1. A National Perspective
Collaborations:
A National Perspective
Aida Balsano
Brent Elrod
National Program Leaders
Division of
Family & Consumer Sciences

2. Overview Context & Structure NIFA FCS Programmatic Priorities
Research & Evaluation
Partnerships & Funding Opportunities

4. Institute of Youth, Family & Community
Division of Community & Education
Suresh Sureshwaran
Division of Family & Consumer Sciences
Caroline Crocoll
Division of Youth & 4-H
Lisa Lauxman
Institute of Youth, Family & Community
Deputy Director
Muquarrab Qureshi

5. Division of Family and Consumer Sciences Strengthening Families, Farms, Communities, and the Economy
Admin, Consumer, Textiles, Hospitality, Volunteer & Signature Programs, Visiting Scholars, Mentoring, CT, REE 7, USDA 1, NIFA 2, CT, FCS Stakeholders, Portfolio, FS & HD
Farm Benchmarking, FERS & CSRS
SBIR & RRDCs
IYFC Program Assistants
RHSE & MEACA
AgrAbility, Youth Farm Safety & RHSE
1890s Facilities, Special Needs & HUD/Disaster Ed, SEEP
Division Director
(Crocoll)
Supervisory Program Assistant
(Ashton)
RME & TAAF
NPL
Family & Consumer Economics
(Shockey)
NPL
Housing & Community Living (Samuel)
NPL
Nutrition, Health & Wellness
(Reeves)
NPL
FCS Research & Evaluation &
Early Childhood
(Balsano)
NPL Sustainable Farm Enterprises & Social Sciences
(Hipple)
NPL
Rural & Community Development
(Elrod)
Program Specialist
(Montgomery)
Program Assistant
(Briggs)
Program Analyst
(Ellis)
Program Specialist
(Shipley)
Program Assistant
(Wiley)
Adult Development & Aging
1890s Scholar
(Alford)
Student Intern
(Williams)
Family Science, Human Development, Military Family, Veterans, SAMHSA
4/8/2019

7. DFCS MISSION
To focus on the human dimensions of food and agriculture in addressing priority issues through scientific research and its application; strategic partnerships; Extension education; and the preparation of the next generation of Family & Consumer Sciences professionals.

8. DIVISION STATS Hatch & Evans Allen 16 Staff Multistate Research
Competitive Programs
Non-Competitive Programs
Research & Extension All Sources including State Match
16 Staff
Funding FY12
Research $137M
607 FTEs
Extension $324M
3256 FTEs
Reimbursable $19M
Research & Extension funding = all sources + State Match

9. Program Priorities Rural Vitality Financial Capability
Nutrition and Health Literacy
Home Safety, Energy Efficiency and Water
Child and Family Resiliency
Disaster Preparedness/Response
Research and Evaluation

10. Rural Vitality
Rural and community development programs contribute to farm enterprise sustainability, regional rural development, community resource and economic development, and Extension risk management education. These programs increase rural vitality, and enhance prosperity and security for families, communities, farms, ranches, and businesses.
Brent Elrod

11. Sustainable Farm Enterprises
Each year, hundreds of U.S. farm businesses fail; some caused by poor financial management. Farm management involves successfully integrating the factors of production land, labor, and financial resources to realize an economically viable, ecologically sound, and socially responsible farm business. NIFA provides funding opportunities and staff expertise to address these concerns, allowing producers to meet their business and financial goals successfully.
Pat Hipple

12. Financial Capability
Extension financial capability programs promote financial knowledge and understanding, skills and competence, and responsibility, which results in less economic strain on households, more financial resiliency, less risk of poverty spanning generations, and better overall individual and family financial outcomes.
Susan Shockey

13. Nutrition and Health Literacy
Extension nutrition, health and wellness programs focus on promoting health, preventing disease and disability, eliminating disparities, and improving quality of living through food and agricultural health and safety, access to health care and preventive services, and health in relation to the environment.
Cynthia Reeves

14. Home Safety and Energy Efficiency
Housing and community living programs identify issues, develop solutions, and share promising practices to promote sustainable housing initiatives, safe and affordable housing, air and water quality, and home energy efficiency.
Beverly Samuel

15. Child and Family Resiliency
Extension child and family resiliency programs support healthy human development across the lifespan to help people make informed, science-based decisions about child and family health and well-being.
Ahlishia Shipley

16. Adult Development and Aging
Adult development and aging programs provide an understanding of older adults and the aging process, family caregiving issues and opportunities, and the impact of our aging society on communities and the nation. Sylvia Montgomery

17. Disaster Preparedness/Response
Disaster Preparedness and Response programs support nationwide disaster education, and provide resources and expertise to effectively prepare for and respond to disasters.
All NIFA DFCS staff work on these issues

18. Evaluation and Research
Working on strengthening evaluation of Family & Consumer Sciences programs throughout the nation by identifying existing and emerging research and evaluation opportunities and needs.
Aida Balsano

