Goal 1: develop relationships with trusted members of the communities we hope to serve

This Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding amount of $258,905.00, was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902). The award supports the Skagit Conservation District in Washington to develop relationships with the Latino/Spanish-speaking community, identify their conservation needs, and co-create culturally appropriate outreach programs. Key objectives include hosting focus groups, enrolling cultural ambassadors, creating a needs assessment plan, and developing an outreach and engagement strategy. The 2-year project period runs from March 1, 2024 to March 1, 2026. The award aims to build stronger connections and increase participation of underserved communities in USDA conservation programs.

Objective 1: host focus groups objective 2: enroll cultural ambassadors to support development of needs assessment tools. Goal 2: identify community needs for culturally appropriate outreach. Objective: 1: create a needs assessment plan with cultural ambassadors goal 3: CO-create programmatic outputs to engage the latino/spanish speaking community. Objective: 1: build stronger connections and relationships with underserved communities objective: 2: create detailed outreach and engagement plan along with implementation strategy.