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**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** AS WITH OTHER SUDDEN AND DRAMATIC CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES, AMELIORATING IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC NECESSITATES INNOVATION. THOUGH THE REDESIGNED ASSESSMENT (COMMUNITY REVIEW PROGRAM)PROGRAMS ARE PROVING TO BE EFFECTIVE, THEY ARE FORMATTED TO BE DELIVERED OVER THE COURSE OF THREE TO SIX MONTHS WITH FIVE TO 15 FACILITATORS VISITING THE COMMUNITY AT LEAST TWICE. MONTANA, IDAHO AND WYOMING DELIVERY ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT EACH HAVE ONE STAFF PERSON DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY REVIEWS (CRS). THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING CRS WITH HOME TEAM ORGANIZERS FROM EACH COMMUNITY, RECRUITING AND TRAINING VISITING TEAM MEMBERS (I.E., THE EXPERT FACILITATORS), WRITING TWO REPORTS FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND IN TWO CASES, ALSO RUNNING THE DELIVERY ORGANIZATION. PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT, BUT CURRENTLY ONLY THREE TO FIVE REVIEWS ARE POSSIBLE PER YEAR, A NUMBER THAT WILL FALL FAR SHORT OF SERVING THE NUMBER OF RURAL COMMUNITIES THAT WILL NEED ASSISTANCE AS THE CORONAVIRUSTHREAT SUBSIDES. THUS, THE 17-MEMBER TRI-STATE DESIGN TEAM IS TURNING ITS ATTENTION TO DEVELOPING AN ASSESSMENTPROCESS THAT CAN BE DELIVERED WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY VIA VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY AND TO MANY MORE COMMUNITIES IN A REDUCED PERIOD OF TIME.IN ADDITION, DESIGN TEAM MEMBERSWILL BEGIN DEVELOPING ONLINE TOOLS FOR COMMUNITIES AND A REPOSITORY OF DISASTER-RELIEF RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE. WE WILL INITIATE A PEER NETWORK AMONG COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN CAS IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS TO SHARE, LEARN, AND COLLECTIVELY TROUBLESHOOT COMMUNITY CHALLENGES. STATE DESIGN TEAMS INFUSE THE PLN WITH ADDITIONAL RESOURCES INCLUDING CONTENT EXPERTS, CASE STUDY COMMUNITIES, AND DIALOGUE TO DISCUSS HOT TOPICS AND NEEDS RURAL COMMUNITIES ARE FACING.WHILE USING THE CONSIDERABLE KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES OF THE DESIGN TEAM TO SUPPORT PARTICIPATING COMMUNITIES, THE PEER NETWORK WILL ALSO ACT AS AN AD HOC ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS THE DESIGN TEAM DEVELOPS THE R3 PROCESS. THIS WILL ENSURE THE RESULTING PROGRAM CHANGES AND INNOVATIONS EFFECTIVELY HELP COMMUNITIES ADDRESS THEIR MOST PRESSING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY NEEDS ONCE THE WORST OF THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS HAS PASSED.THIS PROJECT TEAM WILL CONTINUE THE INTEGRATED RESEARCH AND EXTENSION APPROACH USED IN THE FORMER PROJECT AND WILL BUILD ON THE ADAPTIVE WORK NOW BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE 17-MEMBER TRI-STATE DESIGN TEAM. ITS FOCUS IS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HAD CRS, CONNECT THEM SO THEY CAN HELP EACH OTHER, AND UTILIZE THEIR EXPERTISE TO INFORM DEVELOPMENT OF A RAPID RESPONSE CRPROGRAM THAT CAN BE DEPLOYED QUICKLY AND TO A LARGE NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES WITHIN A SHORT TIME FRAME. THIS PROGRAM WILL BE DESIGNED TO HELP COMMUNITIES ENGAGE, PLAN, AND IMPLEMENT PROJECTS AS QUICKLY AS FEASIBLE. COMMUNITIES WILL BE SUPPORTED WITH COACHING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND CAPACITY-BUILDING TRAINING TO MAXIMIZE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES TO RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC-INDUCED RECESSION.THE DRIVING THEORY OF CHANGE AND RECOVERY IS THAT SUSTAINING AND STRENGTHENING LOCAL SOCIAL CAPITAL--TYPICALLY A DEFINING STRENGTH OF RURAL COMMUNITIES--IS CRITICAL TO BOTH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND DISASTER RECOVERY. IN ORDER TO BUILD AND SUSTAIN LOCAL SOCIAL CAPITAL, ENGAGE