The ECOP Workforce and Economic Development Program Action Team, led by Dr. Ivory Lyles,  Oregon State University, continues to invite Directors, Specialists and Partners to be part of the  Workforce and Economic Development Program Action Team. The PAT is continuing to develop their  strategic planning and structure process and invites leaders to continue to participate in this  development. Once the structure is agreed upon, priorities will be identified, and Implementation  Teams will coalesce around the key issues and priorities. The Workforce and Economic Development  PAT will also be closely linked with other PATs including Climate; Urban Ag and Food Systems;  Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; 4-H Positive Youth Development and Health. 

The Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP) Workforce Development Program Action Team (PAT), in partnership with the Extension Foundation, is in the process of developing an Extension network for workforce development. Key to this effort is identifying a point of contact at each land-grant university to learn about Extension's workforce development efforts across the country. This effort will help guide the work of the PAT, will be shared with Extension directors through a report, and will be communicated with USDA. Your help is needed for this important endeavor. Please provide this information or forward this survey to the appropriate contact(s) to complete. We thank you in advance for your help with these efforts.

If you have questions or need more information please contact the Workforce Development Extension Network Fellow at workforce@extension.org.

The Workforce PAT, in partnership with the Extension Foundation, has hired a fellow Rob Russell to assist with their activities, and support program implementation at the national level.

In addition to the Workforce PAT fellow, two additional fellowships were filled by Clint Cummings andAmy Patillo. These fellows will support the work of the PAT by building the network of  Extension faculty and staff who engage in workforce development activities at each institution and to  build the registry of workforce development programs in the National Registry of Cooperative  Extension Programs & Assets (NRCEPA). This registry will be used to identify, support, scale, and provide a snapshot of the Cooperative Extension System's depth and breadth of Workforce and  Economic Development programming.