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University of Minnesota Extension
Shirley Anderson-PorischExtension
Educator/Professor
G. Lee RaethDirector of Field Operations
Making a Difference in Minnesota
Money and Mission Re-organization
Drivers/Opportunities
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• State & County Budget Deficits- State/County funding• FY 2002-2003 – 42.5 million• FY 2003-2004 – 35.6 million
• Changing Needs of Clientele groups and Public.- Increased focus on needs and
critical issues of Minnesota residents- Need for Educators to become more
specialized in their work
Advantages to Public
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• All people have access – regardless of county investment
• Counties no longer pay travel – ownership/turf…
• Programs – strengthened and expanded linkages to University research
• Program quality enhanced
Advantages to Counties
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• Counties make choices – market driven
• Overall reduced cost• Regional programs available
regardless of local funding• Local positions leverage
regional and campus ones
Shift in County Expenditures
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Total reduced by $5 million- from $16 m to $11 m
$5.4 million less paid for support staff, travel, & housing
$.4 million more paid to Extension
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January 2002
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AITKIN
ANOKA
BECKER
BELTRAMI
BENTON
BIG STONE
BLUE EARTH
BROWN
CARLTON
CARVER
CASS
CHIPPEWA
CHISAGO
CLAY
CLEAR-WATER
COOK
COTTON-WOOD
CROWWING
DAKOTA
DODGE
DOUGLAS
FARIBAULT FILLMOREFREEBORN
GOODHUE
GRANT
HENNEPIN
HOUSTON
HUBBARD
ISANTI
ITASCA
JACKSON
KANA-BEC
KANDIYOHI
KITTSON
KOOCHICHING
LAC QUIPARLE
LAKE
LAKE OFTHE WOODS
LE SUEURLINCOLN LYON
MCLEOD
MAHNOMEN
MARSHALL
MARTIN
MEEKER
MILLELACSMORRISON
MOWER
MURRAY
NICOLLET
NOBLES
NORMAN
OLMSTED
OTTER TAIL
PENNINGTON
PINE
PIPESTONE
POLK
POPE
RAM-SEY
RED LAKE
REDWOOD
RENVILLE
RICE
ROCK
ROSEAU
ST. LOUIS
SCOTT
SHERBURNE
SIBLEY
STEARNS
STEELE
STEVENS
SWIFT
TODD
TRAVERSE
WABASHA
WADENA
WASECA
WASH-INGTON
WATONWAN
WILKIN
WINONA
WRIGHT
YELLOW MEDICINE
Crookston
Roseau
Grand Rapids
Cloquet
Andover
Brainerd
St. Cloud
Farmington
RochesterMankato
Worthington
Marshall
Hutchinson
Morris
Fergus Falls
Moorhead
University of Minnesota ExtensionRegional Map
January 1, 2010
Re-Organization Process
• Key decision maker conversations• Current program assessments to
address future commitment • Staff conversations and interest survey
to assess qualifications and interest in new positions
• 18 Regional Office locations identified• New positions assigned and offered by
District Directors and Program Leaders• Approximately 10% of County
Educators received a layoff notice – some were assigned local County positions as contracts developed
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18 Regional Centers Opened & 87 County Offices
Reconfigured January 1, 2004
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137 Regional Educators 18 Regional Directors
149 locally funded staff (118 FTEs) 104 in 4-H, 35 in Agriculture, 10 in other areas (Family Development, Natural Resources, Community Vitality)
Program Field Staff
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County / Regional Educator
Local Educator 4-H Program Coord
Master Gardener Coord
NEAs Total: All Positions0
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County
Re-Organization Positive Outcomes
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• EE’s able to do more:• Outreach teaching• Development of materials• Targeted needs assessment• Revenue generation
• Enhanced hiring pools • Targeted supervision• County & State Decision Maker
support• Realignment of state and field
administration
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2010 UMN Extension Organizational Positions
• Dean of Extension/UMN AG Experiment Stations • Senior Assoc. Dean for Research• Assistant Dean for Communications and Public
Rel.• Assistant Dean for State and Federal
Relations/MAES• Associate Deans Center Directors –
– Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences
– Family Development– Community Vitality (& Public Engagement)– 4-H & Youth Development
• Chief Operating Officer (fiscal, IT & HR management)
• Development Officer – Increasing non-gov’t funding
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2010 UMN Extension Organizational Positions
• Field Operations Dir – statewide mgt. of Regional/County Offices & County Gov’t relations
• Regional and Campus Regional Directors – Regional Office and County Office management
• Program Leaders – supervision of “Center” specific Educators . Partial to full-time assignments.
• Extension Educators – Specialized Regional & State assignments.
• Local positions– County specific work, funded by contracts with Counties.
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