INSERT YOUR County Community Partner Advisory Group CPAG Orientation

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INSERT YOUR CountyCommunity Partner Advisory
Group (CPAG) Orientation
An EEO/AA employer, University of Wisconsin
Extension provides equal opportunities in
employment and programming, including Title IX
and American with Disabilities (ADA) requirements.
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The Wisconsin Idea

• The boundaries of the University are the
  boundaries of the State.

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The Mission of UW-Extension

• Through the University of Wisconsin-Extension,
  all Wisconsin people can access university
  resources and engage in lifelong learning,
  wherever they live and work.

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How Were Structured
University of Wisconsin System
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What is UW-Cooperative Extension and What Do We Do
An extension of the university into the county

• In each of the states 72 counties Extension
  educators
• Teach Interpret knowledge
• Research Link to the UW-System
• Resource

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Funding Partnership
State
Federal USDA
County
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UW-Extension Partners

• Local government
• Extension Education Committees (EEC) County
  staff
• County board supervisors Advisory groups
• State of Wisconsin
• State agencies UW Systems
• Ag. research stations Non profits
• Tribal colleges
• Business and Community groups Chambers
  business Assoc. United Way Ag. commodity
  groups Civic volunteers

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Extension Education Committee (EEC)

• Five county supervisors
• Advise the county board with respect to all
  resolutions and ordinances concerning agriculture
  and extension education.
• Enter into joint employment agreements with the
  university extension or with other counties and
  the university extension if the county funds that
  are committed in the agreements have been
  appropriated by the county board.
• Evaluate agriculture and extension education
  programs and provide guidance concerning
  prioritization of agriculture and extension
  programming.

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Community Partner Advisory Groups

• Ensuring Local Effectiveness and Partner
  Relationships

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Purpose of Community Partner Advisory Groups
(CPAG)

• Program advice
• Input on program effectiveness
• Identify new partners
• Strengthen existing relationships
• Communicate value

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Who Creates CPAGs?

• County Extension Committees have statutory
  authority
• Appointment process subject to local policy and
  procedures

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What CPAG Do Dont Do

• CPAGs Should
• Reflect diverse voices
• Have regular interaction with EEC
• Interact with UW-Extension staff
• Build local strategies to communicate value

• CPAGs Should Not
• Make policy
• Take on budget authority
• Replace other advisory groups

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Informal Mission of CPAGs

• The mission of the CPAG is to help UWEX staff and
  the agriculture and extension education committee
  implement and sustain high quality education
  programs that meet the needs and enrich the lives
  of local citizens and that result in a strong
  foundation of support for community-based
  extension education.

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INSERT YOUR County

• Located in (INSERT YOUR INFO) Wisconsin
• (INSERT YOUR INFO) square miles
• Population of (INSERT YOUR INFO) (2004 estimate)
• Rapid population growth of (INSERT YOUR INFO)
  ??.?) since 1990
• (INSERT YOUR INFO)? cities, ?? towns, and ?
  villages

(INSERT A MAP OF YOUR COUNTY HERE)
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More about INSERT YOUR County

• Per capita income was (??,???) (1999 figures)
  state average was 21,271.
• Poverty rate is (?.?) county ranks (??)th in
  state state rate is 8.7.
• (?) of the population speaks a language other
  than English at home more than one-third of
  these speak English less than very well.
• (??.?) of (INSERT YOUR CTY.) Countys population
  is female (2000 Census).

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Largest County Employers

• 1,000 or more employees
• (INSERT YOUR INFO)
• (INSERT YOUR INFO)
• 500-999 employees
• (INSERT YOUR INFO)

Source WI Dept of Workforce Development (2003
Data)
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Commuting Patterns

• (??,???) INSERT YOUR County residents live and
  work in the county.
• (??,???) workers commute into INSERT YOUR County
  to work
• (??,???) INSERT YOUR County residents commute out
  of the county for work.

Source WI Dept of Workforce Development (2003
Data)
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UW-Extension INSERT YOUR County Program Areas

• Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Family Living and Wisconsin Nutrition Education
  Program
• 4-H Youth Development
• Community, Natural Resources and Economic
  Development (CNRED)

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Agriculture and Natural Resources

• xINSERT EDUCATORS NAME AND CORRESPONDING INFO
• xTITLE(?) FTE
• xPROGRAMMING AREAS PARTNERS

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Family Living

• xINSERT EDUCATORS NAME AND CORRESPONDING INFO
• xTITLE(?) FTE
• xPROGRAMMING AREAS PARTNERS

                           Helping Communities
ManageChallenges and Opportunities
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WNEP

• xINSERT EDUCATORS NAME AND CORRESPONDING INFO
• xTITLE(?) FTE
• xPROGRAMMING AREAS PARTNERS

                           Helping Communities
ManageChallenges and Opportunities
Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program
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4-H Youth Development Program

• xINSERT EDUCATORS NAME
• xTITLE(?) FTE
• xINSERT PROGRAMMING AREAS PARTNERS
• 4-H is a community of young people across America
  who are learning leadership, citizenship and life
  skills
• x(YOUR) County has a strong traditional 4-H club
  program with
• (NUMBER) 4-H members
• (NUMBER) community clubs
• (NUMBER) enrolled adult volunteers

                           Helping Communities
ManageChallenges and Opportunities
Head, Heart, Hands and Health
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Community, Natural Resources and Economic
Development

• xINSERT EDUCATORS NAME AND CORRESPONDING INFO
• xTITLE(?) FTE
• xPROGRAMMING AREAS PARTNERS

                           Helping Communities
ManageChallenges and Opportunities
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An EEO/AA employer, University of Wisconsin
Extension provides equal opportunities in
employment and programming, including Title IX
and American with Disabilities (ADA) requirements.
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The rest of the slides are optional or examples
of what other information could be present during
the CPAG orientation
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• Total population increased by 25.
• 5.5 of the population was non-White in
  2000.