CITIZENS IN DETERMINING IMMEDIATE AND FUTURE PRIORITIES, AND QUICKLY HELP MOBILIZE RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITIES DURING AND AFTER THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, WE WILL CONDUCT THE FOLLOWING RESEARCH AND EXTENSION ACTIVITIES:1.WORK WITH CRALUMNI COMMUNITIES, PRIMARILY VIA PEER LEARNING NETWORKS AND REGIONAL TRAININGS, TO HELP THEM SUSTAIN COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, REDIRECT EFFORTS IN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC CRISIS, AND FACILITATE PEER-TO-PEER DISCUSSIONS SO THEY MAY HELP EACH OTHER AND ADVISE THE PROJECT DESIGN TEAM ON R3 PROGRAM DESIGN AND IDENTIFYING IMPEDIMENTS TO RECOVERY,2.IMPLEMENT AN R3/CRPROGRAM WITH MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES IN IDAHO, MONTANA, AND WYOMING USING VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY, ABBREVIATED COMMUNITY VISITS, OR A HYBRID COMBINATIONOF FORMATS,3.PROVIDE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS, FUNDING COMMUNITY PROJECTS TRAINING, AND OTHER CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES TO COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATING IN CRS (R3 AND INTENSIVE FORMAT CRS)4.AUGMENT THE EXISTING PROJECT WEBSITE AND RESOURCE DATABASE (COMMUNITYREVIEW.ORG) TO INCLUDE EMERGENCY HEALTH, ECONOMIC, AND OTHER TYPES OF RESOURCES TO COMMUNITIES TRYING TO RECOVER FROM EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC,5.PROVIDE VIDEO AND OTHER KINDS OF DO-IT-YOURSELF TUTORIALS ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE IN ORDER TO ASSIST COMMUNITIES MORE QUICKLY AND HELP THEM GET STARTED UNTIL TEAMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR MORE INTENSIVE INTERVENTION,6.CONDUCT RIPPLE EFFECTS MAPPING (REM) WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS TO (1) CONTINUE EVALUATION IN ALUMNI COMMUNITIES HAVING CRS BETWEEN 2018 AND 2020, (2) CONDUCT PRE-R3/CREVALUATION TO ESTABLISH BASELINE MEASURES FOR COMMUNITIES PRIOR TO PARTICIPATION, (3) CONDUCT POST-R3/CREVALUATION ONE YEAR AFTER PARTICIPATION TO MEASURE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL CAPITAL CHANGES AND OTHER R3/CRACTIVITY IMPACTS, AND (4) EVALUATE THE VALUE OF A MASTERMIND GROUP COMPRISED OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEADERS FROM CRALUMNI COMMUNITIES INVOLVED IN THE PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK, AND7.BASED ON EXPERIENCE WITH AND EVALUATION OF R3, DEVELOP A PROGRAM REPLICATION GUIDE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON WORKING WITH RURAL COMMUNITIES POST DISASTERS.GOAL: ADAPT, DELIVER, AND EVALUATE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE RAPID RESPONSE AND RECOVERY ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS THREE WESTERN STATES DURING AND AFTER THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, THE PROJECT WILL ACCOMPLISH THREERESEARCH OBJECTIVESIN THE WAKE OF THE CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY, STUDY SOCIAL AND OTHER COMMUNITY CAPITALS DEVELOPMENT AT LOCAL AND REGIONAL SCALES AND ITS IMPACT ON RESILIENCE FOSTERED BY POST-2018 CRREDESIGN, AND R3 PROCESS ADAPTATIONS.EVALUATE BENEFITS OF A PEER SUPPORT AND LEARNING NETWORK AMONG LEADERS FROM ALUMNI COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN A CRWITHIN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.IDENTIFY THE IMPACT OF INCORPORATING CAPACITY-BUILDING TRAINING (LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDING COMMUNITY PROJECTS) DURING AND FOLLOWING A CRINTERVENTION ON A COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO ACHIEVE IDENTIFIED GOALS.THE PROJECT HAS TWOEXTENSION OBJECTIVES:HOST AND FACILITATE A PEER SUPPORT AND LEARNING NETWORK AMONG LEADERS FROM RECENT (ONE TO FOUR YEARS) CRALUMNI COMMUNITIES.DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A RAPID RESPONSE & RECOVERY (R3) APPROACH TO ASSESSING AND ASSISTING COMMUNITIES DURING AND FOLLOWING A DISASTER.

