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New Staff Training. AgrAbility National Training Workshop Indianapolis, Indiana Brad Rein, Division Director. History of AgrAbility. Authorized through the 1990 Farm Bill Modeled after state programs that assisted agricultural workers in VT, IA, and IN

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  1. New Staff Training AgrAbility National Training Workshop Indianapolis, Indiana Brad Rein, Division Director

  2. History of AgrAbility • Authorized through the 1990 Farm Bill • Modeled after state programs that assisted agricultural workers in VT, IA, and IN • Grown from 8 awards in 1991 to 23 awards in 2011 totaling $4.6 million

  3. AgrAbility Priorities • Develops service capacity • Encourages networking • Provides direct services through education, assistance and support • Assists farmers and ranchers with disabilities

  4. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture and AgrAbility • Provide fair, effective, and efficient administration of Federal assistance • Satisfy Legislative and Executive branches • Collect data to justify continuing programs

  5. Federal Level Functions • Provide program oversight • Ensure federal dollars are spent and managed appropriately • Ensure fair and objective review of proposals • Communicate program successes and impacts to USDA and Congress

  6. Farm Bill Language • Authorized partnership between land-grant institutions and disability organizations in 1990 • Established funding recommendation • Provided guidance on eligible programs • Appropriated under Smith-Lever 3(d)

  7. AgrAbility Funds DO Support • Education—long term investment strategy • Accommodating disabilities and avoiding secondary injuries • Directed towards health, farm, and government service providers • Networking • Sharing of information and provision of services • Customers, peer supporters, volunteers, stakeholders, other funding organizations, etc.

  8. AgrAbility Funds DO Support • Assistance • Focuses on individualized consultative services increasing likelihood of client’s success in farm operation • Includes client and others working at same place • Marketing • Increasing awareness of AgrAbility and its initiatives

  9. AgrAbility Funds DO NOT Support • Paying for assistive technology or other farm site modifications • Soliciting other federal funds • Paying tuition or student fees • Paying overhead or indirect cost • Conducting research (work must remain within accepted bounds of Extension)

  10. Outcomes • Increased knowledge of practices and activities for disabled farmers • Increased appropriate assistance options • Improved modifications that increase independence and productivity • Increased chance that individuals with disabilities and their families can continue to be successfully involved in production agriculture

  11. New Staff Reminders • Keep your directors, colleagues, and NIFA informed of any significant recognition of your project • Inform me if you have a change in or reorganization of project staff • Submit progress reports on time

  12. Q and As • Who do I contact if I have questions about submitting my Current Research Information System (CRIS) report? • CRIS Office: 202-690-0119 • When is my CRIS report due? • Reports are due 90 days prior to the expiration date of the current grant.* • What do I need to include in my CRIS report? • Output, impact, progress, publications and progress *

  13. Q and As • When is my continuation application due? • It will vary by projects. States will be notified individually. • Where can I find the terms and conditions of my award? • Award Face Sheet Provisions Section • http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/rtc/index.jsp

  14. Additional Questions?

  15. Contact Information Brad Rein Division Director, Agricultural Systems Division brein@nifa.usda.gov Phone: 202-401-0151 Fax: 202-401-5179 http://www.nifa.usda.gov

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