Federal Update Aida Balsano National Program Leader

USDA/NIFA Welcome Strengthening Families, Farms, Communities and the Economy Aida Balsano, Ph.D. National Program Leader Institute of Youth, Family and Community Division of Family &Consumer Sciences

AgrAbility Staff at NIFA National Program Leaders Aida Balsano Denis Ebodaghe (special focus: 1890 LGUs) Program Specialists  Alexandra Wilson  Jason Boim

Federal Funding Updates  AgrAbility in FY 2013 o Approximately $3.8 million o 17 continuations o 3 new SRAPs o NAP to enhance outreach to 1890s and veterans in 2014

AgrAbility in FY13 CONTINUATIONS Colorado State University ($162,000) Kansas State University ($162,000) Oklahoma State University ($162,000) University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service ($161,978) University of California ($162,000) University of Delaware ($162,000) University of Kentucky ($162,000) University of Maine ($149,144) University of Minnesota ($161,888) University of Nebraska-Lincoln ($162,000) University of Wisconsin-Madison ($162,000) University of Wyoming ($ 154,743) Utah State University ($162,000) Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University ($162,000)

AgrAbility in FY13 CONTINUATIONS Purdue University ($162,000) North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State Univ. ($161,978) The University of Vermont ($162,000) Purdue University (NAP) ($562,055)

AgrAbility in FY13 NEW The University of Tennessee ($162,000) The Pennsylvania State University ($162,000) The Ohio State University ($162,000)

Federal Funding Updates  Continuing Resolution  Farm Bill Reauthorization

Federal Funding Updates  AgrAbility in FY 2014 o Request for Applications (RFA) o AgrAbility stakeholders' input o at ; Subject: FY2013 AgrAbility o 14 current SRAPs expiring o Webinars o Serving on AgrAbility panels

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