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2. The CCSI Mentoring Program is designed to put Producers in touch with Mentors for Individual Technical Assistance to help implement practices recognized as beneficial through CCSI.
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3. This is a Cost-Share Program $700 Grant $700 Match

4. MENTOR NOMINATION & APPROVAL
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5. BECOMING A MENTOR Nominated by ICP Staff Skills Assessment
Review and Approval

6. MENTOR QUALIFICATIONS
Skill Sets
Do NOT have to be a master at ALL of the Soil Health Core 4
Skills Assessment
Self-Rank
Ranking by ICP Staff

7. SKILLS ASSESSMENT No-Till Equipment Cover Crop Management
No-Till Nutrient Management
No-Till and Cover Crop Pest Mgmt
Precision Farming
Crop Rotation / Systems
Soil & Water Conservation

11. MENTOR APPROVAL Skills Assessment (Self-Qualification Tab) Self-Rank
Rank by ICP Staff
Submit WITH COMMENTS
Approved by
Barry Fisher, NRCS
Hans Kok, CCSI
Dan Towery, CCSI

12. PARTICIPANT ENROLLMENT
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13. PARTICIPANT ENROLLMENT
Identified by ICP staff OR Mentors
Enroll through the USDA Service Center
Application Submitted
Current List of Mentors Returned
Participant contacts Mentor from List

14. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
The farming operations must have adopted or be actively adopting no-till/strip-till or cover cropping into their management system.

19. MENTOR MATCH The FARMER chooses and contacts a mentor from the list.
Enrolling “Matched Sets” of Mentors and Farmers.

20. THE
MENTORING
PROCESS
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21. PROCESS Deliverables Agreement Rx for Soil Health
In-Field Verification
Submission for Payment

22. DELIVERABLES
The Deliverables Checklist is an agreement between the Farmer and the Mentor. THEY decide what is equitable.

26. Quick Reference Guide for the Farmer
Rx for Soil Health
Rx for Soil Health =
Quick Reference Guide for the Farmer

30. PAYMENT STEP 1 MENTOR submits to Field Office
Deliverables Checklist, signed- off by farmer
Rx for Soil Health
Any other suggested conservation practices
MENTOR submits payment app to IASWCD

33. A signed Conservation Plan IS NOT a requirement for 2013
PAYMENT STEP 2
FIELD OFFICE STAFF
Confirms Deliverables are complete.
Sign/Date Deliverables Doc.
Forward via to IASWCD
A signed Conservation Plan IS NOT a requirement for 2013

34. It is up to the MENTOR to invoice and collect the farmer payment.
PAYMENT RECAP
Signed Deliverables Checklist
Rx for Soil Health
Payment Application
Field Office Verification
It is up to the MENTOR to invoice and collect the farmer payment.

35. Your Challenge
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