Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Brief summary of minutes of annual meeting:

·                National updates were provided by Scott Loveridge, Administrative Advisor

·                States provided updates related to progress addressing objectives during year two of the project renewal as well as ongoing professional challenges they were facing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

·                During the virtual three-day annual meeting via Zoom breakout rooms facilitated brainstorming. Google Docs allowed us to submit ideas in a way to fully engaged all participants in a very productive manner.

·                Communication Strategy was discussed including continuation of utilizing Box as our repository of administrative documents. Our website will list publications and upcoming outreach opportunities.

·                The research team discussed progress on objectives. Outcomes and projected impacts were reviewed with notable achievements mentioned below.

Objective 1: Create Community Profiles via secondary data compiled by the Community Context Data workgroup and qualitative data to be collected through remote interview protocol developed by Community Key Informants workgroup.

Objective 2: Examine Existing Data (from previous projects) will be implemented through writing teams consisting of researchers from two or more NC1171states examining factors impacting family resilience.

●        Impact 1 – Improved knowledge of community-level assets and challenges: We have developed community profiles. In combination with the qualitative data, we are in good shape to move this impact forward in 2021-22.

●        Impact 2 – New and strengthened partnerships: The webinar brought to us new partnerships and audiences.

●        Impact 3 – Improved understanding of factors and processes of resilience at the family level.

●        Impact 6: Informed Extension and mobilizing community capacity; our webinars and the corresponding handouts speak to this one; the synergy that has been engaged from the project as a whole has informed research projects that help communities.

·                Executive Board nominations were made, and the 2021-22 Board was voted in.

Accomplishments: Despite their vulnerability, many individuals and families living in rural areas demonstrate the capacity for resilience in the face of these adverse conditions and events. Resilient individuals, families, and communities are able to survive, and potentially thrive, through adversity. This project is poised to capture the challenges faced by families in rural communities impacted by natural disasters and unprecedented pandemic disruption. It is critical to determine both the unique community needs and resources within rural areas, as well as the best mechanisms for supporting resilient rural families.

The Covid pandemic necessitated that all project meetings remain on a virtual platform.  Since NC1171 states span from Hawai'i to Florida (5 time zones), we are used to virtual committee meetings. Thus, for a second year, we conducted our three-day annual meeting via Zoom. Breakout rooms were great for brainstorming and the use of Google Docs allowed us submit ideas in a way that gave voice to our 25+ participants in a very efficient manner. Team members having to negotiate other responsibilities (e.g., teaching university classes, attending to work emergencies, providing oversight to their own children's lessons) could easily rejoin zoom, review the Google Doc and jump back into the conversation. In the next year, we plan to begin data analyses of CKI data and are strategizing grant-writing and research focusing on family stress and coping as well as resilient caregiving. Monthly Executive Board meetings and bi-monthly full team membership meetings will continue to meet virtually to facilitate progress on meeting project objectives.

Short-term Outcomes: Some nascent themes emerging from our Community Key Informant (CKI) interviews indicate that technology is extremely beneficial to family serving organizations and that they have relied on social media and text messages to stay connected and serve low-income rural families. Communities have found innovative ways to make broadband work; however, some areas still have significant barriers regarding internet access/cell towers for community members living in rural areas outside of town. Connecting people to food resources is prominent with schools serving as a key source of food security for families. During the pandemic, pre-existing partnerships with family serving organizations have been strengthened out of necessity to cope with increased demand and new partnerships have developed within communities to leverage limited resources.One community already had an existing emergency fund because they had experienced adversity in the past.

