Transcript Maintaining & Increasing County Support PowerPoint [PPT]

Maintaining & Increasing
County Support
Georgia’s Perspective
Historical Agent Numbers
Historical Agent Numbers
Restructuring
2005
• At our lowest point since 1991
• 270 agents in 159 counties
• Decided to increase the county contribution
from $6000 to $12,000 for agent; $25,000 for
2nd agent in a program area
• $6000 for county secretary
• $10,000 for Program Assistant
The Cuts Came!
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11% cut in 2008
4, 6, 8% cut in 2009
Lost 130 agents from 08 - 11
We tried everything!
- Furloughs
- Early Outs
By 2010 we were desperate!
Review of County Operations
March 2010
Refining the County Delivery Model
http://www.caes.uga.edu/intranet/coextopr/index.html
We had to Decide…
• How will we be structured?
• Maintain County Delivery and Structure?
• Resulted in a Tier System – 6 levels
(no service to full service)
• Very Painful and Political!
We began to implement in 2011
• State cuts continued – 27% as of 2013
• College began Strategic Planning in 2011 for
2020 – Extension was ahead
The plan worked – maintained integrity of the
county structure and from 2006 to present we
have always had county money on the table!
New Agents
• Added 32 agents from September 2011 –
September 2013
• Added 30+ from January 2013 to present
• Positions still being advertised with NO new
state dollars!
Still Work to Do!
• As of September 2012, still 30 counties with
no FT Home-based Agent
• Still counties under the salary minimums
County Salary Input
• Increased to $12,000/agent in 2006
• Currently priority is given to counties that can
leverage more money
• County pays percentage of benefits
• UGA pays healthcare
In Southwest District…
• County salary percentage (all employees):
- 34% in 2012
- 38% in 2013
- Range is 18 – 61.5%
Overview
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Hired 29 agents since May 2012
3 more advertised
Lost 15 (retire, moved, etc.)
Net of 17 agent positions!!!
• Last 25 positions = $18,495 county $
• 13 ANR agents = $19,901 county $
Bottom Line: $12,000 county
minimum no longer exists!
Lessons Learned
• Diversify your funding!
- State was ~50% - now is ~39%
- Federal is flat
- County (approaching 1/3) and Grants/Gifts
are increasing
• Local Programs have to be strong
• Advocacy is HUGE!!! (ELS System)
Lessons Learned
• Marketing and PR is just as important as
programming – CEC’s have to buy in
• Marketing and Education is ongoing
• We have to be worthy of the investment
Personal, one-on-one relationships are key!
County Relations is a Journey not
a Destination!