Plan of Work - Alice Mullen - POW 08-12 (2008) (APPROVED)
For reporting years: (2008,2009,2010,2011,2012), Created by Alice Mullen (New Hampshire)
Info
(Show details)Logic Model Overview:
Alice Mullen individual POW, including administrative, PD & E, and professional development
Situation:
From Agricultural Resources:
Home Horticulture
New Hampshire's population now exceeds 1,288,000. Each year UNHCE receives thousands of requests from New Hampshire citizens for education on a wide range of topics including home gardening, wildlife, water quality, household pests, backyard livestock, food preparation and food safety, urban forestry and many other topics. UNHCE has developed a variety of methods to simultaneously meet this need and reduce the burden on staff. Utilizing over 500 Master Gardeners (who volunteered 11,000 hours in 100 communities last year) UNHCE expanded its impact by responding to over 10,000 phone inquiries, conducting more than 50 workshops in schools and communities and working on a diverse range projects that resulted in aesthetic, environmental and economic benefits for both NH citizens and volunteers. Each contact with the general public, homeowners, gardeners and municipalities provides the opportunity to teach people how to make changes to their surroundings that optimize the safe use of their properties while protecting the environment.
From Family & Consumer Resources:
Diet Quality and Physical Activity
Nutrition plays a vital role in overall health. In fact, research has found that diet is associated with the leading causes of death, many of which are preventable heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and several types of cancer. Cardiovascular disease and cancer together account for almost two thirds of all deaths in the United States. Despite the importance of diet, however, Americans fail to achieve recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines which lower the risk of disease. Of particular interest, are the results of the 2006 New Hampshire Food Stamp Recipient telephone survey conducted with 401 randomly selected recipients.
Overall Health and Nutritional Quality of Food Stamp Recipients' Diet
In the 2006 telephone survey, food stamp recipients were asked to describe the quality of both their general health. Over the last 5 years, respondents have described their overall health less favorably than the general New Hampshire population. In 2006, 16% of respondents described the overall nutritional quality of their diet as excellent (5%) or very good (11%). By comparison, according to the 2000 Centers for Disease Control Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey, general population residents in New Hampshire (63%) described their health as excellent or very good. Food Stamp recipients were asked to rate the nutritional quality of their diet. Twenty-eight percent of respondents said the nutritional quality of their diet was either excellent (8%) or very good (20%). More respondents (41%) described the nutritional quality of their diet as excellent (13%) or very good (28%) in 2005.
Adopting a Healthier Diet Respondents were asked to identify the primary barriers preventing them from eating a more nutritious diet. Over one-third of respondents (37%) mentioned that they can not afford to improve their diet. Others cited allergies or medical reasons (7%) or a lack of time (7%) as barriers to improving their diet.
Food Safety
Food borne illness is one of the greatest concerns of public health experts and the food industry. Each year, as many as 76 million Americans experience food borne illness, and an estimated 5,000 deaths are linked to tainted foods. Incredible as these figures are, they probably represent only a fraction of the whole picture.
Many mild cases of food borne illness are never reported for a number of reasons: The victims pass off the symptoms as flu and do not seek medical attention, the illness is misdiagnosed as another problem with similar symptoms, the victim fails to recognize food as the source of the illness, or the physician doesn't report the illness to local health agencies. Diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain, or vomiting without fever or upper respiratory distress is often taken to be flu, but people who experience such symptoms are highly likely to be suffering from food borne illness.
From Administrative Time:
Staff need a place to plan for and document administrative time.
From Individual Staff Professional Development Plans:
Staff need to continue to increase knowledge through professional development.
Stakeholder Input
From Agricultural Resources:
From Family & Consumer Resources:
Data was collected from stakeholders via county visits, county and state advisory councils; and reviewed by Family & Consumer Resources specialists and educators
From Administrative Time:
From Individual Staff Professional Development Plans:
Assumptions
From Agricultural Resources:
The sustainability of agriculture in NH requires a holistic approach that interfaces production, human resource, economic, and environmental issues, and civic policies. All must be addressed at some level.
