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Civil Rights - Program Development Dept. (Union County)

Plan Goal

Civil Rights compliance by New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service is mandated by federal laws and is directly tied to Extension's receipt of federal funding.

Situation Statement

Extension programs must be handled in a manner that treats every customer and employee with fairness, equality, and respect. This applies to all aspects of Extension programs including identifying needs, setting priorities, allocating resources, notification of all activities, conducting programs, and receiving feedback.

Target Audience and Actions

The county staff will use civil rights artifacts collected, such as county demographic data, the public notification steps of programs, and data of who attends the programming, to determine gaps in outreach efforts and potential needs of underserved audiences. For county agents, depending on whether they supervise staff, target audiences will include all residents of their geographic area with specific attention paid to under-served and under-represented audiences.

Short-Term Objectives

All reasonable efforts are carried out to ensure equal access and integration of clubs and programs. Union County CES program will adhere to all civil rights laws in reguards to programming and employment.

Medium-Term Objectives

Advisory boards and committees will be diverse with respect to gender, ethnicity, and community representation and will be representative of the population in Union County. The USDA “…And Justice for All” poster showing the nondiscrimination policy statement and how to file a civil rights complaint will be prominently displayed in office areas

Long-Term Objectives

There will be equality, fairness, and respect in the use of Extension work facilities, including support for educators, paraprofessionals, secretarial and support staff.

Evaluation Plan

Every five years each the Union county Extension office will under go a civil rights review. Civil rights program efforts will be reviewed by a team of trained reviewers representing different program areas and areas of expertise. The evaluation will consist of an examination of the completeness of office civil rights compliance files, discussions on successes and problems in carrying out civil rights compliance and reviewing the importance of the task. Counties, as a team, will establish five-year goals for outreach to underserved audiences within their communities.