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TAA Report & Update Lobster

TAA Report & Update Lobster. 2013 Biennial Northeast Regional Sea Grant Meeting Curtis Mahnken Nov 19, 2013. TAA Report & Update. Provide results Training results Evaluation results Insights Implications for future training. TAA for Farmers. Purpose

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TAA Report & Update Lobster

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  1. TAA Report & UpdateLobster 2013 Biennial Northeast Regional Sea Grant Meeting Curtis Mahnken Nov 19, 2013

  2. TAA Report & Update • Provide results • Training results • Evaluation results • Insights • Implications for future training

  3. TAA for Farmers Purpose To help agricultural producers & fishermen adjust to foreign import competition in a global market

  4. TAA for Farmers • TAA is a job retraining program with a cash incentive • TAA for Farmers is a training program with a cash incentive

  5. TAA for Farmers USDA Agencies Foreign Ag Service (FAS): lead agency Farm Service Agency (FSA): accepts applications, makes payments National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA): delivers technical assistance Economic Research Service (ERS): helps review commodity petitions

  6. TAA for Farmers-Training Coordination

  7. Lobster Applications

  8. Initial Orientation • Educators had 90 days from end of the application period to deliver the Initial Orientation • Program overview, including workshops available to applicants • Available in-person and online • 3,834 completed (95%)

  9. Initial Training

  10. Intensive Training • Applicants needed to complete at least 12 hours of training • Complete in-person or online • Six Lobster specific workshops offered • Eight national workshops offered

  11. Lobster Specific Workshops • Energy Consumption and Fishing Efficiency for Lobstermen • Product Quality and Handling (Lobster) • Alternative Enterprises (Lobster) • Lobster Market Overview • Changing Business Models for Lobstermen • Lobster Marketing Opportunities

  12. Intensive Training • 3,220 applicants completed at least 12 hours (84%) • 283 completed 15 or more hours • Most hours completed by Lobster applicant: 29 (12 different applicants) • View the workshops at www.TAAforFarmers.org

  13. www.TAAforFarmers.org

  14. Initial Business Plan • Short, six question plan to assess how applicant plans to incorporate workshops into their business • Eligible for first cash payment: $971 • 3,203 completed (99%)

  15. Long Term Business Plan • Applicant assigned to a Business Planning Consultant to coach through process • Used AgPlan for developing • Eligible for 2nd payment: $1,942 • 2,966 completed long term business plans-93%

  16. Evaluating TAA • Applicants were evaluated: • Prior to training • After Initial Orientation • After each completed workshop • After completing Initial Business Plan • After completing Long Term Business Plan • One year after completing LTBP

  17. Lobster TAA Evaluation Results

  18. Intensive Training

  19. Intensive Training

  20. Intensive Training

  21. Intensive Training

  22. As a result of the TAA training & cash, will you take actions to:

  23. Intensive Training

  24. Business Planning

  25. Business Planning

  26. Business Planning

  27. Did you make any changes?

  28. Was the training/cash you received from the TAA program worth the effort?

  29. Lobster TAA Evaluation Insights

  30. Online Training

  31. Online Training

  32. Online Training

  33. Online Training

  34. Business Planning

  35. Lobster TAA Evaluation Implications

  36. More training?

  37. More training?

  38. More training?

  39. Would you participate again?

  40. Quotes • I was somewhat reluctant in the beginning not knowing what to expect, but I found it to be a source of valuable information that me and my husband can both utilize and plan to utilize in the future.

  41. Concluding thoughts • 3,220 lobster applicants trained • 2,966 long term business plans completed • Training was well received • 85% found at least moderately favorable a year after completing their business plan • Amount of cash payment did have an affect, though not as large as anticipated

  42. Concluding thoughts • There is a desire for more training • Applicants preferred to access training online as opposed to traditional methods • Overall-hybrid method of delivery achieved highly regarded results amongst participants

  43. Lobster Commodity Development Team • UCONN • Tessa Getchis • Anoushka Concepcion • Maine • Dana Morse • Annie Tselikis – Maine Lobstermen’s Assoc • MIT • Madeleine Hall-Arber • UNH • Erik Chapman • Ken La Valley • URI • Scott Donahue

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