Healthy Families
and Communities
Strategic
Initiative
Conference
August 24-26, 2010
Healthy Families and Communities
Strategic Initiative Panel Members
Dave Campbell, CE Specialist – HCD Department - UC Davis
Zhe Chen, Department Chair – HCD Department – UC Davis
Pat Crawford, CE Specialist – Center for Weight & Health – UC Berkeley
Richard Enfield, CD & 4-H YD Advisor – SLO & San Barbara Counties
Sharon Junge, HFC Strategic Initiative Leader – Statewide 4-H YDP
Keith Nathaniel, 4-H YD Advisor – Los Angeles County
Connie Schneider, NFCS Advisor – Fresno County
Martin Smith, CE Specialist – Vet Med Extension - UC Davis
Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr, CE Specialist – Nutrition Department – UC Davis
Healthy Families and Communities
Strategic Initiative Conference Support
Sherry Cooper – ANR Program Support Unit
Janelle Kohl – ANR Program Support Unit
Vanessa Gomes – ANR Office of AVP, Oakland
Whitney Bell – Statewide 4-H YD Program
Melanie Caruso – ANR Program Support Unit
Heidi O'Guinn – ANR Program Support Unit
Joan Warren – ANR Program Support Unit
Erin Azevedo – Statewide EFNEP Program
Our Work
Starts
With A
Vision!
Refocus our
resources on
larger issues,
over a longer
period of time, for
which we can
have significant
impact in our
research,
education and
extension efforts.
Core Aspects of Our HFC Initiative Work:
 Five year missions and research/extension
projects within the initiative umbrella,
 Building broad-based, inclusive teams
 Tackling large, highly visible, multidisciplinary
projects with coordinated outcomes,
 Attract increased outside funding, and
 Support science-based decision-making and
public policy
Potential Outcomes/Impacts
Individual -- Organizational -- Community Levels
Short-Term
Learning
Awareness
Knowledge
Skills
Opinions
Aspirations
Medium
Action
Behavior
Practices
Decisions
Policies
Social
Action
Long-Term
Conditions
Human
Economic
Civic
Environmental
National Institute of Food &
Agriculture (NIFA)
Priority Science Areas:
 Global food security & hunger
 Climate change
 Sustainable energy
 Childhood obesity
 Food Safety
National Institute of Food &
Agriculture (NIFA)
NIFA Structure:
 Food Production & Sustainability
 Bio-energy, climate, & environment
 Food Safety & Nutrition
 Youth, Family, & Community
 Center for International Programs
Integrated Research, Education,
and Extension
Address the three components of the continuum around a
problem area or issue
Education
Research
Extension
HFC Strategic Initiative Panel Identified Three
Major Issues:
 Childhood Obesity
 Youth Science Literacy
 Thriving Contributing Youth
HFC Strategic Initiative Development &
Processes
 Presentation of the three issues identified by
the panel
 Discussions with the three of Strategic
Initiatives
 Further defining and refining during the
conference
 Opportunity for addition in put in early Sept.
 Presentation to Program Council in Oct.
HFC Strategic Initiative Development &
Processes
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Internal grants programs
External partners, funding & resources
Workgroup engagement
Communication & outreach
Interdisciplinary connections
New position allocation
HFC Strategic Initiative Work
 Focused over the next 5 years
 All of our work will not focus on the SI
 All of work does need to be grounded in the
Strategic Vision 2025
This is Your Opportunity to Identify & Engage
in the HFC Strategic Initiative Work !!
Our Strategic Initiatives will represent the best
opportunities for ANR to refocus its infrastructure and
talent, seek new resources, strength collaborations with
new and continuing partners, both within and outside of
UC, to find solutions to some of California’s most pressing
problems and assure a thriving California in 2025!
Let’s Make A Difference!!
Other ANR Strategic Initiatives
Sustainable Food Systems - Joe Di Tomaso,
jmditomaso@ucdavis.edu
Sustainable Natural Ecosystems - James Bartolome,
jwbart@berkeley.edu
Endemic and Invasive Plants and Diseases - Ian
Gardner, iagardner@ucdavis.edu