From Family & Consumer Resources:
1. A committed and skilled professional staff in Family and Consumer Resources will be retained.
2. Cooperative Extension has the capacity to address the educational needs of the residents of NH.
3. Cooperative Extension is a highly effective educational program development and delivery organization and is a non-biased research-based source of information and education.
4. Educational resources needed to achieve long term outcomes will be supported and developed.
5. Effective collaborations of agencies and organizations, and strategic partnerships will strengthen program development, delivery and evaluation.
From Administrative Time:
From Individual Staff Professional Development Plans:
External Factors
From Agricultural Resources:
Funding sources are requesting or requiring the following: an articulated strategic plan/vision, documented impacts and achievements, an understanding of the interconnectedness of the elements in a long term program, and illustrations of grass roots participation in the development and implementation of Cooperative Extension programs.
From Family & Consumer Resources:
• Family and Consumer Sciences will become better understood as a discipline.
• Poverty places families and communities under great stress that interferes with their ability to achieve positive outcomes.
• Economic development and stability is a goal for individuals, families, communities and businesses.
• Individuals are challenged to balance personal, family and professional goals and often lack the time to participate in learning opportunities.
• Individuals will choose to make good decisions, be effective parents, choose quality child care, make healthy food choices, handle food safely, and manage their resources with skill if they have the awareness, knowledge, attitudes and skills to do so.
Outcomes
Condition Outcome: Administrative work is done efficiently and effectively
Action Outcome: COA work is done.
Action Outcome: Committee work is done
Action Outcome: Planning and Reporting are done
Action Outcome: Staff Meetings are held and attended
Condition Outcome: Increase the ability of New Hampshire's citizens to enjoy the benefits of home horticulture and sustain the economic, aesthetic and environmental benefits of NH agriculture.
Action Outcome: A successful Master Gardener Volunteer Program will be enhanced to expand the impact of UNHCE's programs and free up Extension Educators time by recruiting, training, supporting, managing, recognizing and retaining volunteers. (Show details)
- Indicator :
AG9- # of of participants in home horticulture programs that gain skills that improve self-esteem, enable them to grow and preserve crops, adopt IPM practices, and protect and enhance their environment.
(Statewide target is 50 participants).- Reporter: Seth Wilner
- Location: Sullivan, Strafford, Rockingham, Merrimack, Hillsborough, Grafton, Coos, Cheshire, Carroll, Belknap, Sullivan, Strafford, Rockingham, Merrimack, Hillsborough, Grafton, Coos, Cheshire, Carroll, Belknap
- Evaluation plan: o Home horticultural program participants will be surveyed through end-of-session questionnaires, interviews by Master Gardeners and other volunteers, and through electronic questionnaires to determine the achievement of the above outcomes. The Family Home and Garden Center will coordinate the collection of this information, working with the appropriate specialists.
- Indicator details for this plan:
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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 # / possible 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - Location: Hillsborough, Statewide
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Learning Outcome: The Family Home and Garden Education Center Director and the Master Gardener Coordinator learn skills that enable them to recruit, train, support, manage, recognize and retain volunteers. (Show details)
- Indicator:
AG9- # of of participants in home horticulture programs that gain skills that improve self-esteem, enable them to grow and preserve crops, adopt IPM practices, and protect and enhance their environment.
(Statewide target is 50 participants).- Reporter: Seth Wilner
- Location: Sullivan, Strafford, Rockingham, Merrimack, Hillsborough, Grafton, Coos, Cheshire, Carroll, Belknap, Sullivan, Strafford, Rockingham, Merrimack, Hillsborough, Grafton, Coos, Cheshire, Carroll, Belknap
- Evaluation plan: o Home horticultural program participants will be surveyed through end-of-session questionnaires, interviews by Master Gardeners and other volunteers, and through electronic questionnaires to determine the achievement of the above outcomes. The Family Home and Garden Center will coordinate the collection of this information, working with the appropriate specialists.
- Indicator details for this plan:
- Location: Hillsborough
Action Outcome: NH citizens accessing UNHCE's home horticulture resources, including the Family, Home & Garden Education Center, county based programs, fact sheets, the UNHCE web site, and other Master Gardener or UNHCE materials, implement practices that protect the environment, increase their profitability, and/or improve their quality of life. (Show details)
- Indicator :
AG9- # of of participants in home horticulture programs that gain skills that improve self-esteem, enable them to grow and preserve crops, adopt IPM practices, and protect and enhance their environment.
