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July 20th, 2022 | 28 min. read

Brad Hummel

Coming from a family of educators, Brad knows both the joys and challenges of teaching well. Through his own teaching background, he’s experienced both firsthand. As a writer for iCEV, Brad’s goal is to help teachers empower their students by listening to educators’ concerns and creating content that answers their most pressing questions about career and technical education.

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The National Business Education Association’s (NBEA) standards are areas of competency that the organization believes are crucial to the success of any student as an employer, employee, and citizen .

NBEA standards cover 10 subject areas:

• Business law
• Career development
• Communication
• Economics   &   personal finance
• Entrepreneurship
• Information technology
• International business

With 10 areas of standards, the NBEA is one of the most thorough authorities on business education in the world.

But wait a minute — why is the NBEA credible? And why did they choose those specific areas to use for their standards?

What Is the NBEA?

The National Business Education Association (NBEA) is a professional association that publishes business education news.

As a result, the NBEA is often at the forefront of changes and developments in the world of business education.

This makes the NBEA an outstanding resource for any teacher focused on business education,   21st Century skills , and more.

It’s also why the organization started setting its own standards.

After all, if they’re already the leading publication on business education in the United States, they’re the best ones to make business education standards!

That’s the theory, and it works in practice as well.

Even so, the NBEA has its sights set on goals beyond   business education .

It also endeavors to prepare students for their careers, functioning “within the global environment,” and being strong citizens overall.

As the NBEA says :

“Because all students will participate in the economic system, all students need to be literate in business and economics.”

This inspiring message is found in every standard that the NBEA sets.

In general, each of their standards entails a specific part of a business principle, which also has certain success metrics assigned to it.

We’ll dive into each standard complete with the signs of success that you and your students can accomplish to truly be NBEA compliant!

1. Standards for Accounting

The   NBEA’s standards for accounting   focus on the typical qualities of numbers and math.

They also go a step further to examine qualities like thought leadership, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making.

Altogether, students who learn these standards will be able to:

• Read, interpret, and understand financial information
• Apply accounting principles
• Understand how accounting systems provide information
• Recognize different uses of accounting
• Understand the dynamic nature of business environments

These standards make a lot of sense for anyone who’s experienced a day in the life of an accountant first-hand or second-hand.

First, every student needs to know how to understand financial information .

How could you be an accountant if you didn’t?

Second, students have to know how to   apply accounting principles .

These principles can run the gamut of just about everything you encounter in finance — tax law, moving cash, revenue, expenses, assets, liabilities, and more!

Third, it’s essential to understand how accounting systems provide information .

Accounting is, in many ways, its own language. The systems that use that language all report information according to ultra-specific codes, parameters, regulations, and more.

Fourth, NBEA-compliant accounting students have to   recognize users of accounting information .

This plays an   enormous   role in working as an accountant for any company since it tells students who should have access to financial information and which information is privileged knowledge.

Finally, accounting students have to   understand the dynamic nature of the business environment   to fully grasp how accounting functions.

Change comes to every corporate entity, government institution, and school, which means that an accountant’s working environment can be completely different from one day to the next.

The sooner an accounting student understands that, the better they’ll adapt to the high-stakes industry of accounting!

Conveniently, accounting ties in well with the NBEA’s next standard — business law.

2. Standards for Business Law

NBEA standards for business law   discuss the regulations that apply to every company.

Ironically, the standards for business law also extend to individuals and those individuals’ families as the law relates to them as citizens, employees, consumers, and more.

That may sound like a lot, but the NBEA breaks these concepts down into four much more manageable tenets of success, like:

• Understanding intellectual property law
• Understanding contract law
• Understanding digital privacy
• Understanding computer-specific crimes and torts

While the NBEA is a well-respected organization, one common criticism is that their business law standards are much better suited for post-secondary students than elementary, middle, or even high school students.

That’s why the NBEA goes on to spell out specifics about what students should learn about these standards at varying grade levels, saying:

“Although the standards relate primarily to secondary and post-secondary education students, standards fore elementary and middle school are also included to give students at those levels a basic understanding of law, the legal system, and what it means to exhibit ethical behavior.”

Regardless of what grades you teach, the purpose of these standards is all the same.

First, intellectual property is perhaps one of the most complicated legal issues in the United States.

This concept includes issues like copyright infringement, idea theft, and a wide variety of other issues that can even include cybercrime.

Second, contract law may be the most common — yet least understood — areas of law in everyday life.

Every job someone has will include a contract, meaning that each of your students will run into contract law at least once in their lives.

This is why it’s so exceptionally important for them to understand what contract law means, how contracts are written, and why certain contract clauses exist (like non-competes and non-disclosures).

Third, digital privacy has become a hot area of contention throughout the world.

 With governments catching up to social networking companies, search engines, email suppliers, and other online companies, privacy in the modern age is an evolving concept with plenty of current events to use as examples.

Last, computer-specific crimes matters to students because it’s now possible for them to commit crimes online without fully realizing it —   namely cyberbullying.

Along with that, it’s crucial that students know that stealing passwords, impersonating someone online, and other activities that could be considered “pranks” are now considered misdemeanor criminal activity, at least!

In terms of business education, computer-based crimes matter because   it’s theorized that every company in the world has been hacked at least once   by malicious outside entities.

Hacking — and the crimes that result from it — is a very real, very potent threat to students’ future employers. As the rate of technology advances and knowledge about it increases, it’s guaranteed that computer-based crime is here to stay for the foreseeable future. 

With business law fully discussed to NBEA satisfaction, the next area of student compliance is career development!

3. Standards for Career Development

The   NBEA’s take on career development standards   is by far their largest-scope endeavor.

These standards encompass a students’ job prospects for the future along with the students’ personal skills, aptitudes, social responsibilities, personal quirks, and even recreation!

If this sounds like a lot, it is!

But once again, the NBEA condenses this broad-range concept into four bite-sized pieces, including:

• Understanding yourself, your qualities, and your “career fit”
• Exploring career opportunities with the resources available to you
• Forming expectations and practices for working relationships, ethics, etc.
• Transitioning from school to work

Altogether, mastering these four qualities primes your students to enter the workforce and exceed employer expectations.