$499,985FY2021National Institute of Food and AgricultureUSDA

Regents Of The University Of Idaho, Moscow ID

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**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** AS WITH OTHER SUDDEN AND DRAMATIC CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES, AMELIORATING IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC NECESSITATES INNOVATION. THOUGH THE REDESIGNED ASSESSMENT (COMMUNITY REVIEW PROGRAM)PROGRAMS ARE PROVING TO BE EFFECTIVE, THEY ARE FORMATTED TO BE DELIVERED OVER THE COURSE OF THREE TO SIX MONTHS WITH FIVE TO 15 FACILITATORS VISITING THE COMMUNITY AT LEAST TWICE. MONTANA, IDAHO AND WYOMING DELIVERY ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT EACH HAVE ONE STAFF PERSON DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY REVIEWS (CRS). THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING CRS WITH HOME TEAM ORGANIZERS FROM EACH COMMUNITY, RECRUITING AND TRAINING VISITING TEAM MEMBERS (I.E., THE EXPERT FACILITATORS), WRITING TWO REPORTS FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND IN TWO CASES, ALSO RUNNING THE DELIVERY ORGANIZATION. PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT, BUT CURRENTLY ONLY THREE TO FIVE REVIEWS ARE POSSIBLE PER YEAR, A NUMBER THAT WILL FALL FAR SHORT OF SERVING THE NUMBER OF RURAL COMMUNITIES THAT WILL NEED ASSISTANCE AS THE CORONAVIRUSTHREAT SUBSIDES. THUS, THE 17-MEMBER TRI-STATE DESIGN TEAM IS TURNING ITS ATTENTION TO DEVELOPING AN ASSESSMENTPROCESS THAT CAN BE DELIVERED WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY VIA VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY AND TO MANY MORE COMMUNITIES IN A REDUCED PERIOD OF TIME.IN ADDITION, DESIGN TEAM MEMBERSWILL BEGIN DEVELOPING ONLINE TOOLS FOR COMMUNITIES AND A REPOSITORY OF DISASTER-RELIEF RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE. WE WILL INITIATE A PEER NETWORK AMONG COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN CAS IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS TO SHARE, LEARN, AND COLLECTIVELY TROUBLESHOOT COMMUNITY CHALLENGES. STATE DESIGN TEAMS INFUSE THE PLN WITH ADDITIONAL RESOURCES INCLUDING CONTENT EXPERTS, CASE STUDY COMMUNITIES, AND DIALOGUE TO DISCUSS HOT TOPICS AND NEEDS RURAL COMMUNITIES ARE FACING.WHILE USING THE CONSIDERABLE KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES OF THE DESIGN TEAM TO SUPPORT PARTICIPATING COMMUNITIES, THE PEER NETWORK WILL ALSO ACT AS AN AD HOC ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS THE DESIGN TEAM DEVELOPS THE R3 PROCESS. THIS WILL ENSURE THE RESULTING PROGRAM CHANGES AND INNOVATIONS EFFECTIVELY HELP COMMUNITIES ADDRESS THEIR MOST PRESSING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY NEEDS ONCE THE WORST OF THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS HAS PASSED.THIS PROJECT TEAM WILL CONTINUE THE INTEGRATED RESEARCH AND EXTENSION APPROACH USED IN THE FORMER PROJECT AND WILL BUILD ON THE ADAPTIVE WORK NOW BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE 17-MEMBER TRI-STATE DESIGN TEAM. ITS FOCUS IS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HAD CRS, CONNECT THEM SO THEY CAN HELP EACH OTHER, AND UTILIZE THEIR EXPERTISE TO INFORM DEVELOPMENT OF A RAPID RESPONSE CRPROGRAM THAT CAN BE DEPLOYED QUICKLY AND TO A LARGE NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES WITHIN A SHORT TIME FRAME. THIS PROGRAM WILL BE DESIGNED TO HELP COMMUNITIES ENGAGE, PLAN, AND IMPLEMENT PROJECTS AS QUICKLY AS FEASIBLE. COMMUNITIES WILL BE SUPPORTED WITH COACHING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND CAPACITY-BUILDING TRAINING TO MAXIMIZE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES TO RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC-INDUCED RECESSION.THE DRIVING THEORY OF CHANGE AND RECOVERY IS THAT SUSTAINING AND STRENGTHENING LOCAL SOCIAL CAPITAL--TYPICALLY A DEFINING STRENGTH OF RURAL COMMUNITIES--IS CRITICAL TO BOTH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND DISASTER RECOVERY. IN ORDER