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Jill Baker-Tingey

Elko County Extension Educator, County Educator

Summary

Her areas of interests are positive youth development, domestic violence and child maltreatment prevention, facilitating strategic visioning and futuring for organizations, enhancing community collaboration and health and wellness programs.

Education

Churchill County High School
B.A. Utah State University, 1990
M.S. University of Nevada, Reno, 2001

Programs

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Capacity Building for Healthy Communities

Capacity building strengthens an organization’s ability to fulfill its mission to have a positive impact on communities. Strategic thinking, visioning, action planning and board development are capacity building activities.

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Elko County 4-H Youth Development

4-H programming in Elko County includes programs in a variety of curriculum and content areas and delivery methods.

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Grow Your Own, Nevada!

Learn the secrets of high desert gardening

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Heart & Hope: Building Resilient Families

Heart & Hope provides resources and skills to victims of domestic violence who have left the perpetrator and are building a new life for themselves and their family. Workshops help parent victims gain parenting skills and confidence, build resilience for themselves and their children, avoid becoming victims in future relationships, strengthen family relationships and envision hope for the future. Workshops help children build social and emotional skills to prevent them from becoming future victi

Honors and Awards

Priester Award for Individual and Family Outreach Program, National Health Outreach Conference, 2019

College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources Award of Excellence: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, 2023

College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources Award of Excellence Team: Nevada 4-H Pollinator Ambassador Team, 2024

 

News & Journal Articles, Fact Sheets, Reports...

Blog Posts
Heart & Hope Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked questions of the Heart & Hope domestic violence program
Baker-Tingey, J. 2021, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, Blog Post
Heart & Hope Law Enforcement Training
Details regarding law enforcement training for the Heart & Hope domestic violence program.
Baker-Tingey, J. 2021, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, Blog Post
Fact Sheets
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Community Assets for Elko County, Nevada
The project focuses on providing Nevada’s counties, state and federal agencies, and their partners with quantitative and qualitative baseline data and analyses to better understand the counties’ demographic, social, economic, fiscal, and environmental characteristics, trends, and impacts.
M. Rebori, J. Lednicky, B. Borden, J. Baker-Tingey 2021, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno
Nevada 4-H Annual Survey Summary Report - 2020
Annual survey of Nevada youth regarding their 4-H experiences
Maio, H., Chvilicek, S., Luckey, B., Evans, W., Stark, C., Chichester, L., Baker-Tingey, J. 2021, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, FS-21-94
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Demographic Characteristics for Elko County, Nevada
The project focuses on providing Nevada’s counties, state and federal agencies, and their partners with quantitative and qualitative baseline data and analyses to better understand the counties’ demographic, social, economic, fiscal, and environmental characteristics, trends, and impacts.
Borden, B., Lednicky, J., Baker-Tingey, J. 2020, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno
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Economic Characteristics for Elko County, Nevada
The project focuses on providing Nevada’s counties, state and federal agencies, and their partners with quantitative and qualitative baseline data and analyses to better understand the counties’ demographic, social, economic, fiscal, and environmental characteristics, trends, and impacts.
Borden, B., Lednicky, J., Baker-Tingey, J. 2020, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno
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Industry Top Performers for Elko County, Nevada
The project focuses on providing Nevada’s counties, state and federal agencies, and their partners with quantitative and qualitative baseline data and analyses to better understand the counties’ demographic, social, economic, fiscal, and environmental characteristics, trends, and impacts.
Borden, B., Lednicky, J., Baker-Tingey, J. 2020, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno
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Land Use and Fiscal Characteristics for Elko County, Nevada
The project focuses on providing Nevada’s counties, state and federal agencies, and their partners with quantitative and qualitative baseline data and analyses to better understand the counties’ demographic, social, economic, fiscal, and environmental characteristics, trends, and impacts.
Borden, B., Lednicky, J., Baker-Tingey, J. 2020, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno
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Social Characteristics for Elko County, Nevada
The project focuses on providing Nevada’s counties, state and federal agencies, and their partners with quantitative and qualitative baseline data and analyses to better understand the counties’ demographic, social, economic, fiscal, and environmental characteristics, trends, and impacts.
Borden, B., Lednicky, J., Baker-Tingey, J. 2020, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno
Nevada 4-H Annual Survey Summary Report 2018
youth survey on their 4-H experiences
J. Baker-Tingey, B. Luckey, W. Evans, C. Stark, S. Chvilicek, L. Chichester, A. Hernandez 2020, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno FS-20-31
Strategic Planning
Strategic planning provides a direction for an organization, defining itself, what it does and its purpose. Strategic planning helps organizations adapt to changing issues and create a clear vision and strategies to meet mandates and accomplish goals. This fact sheet highlights strategic planning steps.
Jill Baker-Tingey 2019, University of Nevada, Reno Extension FS-19-12
The Medical Cost of Domestic Violence
What is typically igonored is the financial cost domestic violence places on society, in terms of housing, child care, employment and criminal justice services
C. Powell, P. Powell, J. Baker-Tingey 2018, Extension | University of Nevada, Reno FS-18-02
Journals
Strengthening Families Affected by Intimate Partner Violence: A Pilot Evaluation of a Rural Extension Program
Heart and Hope provides parenting education and social-emotional skills to children and parents exposed to intimate partner violence. The program is effective in strengthening family relationships, improving parenting practices, developing emotional competency, and helping families envision a positive future.
Payne, P. and J. Baker-Tingey 2024, Journal of Human Sciences & Extension
Special Publications
Great Basin College in Elko
Nevada Economic Assessment Project Socioeconomic Baseline Report Elko County, Nevada
This report will be used by local, state, and federal agencies as a tool for future planning, aiming to assist the communities of Nevada. It will help readers understand their community’s social, demographic, economic, and environmental trends.
B. Borden, J. Lednicky, M. Rebori, J. Baker-Tingey 2020, Extension | University of Nevada, Reno
Report to Community on Volunteer Forum: Elko, Nev.
As part of the planning process, Nevada Volunteers in partnership with the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension conducted six community forums across the state in Reno, Fallon, Las Vegas, Mesquite, Elko and Tonopah in spring of 2016 as a means of outreach to both rural and urban communities. The purpose of the fo
Rebori, M., Baker-Tingey, J., and Wright, J. 2016, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Results of a Mailed Survey: Priorities for Wells, Nevada Baker-Tingey, J., Smith, M. and Singletary, L. 2014, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension