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Outreach

Need help with outreach to underserved customers?

I. Contact the State Outreach Coordinator and the Outreach Contacts:

Vacant, Assistant State Conservationist Operations
State Outreach Coordinator
 

Carzella Pritchet, Outreach Team Leader
USDA-NRCS
2118 W. Park Court
Champaign, IL 61821
Ph: 217.353.6651
Fax: 217.353.6675
 

II. Contact Jody Bell, Community Planner and Sociologist, on the State Program Staff. She is available to:

  • Help you develop an outreach strategy for your county;
  • Provide census data for counties or watersheds to identify the presence of potentially underserved customers;
  • Do profiles of community groups to include in resource plans or grant applications;
  • Assess socio-economic impacts of conservation projects;
  • Enhance community input in planning with public participation techniques.

Jody can be reached at Ph: 815.235.2161 x120, Fx: 815.233.3219 or email Jody Bell

III. The NRCS Social Sciences Team publishes a wealth of material that is relevant to outreach and locally-led planning.

All field offices have received their product catalog. Contact Jody Bell at the above address or Kim M. Bradford at Phone: 336.370.3331 or e-mail Kim M. Bradford. Visit the Institute's web site Social Sciences Institute.