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ICYMI: EXCITE Design Phase Workshop on Priority Population and Partnerships If you weren’t able to attend last week’s workshop, we advise you to watch the recording and view the slides because it was a great session packed with information essential to preparing your application for success in the following phase. The EXCITE program team covered resources and information you need to select a priority population and partnership for this project. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out! WORKSHOP
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8 New 1994 LGUs Participating in EXCITE Activity 2! We are so excited to announce 1994 institutions to the Activity 2 program. There are currently no tribal colleges participating in A2, and all but 2 institutions have not participated in EXCITE funding before. We welcome these teams as part of our effort in having a truly system wide!
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Updates on Booster from CDC Alexi Piasecki and Jenny Williams from the CDC joined our Insight session yesterday to give an update and overview on information on the new bivalent booster and their fall booster campaign. The presentation reviews the changes schedules and doses that will be salient to you as you plan for booster educational campaigns this Fall. To view their presentation see the video here, the CDC presentation starts at 8:05.
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A2 Teams: Sign-Up to Present We invite all A2 teams to sign up to share at a future Insight or Strategy Session at the link here. These videos are great assets to capture the efforts of your work and the lessons learned. Use these presentations to share what your team is doing, what is working and what is not! Dates open for project sharing: February 16th Insight March 16th Insight April 28th Strategy Session
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EXCITE Design Phase Workshop: Priority Population and Partnerships Thanks to all who joined yesterday for the first workshop of the Design Phase! If you weren’t able to attend, we advise you to watch the recording and view the slides because it was a great session packed with information essential to preparing your application for success in the following phase. What was covered:
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New Regional Impact Stories Available for Download We are pleased to share with you a regional compilation of data for the EXCITE project. These infographics are intended to provide an understanding of the regional and national effort. This data originates from the monthly reports also available on the EXCITE Dashboard that each of the institutions provides and is inclusive through July,2022.
There is also additional space that an individual institution can utilize with their project information on the second page. Each region has a file folder that contains images of the front and back design, an Adobe InDesign File, and a PDF version. We invite you to utilize the Adobe InDesign File and update as needed, while maintaining logos for Cooperative Extension and the Extension Foundation. The files are available for download at this link. |
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NextGen Funding Opportunity The primary goal of the From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals Program (NEXTGEN) is to enable 1890 Land-grant institutions, 1994 Land-grant institutions, Alaska Native-serving institutions and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, Hispanic-serving institutions, and insular area institutions of higher education located in the U.S. territories to engage, recruit, retain, train, and support students to help build and sustain the next generation of the food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences (FANH) workforce including the future USDA workforce. We think there are many opportunities for EXCITE projects to apply for this funding to help sustain their long term project efforts, as many projects are already partnered with students. We want to make sure health and human science projects are represented in this effort! See more information on support for applying to this opportunity here. |
The EXCITE Newsletter: October 6th 2022 |
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EXCITE Design Phase Workshop Starts Next Week
The new EXCITE programming will be divided into two phases: Design and Implementation. The purpose of the Design Phase is to award funds to support staff time to develop partnerships and strategies for successful project implementation. Monthly workshops and accompanying office hours will be provided to help prepare projects for submission for a competitive Implementation phase. The first workshop will be next Thursday, October 13th, covering priority population and partnerships. The recording of the workshop along with resources will be posted on our website after the completion of the workshop! Register for the Design Phase workshops and find other information about the Design Phase below. |
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EXCITE Annual Progress Report Find the EXCITE NIFA annual report here, which details the first year of the EXCITE project and was created by the EXCITE National Program team and the Extension Foundation. The report describes the EXCITE project’s goals, the unique strengths Extension brings to immunization education, the pivots the project had to make to adapt to the ever-changing pandemic, designing for system work, and the system solutions developed to support this project. This report exemplifies what EXCITE has accomplished in the projects LGU communities while also serving as a great model for the system. |
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New KFF Covid-19 Booster and Flu Resources
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Upcoming Info Session on a NEW EXCITE Opportunity!
We now have an NIFA agreement and can provide additional information about the new EXCITE programming opportunity! The new funding will support projects in our LGU Extension communities that address all adult immunization education and vaccine confidence. This opportunity is open to all institutions, regardless of whether they have previously participated in an EXCITE initiative. The new phase of EXCITE will include a Design Phase with monthly workshops and office hours to help prepare projects for implementation. REGISTER for the info session HERE. |
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Join us for October Spotlight The final Spotlight session will be held in October, and everyone is invited to attend to hear the final project sharing, an update from EXCITE‘s LGU vaccine hesitancy project, and to celebrate the official project end! Spotlight will begin with a short presentation from Washington State University’s “Getting to the Heart of the Matter,” LGU vaccine hesitancy project presenting their needs assessment findings for the first time to the EXCITE teams, and the remainder of the time will be dedicated to project sharing and celebrating as a group. We look forward to seeing you and your team there! |
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EXCITE at NEAFCS There were many EXCITE teams present this week at NEAFCS, including the program team, and we cannot wait to hear how your presentations went! Please continue to let us know about your future presentations, we are so excited to see you share your great work! Pictured is National Program Team members Lindsey Haynes Maslow, Laura Downey and Dawn Burton at NEAFCS this week! |
Kudos from the CDC to the Penn State EXCITE TeamOur CDC partner Julie Zajac shared recently her enthusiasm for Penn State Ag Progress Days educational exhibit in August. This is the largest outdoor ag exhibit in the state and hosted at The Pennsylvania State University’s – Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center. 4-H and FCS programming are featured in a large family and youth exhibit building. Julie reported that the immunization education exhibit was very engaging, well-staffed, and informative. Kudo’s to the PSU team as you greatly impressed Julie with your efforts! |
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Upcoming Info Session on a NEW EXCITE Opportunity!
