Success StoryGrants and Contract Funding for FCS Extension
Grants and Contract Funding for FCS Extension
Author: Kerri Ashurst
Planning Unit: Family and Consumer Sciences
Major Program: Family Development General
Outcome: Intermediate Outcome
Grant and Contract Funding for FCS Extension
by Kerri Ashurst
Planning Unit: Family and Consumer Sciences
Major Program: Family Development General
During the reporting period, Dr. Ashurst directly received 3 grants/contracts totaling $446,180.
One grant for $182,000 was received for the Military Teen Adventure Camp program to hold camps for service members and their teenage children to attend together to reconnect and focus on the parent-child relationship. A federal contract through USDA for $90,180 is for Dr. Ashurst and Tyrone Atkinson to serve as federal coaches for CYFAR Professional Development and Technical Assistance to provide oversight and assistance to CYFAR grants in other states and territories. These federal contracts cover 45% of Dr. Ashurst's time and 35% of Tyrone Atkinson's time.
Also during this reporting period, Ashurst was awarded a Joint Institution CYFAR grant with Kentucky State University (Dr. Shawn Gardner co-PI) that will total $1,294,000. This grant began in fall 2024 and will be for 5 years. The first year of funding awarded was for $174,000.
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