extension Professional Association of Florida |
| | | | |(EPAF) board |
|2008-10 |Initiate/maintain membership - |Memberships |5 |Florida Farm Bureau, Suwannee County Chamber of |
| |member | | |Commerce, Epsilon Sigma Phi, Florida Extension |
| | | | |Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, |
| | | | |Housing Education and Research Association |
| | | | |(Extension Division and e-Xtension Community of |
| | | | |Practice for Housing Energy on Appliances and |
| | | | |lighting committees) |
|2008-10 |Honorary Member |Years |2 |Suwannee County Fair Board |
|2008-09 |Initiate/maintain membership - |Memberships |1 |Florida Environmental Health Association |
| |member | | | |
|2008-09 |Florida Extension Association |Years |2 |Nominating Committee |
| |of Family and Consumer Sciences| | | |
| |(FEAFCS) | | | |
|2007 |Initiate/maintain membership - |Committees/Task |1 |Marketing committee and general membership of |
| |member |Forces | |FEAFCS |
|2007 |Initiate/maintain membership - |Committees/Task |1 |Housing Education and Research Association |
| |member |Forces | |selection committee. |
|2005-07 |Initiate/maintain membership - |Memberships |3 |Member of Housing Education and Research |
| |member | | |Association, Florida Extension Association of |
| | | | |Family and Consumer Sciences, Epsilon Sigma Phi,|
|2007 |Serve in appointed position - |Months |12 |Serve as 4-H and Youth Development Award chair |
| |committee chair or co-chair | | |for FCS |
|2007 |Initiate/maintain membership - |Memberships |1 |Florida Environmental Health Association. |
| |member | | | |
|2006 |Serve in elected position - |Months |9 |Serve as Past President of ESP as well as on the|
| |committee chair or co-chair | | |EPAF board (Retirees and initiation ceremony) |
|2005 |Serve in elected position – |Months |12 |ESP |
| |president | | | |
27. HONORS
|Year |Name |Organization |Description |
|2008 |Chairman’s Roundtable |Suwannee Co. BOCC |Recognition |
|2007 |ServSafe Instructor |Permits instructor to teach course |Certification |
| | | | |
|2007 |Marketing Package Team award for Simply |NEAFCS |An Agricultural Awareness Campaign First |
| |Florida | |Place (State, Regional, National) |
| | | | |
| | | |Scholarship to attend National Conference |
|2006 |HERA |Housing Education and Research Association | |
| | | |Award |
|2006 |Mid Career Award |Epsilon Sigma Phi | |
28. CHAIR'S LETTER
29. DEAN'S LETTER
30. BIO-SKETCHES OF INDIVIDUALS WRITING SOLICITED LETTERS OF EVALUATION
(Potential reviewers: Marsha Alexander-University of Missouri Extension , Shirley Neimeyer-University of Nebraska, Claudette Reichel-Louisiana State University, Sarah Kirby-North Carolina State University, Pam Turner/Jorge Atiles-Univ. of Georgia, Joe LaQuatra-Cornell, Mike Vogel-Montana State University, Mary Yearns-Iowa State Univ., Michael Goldschmidt-Univ. of Missouri.
31. LETTERS OF EVALUATION
32. COPIES OF LAST FIVE LETTERS OF EVALUATION
33. FURTHER INFORMATION SECTION:
• Needs from a specialist in 2010:
o -Support from foodsafety specialist on produce handling (and specifically tomatoes), updates in food safety and new handouts for ServSafe, food preservation, commercial kitchens, GAP requirements (tomato growers) and HACCP updates for school foodservice requirements.
o From housing specialist: information on building materials (i.e. roofing material selection, Florida building code requirements/changes, foundation pros and cons (i.e. pier vs. slab), HVAC (air to air, water to air, heat pump vs. other, etc.), LED lighting, insulation, Energy Star/Green Building programs, water efficiency programs, HUD certification programs we can present, etc.). 2030 challenge and how we could initiate or help to implement in our own counties.
o From financial/nutrition specialists support for “Small Steps to Health and Wealth”. Continued support for Rural Lite needs.
o General information is needed for alternative energy sources and their pros and cons.
o Continued assistance for developing evaluation materials.
• Top challenge in 2009: Trying to get Elena to come to work on time.
• Status of Master’s Degree: earned.
• I may decide to submit my packet for promotion in Spring 2011.
• Community Service: Relay for Life and other cancer functions, downtown revitalization, donate clothing to vivid visions abuse shelter.
34. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
2010-Extension Professional Association of Florida (EPAF), Canning In-service in Jacksonville (#29166), Symposium, Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Summit, County Extension Director (CED) meeting in Nov., Housing Education and Research Association in the fall, Green remodeling for residential building in-service in April, food-safety in-service conference calls in April, Homeownership in-service #29218 and e-Xtension meeting in January.
2009-Extension Professional Association of Florida, Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Summit #29105 in Gainesville, Housing Education and Research Association (HERA), and the e-Xtension Housing Energy Community of Practice both held in Santa Fe, NM. 2009 In-services include Sustainable Homeownership in Florida #29051 4/7/09 and two conference calls for the multi-state food safety and quality updates on 4/9 and 4/23/09.
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