Performance Goal: Creating a More Diverse and Inclusive Extension Community

Extension research and programming is committed to enhancing agriculture and the natural environment, preparing youth for success, strengthening families and communities, and advancing employment and income opportunities for all residents of Ohio. Historically these programs have found the greatest response from rural audiences. The need to deliver this programming in rural communities remains the same today, but must be expanded to reach urban and suburban communities in an ever-increasing number.

There is also a need to increase access to Extension programming for underserved audiences (for example, urban/metro, underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities, and those with limited income). To better serve this expanded diverse audience it is important for Extension to establish employee diversity that models the state demographics.

See this link for the strategies we will be using to implement this goal and the key metrics we will use to measure our success.