INSERT YOUR County Community Partner Advisory Group (CPAG) Orientation

1. 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.

2. The Wisconsin Idea The boundaries of the University are the boundaries of the State.

3. 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.

5. 13 Four-year universities UW-Extension 13 Two-year colleges Cooperative Extension Continuing Education Business and Manufacturing Extension Broadcasting and Media Innovations How We’re Structured University of Wisconsin System

6. What is UW-Cooperative Extension and What Do We Do • In each of the state’s 72 counties Extension educators: • Teach – Interpret knowledge • Research – Link to the UW-System • Resource An extension of the university into the county

7. Funding Partnership State Federal USDA County

8. 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

9. 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.

10. Community Partner Advisory Groups Ensuring Local Effectiveness and Partner Relationships

11. Purpose of Community Partner Advisory Groups (CPAG) • Program advice • Input on program effectiveness • Identify new partners • Strengthen existing relationships • Communicate value

12. Who Creates CPAGs? • County Extension Committees have statutory authority • Appointment process subject to local policy and procedures

13. 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 What CPAG Do & Don’t Do

14. 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.

15. 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)

16. 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.) County’s population is female (2000 Census).

17. 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)

18. Commuting Patterns • (??,???) INSERT YOUR County residents live and work in the county. • (??,???) workers commute into INSERT YOUR County to work; • (??,???) INSERT YOURCounty residents commute out of the county for work. Source: WI Dept of Workforce Development (2003 Data)

19. 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)

20. Agriculture and Natural Resources • xINSERT EDUCATOR’S NAME AND CORRESPONDING INFO • xTITLE–(?) FTE • xPROGRAMMING AREAS & PARTNERS

21. Family Living • xINSERT EDUCATOR’S NAME AND CORRESPONDING INFO • xTITLE–(?) FTE • xPROGRAMMING AREAS & PARTNERS Helping Communities ManageChallenges and Opportunities

22. Helping Communities ManageChallenges and Opportunities WNEP* • xINSERT EDUCATOR’S NAME AND CORRESPONDING INFO • xTITLE–(?) FTE • xPROGRAMMING AREAS & PARTNERS Helping Communities ManageChallenges and Opportunities *Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program

23. Helping Communities ManageChallenges and Opportunities 4-H Youth Development Program • xINSERT EDUCATOR’S 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

24. Community, Natural Resources and Economic Development • xINSERT EDUCATOR’S NAME AND CORRESPONDING INFO • xTITLE–(?) FTE • xPROGRAMMING AREAS & PARTNERS Helping Communities ManageChallenges and Opportunities

25. An EEO/AA employer, University of Wisconsin Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title IX and American with Disabilities (ADA) requirements.

26. The rest of the slides are optional or examples of what other information could be present during the CPAG orientation

27. Total population increased by 25%. • 5.5% of the population was non-White in 2000. • Source: US Census Bureau

28. 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

29. 37% of the population lives in one of the four cities. • 66% of the county’s 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

30. The county’s 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

31. 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.

32. 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 County’s 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

33. Pressure on Farmland • About 30% of the farmland sold each year in Walworth County is converted to non-agricultural uses

34. 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

35. Horticulture • Mark Konlock • Horticulture Educator—0.5 FTE, all county $$ • Began duties in June, 2004 • Emphasis on consumer hort • “Hort Line” open Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings

36. Horticulture Programming • Food Donation Station—2004    • 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

37. 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

38. Poverty Simulation—staffing 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

39. UWEX WNEP collaborates with: • WIC • Job Center/Food Stamp Office • Jail • Food Pantries • Area school ESL classes • Lakeland School

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41. Enrollment has hovered just below 5% of county’s total youth population in each of the past 5 years.

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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.