First,   understanding yourself   is one of the most underrated areas of career development.

It’s surprisingly simple as a concept, though. The more you understand yourself, the more you know what you want to do for a living.

For your students, that means identifying what they enjoy in life and making that work with a career description.

In effect, this is career exploration. But the NBEA standards place a heavier emphasis on students understanding themselves as people instead of matching up to a generic list of careers.

The results, according to the NBEA, are a strong sense of personal awareness and understanding that leads students to the careers they want.

This leads perfectly into the second NBEA standard of   exploring career opportunities , often with a few resources.

The Internet has become the most valuable (and accessible) resource in that regard. Even when a student doesn’t know anything about a career, they can always turn to the Internet to learn more.

Best of all, students can learn about careers around the planet this way. So while someone may have been restricted to jobs in their local area 50 years ago, anyone can go anywhere to get any job these days.

Next,   forming expectations and practices   helps students understand what’s expected of them in a workplace and how they can exceed those expectations.

Students in high school are working part-time jobs less and less these days. But in previous generations, that’s how young workers learned how to behave in a professional environment.

That means it’s on the schools to pick up the slack of this life experience.

While these expectations and practices may only be theoretical and untested, it’s better for a student to figure them out than to walk into their first job interview unprepared.

Fourth, every student should master the   school-to-work transition .

This applies on two levels.

First, it applies to students who attend high school during the day and work part-time jobs in the evening.

That’s a tough transition to master since it’s a daily occurrence, especially as academic demands grow for teens in the United States.

This transition also applies to students graduating from school and moving into full-time work.

This is a much more abrupt and challenging transition since it’s a permanent life change.

Still, it’s easier to make this transition when students have experience going from school to work in a day-to-day setting.

With that in mind, this is one standard that’s especially tough to teach in a classroom.

The best way to learn it is — and has been — experiencing it first-hand.

But developing a career involves more than knowledge and research.   Soft skills   are also important for students to master — especially when it comes to communication.

4. Standards for Communication

Currently, the   NBEA standards for communication   aren’t fully fleshed out on their website.

This is because of a copywriting error where the top half of the page is showing information on the “Economics” standards instead of the “Communications” standards.

However, we can still talk about some of the tenets that the NBEA has established, including:

• Understanding communication foundations
• Recognizing communication in social situations
• Knowing how to communicate in the workplace
• Understanding technological communication

The first tenet of this standard is surprisingly broad.   Understanding the foundations of communication   means you can take your lessons in a lot of different directions.

You can talk about intent, language, metaphor, hyperbole, and a   ton   of other ideas that make communication so exciting and so complicated at the same time.

Then, you can ensure your students   recognize communication and its impact in social situations .

This is a little more specific in that you have to discuss how language is perceived and understood in conversations.

Clarifications, repetition, and even short-term memory all play major roles in how communication functions in social settings.

Because “work” is a social scenario, it’s also important for students to   know how to communicate in the workplace .

This ties back to ideas like professionalism, written communication, and functioning generally in a polite society.

You can talk about what is considered professional language in many workplaces and address what kind of sentences, phrases, or words cross the line.

Finally, this will all help your students   understanding of technological communication .

While email and instant messaging has made it easier to communicate throughout the world, both of those communication media lack the benefit of vocal tone.

Tone plays a huge role in communicating in every culture. Sometimes, whole languages use vocal inflection to determine the context of a word and how it’s interpreted.

That’s why it’s so crucial for students to understand how they can be perceived — and misunderstood — via digital communications.

And speaking of digital tools, communication is just the beginning.

If students truly want to achieve their professional pinnacle in their lives, they’ll have to understand computation as well!

5. Standards for Economics & Personal Finance

The   NBEA standards for economics and personal finance   set an ambitious bar for students learning more about how money works. 

Many of these qualities also tie back into decision-making and other NBEA standards, too.

However, the NBEA has almost twice as many requirements for economics and personal finance than it does for other standards!

These requirements include:

• Opportunity costs
• Productivity
• Economic systems
• Money interdependence
• Supply and demand
• Consumers, citizens, and governments

First, the NBEA requires that students understand   opportunity costs . In a nutshell, this complex concept breaks down to understanding what you gain or lose by choosing to pursue different options in any decision.

Any choice has an opportunity cost because, theoretically, no two choices are ever the same.

The second factor students need to understand is   productivity . This is often described as the amount of work or progress someone can make in a timeframe.

The more someone gets done, the more productive they are! In addition, productivity includes ideas like division of labor, technological impact, and capital investment.

Depending on who you ask, you may also find economists who argue that quality plays a role in productivity alone with quantity. That means you could look at productivity as how   well   someone performed a task or made something in a timeframe, as opposed to how   much   they did.

Third, NBEA says that students need to learn about   economic systems .

Most notably, this requirement means students have to know about different economic systems that exist, like capitalism.

Students go beyond   naming   these institutions though. They also have to learn why economic systems were developed in the first place, the basic features of each one, and which ones apply to United States economics specifically.

Next, the NBEA stresses the importance of understanding   monetary interdependence .

Of all the concepts in NBEA standards, this is one of the most complicated to understand (and explain).

The quick explanation is that the world economy involves so many different ideas and parts that each country, province, and city relies on one another for a healthy exchange of goods and services.

This leads to the NBEA’s fourth requirement for this standard —   prices .

Prices are influenced by individual markets, industries, and competition, particularly in countries that practice capitalism.

But because of monetary interdependence, every country’s prices are influenced by different forces, many of which are outside their control.

As a result, prices aren’t as cut-and-dry as they seem!

Understanding prices, the influences of prices, and how prices are interpreted by consumers all play a role in how price works worldwide.

The biggest force that impacts price is also one of the simplest —   supply and demand .

Supply and demand is the backbone of economics.

The more plentiful something is, the lower its price will be. The rarer something is, the higher its price will be.

There are exceptions to this rule, but it rings true for almost every economic system and institution throughout the world.

However, this rule is subject to three external factors more than any others:   consumers, citizens, and governments .

Consumers are the individuals who choose what to purchase in an economic system.

