1. Review of County Operations Staffing Situation District Listening Session May-June, 2010

2. Extension State Budget Situation  12.4 % Cut in FY11 ($4.34 million)  9.47% Cut in FY10 ($3.31 million) Current State Budget for FY11 is $30.44 million 22% Cut in Two Years!

3. Funding Trends – State $ down, County, Grant and Sales $ Up (Millions $) Fiscal Year * * appropriated *

4. FACS Funding If you include FACS Extension funding, the total Extension Budget in FY09 increases from $88.26 million to $96.5 million.

5. Funding Sources for Extension (CAES) – FY09

6. Total Extension Funding – Millions of Dollars (FY09) Source of Funds CAESFACS Federal 13.31 Included in CAES Allocation State 33.861.36 Local 24.600 Gifts, Grants & Contracts 4.396.76 Sales & Services 11.710.145

7. Numbers of County Agents (With State Funding)

8. ANR Agents (April, 2010)

9. 4-H Agents (April, 2010)

10. FACS Agents (April, 2010)

11. Counties with No UGA State Funded Agent

12. FVSU Agents (April, 2010)

13. Archway Positions (April, 2010)

14. Total # Extension Employees

15. Numbers of County-Based Faculty (April, 2010) DistrictTotal Faculty State Funded UGA Agents Northeast6154 Northwest8762 Southeast7564 Southwest7867

16. State Funded Agents by Program Area (April, 2010) 247 State Funded* UGA Agents - 161.5 ANR Agents - 39.5 FACS Agents - 91 4-H Agents *County based faculty not included in this number include: - FVSU Agents - Archway Faculty - County Funded Faculty - Grant Funded Faculty

17. Vacancies  We currently have 75 vacant county agent positions.  We anticipate about 10 more retirements by the end of this calendar year.

18. Effect of Cuts Have Been Minimized By Several Factors:  Retired Agents Rehired (Currently 35 on State Funds)  Fort Valley Hired 7 New Agents  Counties Have Increased Funding in Some Cases  Support from School Boards (Not Common in Other States)

19. Challenges Over The Next Year  Many Rehires End June 30, 2010  Counties Feeling Budget Crunch  Loss of Experience with Retirements  Lack of Training $  Younger Faculty Stepping into Leadership Roles  Additional State Budget Cuts???

20. Question?  With only 237 state funded county agents how do we deliver effective county programming in three program areas for 159 counties???

21. Consider that Extension Provides Both…  Services: - soil tests - water tests - radon test kits - peanut hull scrape - test pressure canners - plant & insect ID - copies of publications - online content  Programs - 4-H Club Meetings - Production Meetings - Pesticide Education/ Certification - ServSafe Certification - Walk Georgia - Master Gardener