TO BUILD AND SUSTAIN LOCAL SOCIAL CAPITAL, ENGAGE CITIZENS IN DETERMINING IMMEDIATE AND FUTURE PRIORITIES, AND QUICKLY HELP MOBILIZE RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITIES DURING AND AFTER THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, WE WILL CONDUCT THE FOLLOWING RESEARCH AND EXTENSION ACTIVITIES:1.WORK WITH CRALUMNI COMMUNITIES, PRIMARILY VIA PEER LEARNING NETWORKS AND REGIONAL TRAININGS, TO HELP THEM SUSTAIN COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, REDIRECT EFFORTS IN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC CRISIS, AND FACILITATE PEER-TO-PEER DISCUSSIONS SO THEY MAY HELP EACH OTHER AND ADVISE THE PROJECT DESIGN TEAM ON R3 PROGRAM DESIGN AND IDENTIFYING IMPEDIMENTS TO RECOVERY,2.IMPLEMENT AN R3/CRPROGRAM WITH MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES IN IDAHO, MONTANA, AND WYOMING USING VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY, ABBREVIATED COMMUNITY VISITS, OR A HYBRID COMBINATIONOF FORMATS,3.PROVIDE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS, FUNDING COMMUNITY PROJECTS TRAINING, AND OTHER CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES TO COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATING IN CRS (R3 AND INTENSIVE FORMAT CRS)4.AUGMENT THE EXISTING PROJECT WEBSITE AND RESOURCE DATABASE (COMMUNITYREVIEW.ORG) TO INCLUDE EMERGENCY HEALTH, ECONOMIC, AND OTHER TYPES OF RESOURCES TO COMMUNITIES TRYING TO RECOVER FROM EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC,5.PROVIDE VIDEO AND OTHER KINDS OF DO-IT-YOURSELF TUTORIALS ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE IN ORDER TO ASSIST COMMUNITIES MORE QUICKLY AND HELP THEM GET STARTED UNTIL TEAMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR MORE INTENSIVE INTERVENTION,6.CONDUCT RIPPLE EFFECTS MAPPING (REM) WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS TO (1) CONTINUE EVALUATION IN ALUMNI COMMUNITIES HAVING CRS BETWEEN 2018 AND 2020, (2) CONDUCT PRE-R3/CREVALUATION TO ESTABLISH BASELINE MEASURES FOR COMMUNITIES PRIOR TO PARTICIPATION, (3) CONDUCT POST-R3/CREVALUATION ONE YEAR AFTER PARTICIPATION TO MEASURE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL CAPITAL CHANGES AND OTHER R3/CRACTIVITY IMPACTS, AND (4) EVALUATE THE VALUE OF A MASTERMIND GROUP COMPRISED OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEADERS FROM CRALUMNI COMMUNITIES INVOLVED IN THE PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK, AND7.BASED ON EXPERIENCE WITH AND EVALUATION OF R3, DEVELOP A PROGRAM REPLICATION GUIDE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON WORKING WITH RURAL COMMUNITIES POST DISASTERS.GOAL: ADAPT, DELIVER, AND EVALUATE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE RAPID RESPONSE AND RECOVERY ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS THREE WESTERN STATES DURING AND AFTER THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, THE PROJECT WILL ACCOMPLISH THREERESEARCH OBJECTIVESIN THE WAKE OF THE CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY, STUDY SOCIAL AND OTHER COMMUNITY CAPITALS DEVELOPMENT AT LOCAL AND REGIONAL SCALES AND ITS IMPACT ON RESILIENCE FOSTERED BY POST-2018 CRREDESIGN, AND R3 PROCESS ADAPTATIONS.EVALUATE BENEFITS OF A PEER SUPPORT AND LEARNING NETWORK AMONG LEADERS FROM ALUMNI COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN A CRWITHIN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.IDENTIFY THE IMPACT OF INCORPORATING CAPACITY-BUILDING TRAINING (LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDING COMMUNITY PROJECTS) DURING AND FOLLOWING A CRINTERVENTION ON A COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO ACHIEVE IDENTIFIED GOALS.THE PROJECT HAS TWOEXTENSION OBJECTIVES:HOST AND FACILITATE A PEER SUPPORT AND LEARNING NETWORK AMONG LEADERS FROM RECENT (ONE TO FOUR YEARS) CRALUMNI COMMUNITIES.DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A RAPID RESPONSE & RECOVERY (R3) APPROACH TO ASSESSING AND ASSISTING COMMUNITIES DURING AND FOLLOWING A DISASTER. · GrantIndex