AABP HAS APPLIED FOR A NIFA FUNDED GRANT OF $245,040 TO EDUCATE UP TO 60 VETERINARIANS IN UNDERSERVED AREAS TO BETTER MANAGE THEIR PRACTICES AND IMPROVE THE SERVICES THEY ARE PROVIDING THEIR CLIENTS UTILIZING INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS. THE FORMAT WILL BE THE PROVISION OF EIGHT 2.5 DAY WORKSHOPS OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD (TWO YEAR-ONE WORKSHOPS IN 2021 AND 2022 AND TWO YEAR-TWO WORKSHOPS IN 2022 AND 2023). APPLICANTS WILL BE ACCEPTED INTO THIS PROGRAM BASED ON SPECIFIC CRITERIA, FAVORING RECENT GRADUATES (0-5 YEARS). PRE-WORKSHOP ASSIGNMENTS WILL INCLUDE PARTICIPANTS ENTERING THEIR PRACTICE'S THREE YEAR DATA INTO A TEMPLATE, SO THAT TRENDS CAN BE DEFINED. TOPICS ADDRESSED IN THE YEAR-ONE WORKSHOPS WILL INCLUDE FINANCIAL LITERACY, ANALYSIS OF ATTENDEES' THREEYEAR FINANCES RECORDS, DEVELOPMENT OF VALUE PROPOSITIONS FOR ATTENDEES' PRACTICES AND, UTILIZING THESE, ENROLLEES WILL DETERMINE CHANGES THAT ENROLLEES CAN MAKE IN THEIR PRACTICES. PARTIAL BUDGETING WILL BE USED TO QUANTIFY CHANGES IN THE PRACTICES. A PORTION OF THE YEAR ONE SCHEDULE WILL BE DEVOTED TO HRM ISSUES INCLUDING A SESSION ON DISC ANALYSIS.IN THE MONTHS FOLLOWING THE INITIAL WORKSHOP THERE WILL BE THREE TELECONFERENCES TO EVALUATE IMPLEMENTATION OF CHANGES FROM THE FIRST WORKSHOP AND PREPARE FOR THE SECOND YEAR.YEAR-TWO WORKSHOPS, A YEAR AFTER THE FIRST ONE, WILL BE A REVIEW OF THE FIRST WORKSHOP, ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF PRACTICE VALUATION AND FOCUS ON HRM ISSUES. MUCH OF THE MATERIAL IN YEAR TWO WILL INCLUDE A FOCUS ON TRANSITIONING OF PRACTICES FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER. METRICS WILL BE USED TO MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF THE WORKSHOPS.