Reminder to join us Thursday, September 22nd, 3-5 ET for an info session on future EXCITE efforts. We are excited to share more about this great opportunity, made possible by the Extension’s outstanding efforts in carrying out immunization education in their communities. REGISTER HERE. |
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New Key Message Points from the CDC on the Booster
Below is a list of resources and upcoming informational activities related to the recommendations. Some web resources are in process and are expected to be updated by end of day on September 2, 2022, or soon thereafter.
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Upcoming Webinar to Debut NEW EXCITE Opportunities
Reminder to join us Thursday, September 22nd, 3-5 pm ET for news about our latest EXCITE opportunities, open to all land-grant institutions. We will record the webinar and also have a follow-up “office hours” for further questions. We are excited to share more about this great opportunity, made possible by the Extension’s outstanding efforts in carrying out immunization education in their communities. REGISTER HERE. |
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End of Quarter Means A2 Financial Reports Due
September 15 is the deadline for the latest quarterly Financial Report for A2 teams. Please submit promptly to Peter Aamodt |
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Anticipated Approval and Availability of Updated COVID-19 Booster
We will provide you with more messaging and communication plans as they are shared. |
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FDA Press Release on Booster Individuals 18 years of age and older are eligible for a single booster dose of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent if it has been at least two months since they have completed primary vaccination or have received the most recent booster dose with any authorized or approved monovalent COVID-19 vaccine. Individuals 12 years of age and older are eligible for a single booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent if it has been at least two months since they have completed primary vaccination or have received the most recent booster dose with any authorized or approved monovalent COVID-19 vaccine. |
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2022-2023 Flu Season Update
Public Health Communication Collaborative Launches #TipOfTheWeek
Last week, PHCC launched a #TipOfTheWeek social media series! Every Thursday, they post an actionable tip to support public health communications. This series was inspired by the thoughtful questions received during a recent webinar, Comms Crash Course: Using Social Media for Public Health Communications. Learn more here, and be sure to head over to Twitter @PH_Comms and LinkedIn every Thursday for new tips! |
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Availability Note: Assistant Program Director Katie Stofer Out of office Katie Stofer will be out of the office September 7th until approximately November 15th. If you have questions about presenting at Spotlight or Insight in September, October, or November, please contact Brenna Kotar, BrennaKotar@Extension.Org until Katie returns. For general information about EXCITE including upcoming opportunities, please email EXCITE@Extension.Org |
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New EXCITE Programming Opportunity
We are happy to announce additional EXCITE programming opportunities! This new phase of EXCITE will support adult immunization education beyond Covid-19 and increase vaccine confidence in our LGU Extension communities. This opportunity is open to all institutions, even if you are currently not involved with an EXCITE project. |
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EXCITE at NEAFCS, National Tribal Health Conference, and APHA
If you’ll be at NEAFCS, and or the Tribal Leaders Conference in September, or the American Public Health Association Conference in October, come visit our EXCITE program team members who will be presenting at each. Also, let us know if you’ll be there even if you’re not presenting. Please email excite@extension.org if you are planning to attend any of these! We want to be sure to visit as well as help publicize everyone’s attendance. |
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Reminder for EXCITE teams presenting at conferences
“EXCITE is funded via a partnership between CDC and USDA. The information provided in this [slide deck] does not represent the views of either agency.” |
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A1 Monthly and A2 Program Quarterly Reports Due August 31st
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August is National Immunization Awareness Month For information about all recommended vaccinations at every age and stage of life, visit CDC’s page promoting the campaign. Resources include information for educators working with healthcare professionals, resources for patients, and graphics and sample communication content. As flu season and school begin, we still have a week to celebrate this “month” and keep ourselves and loved ones protected. |
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A1 Teams Finished
Congrats to the teams who finished their A1 projects these past few weeks! These final reports show the resilience, innovation and hard work went into implementing these projects! Job well done to Purdue University, Oklahoma State University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Rutgers University, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College, West Virginia State University, Louisiana State University, University of Nevada, Reno University of Tennessee and Texas A&M University. |
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A1 Final Reports location
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A2 Program Quarterly Reports Due August 31st
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A New (to us) Organization to Partner with
While attending the annual conference for NACCHO, the National Association of City and County Health Officials, the EXCITE team learned of ASTHO, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. For those of you with more statewide or territory focus, these partners may be of interest, or they could be a partner to help you branch out to other local municipalities for new connections. Check ASTHO and their resources out at https://www.astho.org/. |
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Reports Due this Month
If you have a question about whether you need to submit a particular report, please contact excite@extension.org. |
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A1 Final Program Reports Thanks to all the teams who finished in April and have submitted their final program reports. However, there are still a few teams who need to submit those, due July 31 (90 days after the end of the contract). Please remember to submit those ASAP! If you are in need of assistance or know you can’t make the deadline, please reach out to excite@extension.org. If you finished in June, your program reports will be due Aug. 31. |
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A1 NCE Teams – Monthly and Quarterly Report Deadlines |
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Vaccine Updates and Resources Covid-19 Vaccine Updates
Vaccine Education Resources
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Weekly White House Rural Stakeholders Zoom Invitation
Please note that this call is off-the-record and closed to press |
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