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Title: County Council Needs Identification


1
County Council Needs Identification
  • Your County Name
  • Your Facilitator Name
  • Date

2
Welcome
  • Welcome to the County Council needs
    identification process
  • Facilitator Recorders

3
Purpose of Needs Identification Discussion
  • Identify the important needs within your county
    so University of Missouri Extension Programs can
    be targeted at those needs and make a difference
    in the lives of people.

4
Identify Needs in Six Program Areas
  • Identify the needs in your county by the six
    program areas of MU Extension.
  • Use this information for your local plan of work.

5
Council Involvement is Critical
  • Official public body designated by state law to
    work with the University of Missouri to
  • Identify concerns in the community as well as
    current and emerging trends affecting residents
    of the county
  • Make recommendations to the University about
    needed programs.

6
Agenda Review
  • Posted on the wall
  • Takes two hours
  • Capture need statements
  • Move quickly to complete our work

7
Program Packet
  • MU Extension program descriptions
  • Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Human Environmental Sciences
  • 4-H Youth Development
  • Community Development
  • Business Development
  • Continuing Education

8
Worksheet and County Demographics
  • Work Sheet Identify needs in each of the program
    areas
  • County Demographics Provides information on your
    county
  • Evaluation form Important for your feedback on
    the process

9
Ground Rules
  • Follow the described process as closely as
    possible.
  • Allow each person an opportunity to speak.
  • Consider everyones ideas as important.

10
The Questions
  • What are the most important needs that should be
    addressed by University of Missouri Extension
    programs in this county over the next five years?
  • Who are the target audiences for programs related
    to the needs?
  • What results are expected of successful programs
    that address the needs?

11
Work Sheet Examples for Each Program Area
  • Need
  • Audience
  • Result
  • VERBS for results

12
Need Statement Problem or Challenge
  • Lack of local products for farm markets
  • Increase in farm-related accidents
  • Increase in aging residents
  • Lack of money management skills

13
Audience Diversity!
  • Inclusion of all
  • Beyond race ethnicity
  • Refer to diversity work sheet

14
Audience Multiple?
  • End user Farmer
  • Intermediate user Financial institutions
  • Partners State agency or business

15
Result Statement Use VERBS
  • RETAIN young people
  • INCREASE livestock production
  • IMPROVE workforce communication
  • REDUCE obesity

16
Result Statement Time Frame
  • Short Term Increased awareness of diabetes
    problem
  • Medium Term Greater diagnosis of diabetes
  • Long Term Improved health in the community

17
Lets Get Started!
  • Take 5-10 minutes to complete your work sheet.
  • Write in the most important needs of your
    community.
  • Keep your own work sheet.
  • Be ready to share your ideas with the group.

18
Round-Robin Discussion
  • Remember ground rules
  • Ask permission to add to anothers need statement
  • 15 minutes per program area
  • May vote to extend

19
Evaluation and Next Steps
  • Complete evaluation form
  • Data entered on Web site by Sept. 30
  • Regional Council needs discussion in October
  • Data used for statewide program planning
  • Data returned to county council to use for local
    plan of work, January 2006

20
Thank YOU!!!
  • For your ideas
  • E-mail or call us if you have other suggestions
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