Citizens are individuals who can be impacted by economic factors, whether they’re positive or negative.

Finally, governments choose what economic system a country will follow, tariffs for international trade, taxes for domestic trade, employment laws, and just about anything else that matters to an economy.

So with all of this knowledge from the first six NBEA standards, there’s only one logical place to go next.

Entrepreneurship. 

6. Standards for Entrepreneurship

NBEA entrepreneurship standards   are designed to give your students the best possible advantages if they choose to start their own business.

All of these qualities are wrapped into three basic tenets that NBEA-compliant students need to follow:

• Understanding technology’s importance to business
• Understanding the variety of electronic tools to perform business tasks
• Using the Internet to promote and maximize business

Ten years ago, these qualities would have looked completely different from what they are now.

But because of the proliferation of the Internet, the American startup culture, and digital retail, the name of the game in modern entrepreneurship is “online.”

Understanding technology’s importance to business   is a crucial starting point because it sets the stage for the remaining entrepreneurial requirements.

This makes students learn the differences between computers for business use and computers for personal use.

Incidentally, this ties back into concepts like business law surprisingly well. After all, the laws that apply to business property are different from the laws that apply to personal property.

This is crucial for entrepreneurs to understand for whenever they start and grow a company. As a result, the sooner your students can learn about it, the better!

It also leads into the next point of NBEA standards —   understanding electronic tools that perform business tasks .

Electronic tools have expanded at a rapid rate over the past few years. Today, there’s a tool for every business task from tracking users on a website to automating email and way, way more.

Understanding this diversity of tools — and the fact that these tools exist for just about any business need someone could have — shows students how they can structure and build a business with the help of online tools.

Some of these tools perform essential tasks. Some of them help build a business in the first place.

Regardless of what they do, students need to know about them if they’re going to walk the path of an entrepreneur.

This concept conveniently includes the third tenet of the NBEA’s entrepreneurship standard, which is   using the Internet to promote and maximize business .

For the most part, this requires covering concepts like   digital marketing , content creation, search engine optimization, video production, and other methods of promoting a company online.

You can teach this tenet a thousand different ways. The Internet is chock full of opinions, how-to lists, and insights into Internet-based marketing.

Once you’ve talked about how to use the Internet for business, it’s time to talk about how the computer, Internet, and digital technology works by covering information technology.

7. Standards for Information Technology

Of all the standards on this list, the   NBEA standards for information technology (IT)   are the broadest in terms of scope.

This is because of the rapid migration of tools and tasks to the Internet, which we briefly discussed with the previous standard.

Basically, technology changes so much and so frequently that the educational standards for IT have to accommodate dozens of variables.

For the NBEA, these variables include:

• Understanding IT’s central role in every business
• Understanding the value and impact of IT
• Pragmatically solving technological problems
• Developing interpersonal and service skills
• Behaving ethically, legally, and responsibly
• Respecting intellectual property, privacy, and security

Perhaps the simplest tenet in this standard is   understanding IT’s central role in every business .

Every modern company uses IT systems, networks, and other installations to some degree.

It could be a database of clients. It could be network hard drives. Regardless, these networked resources help companies improve efficiency and get work done. 

This leads perfectly into the next idea of   understanding the value and impact of IT .

While this idea is nearly identical to the first, it gives you the chance to take a deep dive into statistics, trends, and current events that discuss IT.

That helps contextualize the modern uses of IT for your students while underlining the points you’ve already made.

Third, students have to be able to   pragmatically solve IT problems .

Depending on the grades you teach, this tenet can mean   wildly   different things.

For example, sixth-graders probably don’t need to know much more about IT than how to access the Internet and stay safe.

High school seniors taking a specialized course in IT will need to know about troubleshooting, security protocols, encryption, operating systems, coding languages, and a whole lot more.

Next, the NBEA stresses the importance of students   mastering interpersonal and service skills .

The condensed version of this idea is that every student needs to know   the soft skills expected of them in the workplace .

Professionalism, communication, and even dress code can all play a role in someone’s interpersonal and service skills.

These skills also contribute to the next tenet of   behaving ethically, legally, and responsibly .

IT can often feel like it exists in a separate world from reality. It has its own languages, protocols, and operating procedures that are each drastically different from person-to-person interactions.

As a result, it’s easy for IT-focused professionals to learn much, much more about their expertise than the average person.

That specialized knowledge brings its own expectations of ethics, legality, and responsibility. It’s easy to use tech-based information to behave in unethical ways.

That’s why it’s so important for individuals to understand how their work in IT can impact other people — especially other people’s livelihoods.

Ethics, law, and personal responsibility all factor into major tech-based industries from social networking to online banking.

Without these concepts, IT becomes a much more dangerous and exploitable field for experts.

That’s because, as the NBEA states:

“IT is a common thread throughout every business.”

It’s borderline impossible to find any company today that doesn’t have IT infrastructure to some degree. Even having a   website   counts as IT.

This is a powerful concept to understand because it all but guarantees IT professionals will have employment for their whole lives.

To maximize their employability, students finally need to   understand intellectual property, personal privacy, and security .

This tenet is the culmination of the ones that came before it. It encompasses everything about acting ethically, obeying the law, analyzing information, developing service skills, and more.

You can use this tenet as a catchall for anything you feel didn’t fit in the previous parts of this NBEA standard.

When you’ve finished with this standard, it’s time to move onto another of the NBEA’s more complex standards.

International business.

8. Standards for International Business

The   NBEA standards for international business   cover everything students need to know about companies that operate in multiple countries.

This type of business is significantly different from most, as many organizations never grow to the point where they can function on a global (or semi-global) scale.

So while many students may not actually   use   this information in the workplace, it’s still important for them to know.

Overall, the NBEA says five qualities contribute to a student’s understanding of international business, including:

• Understanding how political policies and economic practices relate in different countries
• Learning how communication influences business relations
• Conceptualizing the global business environment
• Understanding international finance, management, and marketing
• Identifying different forms of business ownership

The first thing students need to learn is   how political policies and economic practices relate in different countries .

Mainly, this idea refers to how certain government structures correlate to economic structures.

For example, almost all governmental democracies exercise some form of free-market capitalism (to varying degrees).

