End of year funds

UC ANR leadership has made the difficult decision that due to the current and projected financial demands on ANR resources related to the COVID-19 situation, all unspent FY 19/20 funds from ANR centrally allocated sources (across the entire Division) as of 6/30/20 will not be carried forward into FY 20/21. This action would apply to, but is not limited to, all program support funds for county-based CE Advisors and staff Community Education Specialists as well as campus-based and ANR CE Specialists, travel funds and professional development funds.

For example, many of you had reserved funds for travel late in the fiscal year and now have unused fund balances due to the curtailment of travel. Many professional organizations with previously scheduled state or national conferences in the May - August timeframe have either been cancelled for the year or further postponed, also leaving unused funds. 

While a difficult decision, this action is for the overall good of the ANR organization in dealing with the significant financial impacts of the COVID-19 situation in this fiscal year and continuing into FY 20/21.

Should you have questions about your situation, please contact Vice Provost Bell (Statewide Programs and Institutes) or Vice Provost Lagrimini (county operations or RECs).

Please stay safe while we work through this shelter-in-place time period.

Celebration corner

In just a week, 4-H Youth Development in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties organized, planned and began to market a virtual Computer Science Coding Program. Along with teaching coding, the program engages teens in leadership as they co-teach classes with 4-H program staff and volunteers. Within three days of accepting registrations, they had over 60 registrants from 10 California counties and two out-of-state participants.

UCCE in Sonoma County developed a Coronavirus Resources page for finding local produce and agricultural products, resources for ag business and employees, and opportunities to volunteer, as well as a Sonoma County Food Recovery Coalition page with opportunities to volunteer, donate and more.

The IGIS Team expanded their online office hours by quadrupling and lengthening the time slots and introducing dedicated office hour appointments for consultations in the statistical programming language R.

Glenda Humiston 
Vice President