(Statewide target is 50 participants).- Reporter: Seth Wilner
- Location: Sullivan, Strafford, Rockingham, Merrimack, Hillsborough, Grafton, Coos, Cheshire, Carroll, Belknap, Sullivan, Strafford, Rockingham, Merrimack, Hillsborough, Grafton, Coos, Cheshire, Carroll, Belknap
- Evaluation plan: o Home horticultural program participants will be surveyed through end-of-session questionnaires, interviews by Master Gardeners and other volunteers, and through electronic questionnaires to determine the achievement of the above outcomes. The Family Home and Garden Center will coordinate the collection of this information, working with the appropriate specialists.
- Indicator details for this plan:
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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 # / possible 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - Location: Hillsborough
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Learning Outcome: NH citizens accessing UNHCE's home horticulture resources, including the Family, Home & Garden Education Center, county based programs, fact sheets, the UNHCE web site, and other Master Gardener or UNHCE materials learn how to implement knowledge gained in the following areas to save money, protect and improve the environment and improve their quality of life: annuals & perennials, child development, composting, family finance, food preservation, food safety, fruits, household insects, houseplants, invasive plants, lawns, livestock, molds and mildews, nutrition, parenting, ponds, soil testing, trees & shrubs, vegetables, volunteer programs, water quality, weeds, West Nile Virus, wildlife and youth development. (Show details)
- Indicator: AG08-5 - # of growers who increase their knowledge, awareness, and/or skills in crop production practices. (Statewide target is 50 growers).
- Reporter: Seth Wilner
- Location: Sullivan, Strafford, Rockingham, Merrimack, Hillsborough, Grafton, Coos, Cheshire, Carroll, Belknap
- Indicator details for this plan:
- Location: Statewide
- Indicator: AG08-6 - # of NH growers who increase knowledge, awareness, and/or skills in pest management practices and technologies.
(Statewide target is 50 growers).- Reporter: Seth Wilner
- Location: Sullivan, Strafford, Rockingham, Merrimack, Hillsborough, Grafton, Coos, Cheshire, Carroll, Belknap
- Indicator details for this plan:
- Location: Statewide
- Indicator:
AG9- # of of participants in home horticulture programs that gain skills that improve self-esteem, enable them to grow and preserve crops, adopt IPM practices, and protect and enhance their environment.
(Statewide target is 50 participants).- Reporter: Seth Wilner
- Location: Sullivan, Strafford, Rockingham, Merrimack, Hillsborough, Grafton, Coos, Cheshire, Carroll, Belknap, Sullivan, Strafford, Rockingham, Merrimack, Hillsborough, Grafton, Coos, Cheshire, Carroll, Belknap
- Evaluation plan: o Home horticultural program participants will be surveyed through end-of-session questionnaires, interviews by Master Gardeners and other volunteers, and through electronic questionnaires to determine the achievement of the above outcomes. The Family Home and Garden Center will coordinate the collection of this information, working with the appropriate specialists.
- Indicator details for this plan:
- Location: Hillsborough, Statewide
Action Outcome: The active Master Gardener base (currently 500 volunteers) is stable and grows by 3% annually. Active Master Gardeners volunteer at least 15 hours annually, conducting education for UNHCE. The total number of Master Gardener volunteer hours remains stable at 10,000 plus hours.
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- Indicator :
AG9- # of of participants in home horticulture programs that gain skills that improve self-esteem, enable them to grow and preserve crops, adopt IPM practices, and protect and enhance their environment.
(Statewide target is 50 participants).- Reporter: Seth Wilner
- Location: Sullivan, Strafford, Rockingham, Merrimack, Hillsborough, Grafton, Coos, Cheshire, Carroll, Belknap, Sullivan, Strafford, Rockingham, Merrimack, Hillsborough, Grafton, Coos, Cheshire, Carroll, Belknap
- Evaluation plan: o Home horticultural program participants will be surveyed through end-of-session questionnaires, interviews by Master Gardeners and other volunteers, and through electronic questionnaires to determine the achievement of the above outcomes. The Family Home and Garden Center will coordinate the collection of this information, working with the appropriate specialists.