In addition, totalitarian governments typically retain economic control of their country’s most valuable resources, as Saudi Arabia does with its state-run fossil fuel enterprise.

Last, communism — and other forms of it — often mean that the government in power retains total control over the economy, regulating everything as they see fit from the state level.

While the details may not be important to the specific grade level you teach, the concepts are crucial to understanding the influence of government on economics and vise versa.

Students can build on this understanding by looking at   how communication influences business relations .

International relations are always hampered by two key elements — language and culture.

Language is the first major barrier because speaking different languages makes it impossible to properly communicate.

But once someone masters a language, they then have to understand the culture of the language’s native speakers.

This requires an in-depth appreciation of the culture’s idioms, beliefs, expectations, and more.

Even the best-speaking polyglots can run into problems of miscommunication if they don’t fully understand culture.

Once students understand that, they’ll have a much easier time with the next tenet of this standard —   conceptualizing the global business environment .

This is your opportunity to introduce students to the ecosystem of global business.

Trade deals between corporations and governments form a major component of global enterprise, but so do business-to-business deals for raw materials, services, technology, and more.

It’s actually possible today for major corporations to have more employees than a country has citizens.

As a result, some companies may have such a big influence on a country’s economy that they can leverage that influence into legislation and decision-making nationwide!

Once you have students looking at international business on that scale, you can go into the details of how it all happens with   finance, management, and marketing .

International finance is always going to be tricky because it involves multiple governments’ trade laws, tariffs, and taxes.

It’ll also deal with other countries’ minimum wage requirements and standards of living.

Those same laws will also influence how managers can behave when overseeing international teams, not to mention the codes of conduct that the company uses in different countries.

As a result, an international business will also have to change how it presents itself, its products, and its values from one country to the next in the form of marketing.

This leads into the final tenet of the international business standard, which is   identifying different forms of business ownership .

On a general level, this refers to private and public companies. Is the company run by one person who retains total control of it, or does the company sell stock and empower shareholders with decision-making votes?

You can also take a look at the titles different companies use — CEO, partner, principal, president, chairperson, director, etc. — and how they relate to a company’s structure.

With that, you’ve set yourself up to talk to your students about another key standard from the NBEA.

Management.

9. Standards for Management

The   NBEA standards for management   are based on the idea that management is the practice of using the resources available to a company to progress that organization’s goals.

To that effect, every company’s assets are also resources that are usable by the company’s managers.

That’s why the NBEA says management standards are:

• Emphasizing higher-order thinking skills to manage people and companies
• Recognizing the changing role management plays today
• Appreciating the gravity of ethical and corporate behavior
• Incorporating global perspectives into any business’s viewpoint

According to the NBEA, great management starts with   emphasizing higher-order thinking skills .

Those thinking skills can include a lot of different ideas, including metacognition, long-term planning, and time management.

In addition, students need to   recognize the changing role management plays in business today .

In years past, managers held an immense amount of power over their subordinates. But today, that perspective has shifted from the “boss” archetype to the “leader” archetype.

Managers are expected to know how to do their teams’ jobs and respect those who can do those jobs well.

Managers are also expected to empower their teams with the opportunities they need to grow as individuals while understanding individuals’ boundaries.

This requires someone who can think, act, and decide at a moment’s notice while maintaining a predictable baseline of behavior for their teams to follow — among other concepts.

However, the single most important tenet for good management is   appreciating the importance of ethical and corporate responsibility .

The best managers will have a firm ethical compass while understanding how their actions will be perceived both within and outside the office walls.

This extra layer of consideration plays a big role in decisions, day-to-day behaviors, team values, and more.

It’s also why it’s important for students to understand   the necessity of a global perspective in any business .

The Internet has made the world smaller by empowering near-instant communication.

On top of that, countless products and services come from international businesses that create products and services for   smaller   companies to use.

In that respect, every business is an international business to some degree, and every company is impacted by international business decisions.

That’s a hard concept to understand at a 10-person mom-and-pop store in a student’s hometown.

But understanding it gives students a strong perceptual advantage over others who may only be focused on what they can see in front of them. 

This large-scale conceptualization plays a big role in the final (and shortest) NBEA standard, too.

This is all especially important for marketing.

10. Standards for Marketing

The   NBEA standards for marketing   are brief, yet impactful.

The tenets of this standard help students understand what marketing entails and how it works.

They include:

• Understanding why marketing is important and how it impacts society
• Understanding the customer-focused framework upon which marketing is built

The first tenet of   understanding why marketing is important and how it impacts society   is almost exclusively based around awareness.

Students should know how to spot marketing, especially paid advertising, in every aspect of their lives.

Business signs, billboards, search engine ads, social media ads, and other forms of marketing all have different requirements and outcomes in their own ways.

For high school learners, you can also discuss concepts like ad creep, ad saturation, and other political-economy theories.

For earlier learners, you can use games and activities to train younger students to spot ads “in the wild.”

This leads you right into   helping students understand   the framework of marketing .

You can take this in any number of directions. You can talk about this quickly by saying that marketing is based on customers, their expectations, and the qualities that apply to them.

You can also take a deep dive into this idea by talking about marketing theories, marketing principles, and how marketing has changed over the centuries.

With all of that done, you’ve successfully taught your students to NBEA standards —   all 10 of them !

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Biden administration hikes pay for Head Start teachers to address workforce shortage

Family Educator Lisa Benson-Nuyen, left, leads her students in a circle as they play music after eating breakfast in the Northern Lights classroom at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning, a Head Start center, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Wasilla, Alaska. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is hiking pay for educators in the early childhood program Head Start as part of an effort to retain current employees and attract new ones in the midst of a workforce shortage.

The administration’s new rules, published Friday, will require large operators to put their employees on a path to earn what their counterparts in local school districts make by 2031. Large operators also will have to provide healthcare for their employees. Smaller operators — those that serve fewer than 200 families — are not bound by the same requirements, but will be required to show they are making progress in raising pay.

“We can’t expect to find and hire quality teachers who can make this a career if they’re not going to get a decent wage as much as they might love the kids,” Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in an interview.