• Source US Census Bureau

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• Non-Hispanic population increased by 20.4.
• Hispanic population increased by 204 in 2000
  the Hispanic population was 6.5 of the total.

• Source US Census Bureau

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• 37 of the population lives in one of the four
  cities.
• 66 of the countys Hispanic population and
  nearly 58 of its non-White population live in
  one of the cities.
• 27 of the Hispanic population lives in the City
  of Delavan, at least 1 in 5 Delavan residents is
  Hispanic.

• Source US Census Bureau

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• The countys population is projected to increase
  by 28 over the next 26 years, reaching 117,833
  by 2030.
• The youth population will increase by 19 but
  the population of elderly residents will more
  than double in that same time period (120).
  

Source US Census Bureau
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Residents with Disabilities

• 12,993 Walworth County residents ages 5 and above
  have a disability. (2000 Census)
• More than 35 of the elderly (age 65 and older)
  have a disability. (2000 Census)
• Walworth County is home to the Wisconsin School
  for the Deaf in Delavan, which provides
  educational programs for students in pre-school
  through 12th grade who are deaf or
  multi-handicapped.
• Walworth County funds a special education program
  and school to meet the educational and social
  needs of youth with cognitive disabilities.

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Walworth County Agriculture

• Walworth County has 988 farms (62 of the land
  area), 31 of which have annual sales of less
  than 1,000.
• The principle operators on 43 of these farms
  have a primary occupation other than farming.
• 1,518 of Walworth Countys farm operators are
  white, 2 are multiracial, and 5 are of Spanish,
  Hispanic, or Latino origin.
• The typical Walworth County farmer is male and
  54.5 years old. Only about 14 of the principle
  operators are women.

• Source 2002 Census of Agriculture County
  Profile, USDA

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Pressure on Farmland

• About 30 of the farmland sold each year in
  Walworth County is converted to non-agricultural
  uses

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UWEX ANRE collaborates with

• Walworth County Department of Land Use and
  Resource Management Land Conservation Division
• Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
• NRCS and FSA
• Farm Bureau
• Town Country RC D
• Walworth CountyAgricultural Society

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Horticulture

• Mark Konlock
• Horticulture Educator0.5 FTE, all county
• Began duties in June, 2004
• Emphasis on consumer hort
• Hort Line open Monday, Wednesday and Friday
  mornings

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Horticulture Programming

• Food Donation Station2004   
• Elkhorn, Delavan, and Lake Geneva Food Pantries
• 237 pounds of produce
• Will continue in 2005
• Plans for Community Gardens in 2005   
• Lakeland Health Care Center, Elkhorn (county
  nursing home)
• Delavan (outreach targeting Latino population)
• Whitewater

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Walworth County Families

• There are 34,522 households in Walworth County.
• 34 of the households include youth under 18
  years of age, and 23 include individuals 65
  years of age or older.
• The median family income is 55,310 (about 11
  higher that the U.S. average).
• 84.2 of the population (25 or older) have a high
  school or higher education but only 40 of
  Latinos have attained this level of education.

Source US Census Bureau
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• Poverty Simulationstaffing training effort
  co-sponsored by Dept of Health and Human Services
  and UW- Extension

• Identity Theft program for HCE

Parenting the First, Second and Third Year
newsletters a collaborative effort with
Kiwanis, Lakeland Medical Center, and Public
Health available in Spanish
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UWEX WNEP collaborates with

• WIC
• Job Center/Food Stamp Office
• Jail
• Food Pantries
• Area school ESL classes
• Lakeland School

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Enrollment has hovered just below 5 of countys
total youth population in each of the past 5
years.
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4-H Youth Development Program

• Members work on projects and exhibit at the
  Walworth County Fair members also develop life
  skills.
• Strong leadership skill development through
• Officers training
• Junior Leaders Association
• 4-H Ambassadors
• Camp Counselors

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Community Natural Resources and Economic
Development
If funding were to become available, issues for
programming might include

• Economic Development
• Leadership Development (community capacity
  building)
• Local government (facilitation, conflict
  resolution, strategic planning)
• Land Use and Rural Development
• Water Quality
• Livestock Facilities Siting

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More About INSERT YOUR County

• xINSERT MORE INFO ABOUT COUNTY--OPTIONAL ?,???
  county residents live below the poverty level.
• x?.? of White, non-Hispanic children live in
  poverty ??.? of Hispanic children live in
  poverty.
• In 2003, ?,??? people received food stamps ??
  of these were children.
• The number of food stamp recipients in INSERT
  YOUR County increased nearly ??? from 1999-2003.
• There were ?,??? WIC participants in 2003 about
  ??.? of the eligible population.
• WIC reports that ?? of its clients are Latino.
• There are ?? food pantries in INSERT YOUR County.

Source Wisconsin Food Security Project , US
Census, Walworth County WIC Program
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4-H Youth Development Program
Dedicated adult volunteers are key to the success
of the 4-H program. They participate in
orientation and training, provide leadership to
clubs, project work, and county events and
activities, and support youth as they learn and
grow.