- Indicator details for this plan:
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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 # / possible 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - Location: Hillsborough
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Learning Outcome: The Family Home and Garden Education Center Director and the Master Gardener Coordinator learn skills that enable them to recruit, train, support, manage, recognize and retain volunteers. (Show details)
- Indicator:
AG9- # of of participants in home horticulture programs that gain skills that improve self-esteem, enable them to grow and preserve crops, adopt IPM practices, and protect and enhance their environment.
(Statewide target is 50 participants).- Reporter: Seth Wilner
- Location: Sullivan, Strafford, Rockingham, Merrimack, Hillsborough, Grafton, Coos, Cheshire, Carroll, Belknap, Sullivan, Strafford, Rockingham, Merrimack, Hillsborough, Grafton, Coos, Cheshire, Carroll, Belknap
- Evaluation plan: o Home horticultural program participants will be surveyed through end-of-session questionnaires, interviews by Master Gardeners and other volunteers, and through electronic questionnaires to determine the achievement of the above outcomes. The Family Home and Garden Center will coordinate the collection of this information, working with the appropriate specialists.
- Indicator details for this plan:
- Location: Hillsborough
Condition Outcome: Reduce incidence of risk factors for chronic disease and other lifestyle-related health problems.
Action Outcome: Individuals, families, and households apply skills and or change behaviors demonstrating
• Increased adoption of healthy food practices
• Increased adoption of recommended diet-related practices for disease prevention and management
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- Indicator : FCR12 - # of participants who adopt one or more healthier food/nutrition practices (choose foods according to MyPyramid and the Dietary Guidelines [DQ-05] (700 individuals is statewide target)
- Reporter: Debbie Luppold
- Location: Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford, Sullivan
- Evaluation plan: Our evaluations include Retrospective behavior surveys, pre/post food recalls (adults only), direct observation.
- Indicator details for this plan:
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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 # / possible 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - Location: Hillsborough
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- Indicator : FCR13 - # of participants who eat nearer to MyPyramid amounts (unspecified) [DQ-15]. (85% or 780 individuals is statewide target)
- Reporter: Debbie Luppold
- Location: Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford, Sullivan
- Evaluation plan: Our evaluations include Retrospective behavior surveys, pre/post food recalls (adults only), direct observation.
- Indicator details for this plan:
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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 # / possible 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - Location: Hillsborough
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Condition Outcome: Reduce the incidence of food borne illness in New Hampshire.
Action Outcome: Food workers indicate intention to implement at least one recommended practice. (Show details)
- Indicator : FCR16 - # of program participants who score 75% or greater on knowledge tests of high risk practices including:
* Personal hygiene
* Holding/time and temperature
* Cooking temperatures
* Prevention of contamination
(80% is statewide target)- Reporter: Catherine Violette
- Location: Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford, Sullivan
- Evaluation plan: A post-workshop knowledge questionnaire will be administered after each SAFE program. Examination scores of ServSafe® program participants will be used to ascertain food safety and sanitation knowledge. Participants in both SAFE and ServSafe® programs will complete another questionnaire to assess intent to implement recommended food safety and sanitation practices.
- Indicator details for this plan:
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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 # / possible 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - Location: Hillsborough
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Learning Outcome: Food workers gain knowledge and skills to prevent food borne illness. (Show details)
- Indicator: FCR16 - # of program participants who score 75% or greater on knowledge tests of high risk practices including:
* Personal hygiene
* Holding/time and temperature
* Cooking temperatures
* Prevention of contamination
(80% is statewide target)- Reporter: Catherine Violette
- Location: Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford, Sullivan
- Evaluation plan: A post-workshop knowledge questionnaire will be administered after each SAFE program. Examination scores of ServSafe® program participants will be used to ascertain food safety and sanitation knowledge. Participants in both SAFE and ServSafe® programs will complete another questionnaire to assess intent to implement recommended food safety and sanitation practices.