Many operators have been forced to cut the number of children and families they serve because they cannot find enough staff. At one point, the federally funded program enrolled more than a million children and families. Now, programs only have about 650,000 slots. A quarter of Head Start teachers left in 2022, some lured away by higher wages in the retail and food service sector. Some operators have shut down centers .

Head Start teachers, a majority of whom have bachelor’s degrees, earn an average of less than $40,000 a year. Their colleagues who work in support roles — as assistant teachers or classroom aides — make less.

Head Start, created in the 1960s as part of the War on Poverty, serves the nation’s neediest families, offering preschool for children and support for their parents and caregivers. Many of those it serves come from low-income households, are in foster care or are homeless. It also seeks to offer good-paying jobs to parents and community members.

“This rule will not only deliver a fairer wage for thousands of Head Start teachers and staff, it will also strengthen the quality of Head Start for hundreds of thousands of America’s children,” said Neera Tanden, White House domestic policy advisor.

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, a North Carolina Republican who chairs a committee on education and the workforce, said the administration was overfunding the program.

“The effort smells like an attempt to form Head Start educators into a unionized political block. Political patronage should never take precedent over children’s lives,” she said.

The program has generally enjoyed bipartisan support and this year Congress hiked its funding to provide Head Start employees with a cost-of-living increase.

The requirements, while costly, do not come with additional funding, which has led to fears that operators would have to cut slots in order to make ends meet . That is part of the reason the administration altered the original proposal, exempting smaller operators from many of the requirements.

The National Head Start Association, which advocates for programs and their operators, applauded the new rule but said it worries how Head Starts will implement the rules without additional federal money.

The association said in a statement it “remains concerned that, if Congress and future administrations do not agree to such increases, the impact of the final rule could prove devastating, by significantly reducing the number of children and families served by Head Start programs.”

But the administration has argued that it cannot allow an antipoverty initiative to pay wages that leave staff in financial precarity. Like much of the early childhood workforce, many Head Start employees are women of color.

“For 60 years, the Head Start model has essentially been subsidized by primarily of women of color,” said Katie Hamm, a deputy assistant secretary in the Office of Early Childhood Development. “We can’t ask them to continue doing that.”

The program is administered locally by nonprofits, social service agencies and school districts, which have some autonomy in setting pay scales.

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In preparation for the November 5 general election, BPW/Florida welcomes The League of Women Voters® of Florida to present this non-partisan explanation of each of the six amendments on our statewide ballot. The League’s® Cathy Swerdlow will help cut through the advertising and rhetoric to help attendees make informed choices when we vote in November.

Join us on August 1 when we are excited to welcome Erica Sutherlin as our presenter. Erica has visited us before as a meeting guest, but her self-introductions compelled us to want to know more about this renaissance woman and her robust set of accomplishments, skills and passions.

Erica Sutherlin is a multi-hyphenate: filmmaker/writer/theatrical director/producer. Erica, recently, accepted the new position of Artistic Executive Director of the Studio@620. She embraced her passion for the performing arts at an early age while growing up in St. Louis, MO. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Film and Television Production from the prestigious University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. Erica earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Performance from Southern Illinois University/Edwardsville.

Erica’s increasingly challenging journey in the performing arts space would lead to her selection for Lifetime Network’s mentoring program called Broader Focus where up-and-coming creative women are intentionally exposed to the machinations of programming content. More exposure to the dynamics of directing came from the Blackhouse Foundation Sundance Fellows program, followed by being a part of Facebook’s SEEN initiative, launched to illuminate underrepresented voices in the entertainment industry. Ms. Sutherlin made her directorial debut with the release of Lifetime Network’s hit movie, Kirk Franklin ’ s A Gospel Christmas . A Gospel Christmas marked her second feature following Stratosphere , which she directed and co-wrote.

Erica has directed numerous plays and musicals during her 20+ years in the business. As an equity actor, she performed in the American Stage productions of Doubt and Steel Magnolias. In 2022, she became the theatre company’s Director of Community Engagement. Recently, Erica found herself as the director of the award-winning musicals Ragtime: The Musical in the Park, and The Color Purple . In addition to stellar reviews for productions of Pass Over by Antoinette Nwandu, and Dutchman by Amiri Baraka/LeRoi Jones..

Ms. Sutherlin’s keen writing prowess led to narrative features for Village Roadshow and the United Kingdom-based production company , iGeneration Studios . She was a writer for the multiple award-winning film, Voodoo Macbeth , which was produced through Warner Brothers and the University of Southern California (USC). Sharing the spotlight with peer writers, she developed and executive produced the sitcom, Unschooled .  Erica would conclude her time at USC in a writer’s room, developing, writing, and producing the short-form, limited dramatic series called Sugar Land.

As a poet and essayist, Ms. Sutherlin has contributed content to Building Womanist Coalitions: Writing and Teaching in the Spirit of Love and Hooked on the Art of Love:  bell hooks and My Calling for Soul-Work, both works by Dr. Gary Lemons, Professor of English at University of South Florida.

Erica was awarded for her ongoing impact in the arts when she received a highly competitive 2022 Creative Pinellas Individual Artist Recovery Grant . She was selected as a Fellow with the Advancing Racial Equity on Non-Profit Boards , class of 2022. Erica’s broad experience in the performing arts led to an appointment by Mayor Kenneth T. Welch to the City of Saint Petersburg Arts Advisory Committee in 2023. Recently, Ms. Sutherlin was appointed to Committee Chair of the Arts Advisory Committee. Her latest distinction, graduate of the class of 2024 Leadership St. Pete, a competitive leadership program.

Recent Speakers

Performing Arts, Non Profits and Whisky

On August 1 Erica Sutherlin joined us as our presenter. Erica has visited us before as a meeting guest, but her self-introductions compelled us to want to know more about this renaissance woman and he...

Dr. Sandra Braham is President and CEO of Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services

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Martha Lenderman and the Friends of Drug Court

On Thursday, June 13 as we welcomed Martha Lenderman to BPW/St. Petersburg-Pinellas. Martha to talk about a project to raise funds to use in enhancing treatment plans for court participants in the Pin...

