Informed Partnerships Effectively Tapping NPL Resources

Overview Role Responsibilities Resources Relationships Examples

What do NPLs do?

National Program Leaders carry out the mission of CSREES: To advance knowledge for agriculture, the environment, human health and well- being, and communities. NPL Role

NPL Responsibilities Conceive, Formulate, and Direct Administer and Manage Evaluate and Assess Network and Collaborate

NPL Resources Agricultural & Food Biosecurity Agricultural Systems Animals & Animal Products Biotechnology & Genomics Economics & Commerce Families, Youth & Communities Food, Nutrition & Health Natural Resources & Environment Pest Management Plants & Plant Products Technology & Engineering

NPL Resources NPL Liaisons Program Reviews Multi-State Research Projects Internal & External Teams eXtension NRI Social Science Perspective

NPL Resources CSREES Technology  Web  Breeze  Newsletters  Listserv  Teleconference Bridges

Environmental Scan

NPL Relationships-Internal Social Scientists Working Group Diversity Advisory Council International Council Portfolio Review Team Obesity Task Force Partnerships Working Group Human Nutrition Coordinating Committee Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee One Solution

NPL Relationships-External Committees, Working Groups, Partnerships  FSNE Evaluation Interagency Working Group  ERS Diet Quality Initiative Steering Committee  Federal Interagency Task Force on Older American Indians  Federal Interagency Working Group on Child Abuse and Neglect  National Assembly Family Strengthening Peer Network

NPL Relationships-External Committees, Working Groups, Partnerships  NCI Team-Up Cancer Prevention National Steering Group  Medicare Partners Coordinating Committee  Coalition of Organizations for Disaster Education  National Endowment for Financial Education  Consumer Federation of America  Defense Agencies

NPL Relationships-External Committees, Working Groups, Partnerships  4-H Annie E. Casey Family Strengthening Awards Committee  HAY-Helping America’s Youth  NIH Nutrition Coordinating Committee  NCI 5-A-Day Interagency Coordinating Committee  Pediatric Obesity Research Interest Group  1890 Childhood Obesity Prevention Project  Breastfeeding Promotion Consortium  Federal Housing Partnership

External Examples

CSREES’ ongoing partnership with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act (MMA) 2003 September 2004 Agreement $300K  States were chosen on the basis of CMS demographic and beneficiary data: NE, SD, NV, WY, ID NPL: Caroline Crocoll dicare.html Medicare Education Project

America Saves Late 1990s Money 2000 Cornell & Rutgers Helped non-savers to catch the savings habit-save $2000 by the year 2000 Consumer Federation of America How can we use Social Marketing theory to change attitudes away from consumption to savings? America Saves NPL: Jane Schuchardt ions/amsaves_imp05.doc ions/amsaves_imp05.doc

Family Strengthening 2004 meeting w/ National 4-H Council, National 4-H Headquarters, A.E.C. Foundation Development of 4-H Annie E. Casey Family Strengthening Awards Program Eligible 4-H programs are those that significantly involve families especially those families that are disadvantaged and live in rural areas Five $15,000 awards each year (5 in 2006 & 5 in 2006) NPLs: Suzanne LeMenestrel & Caroline Crocoll

CODE Following 9/11 Coalition of Organizations for Disaster Education 27 National Organizations & Federal Agencies  CSREES, FEMA, Red Cross, US Geological Survey, National Weather Service, NOAA, DHHS, Commerce, Interior, Homeland Security EDEN Quarterly Meetings NPLs: Joseph Wysocki and Caroline Crocoll

Health Promotion FDA Initial Listserv contact FDA Office of Women's Health (OWH) wants to expand its outreach services to include USDA CSREES CES Health Educators. Series of 40 research-based fact sheets on health- related issues Partnering opportunities, EFNEP, Human Nutrition, Health NPL: Shirley Gerrior

Bio-based Fuels  CSREES and other interested federal agencies are exploring opportunities to convene an “experts workshop” to bring social scientists and bio- economy experts together to develop a systems map of integrative issues and identify priorities to be incorporated into existing and new programs.  NPLs: from ECS, F4-HN, NRE, CP & P&A  /energy_biofuels.pdf /energy_biofuels.pdf

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