Outputs:

• Publications and presentations: The Rural Families Speak about Resilience team of scholars with both research and Extension appointments have been productive this year addressing the challenges faced by low-income rural families. Collaborative teams have published ten articles with two additional articles in press, ten more in review and four manuscripts nearing completion for submission. Despite the challenges of Covid, six juried presentations were presented at virtual
• Webinars – Launched a quarterly national webinar series entitled Relying on Rural Resilience: Translating 20+ years of research into practice. The first two topics addressed the topics How can health messaging work within rural communities? (Sano, Y.) and Parenting and working in rural communities in uncertain times (Chandler, K.)
• Grant writing Team members successfully received funding for eight grants to support work focusing on low-income rural families and communities. Seven additional grants are in preparation.

Activities:

• Monthly Executive Board Meetings via Zoom
• Bi-monthly full membership meetings to provide team members to share updates and discuss Community Key Informant data collection.
• Team of interviewers at Kansas State University interviewed Community Key Informants from family and food security serving organizations, schools, health care and Extension in target communities across participating states.
• An active Webinar Planning Committee developed the strategy for translating 20+ years of research findings from the project into training/discussion opportunities for family professionals across the country. Two successful webinars were held in 2020-21 with additional quarterly offerings in development.
• Developed new website that will go live in early 2022.
• Regularly scheduled subgroup meetings for article/presentation/grant authorship
• Graduate students trained in literature review and presentation skills as well as analysis of qualitative/quantitative data.
• Team members have been actively engaged in research-based outreach activities preparing family professionals to support resilience in low-income rural families in their community contexts,

Milestones: Despite Covid-19 restrictions during the 2020-21 project year, the research team made solid progress fulfilling year two objectives. Research and outreach activities mined secondary data from community datasets (Objective 1) and previously collected project data (Objective 2). A strategy and protocol were developed to collect Community Key Informant data virtually from community key informants (Phase 2 of Objective 2). This data collection phase will be completed by the end of 2021.

Journal Publications

Becker, T. B, Contreras, D. & Porth, O. (2021). Differences in Eating and Physical Activity Behaviors, and Perceived Accessibility and Availability Barriers between Midwestern Rural and Urban Adults, Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2021.1930318

Bird, C. L., Chandler, K. D., Berry, A. A., & Barrett-Rivera, B. C. (2021). Changing SNAP and work requirements: How the Farm Bill misses the mark for rural realities. Forum for Family and Consumer Issues, 23, 1-19.

Greder, K., Cancel-Tirado, D. I., Routh, B., & Bao, J. (2021). Engaging with rural Latino families. Special Issue on Rural Low-Income Families (Berry, A. and Greder, K., Eds.), Forum on Family and Consumer Issues, 23(1). Online journal. First made available March 2021.

Greder, K., Zaman, A.*, Routh, B. Hammons, A., & Villegas, E. (2020). Rural Midwestern Mexican fathers’ perspectives on family food, mealtimes, and physical activity. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2020.1858408. First published online December 18, 2020.

Hurt, T.R., Greder, K., Douglas, J., Bell, B., Cheeks, K., Gonzalez, R., Shirley, M.C., and Woods, B. (2021). Enhancing African American Youth Academic Success. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship.

Peek, G., Greder, K., & Berry, A. (June, 2021). Relationship between home environment and healthy living. Housing and Society, 1-14. DOI: 10.1080/08882746.2021.1930464

Routh, B., Burney, J., Greder, K., Katras, M.J., & Johnson, K. (2021). Rural health disparities: Connecting research and practice. Special Issue on Rural Low-Income Families (Berry, A. and Greder, K., Eds.), Forum on Family and Consumer Issues, 23(1). Online journal. First made available March 2021.

Sano, Y., Greder, K., & Mammen, S. (2021). Development of food security messages with rural, low-income mothers. Special Issue on Rural Low-Income Families (Berry, A. and Greder, K., Eds.), Forum on Family and Consumer Issues, 23(1). Online journal. First made available March 2021.

Sneed, C. T., Berry, A. A., Barnes, S. N., Calhoun, D. D., Hagan, T. V., Hethmon, M. H., Jones, K. D., & Metzger, B. A. (2021). Money Minute: Using short informational videos during COVID-19. Journal of Extension, 59(1).