Nikki Gaskin-Capehart – First President/CEO of the Pinellas County Urban League

On Thursday, April 4, 2024 we welcomed Nikki Gaskin-Capehart to BPW/St. Petersburg-Pinellas (BPW/SPP).  We welcomed Nikki, not only as a friend of BPW/SPP, but as the first female President/CEO of th...

Delquand Turner of Inclusivity LLC – A path to a more inclusive future by understanding who we are

Our March speaker was Delquanda Turner Smith,  respected speaker and expert from Inclusivity LLC, as she guides us through a transformative exploration of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging....

Kourey Hendryx-Bell, J.D, Manager of the City of St. Petersburg’s Office of Supplier Diversity

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CEO Lariana Forsythe and CASA Stand Up to Silence

Our December 7, meeting welcomed back to BPW our friend and CEO of CASA, Lariana Forsythe. Lariana Forsythe joined CASA as its CEO in June of 2017, relocating to the Pinellas County area. She has more...

State Legislator Lindsay Cross

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The St. Pete Youth Farm and Carla Bristol are helping the community grow their own food

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A Visit from St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway

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The Girl Scouts, where many BPW members got their start, are thriving.

On August 3rd we welcomed Mary Pat King, the esteemed CEO of Girl Scouts of West Central Florida, as our guest speaker. Mary Pat who took us on an inspiring journey through the diverse programs offere...

A Vist from Charlie Justice

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Nicole Berman, Executive Director of St. Pete Pride

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Meet your 2023-24 BPW Executive Committee

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Housing Affordabilty and Its Role in Employee Recruitment

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Women in the Arts

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The State of The City: St. Petersburg

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The Times Have Found Us

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Dress for Success

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The State of the County with Barry Burton

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Advocacy and the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce

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Keys to Thriving in Career Transitions

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Personal Enrichment Through Mental Health Services and the Crisis in Mental Health Related to Covid

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Gender and Racial Justice in Housing

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Jim Nixon – “Turning Points”  a History of LGBTQ+ Issues, Progress and Work Still to Be Done

June is PRIDE month in St. Petersburg and to kick it off, BPW welcomed Jim Nixon on Thursday, June 2nd. Jim is the Director of the Mayor’s Action Center and LGBTQ Liaison for the City of St. Pet...

2022 Installation of Officers and Annual Awards

Our May meeting is a very special meeting.  We installed our new officers, thank our outgoing officers and committee chairs for all their hard work, recognize individual members for their contributio...

Tiffany Faykus of Selah Freedom

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Deputy Mayor: Stephanie Owens

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How St. Petersburg Emerged Into an Art and Artist Destination

We’re delighted to welcome John Collins for our membership luncheon on February 3, 2022 to discuss the transformation of our community into a premier art and artist destination known for its wor...

The Impact of Recent Municipal Elections on St. Petersburg and Pinellas County

Please join us on Thursday, January 6, 2022 as we welcome Kelly Hayes, Florida Politics, as our guest speaker.  Kelly studied journalism and political science at the University of Florida and was...

Economic Forcast for 2022 – Preparing for the challenges facing Working Women

Join us on Thursday, December 2 as we welcome Dr. Linda Lucas to lead a discussion on a variety of topics affecting working women in our shifting economy. Women’s participation in the workforce ...

What We’ve Learned so Far from St. Petersburg’s New CALL Program Supporting SPPD with Mental Health Professionals for Citizens in Crisis

On November 4, BPW Welcomes Megan McGee to discuss the CALL Program, a new approach to some 911 calls with a focus on community mental health services. Megan McGee is the St. Petersburg Police De...

Advances in the Prevention of Domestic Violence and a New Priorities Brought Forth by the Covid-19 Pandemic

Join us in October when we welcome Taylor Withers, the Senior Director of Advancement at CASA, Pinellas County’s certified Domestic Violence Agency. She’ll update us on new techniques and tool...

A Discussion on the Use of Equity Driven Health and Wellness Practices to Bolster Individual and Collective Resilience in Business and Professional Spaces with Dr. LaDonna Butler

Our September 2nd meeting will feature a discussion led by Dr. LaDonna Butler of The Well for Life to help our members and guests to achieve more successful outcomes through policy and practice. ...

Voting Rights and Elections Update with Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections, Julie Marcus

On August 5, BPW was delighted to welcome back Julie Marcus to our luncheon meeting to discuss recent changes made by the Florida Legislature that may impact our upcoming local elections this fall. We...

Conserving Florida’s Fisheries and Supporting Women in Science

Join us on July 15 when BPW welcomes Kerry Flaherty Walia, a Florida native and a marine fisheries research scientist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Kerry has over 17...

The Florida Orchestra: Playing Through the Panedemic

For our June meeting, BPW welcomes Susana Weymouth, the Chief Development Officer for The Florida Orchestra to speak about how the state’s largest performing arts organization was able to contin...

Women and Politics Here and There: A Quick World Tour

Join us Thursday, March 4 when we welcome Mary K. Meyer McAleese, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science at Eckerd College to kick off Women’s History Month. Already in 2021 we’ve seen Kama...

The Time for New Beginnings is Now

Please join us on Thursday, February 4 when Mercy Ameyaw, CAMS, Director, Internal Audit, Raymond James Financial Inc., will speak about successfully navigating transitions, of which she has had many....

Spending Wisely Through the Holidays

Just in time for the Holidays, best selling author Jen Smith, comes to our luncheon meeting on Thursday, December 3rd to help us during a season known for overspending and get a head start on good hab...

Post Election Recap with Janelle Irwin Taylor

Please join us on Thursday, November 5th as we welcome Janelle Irwin Taylor to join us for a Post-Election Recap.  Janelle Irwin Taylor has been a professional journalist covering local...

Congressman Charlie Crist Wants to Hear from BPW

Congressman Charlie Crist contacted us in honor of National Business Women’s Week and offered to join us on our zoom call this coming Thursday at 5pm  before our fundraiser. He wants to hear wh...

The Suncoast Center Shines A Light on Mental Health

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Get the Facts on Voting

Join us virtually when we welcome Robin Davidov from the League of Women Voters to our Zoom meeting on Thursday, September 24th at 6PM for an hour jam packed with information to help you be an informe...

