Friday Musings 5-16-14 - Just joking :) & Funding Opportunities

Hello,
Heard a good joke lately? I think it is a lost art and yet offers a time for friends, co-workers, and family to share a laugh, get to know each other better and laughter has many health benefits including stress and pain relief! (Mayo)

My father-in-law always has joke for my daughter, Aubrey. This is a recent one.

A young man visited his dad one Saturday and they were going to eat lunch and the son said, "Dad your plates are kind of dirty should we use them?" and dad said, "It is the best cold water can do."  They proceed to eat, using the plates. At dinner, same thing. "Dad these dishes are really not that clean." Dad says, "It is the best cold water can do." Again, they eat using the plates.

As the son is leaving that evening a dog runs up to the door and the father says, "Heh, Cold Water, where have you been all day?"  

Rural Health and Safety Grant - Due June 6

•Center for Family Development is asking if the RHS Grant would support your current or future team Plan of Work? It is a tight turn around - but perhaps you have an idea fully developed or previously not funded .... let us know! Here is a short synopsis of funding guidelines.

      RHSE program proposals are expected to be community-based, outreach education programs, such as those conducted through Human Science extension outreach, that provides individuals and families with: Information as to the value of good health at any age; Information to increase individual or family’s motivation to take more responsibility for their own health; Information regarding rural environmental health issues that directly impact on human health; Information about and access to health promotion and educational activities; and Training for volunteers and health services providers concerning health promotion and health care services for individuals and families in cooperation with state, local and community partners. 

 

    

 

New Opportunity- Family Resiliency Team Investments RFA

 

In the budgeting process this year I proposed to Dr. Shirer that income dollars from money earned by the Family Resiliency Team be re-invested in emerging issues that would benefit from extension education. Here are the 3 issues where dollars will be invested.

RFA for Prevention and Understanding Financial Exploitation of Seniors ( up to 10,000)

RFA for Post-Secondary Debt (up to 10,000)

RFA for Extension Outreach Family Education for Military Families (up to 10,000)

In the RFA teams will need to answer:

          How does this work contribute to Family Resiliency? It needs to.

      •  Describe what phase of the program life cycle.  Funds will be used in the beginning phases of the program life cycle: understanding the issue,  develop,  and/or pilot . 
•  Describe Theory of Change for this work (visual) and how the resources will be used to  contribute to the Theory of Change. Most likely the Theory of Change will encompass a larger scope than what this amount of funding will cover.
•  Logic Model for this work and how will resources will be used to contribute to the Logic model?
•  One Year Gantt Chart, for funded piece of the larger work. Indicating tasks, timing, and who will complete task. Report bi-monthly progress. Submit budget.
•  Team Members must include: Extension Educator(s), Faculty/Specialist/Content Expert, AND Community Member (could be agency staff or MN resident that can inform work and eventually benefit). Indicate their role.
•  Team will share about their work via webinar, FD conference, or Extension Fall conference.  

Watch soon for the RFA paperwork - this is a "heads up."