Yancura, L., Allgood-Berry, A., Wallace, H.S., & Piper, J. (2020). How Does Research Inform Work with Multigenerational and Skipped-Generation Households in Rural Areas? Forum for Family & Consumer Issues, 23, 1, 1-16.

Journal Publications in Press

Cox, R.B., Washburn, I.J., Greder, K., Sahbaz, S. and Lin, H. (In Press). Preventing Substance Use Among Latino Youth: Initial Results From a Multistate Family-based Program Focused on Youth Academic Success. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.

Sano, Y., & Mammen, S. (In Press). Mitigating the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on rural low-income families. Journal of Family and Economic Issues.

Publications under Review

Allison, C., Sneed C. T., McElrone M, Riggsbee K, Burney J. (Submitted Spring, 2021) Nutrition education in food pantries: Perceptions of pantry personnel towards implementation. Journal of Extension.

Arellanes, J., Greder, K., and Lohman, B. (Under review).The Intersection of Work and Cultural Values of Latino Fathers in their Children’s Educational Attainment. Journal of Latinos and Education.

Bao, J. and Greder, K. (Under review). Economic Pressure and Parent Acculturative Stress: Effects on Rural Midwestern Low-income Latinx Child Behaviors, Journal of Family and Economic Issues.

Berry, A., Sneed, C. T., Childs, M., Ha, S., & Fairhurst, A. (Submitted Summer, 2021). A snapshot in time: Consumer behavior at the start of COVID-19. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension.

Fenton, M.S., Radunovich, H.L., Ontai, L., & Sano, Y. (Under Review). Does a co-parent relationship serve as a protective factor against maternal depressive symptoms for rural, low-income children? Journal of Child and Family Studies.

Greder. K., Zhang, D., Peng, C., & Oswald, R. F. (Under review). We Are a Team: The Power of Co-parent Communication and Teamwork on Rural Low-Income Mothers’ Mental Health. Submitted to Family Process.

Holst, M., Routh, B., Gilligan, M., Alcívar- Zúñiga, M.*, & Greder, K. (Under review). Latina immigrant mothers in the rural Midwest: The role of family support networks. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences.

Sano, Y., Berry, A., & Sneed, C. T. (R&R). Extension’s role in addressing child, youth, and family well-being in rural communities. In M. R. de Guzmn, & H. Hatton-Bowers (Eds.) The role of the social sciences in Extension. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Sano, Y., Greder, K., Mammen, S., Bao, J., & *Big Eagle, T. (Under Review). Health understanding and health outcomes among rural, low-income mothers. Submitted to Family and Community Health.

Sano, Y., Berry, A. & Sneed, C. (Under review) Extension’s Role in Promoting Resilience among Rural Families with Low-Incomes. Book chapter in The Role of the Social Sciences in Extension book. Cambridge University Press.

Publications in preparation

Cancel-Tirado, D. I., Feeney, S. L., Greder, K., & Sano, Y. (in preparation) Enablers and barriers to health: Comparing White and Latino rural low-income families. Family Relations.

Cancel-Tirado, D. I., Feeney, S. L., Washburn, I., Greder, K., & Sano, Y. (in preparation) Family and community-level predictors of health and well-being among Latino and white low-income families in rural areas. Social Science and Medicine.

Sano, Y., Ward, C., Houghten, M., Dyk, P. H., & Radunovich, H. (in preparation). Navigating health care challenges in rural communities.

Yancura, L., Ontai, L., Roth, B., Cancel-Tirado, D., & Sano, Y. (in preparation) Multigenerational Household Structure in Rural Areas: Does Grandparent Co-Residence Contribute to Overweight and Obesity?

Juried National Presentations

Bao, J., Zhang, D., and Greder, K. (2020). Characteristics of Body Mass Index (BMI) Trajectories among Low-income Latina Immigrant Mothers in Rural Midwestern Communities. Poster presented at the National Council on Family Relations 82nd Annual Conference in November, Virtual Conference.

