Successfully advocated for federal funding included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES)

Successfully advocated for FY 2021 state funding before KY General Assembly

Provided Institutional Review Board (IRB) webinar training to agriculture extension staff

Participate in CHFS long-term planning sessions for COVID-19 program mitigation

Access to database of research data

Banner system training for new Title II staffer

Transition of online programming for land-grant stakeholders

Transition of meetings with external stakeholders to online formats

Economic development expansion through federal funding

List of needs including infrastructre

Build relationships with key federal and state agencies

Development of online tutorials for small farmers • Lobby for increase of federal funding to Kentucky State University

Lobby for increase of federal funding to Kentucky State University

Increase for Kentucky State University research funding and expansion of research grant portfolio

Expanded flexibility of Title III funding

Kentucky State University launched KSU Healthy Food Initiative: Helping in Uncertain Times. This initiative seeks to provide access to healthy foods through educational opportunities in nutrition, producing your own food, and job training/scholarships with an emphasis on assisting socially disadvantaged and limited resource individuals. Specifically, the initiative will provide:

Nutritional programing important to health and wellness issues and financial planning

Information on how to grow food safely to help feed yourself and your family

Training on how to find positions in the agricultural industry and assistance in applying for the 1890 Scholarships Program

Provide produce from demonstration plots for a number of food shelves, faith-based partners, and non-profit organizations helping stakeholders