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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Forwarding on behalf of Ed Martin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please share with all your personnel including a note stating the importance of this request.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kristie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Kristie Gallardo<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Arizona Cooperative Extension<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#767676">Division of Agriculture, Life & Veterinary Sciences & Cooperative Extension<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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1140 E. South Campus Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">As you know by now, UACE is in the early stages of a Statewide Needs Assessment to understand community needs and assets across the state as a basis for prioritizing Extension activities to maximize our impact.
This is a statewide effort, and we are counting on participation from UACE faculty and staff across counties, units, and program areas to make this a successful process. If you have already participated by submitting reports or key informant recommendations,
thank you! If you have not, <b><i>please visit this website: </i></b></span><a href="https://norton.arizona.edu/uace-needs-assessment-2022"><i>https://norton.arizona.edu/uace-needs-assessment-2022</i></a><b><i><span style="color:black"> and take a few minutes
to contribute in the following ways </span><span style="color:#70AD47">(<u>deadline
</u></span><u><span style="color:#548235;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#548235;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">July 15</span></u><span style="color:#70AD47">)</span><span style="color:black">:
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="color:black">(1) Key Informant Interviews will be conducted beginning in August 2022</span></b><span style="color:black"> to collect qualitative data on local and statewide needs from informed sources.<b><i> The CRED Team
is aiming to complete 5-7 interviews per county and needs your help identifying key Extension partners, potential future partners, and representatives of harder-to-reach populations (e.g., immigrant urban farmers, families impacted by substance abuse) for
these interviews</i>.</b> Add names of recommended key informants by completing this short survey:
<b> </b></span><a href="https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cGzt2urCaUtqrhs">https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cGzt2urCaUtqrhs</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="color:black">(2) Demographic and secondary data from existing sources
</span></b><span style="color:black">are being assembled<b> </b>to identify state, tribal, and county-specific needs and assets across topic areas. The CRED team have already begun collecting existing, publicly-available reports, which can be viewed in this
Box folder: </span><a href="https://arizona.box.com/s/6dsuke84uryjo2kthqgij47n8ylzwpec">https://arizona.box.com/s/6dsuke84uryjo2kthqgij47n8ylzwpec</a><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">However, if you know of any needs assessments or reports that are not in those folders, please email them as attachments to the following address:
</span><a href="mailto:Uploade.0c8wrectb8xt65g6@u.box.com">Uploade.0c8wrectb8xt65g6@u.box.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">This includes reports (2016 and later) from state agencies, commodity groups, non-profit organizations or others that identify needs and priorities statewide or regionally within Arizona.
<b>Additionally (and importantly!) this includes data summaries or reports you've generated with information on stakeholder needs in Arizona.
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<p style="margin:0in">The next step of the Statewide Needs Assessment will be a stakeholder survey (anticipated to be in the field August-October 2022). More details on that process to come. If you have questions that are not answered on the needs assessment
website, feel free to email the CRED Team at <a href="mailto:cred@arizona.edu">cred@arizona.edu</a>.
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