BPW Welcomes Nutritionist and Food Policy Activist, Wendy Wesley

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A Visit from Sheena Qualles-DeFreeceThe St. Pete Timebank

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Mayor Rick Kriseman: The State of the City

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Art is a Catalysis for Connecting

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New Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement

Please join us on January 16th as we welcome Tom Magoulis, the Executive Director of the new Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement.  This new gem is planned to open in early 2020 and will ...

Voices of Florida Women

Kelly Sciba will be visiting our local BPW luncheon meeting on Thursday, December 5 as we participate in the series of public forums that are being conducted around the state n Florida’s diverse reg...

November 7: Gender Pay Equity–An Economic Issue

Lorrie Lykins, Vice President of Research at the Seattle-based Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) and Editor of The SheSuite™, an ongoing series of in-depth interviews with women executives...

October 3: Current Insights in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

On Thursday October 3 BPW welcomes Lakshmi Shenoy, CEO of the Embarc Collective, the innovation hub in downtown Tampa backed by business mogul Jeff Vinik and whose mission is to foster startup talent ...

Sept 5: Work-Life Reset: Fawn Germer visits BPW

We’re delighted to welcome renowned author, Fawn Germer, to our September Luncheon meeting where she will discuss the principles of her latest book, Work-Life Reset. If Fawn Germer didn’t live...

August 1: Women’s Rights to Reproductive Healthcare in Florida

Talking about sensitive social issues, such as unintended pregnancy, can be tough. Knowing the facts can help in conversations with those unsettled by topics like teen sexuality or abortion. Amy&...

July 18: Cathie Perkins, Director of Pinellas County Emergency Management

Join us on Thursday, July 18 when BPW welcomes Cathie Perkins to our luncheon meeting to discuss how to prepare our businesses and our homes in the event of an emergency. Responsible for emergency pre...

June 6: Margie Manning speaks on the Media’s Portrayal of Women

BPW is delighted to welcome back renowned journalist Margie Manning on June 6 to speak about the media’s portrayal of women.  The visibility of women in leadership roles has long been toute...

May 2: Renee Dabbs, Seeing Your Business Potential More Clearly

BPW welcomes Renee Dabbs for our May luncheon meeting.  She is the principal and founder of Renee Dabbs, LLC, a management consulting firm that focuses on helping organizations become metrics foc...

March 7: The State of the County

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February 7: Learning From History

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Understanding the nuances that differentiate Employment Equity (EE) and Affirmative Action (AA) is essential in creating a diverse, inclusive, and fair workplace. Although interconnected, these concepts have unique applications and implications.

Employment Equity provides equal opportunities, allowing everyone to thrive regardless of background or personal characteristics. This principle ensures everyone has the same access to career progression and personal development, eliminating discriminatory practices that might hamper their growth.

Conversely, Affirmative Action is a proactive policy to increase workplace and educational opportunities for demographic groups historically underrepresented in leadership and professional roles. AA is a countermeasure to systemic biases and prejudices, supporting those consistently deprived of fair and equal treatment.

It’s crucial to comprehend the seven pillars of diversity that underpin these principles and ensure their successful implementation:

• Access: Guaranteeing equal opportunities for all individuals.
• Attitude: Fostering a positive, accepting mindset towards differences.
• Choice: Ensuring individuals have the freedom to express their unique characteristics.
• Partnerships: Building solid relationships based on mutual respect and understanding.
• Communication: Encouraging open dialogue about diversity and inclusion.
• Policy: Implementing guidelines that uphold diversity and fairness.
• Opportunities: Creating equal chances for personal and professional growth.

As we strive to promote equality, diversity, and inclusion, we must address three significant barriers:

• Unconscious bias:  Tackling the often invisible prejudices that can unfairly influence decisions.
• Lack of representation:  Increasing the presence of underrepresented groups in all areas and levels of the organization.
• Privilege:  Recognizing and mitigating some individuals’ advantages over others.

Lastly, it’s essential to note the connection between Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives and Affirmative Action. While DEI is a broad framework that aims to create an environment where everyone feels valued, Affirmative Action is a set of actions implemented to address historical and ongoing discrimination. DEI often encompasses Affirmative Action strategies as part of its toolkit, aiming to create a society where opportunities are genuinely equal. Together, DEI and Affirmative Action form the front line in the battle against structural barriers and the drive toward a more inclusive society.

Legislative Articles and Updates

FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Advance Pay Equity on the 15th Anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

President Biden and Vice President Harris have long championed equal pay as a cornerstone of their commitment to ensuring opportunity and fairness for all workers. Closing gender and racial wage gaps is essential to ensuring that women and people of color can fully participate in the labor force....

Extreme House GOP Spending Bills are an Attack on Women

Yesterday, the National Partnership for Women & Families released a new fact sheet on the how the House GOP spending bills are an attack on women, particularly women of color, and their families. These bills include a nearly all-of-government attack on women’s economic security, reproductive care access,...

Action Opportunity!  Petition for Women’s Healthcare Rights

For those of you that attended our last luncheon meeting this will be a bit familiar and as promised here is more information for you to review and act upon or pass along if you choose. Floridians Protecting Freedom, a young activist group, is spearheading...

Legislative Moment – February 2023

As we enter the 2023 legislative season I wanted to take this opportunity to remind new and seasoned members of the BPW/FL Public Policy Platform.  The Public Policy Platform is six tiers:  1) Equality for All; 2) Economic Equity, Opportunity, and Self-Sufficiency; 3) Safe Workplace;...

A new bill aims to protect same-sex marriage. What would it do if Obergefell falls?

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Legislative Update 11-2-21

BPW/SPP Members:  We are again at the time of an election and by the time you are reading this the election for the Mayor of St. Petersburg has begun, or possibly ended. I hope that all of you who live in St. Petersburg voted early...

BPW / FL Public Policy Platform Items 2 & 3

Pursuant to my July article I am going to continue to highlight the BPW Public Policy Platform.  This month I am highlighting Platform items 2 and 3. Item 2: Economic Equity, Opportunity and Self-SufficiencyBPW/FL supports legislation which assists women in obtaining pay equity and equal...