- Indicator details for this plan:
- Location: Hillsborough
Condition Outcome: Staff Development occurs
Action Outcome: Staff development occurs
Inputs and Outputs
Program: Administrative Time (Show details)Outputs
Attend Staff Meetings (Show details)| Delivery method: | Group Discussion |
Planning and Reporting (Show details)
| Delivery method: | other- direct |
COA work (Show details)
| Delivery method: | other- direct |
Miscellaneous administrative work (Show details)
| Delivery method: | other- direct |
Inputs:
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| Reporting Year | Days | Seasonal Staff Days |
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| 2008 | 104 | 0 |
| 2009 | 104 | 0 |
| 2010 | 104 | 0 |
| 2011 | 104 | 0 |
| 2012 | 104 | 0 |
Program: Agricultural Resources (Show details)
Outputs
Publications & News:fact sheets, news releases, newsletters,web page,TV & Radio Spots (Show details)| Delivery method: | other-indirect | ||||||||||||
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| Participant type: | Adults | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | Homeowner calls and emails requesting information from FHGEC |
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Master Gardener Program (Show details)
| Delivery method: | Education Class | ||||||||||||
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| Participant type: | Volunteers | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | Number of MG volunteers and hours volunteered statewide, work on volunteer management committee |
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Inputs:
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| Reporting Year | Days | Seasonal Staff Days |
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| 2008 | 30 | 0 |
| 2009 | 30 | 0 |
| 2010 | 30 | 0 |
| 2011 | 30 | 0 |
| 2012 | 30 | 0 |
Program: Family & Consumer Resources (Show details)
Outputs
Nutrition Connections - educational courses to income eligible New Hampshire residents'- ability to meet nutritional needs through available resources. Includes EFNEP (Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program) and FSNE (Food Stamp Nutrition Education.) (Show details)| Delivery method: | Education Class | ||||||||||||
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| Participant type: | Adults - food stamp | ||||||||||||
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| Locales: | Hillsborough | | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Nutrinews participants |
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ServSafe®, SAFE (Safety Awareness in the Food Environment) - (Show details)
| Delivery method: | Workshop (s) | ||||||||||||
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| Locales: | Hillsborough | Statewide | | ||||||||||||
| Description: | SAFE and ServSafe participants, NH Food Bank Safe training participants |
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Nutrition Activities:
Fueling your Active/Busy Lifestyle
My Pyramid
Nutri-News
Nutrition for Children
Nutrition for Teens
Healthy Eating for Seniors
Cooking for One
Health and Wellness Fairs and Exhibits
| Delivery method: | Education Class | ||||||||||||
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| Locales: | Hillsborough | | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Nutrition workshop participants |
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| Participant type: | Youth | ||||||||||||
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| Locales: | Hillsborough | | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Nutrition workshop participants |
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Food safety and preservation education for consumers (Show details)
| Delivery method: | Education Class | ||||||||||||
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| Locales: | Hillsborough | | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Participants at Farmers Market food preservation demonstrations, consumer food safety workshops |
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Inputs:
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| Reporting Year | Days | Seasonal Staff Days |
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| 2008 | 61 | 0 |
| 2009 | 61 | 0 |
| 2010 | 61 | 0 |
| 2011 | 61 | 0 |
| 2012 | 61 | 0 |
Program: Healthy Lifestyles (Show details)
Outputs
Inputs:
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| Reporting Year | Days | Seasonal Staff Days |
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| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
Program: Individual Staff Professional Development Plans (Show details)
Outputs
Professional development (Show details)| Delivery method: | Education Class |
Inputs:
(Show details)Effort:
| Reporting Year | Days | Seasonal Staff Days |
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| 2008 | 15 | 0 |
| 2009 | 15 | 0 |
| 2010 | 15 | 0 |
| 2011 | 15 | 0 |
| 2012 | 15 | 0 |
Program: Volunteerism (Show details)
Outputs
Inputs:
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| Reporting Year | Days | Seasonal Staff Days |
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| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
Total numbers for plan:
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
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| Days | 210 | 210 | 210 | 210 | 210 |
| Grant Days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Integrated Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Multistate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seasonal Staff Days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Plan History
| Date | Person |
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| 09/24/2007 | Rolled over from previous year by Alice Mullen |
| 09/25/2007 | Review requested by Alice Mullen |
| 01/03/2008 | Approved by Charlene Baxter |
| 10/14/2008 | Rolled over by Alice Mullen |
