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		Iowa State University Extension (ISU) needs your help. We are interested in your ideas about the most important needs in communities like yours and how ISU Extension could be useful in meeting those needs. Information that you provide will benefit all Iowans as it is used over the next five years to provide programs and services that help Iowa residents and their communities to become the best. Your participation is voluntary - you may decide not to answer any of the questions or not to complete this survey. The answers you provide will be kept confidential. Your name or web address will not be associated with your answers when the data are compiled. Your web address will not be shared with anyone at any time. We encourage you to ask any questions you have about this process. For questions, you may contact Michael Ouart at myrt@iastate.edu. In the subject of the e-mail indicate "Needs Assessment." Thank you for your valuable contribution to our programs. Sincerely, Michael Ouart Associate Vice Provost Iowa State University Extension



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Which of the following best describes your use of Iowa State University Extension? (Select one)

Current user

1872

60%

Past user

701

22%

Never used Extension services

552

18%

3125

100%

ISU Extension provides training and education to help make communities better places to live and work. On a scale from 1 to 5 tell us how USEFUL training and education in the following areas would be to improve your community. There are 30 statements to review.

	1 Not at all useful	2	3	4	5 Very Useful
1. 1. Improve the productivity of businesses in my community.	3% 85	9% 284	28% 864	35% 1056	25% 749
2. 2. Increase the number of jobs by helping businesses to expand.	3% 102	10% 306	25% 761	31% 945	30% 919
3. 3. Improve the skills and abilities of local workers.	2% 56	8% 237	23% 689	37% 1137	31% 931
4. 4. Improve nutrition for all Iowans.	2% 55	6% 177	19% 576	35% 1077	39% 1184
5. 5. Improve the health of all Iowans.	2% 52	5% 153	20% 604	34% 1058	39% 1202
6. 6. Improve food safety practices.	1% 45	6% 182	23% 692	36% 1110	34% 1031
7. 7. Strengthen parenting skills.	2% 64	5% 145	16% 477	31% 965	46% 1415
8. 8. Improve the availability of quality child care.	3% 94	7% 210	20% 607	31% 939	39% 1183
9. 9. Improve the quality of care for frail elderly family members.	3% 92	7% 211	23% 694	32% 969	35% 1056
10. 10. Strengthen money management skills for all Iowans.	2% 62	6% 186	23% 706	36% 1088	33% 1004
11. 11. Support families struggling with poverty.	4% 106	9% 277	23% 707	30% 903	34% 1028
12. 12. Help families, who have moved here from other cultures, to become successful.	5% 151	12% 370	28% 834	31% 924	24% 732
13. 13. Create new opportunities for the current and future generation of farmers.	2% 49	4% 128	17% 507	35% 1048	43% 1297
14. 14. Strengthen agricultural production and processing to boost Iowa’s economy.	2% 47	4% 129	17% 509	34% 1021	44% 1338
15. 15. Develop new products that add value to agricultural commodities.	2% 61	5% 156	18% 544	33% 989	42% 1257
16. 16. Help rural communities understand how they can grow and prosper.	2% 59	5% 136	18% 555	34% 1037	41% 1235
17. 17. Support quality of life through horticulture and natural resource conservation.	1% 39	5% 157	21% 643	37% 1112	36% 1091
18. 18. Help communities use practices that improve air and water quality.	2% 58	5% 159	22% 653	35% 1073	36% 1081
19. 19. Involve youth and adults as active partners in decisions that affect our community.	2% 57	5% 143	18% 546	37% 1113	39% 1169
20. 20. Expand after school opportunities for our youth.	3% 96	7% 220	21% 642	32% 965	36% 1103
21. 21. Increase support for youth programs that provide youth development opportunities in our community.	2% 70	4% 128	19% 576	34% 1029	41% 1230
22. 22. Help youth develop leadership, citizenship, and other life skills.	2% 56	3% 92	14% 432	34% 1031	47% 1423
23. 23. Provide distance education opportunities for adults.	2% 49	6% 167	24% 713	38% 1156	31% 924
24. 24. Encourage college-educated young adults to live and work in Iowa.	2% 74	6% 185	20% 591	32% 966	40% 1198
25. 25. Use the Internet to provide information and education to Iowans.	1% 41	4% 112	20% 597	35% 1065	40% 1203
26. 26. Assist community leaders to develop and carry out plans to build their communities.	2% 68	7% 199	23% 691	37% 1115	31% 932
27. 27. Help community leaders use research to build their local economy.	2% 64	7% 201	23% 701	37% 1110	31% 920
28. 28. Provide training opportunities to develop new community leaders.	3% 81	7% 203	23% 704	37% 1099	31% 920
29. 29. Assist local government and businesses with land use decisions.	3% 81	9% 260	28% 837	34% 1011	27% 799
30. 30. Assist local government to be more efficient and effective.	3% 102	9% 255	28% 833	30% 910	30% 899

We are interested in your comments. What else do you believe ISU Extension should know about the needs of your community? Type your response in the box provided.

855 Responses



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Which of the following best describes where you currently live?

Rural area, non-farm

402

13%

Farm

703

23%

Small town (less than 2,500 population)

521

17%

Large town (2,500 to 10,000 population)

584

19%

Small city (more than 10,000 but less than 50,000 population)

397

13%

Large city or suburb of large city (50,000 population or more)

509

16%

3116

100%

In which age group are you?

12-17 years

18-24 years

110

25-34 years

414

13%

35-54 years

1656

53%

55-64 years

664

21%

65 years or older

208

3111

100%

Are you...?

Male

862

28%

Female

2235

72%

3097

100%

In which county do you live?

Adair

Adams

Allamakee

Appanoose

Audubon

Benton

Black Hawk

Boone

Bremer

Buchanan

Buena Vista

Butler

Calhoun

Carroll

Cass

Cedar

Cerro Gordo

Cherokee

Chickasaw

Clarke

Clay

Clayton

Clinton

Crawford

Dallas

Davis

Decatur

Delaware

Des Moines

Dickinson

Dubuque

Emmet

Fayette

Floyd

Franklin

Fremont

Greene

112

Grundy

Guthrie

Hamilton

Hancock

Hardin

Harrison

Henry

Howard

Humboldt

Ida

Iowa

Jackson

Jasper

Jefferson

Johnson

Jones

Keokuk

Kossuth

Lee

Linn

172

Louisa

Lucas

Lyon

Madison

Mahaska

Marion

Marshall

Mills

Mitchell

Monona

Monroe

Montgomery

Muscatine

102

O’Brien

Osceola

Page

Palo Alto

Plymouth

Pocahontas

Polk

174

East Pottawattamie

West Pottawattamie

Poweshiek

Ringgold

Sac

Scott

Shelby

Sioux

Story

162

Tama

Taylor

Union

Van Buren

Wapello

Warren

Washington

Wayne

Webster

Winnebago

Winneshiek

Woodbury

Worth

Wright

3106

100%



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