Berry, A. A., Sneed, C. T., Franck. K., Metzger, B., Niederhauser, V., & Washburn, L. (2021). We need to talk about health care costs. Presented at Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education (AFCPE) Research and Training Virtual Symposium, November 15 - 19.

Hammons, A., Fiese, B., Teran-Garcia, M., Greder, K., Olvera, N. (2020). Their screams would hit the sky: Hispanic Mothers’ Perspectives on Making Healthy Eating Changes Within the Family. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior, Virtual Conference.

Hammons, A., Olvera, N., Teran-Garcia, M., Villegas, E., Greder, K., Sloane, S. and Fiese, B. (2020). Leveraging the Hispanic Family Mealtime for Behavior Change in Intervention Programming. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Obesity Society at Obesity Week 2020, November.

Sano, Y., Greder, K., Mammen, S., & Bao, J. (November, 2020). Health understanding and health outcomes among rural, low-income mothers. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of National Council on Family Relations [*Changed to online only conference due to Coronavirus global pandemic]

Sneed, C. T. (2021). Books to boots: Incorporating participant supports into workforce development programming. Presented at Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education (AFCPE) Research and Training Virtual Symposium, November 15 - 19.

Grants

Chandler, K. (PI) Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station (OAES) Project NC1171: Rural Families Speak about Resilience. United States Department of Agriculture via College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University. $7,000

Contreras, D. (PI), Kennedy, Eschbach, Arnetz, Goetz (Co-PIs) 2020-2023 USDA NIFA: Addressing Rural Opioid Misuse in Michigan Through Evidence-Based Health Education, Telehealth, Distance Learning, and Coalitions This grant seeks to reduce opioid misuse among diverse Michigan rural residents.

Devereaux, M. (PI), Sneed, C. (Co-PI). 10/20 to 9/21. Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. $357,681 to fund Skill Up TN.

Sneed, C. (PI), Berry, A. (Co-PI). 11/19 to 6/21. Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education. $2,500 to fund Money Week.

Sneed, C (PI), Childs, M. (Co-PI) Summer, 2021. The University of Tennessee Office of Undergraduate Research SURGE Funding. $80,375 to fund Reimagining the Farmers’ Market: Developing and Implementing Strategies to Appeal to Limited-Resource Families.

Washburn, L. (PI); Johnson, K., Franck, F., Jarvandi, S., Burney, J., Sneed, C., Wallace, H. (Co-PIs). 9/19 to 10/21. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. $65,000 to fund National 4-H Council Well Connected Communities.

Wiles, B. (2020) Agriculture Experiment Station Additional Multistate Research Award - $25, 000. Kansas State University. Manhattan, KS.

Yancura, L. (PI)  NLCHDD (funded by NIA) on Rural Grandparents

Grants in Submission / Draft

Chandler, K. & Cancel-Tirado, D. (Co-Project Directors). Building Community Partnerships to Promote Health Equity for Rural, Low-Income Latino Families. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. $194,000. Brief proposal submitted to the RWJF Equity-Focused Policy Research: Building Cross-Cutting Evidence on Supports for Families call for proposals. Not invited to submit a full proposal.

Greder, K. ¡Salir Adelante! Engagement with Latinx immigrant families for youth educational success.” Children, Youth, and Families At-Risk Sustainable Communities Projects (USDA-NIFA-SLBCD-007972), National Institute of Food and Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture. (Principal Investigator). Funding to ISU: $640,000. Competitive Grant Program. Submitted February 19, 2021.

Greder, K. and Ortega, G. “¡Salir Adelante!: Creating opportunities for Latino/a youth educational success and financial security.” State Farm Community Grant Program, Funding to ISU: $25,000. Competitive Grant Program. Submitted January 2021.

