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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