Last Updated: 07/16/2008
Information for designated communities approaching the end of their grant and/or designation, including ends dates of designation, general information, and accomplishments.
Which Designated Communities are Ending? Per 7 CFR 25.3
- EZs - Round 1 designation expires on 12/31/2009
- EZs - Round 2 designation ends on 12/31/2009 and the Grant period ends on 12/24/2008
- EZs - Round 3 designation ends on 12/31/09 and the Grant period ends on 12/31/2009
- EC - Round 2 designation ends on 12/24/2008 and the Grant project period ends on 12/24/2008
- Round 1 ECs designation ended on 12/31/04
- Champions - most champions’ MOU have expired - many MOU’s allowed for an extension of another 5 years. Please contact your desk officer for more information and to update our records. A memo was sent to the State Office to update MOUs and to revitalize the program as necessary.
- REAPs - Most continue, please see the REAPs page for more information.
Note: Round 2 EZECs were designated on 12/24/98. Round 3 EZs were designated on 1/11/02
Information for all Designated Communities:
As the end of the grant and/or designation is coming, the following powerpoints and documents may prove useful for designated communities’ boards and residents. These apply to all types of designations.
- Are you empowered yet? (ppt, 153kb) - A practical powerpoint that will cause you and your board to ask, “where are we on the staircase?” And “where do we want to be?” Changing or re-affirming the vision.
- When your Federal Funding Ends. (ppt, 471kb) - Items to consider as the end approaches, things to consider to prepare for the end.
- Regional Development Training - using the Community Development Process as the basis, this training focuses on regional development.
The lessons fit very well into the community assessment process and also where a community or communities want to go in a world that is more globally connected and impacted by changes in other countries. This training is designed to assist practitioners in developing a forward-thinking regional economic plan that not only generates momentum for development in their own communities, but also helps them in accessing federal resources. Modules One through Six are available in a narrated PowerPoint presentation at Western Carolina University website. Case studies are presented include the Kentucky Highlands EZ.- Public Relations for Communities (ppt, 63kb) - Do your partners or community members know the EZEC future plans? A quick powerpoint to walk you through the process of when, how, who and where.
- Champions - Renew your MOU with USDA-RD - please contact your Desk Officer or the CD Liaison in your state.
- The Library of Tools and Resources - a variety of useful information, worth visiting for the first, second or third time.
- Technotes meriting a revisit: How to Write a Grant Proposal (TN-13), How to Create a 501©3 (TN-16), Building and Maintaining a Partnership (TN-7), and Leadership Development (TN-12) - most of these recently updated.
- Questions and Answers Concerning the EZ/EC SSBG Grants (Round 1)
Key Memos:
- Extension Process of your Grant, Round 2 and 3 - Request for grant extension DUE JULY 11, 2008. View the powerpoint used during the July 1, 2008 Webinar on the EZEC Grant Extension Process.
- Close Out Memo for EZECs - the process used to close-out your EZEC grant
Accomplishments:
- Select Measures since Inception thru FY07(Word, 45kb)
- Partners & Resources (Excel, 47kb)
- Lessons Learned from APA 2007 Annual Conference - Dessert Communities EZ and Empower Lewiston EC tell their stories (web format, 4mb). And you can too with this template (ppt, 4.7mb) to funders, constituents and others.
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