Gustafson, A (PI); McGuirt, J., Haynes-Maslow, L., Norman, H., Pitts, S., Sneed, C., & Anderson-Steeves, B. (Co-PIs). 10/21 to 9/24. USDA: NIFA. $1,000,000 to fund Online Healthy Grocery Shopping Cooperative Extension Program Among Rural Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Women Infant and Children (WIC) Residents to Improve Food Security and Dietary Intake.

Johnson, K. (PI); Berry, A., Franck, K. & Sneed, C. (Co-PIs). 1/22. Tennessee Department of Health. $3,200,000 to fund Economic Recovery Centers: Promoting Resiliency of Rural Households and Communities in Response to the COVID-10 Public Health Emergency.

Sneed, C. (Co-PI) 10/21 to 9/22. Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. $883,056 to fund Skill Up TN.

Wiles, B. Rural Families Speak about Resilience: Covid and rural families

Outreach

Chandler, K. D. (2021, September). Parenting and working in rural communities in uncertain times. Webinar in a quarterly webinar series Relying on Rural Resilience: Translating 20+ years of research into practice.

Chandler, K. Included NC 1171 articles in my current HDFS 541: Family Studies graduate-level course at Oregon State University.

Dyk, P. – University of Kentucky Community & Leadership Development 686 Research Design - Used project as an exemplar in graduate seminar. Discussed proposal design, methodology, implementation, and qualitative analyses.

Sano. Y. (2021, June). How can health messaging work within rural communities? Presented at the Relying on Rural Resilience: Translating 20+ years of research into practice. Webinar.

Sano, Y. (2020, November). Rural Families Speak projects: Overview of longitudinal, multi-state research efforts. Presentation at Latino Workshop, Washington State University.

Yancura, L., (November, 2020). Multistate Research Fund Impacts Researcher Spotlight. https://www.facebook.com/MRFImpacts/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVh3CTgeC90&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1tYb79y6DiGGwEzJy2ivkATTtbYdBU2Mu_--Z2Vopqg-SMKmttlce4GGE

Wiles, B. (2021, June). Rural families and health. Presentation to Child and Family Development Program Focus Team. Kansas State Research and Extension. Manhattan, KS.

Feeney, S. - I use RFS data when teaching qualitative data analysis (e.g. coding practice). I also use Cancel-Tirado et al. (2018) when teaching quantitative analysis (e.g. t-tests). I also use Sano et al. 2012 and Manoogian et al. 2012 in a grad level course on Families in Poverty. Cancel-Tirado, D. I., Feeney, S. L., Washburn, I., Greder, K., & Sano, Y. (2018) Health, Wellbeing, and Healthcare Access in Rural Communities: Comparing Latino and Non-Latino White Low-income Families. Family and Community Health. 41(2), 73 – 82. https://doi.org/10.1097/FCH.0000000000000193 Manoogian, M. M., Jurich, J., Sano, Y., & Ko, J.-L. (2015). “My Kids Are More Important Than Money”: Parenting Expectations and Commitment Among Appalachian Low-Income Mothers. Journal of Family Issues, 36(3), 326–350. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X13490402 Sano, Y., Manoogian, M. M., & Ontai, L. L. (2012). “The Kids Still Come First”: Creating Family Stability During Partnership Instability in Rural, Low-Income Families. Journal of Family Issues, 33(7), 942–965. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X11430820

Routh, B. (October 2020) Health Disparities: Rural US Experience. Montana State University CHTH 428: Health Disparities Guest lecture using APLU videos/activities.

Outreach in Preparation

Wiles, B. B., (2021) Rural Families and Childcare. Planned presentation Extension Agents in Kansas.

Sano, Y. (in preparation). Translating research findings on rural low-income families in college classroom. HD403 Families in Poverty. Washington State University Vancouver.

Routh, B. (2021, October) Health Disparities: Rural US Experience. Montana State University CHTH 428: Health Disparities Guest lecture using APLU videos/activities.