Prescott College Inc

VISTA STATE

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: TRANSFORMING THE UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE

CARES ACT

RESPONSE TO COVID19

PRESCOTT COLLEGE'S AMERICORPS PROGRAM, ARIZONA SERVE, WILL ALLOW VARIOUS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO BUILD CAPACITY BY PROVIDING THEM WITH VISTA MEMBER PLACEMENT AND MANAGEMENT. THIS WILL ULTIMATELY INCREASE THE EFFICACY AND CAPABILITY OF SOCIAL SERVICE AND EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY AND PIMA COUNTY. ARIZONA SERVE'S MISSION IS TO CONNECT PASSIONATE PEOPLE WITH TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNITY PROJECTS TO FIGHT POVERTY. ARIZONA SERVE PLANS TO HOST 24 AMERICORPS VISTA MEMBERS AND 2 VISTA TEAM LEADERS FOR THE COMING YEAR. BROAD PROJECT GOALS INCLUDE MEETING CRITICAL COMMUNITY NEEDS, INCREASING VOLUNTEERISM AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND PROMOTING HEALTHY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL AND URBAN COMMUNITIES. NOTED VISTA MEMBER ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT AND MANAGEMENT, FUNDRAISING AND GRANT WRITING, DATABASE DEVELOPMENT, AND MANAGEMENT, COLLABORATIVE FACILITATION BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, AND EXPANSION OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS TO ASSIST YOUTH IN STAYING ENGAGED IN EDUCATION. THIS VISTA PROGRAM WILL HELP ADDRESS POVERTY BY PLACING AMERICORPS VISTA MEMBERS ON A VARIETY OF PROJECTS IN THE EDUCATION, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND HEALTHY FUTURES FOCUS AREAS. MEMBERS WILL SERVE WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO EXPAND ORGANIZATIONAL AND COMMUNITY CAPACITY TO ADDRESS POVERTY.

**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITIONS FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS IN THE US REQUIRE CRITICAL AREAS OF CAPACITY BUILDING THAT ARE UNDERDEVELOPED: THE TRAINING OF THE AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE TO UNDERSTAND AND APPLY ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ON LEVELS INCLUDING BUT BEYOND THE FARM. DEVELOPING SUPPORTIVE POLICY ENVIRONMENTS - IN PARTICULAR ON LOCAL LEVELS - IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THESE TRANSITIONS. THE OBJECTIVE OF BUILDING ECOLOGICAL SKILLSETS FOR TRANSITIONS TO SUSTAINABILITY IN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS (BEST) IS TO BUILD GREATER PROFESSIONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE CAPACITY FOR DEVELOPING HOLISTIC APPROACHES TO AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT, AND INCREASED SKILLS IN PROVIDING RELEVANT POLICY ANALYSIS. THE NETWORK OF FACULTY AND PARTNERS IN PRESCOTT COLLEGE'S SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS WILL IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM: (1) CONCEPTUAL TRAINING IN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES DELIVERY; (2) STRENGTHENING NETWORKS AND COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE AROUND SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION THEMES; (3) PROVISION OF EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION IN THE APPLICATION OF ECOLOGICAL SKILLSETS AND POLICY ANALYSIS, PLACING 6 STUDENTS PER YEAR IN INTERNSHIPS WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE US AND INTERNATIONALLY; AND (4) FOSTERING THE SYNTHESIS AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING OF ACTIONS PROPOSED TO PARTNERS. UNDERGRADUATES IN RELEVANT FIELDS OF STUDY AT PRESCOTT AND STUDENTS FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGES WILL BE RECRUITED FOR THE TRAINING AND INTERNSHIPS; UP TO 50% OF TOTAL PARTICIPANTS WILL BE RECRUITED FROM UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS AS YET ARE POORLY REPRESENTED IN THE PROFESSIONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE. IN IMPACT, THE PROGRAM WILL SERVE TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF STUDENTS TO ASSIST COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO PLAN AND MANAGE ECOLOGICALLY-BASED LANDSCAPES AND ENTERPRISES SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE FARMING AND FOOD SYSTEMS.

RESPONSE TO COVID19

FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PRESCOTT COLLEGE KINO BAY CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND ECOLOGICAL STUDIES

THIS GRANT AGREEMENT PROVIDES FEDERAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $149,644 TO IMPLEMENT A SUB-AWARD PROGRAM COMPRISED OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SCHOOL BASED

VISTA STATE

SOIL PHOSPHORUS FORMS AND LONG-TERM BIOMASS EXPORTS FROM UNFERTILIZED AGROECOSYSTEMS

EMERGENCY RELIEF FIPSE 14,845

THIS PROJECT WILL PROTECT HABITAT FOR 88 NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD SPECIES, EIGHT OF WHICH ARE CLASSIFIED AS BIRDS OF CONSERVATION CONCERN. CRITICAL HABITAT WITHIN TWO RAMSAR SITES (LOCATED IN SONORA, MEXICO) WILL BE IDENTIFIED, MAPPED, AND ULTIMATELY PROTECTED THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED MONITORING AND CONSERVATION PLANNING. THE TWO RAMSAR SITES COMPRISE 36,366 HECTARES IN TOTAL. PLANS WILL BE INFORMED BY HABITAT MAPS, MIGRATORY BIRD MONITORING RESULTS AND COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE.

LONG-TERM WATERBIRD MONITORING

WORKSHOP: THE DECLINE IN FIELD STUDIES: PROACTIVE STRATEGIES FOR ESSENTIAL TRAINING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCHERS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NATURAL HISTORY FROM DECLINE TO REBIRTH

FIRE HISTORY PATTERNS AND CLIMATE RESPONSE IN PINYON-JUNIPER WOODLANDS

CHARACTERISTICS OF RESILIENCY IN PINUS EDULIS-JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA/PURSHIA TRIDENTATA WOODLANDS OF MESA VERDE, PART II

WETLAND HABITAT PROTECTION AND COORDINATED WATERBIRD MONITORING ON INDIGENOUS LANDS

COORDINATED LONG-TERM MONITORING TOWARD PROTECTION OF NESTING, WINTERING, AND MIGRATING WATERBIRD PRIORITY SPECIES AND THEIR CRITICAL HABITATS IN THE ESTUARIES AND ISLANDS OF THE EASTERN MIDRIFF REGION OF SONORA, MEXICO

PRESCOTT COLLEGE SNJV FY18 AWARD

BUENOS AIRES NWE IRONWOOD PARNERSHIP

CHARACTERISTICS OF RESILIENCY IN PINUS EDULIS-JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA/PURSHIA TRIDENTATA WOODLANDS

LONG-TERM MONITORING OF PRIORITY WATERBIRD SPECIES AND THEIR HABITATS IN THE EASTER MIDRIFF ISLAND REGION, SONORA, MEXICO

LONG-TERM MONITORING OF WATERBIRD PRIORITY SPECIES AND THEIR CRITICAL HABITATS IN THE ESTUARIES AND ISLANDS OF THE EASTERN MIDRIFF REGION OF SONORA,

ASSESSING THE RISK OF NITROGEN DEPOSITION TO NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE FOUR CORNERS REGION OF COLORADO AND UTAH: MESA VERDE FIELD STUDIES

CONIFER SEEDLINGS REGIONAL BEETLE KILL

ARCHEOLOGY STUDY AND FARM PLAN IMPLEMENTATION

SOIL PHOSPHORUS FORMS AND LONG-TERM BIOMASS EXPORTS FROM UNFERTILIZED AGROECOSYSTEMS