University of Minnesota Extension

Shirley Anderson-PorischExtension

Educator/Professor

G. Lee RaethDirector of Field Operations

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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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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

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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

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150

200

250

300

350

400

450

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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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