19. Internal Data
Competitive grants (including those established via reimbursables) to:
assess quality and efficacy of Division’s activities and inputs during the grants process;
assess and ensure diversity where and when appropriate;
inform and enhance our current and future competitive grants practices;
increase internal and external transparency of our CP work; and
generate reports that can be used to inform Division’s programmatic and administrative strategic planning.    
Review panel
New awards
Longitudinal mapping of awards data    

20. External Data
601. Economics of Agricultural Production and Farm Management
607. Consumer Economics
608. Community Resource Planning and Development
703. Nutrition Education and Behavior (50%)
704. Nutrition and Hunger in the Population (50%)
723. Hazards to Human Health and Safety
724. Healthy Lifestyle
801. Individual and Family Resource Management
802. Human Development and Family Well-Being
803. Sociological and Technological Change Affecting Individuals, Families, and Communities
804. Human Environmental Issues Concerning Apparel, Textiles, and Residential and Commercial Structures
805. Community Institutions, Health, and Social Services

21. Excellence Database
Data entry for 2014 is now open. The goal for this year is 100% participation by all institutions.
Data
New options for graphing data
Impact Stories
Family & Consumer Sciences must be identified with related programs
In the summer of 2005, the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP) appointed a task force representing the land-grant university system to focus on measuring excellence in Extension.
The group was charged with:
• Identifying criteria that define excellence in Extension
• Determining the measures of those criteria
• Delineating the necessary methods for collecting the criteria
• Determining how to gain acceptance of the criteria and measures by the Extension system.
The task force, in turn, appointed a work group to proceed. This group:
• Brainstormed what constitutes excellence in Extension
• Developed a matrix of the criteria of excellence
• Obtained feedback on criteria from directors and administrators at the regional level
• Engaged directors and administrators in determining priorities (national meeting, February 2006).
The work group then focused on the prioritized criteria for which measures were identified.

22. PARTNERSHIPS & FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

23. Regional Opportunities
Stronger Partnerships
Regional Rural Development Centers
Stronger Economies Together
Ready Communities
Community Assessments
Community Resource & Economic Development
Family & Consumer Sciences Programs
Overarching opportunities

24. Department of Defense Examples of Family & Consumer Sciences Programs
Family Maltreatment
Family Advocacy
New Parent Support
Substance Abuse
Financial Readiness
Exceptional Family Member
Mobilization & Deployment
Relocation Assistance
Employment Readiness
Army Family Action
Warriors in Transition (Caregiver Education)
Survivor Outreach Services

25. Currently Funded DoD Army Military Extension Partnership
Family Advocacy
Wounded Warriors
Survivor Outreach Services
Forts Bliss, Campbell, Drum, Hood, and Joint Base San Antonio

26. Currently Funded Army Reserves Air Force Special Operations Command
Evidence-based Practices
Air Force
Family Advocacy
Psychological Health & Traumatic Brain Injury
Special Operations Command

27. HUD CMS SAMHSA Healthy Homes Partnership
Extension Outreach on the Marketplace Exchanges of the Affordable Care Act (MEACA)
SAMHSA
Community Assessment and Education to Promote Behavioral Health Planning and Evaluation (CAPE)

28. In Development Energy Federal Emergency Management Agency
State Extension Energy Partnership (SEEP)
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Food and Agriculture Resiliency Program for Military Veterans (FARM – Vets)
Veterans Affairs

29. NIFA Family & Consumer Sciences Grant Programs
Rural Health & Safety Education
Smith Lever Special Needs
AgrAbility
Youth Farm Safety Education & Certification
Extension Risk Management
Small Business Innovation Research - RD

30. Other NIFA Grant Opportunities
RFA Language
….Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences
Beginning Farmer & Rancher Development Program
DoCE
AFRI Fellows, Challenge, Multicultural Scholars, HSIs
AFRI & Other
IBCE (Climate, Energy, Water)
IFSN (Community Foods, Food Science, Food Safetyy, Nutrition Education, Childhood Obesity)
Many NIFA grant programs are open to Non Land-Grant Universities and other organizations.

31. Other NIFA Grant Opportunities
FY 2014 AFRI - Childhood Obesity Prevention
17 April 2014 Letter of Intent due date
19 June 2014 RFA due date
$9M available
Generate new knowledge of the behavioral (not metabolic), social, cultural, and/or environmental factors, including food environment, that influence childhood obesity and use this information to develop and implement effective family, peer, community, and/or school-based interventions for preventing overweight and obesity and promoting healthy behaviors in children and adolescents (ages 2–19 years). This knowledge should have a strong emphasis on health literacy and health disparities.
Many NIFA grant programs are open to Non Land-Grant Universities and other organizations.

32. Other NIFA Grant Opportunities
Children, Youth and Families at Risk Sustainable Community Projects (SCP)
11 April 2014 due date
$6,455,000 estimated total program funding ($2,075,000 to fund new CYFAR SCPs)
Project length up to five years
$83,000 initial year maximum funding per grantee for a single institutional applicant; $166,000 for joint institutional applications. One Pilot Model CYFAR SCP Project will be funded up to $175,000 total.
Develop and deliver educational programs that equip limited resource families and youth who are at-risk for not meeting basic human needs with the skills they need to lead positive, productive, contributing lives.

33. Questions