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Review of County Operations Staffing Situation

Review of County Operations Staffing Situation . District Listening Session May-June, 2010. 22% Cut in Two Years!. Extension State Budget Situation. 12.4 % Cut in FY11 ($4.34 million) 9.47% Cut in FY10 ($3.31 million). Current State Budget for FY11 is $30.44 million.

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Review of County Operations Staffing Situation

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  1. Review of County Operations Staffing Situation District Listening Session May-June, 2010

  2. 22% Cut in Two Years! Extension State Budget Situation • 12.4 % Cut in FY11 ($4.34 million) • 9.47% Cut in FY10 ($3.31 million) Current State Budget for FY11 is $30.44 million

  3. Funding Trends – State $ down, County, Grant and Sales $ Up(Millions $) * * * appropriated Fiscal Year

  4. FACS Funding If you include FACS Extension funding, the total Extension Budget in FY09 increases from $88.26 million to $96.5 million.

  5. Funding Sources for Extension (CAES) – FY09

  6. Total Extension Funding – Millions of Dollars (FY09)

  7. Numbers of County Agents (With State Funding)

  8. ANR Agents (April, 2010)

  9. 4-H Agents (April, 2010)

  10. FACS Agents (April, 2010)

  11. Counties with No UGA State Funded Agent

  12. FVSU Agents (April, 2010)

  13. Archway Positions (April, 2010)

  14. Total # Extension Employees

  15. Numbers of County-Based Faculty(April, 2010)

  16. State Funded Agents by Program Area (April, 2010) 247 State Funded* UGA Agents - 161.5 ANR Agents - 39.5 FACS Agents - 91 4-H Agents • County based faculty not included in this number include: - FVSU Agents - Archway Faculty - County Funded Faculty - Grant Funded Faculty

  17. Vacancies • We currently have 75 vacant county agent positions. • We anticipate about 10 more retirements by the end of this calendar year.

  18. Effect of Cuts Have Been Minimized By Several Factors: • Retired Agents Rehired (Currently 35 on State Funds) • Fort Valley Hired 7 New Agents • Counties Have Increased Funding in Some Cases • Support from School Boards (Not Common in Other States)

  19. Challenges Over The Next Year • Many Rehires End June 30, 2010 • Counties Feeling Budget Crunch • Loss of Experience with Retirements • Lack of Training $ • Younger Faculty Stepping into Leadership Roles • Additional State Budget Cuts???

  20. Question? • With only 237 state funded county agents how do we deliver effective county programming in three program areas for 159 counties???

  21. Services:- soil tests- water tests- radon test kits- peanut hull scrape- test pressure canners- plant & insect ID- copies of publications- online content Programs- 4-H Club Meetings- Production Meetings- Pesticide Education/ Certification- ServSafe Certification- Walk Georgia- Master Gardener Consider that Extension Provides Both…

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