BPW / FL Public Policy Platform Item 1: Equality for All

Recently our TBT has had articles by State Public Policy Chair, Kristin Smith, and from our Local Organization (LO) President, Michele Cavallo, related to our Public Policy Platform.  BPW/FL leadership also learned during the Strategic Planning process that many BPW members did not know, before...

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Item 1: economic equity, opportunity and self-sufficiency, item 2: health care, item 3: voting rights and access.

BPW/FL supports public policies that: • ensure pay equity and equal employment opportunities for all women • promote opportunities for women-owned businesses • promote affordable, quality dependent care • promote Social Security and retirement reform options benefiting women • guarantee a workplace free from harassment and discrimination

BPW/FL supports public policies that: • support the expansion of affordable care, including Medicaid, in Florida • support funding and initiatives that cover women’s health care needs • ensure women’s access to all health care and family planning needs, including full access to all forms of reproductive health services, education, and prescriptions

BPW/FL supports public policies that: • promote free and fair elections • are aimed at expanding voters’ access to the polls • are designed to protect the right of all American citizens to vote in fairly drawn legislative districts

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USDA Invests Nearly $4.1 Million in Risk Management Education for Farmers, Including Underserved and Organic Producers

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WASHINGTON, August 8, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it is awarding nearly   $4.1 million to organizations and outreach efforts to educate underserved, small-scale, and organic producers on farm risk management and climate-smart farm practices. The funding from USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) provides assistance through its Risk Management Education Partnerships for organizations, such as nonprofits and land grant universities, to develop training and resources for producers about risk management options.  

“This funding and these partnerships are key to the success of our outreach and education efforts in communities that historically have not had access to training about risk management options. Our Risk Management Education Partnerships are part of USDA’s broader efforts to ensure equity and access to programs,” said RMA Administrator Marcia Bunger during a virtual event announcing the 2024 recipients. “We need to work with growers, and livestock producers to provide them with the training and resources about risk management options and how to apply them to their farming businesses, and these partnerships will help us do just that.” 

This nearly $4.1 million investment builds on the $13 million that RMA has already provided in partnerships since 2021. RMA advertised available funding in January 2024 and reviewed 41 applications. 

This year’s partnership projects will reach every state in the nation, including eight state-specific, four regional, and three national programs. Out of the 15 organizations receiving funding, six are new partners and nine are current or former partners, including non-profits and university extensions, among others. 

One of the 2024 awardees, Right Risk, LLC, a non-profit group dedicated to providing top notch risk management education will continue their outreach work. “The funding we’ve received through our Risk Management Education partnership will allow us to continue outreach to Alaskan producers,” said Jeff Tranel, Owner and Chief Financial Officer for Right Risk, LLC. “We use on-site trainings, recorded presentations, newsletters, one-on-one coaching, printed materials, and the Right Risk Alaska-specific website to educate producers in Alaska about risk management options.” 

The 2024 awardee organizations and their projects include:  

• Cross Over Community Development – Provides comprehensive educational sessions on production, marketing, financial, legal and human risks geared to small-scale immigrant farmers. 
• Georgia Organics – Offers outreach and educational programing to organic and underserved farmers in Georgia about risk management options, business strategies and record keeping.  
• Napa Valley Grapegrowers – Provides risk management education to 500 Napa wine grape producers on: climate smart agriculture, organic and specialty crop farming, Crop Insurance 101 and water conservation.  
• Oregon Tilth – Increases awareness, understanding, and use of crop insurance and risk management tools by organic producers and those transitioning to organic production.  
• Northeast Organic Farming Association – Supports Vermont farmers by increasing their knowledge of climate-smart agriculture, risk management tools and crop insurance. 
• Right Risk, LLC – Develops multi-faceted approach to assist Alaskan producers understand and implement crop insurance and risk management strategies to improve their opportunities for success.  
• Rural South Institute – Builds resilient farm operations through increased participation in crop insurance and adoption of value-added and climate-smart agricultural practices.  
• University of Arkansas – Delivers workshops that support young Native American beginning farmers and ranchers by equipping them with culturally appropriate risk mitigation strategies focused on climate resilience and strengthening local Tribal food economies.  
• University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture – Provides online and in-person Train-the-Trainer workshops, including all 1890 Land Grant Institutions on the fundamentals of federal crop insurance.   
• University of Connecticut –  Delivers program designed to mitigate financial and production risks through on-farm tours, online classes and a crop insurance decision application tool for producers.  
• University of Maine – Educates farmers about mitigating risks due to climate events, pest outbreaks, market changes and poor business skills through increased awareness and understanding of federal crop insurance programs. 
• University of Nevada, Reno – Assists producers understanding of existing and emerging federal crop/livestock insurance programs in Nevada and throughout the West while focusing on local and regional food systems.  
• RMA Southeast Ambassador – designed to strengthen the agency’s outreach, engagement, and impact within the agricultural community by creating channels for two-way communication and feedback, ensuring programs meet the needs of underserved agricultural communities in 13 states in the Southeast region.  
• Tribal Ambassador – designed to strengthen the agency’s outreach, engagement, and impact to better meet the unique agricultural needs of farmers and ranchers within Tribal communities.
• Navigator Learning Platform – partnership with Custom Ag Solutions to strengthen technical assistance to underserved producers by training specialists tasked with providing outreach and technical assistance on key topics related to crop insurance.  

More Information

Crop insurance is sold and delivered solely through private crop insurance agents. A list of crop insurance agents is available at all USDA Service Centers and online at the  RMA Agent Locator . Learn more about crop insurance and the modern farm safety net at  rma.usda.gov or by contacting your  RMA Regional Office . 

USDA touches the lives of all Americans each day in so many positive ways. Under the Biden-Harris administration, USDA is transforming America’s food system with a greater focus on more resilient local and regional food production, fairer markets for all producers, ensuring access to safe, healthy and nutritious food in all communities, building new markets and streams of income for farmers and producers using climate smart food and forestry practices, making historic investments in infrastructure and clean energy capabilities in rural America, and committing to equity across the Department by removing systemic barriers and building a workforce more representative of America. To learn more, visit  usda.gov .  

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