Program Impacts

Health and Wellness

Extension provides Mineral County residents access to health and nutrition programs. Youth Nutrition education is implemented through direct in-school education with youth and parents. Senior programs are unique to Mineral County Seniors and include a senior strength training class and Veggies for Seniors.

Veggies for Seniors is a fruit and vegetable distribution program for Mineral County seniors 65 years-old and older. The program provides recipes and educational information about increasing fruit and vegetable intake. The program is built upon providing access to fruits and vegetables and is funded by Mineral County and the State of Nevada.

A Mineral County strength training program is also available to seniors twice a week to gain strength and improve balance. The program was canceled a few months during the year, but has maintained over 10 seniors that attend regularly. The program continues to expand.

A grant from the State of Nevada Fund for Healthy Nevada expanded the Veggies for Seniors and Veggies for Kids Take Home program to provide weekly to monthly fresh fruit and vegetable access. There are 70 Seniors in Mineral County, 47 on the Walker River Reservation and 36 on the Pyramid Lake Reservation that participate in the program. This program is coordinated out of Mineral County Extension.

Mineral County Youth Education Programs

Three different programs directly focus on youth health and nutrition education. These programs were implemented through direct in-school education and community-based education that included parents of school-aged children. The three specific programs in 2021-2022 were the following: Veggies for Kids; Mineral County Prevention (HCC Grant $9,800); and Think First Stay Safe (Nevada DHHS, $35,004).

Veggies for Kids is a Kindergarten based program to increase fruit and vegetable intake, water intake, and increase physical activity. Think First, Stay Safe is a child self-protection program for 1st and 2nd graders and is implemented just within Mineral County. Mineral County Prevention is a curriculum called Michigan Model for Health and is targeted at fifth graders. The 12-week program was impacted by school closures due to COVID-19 and only minimal lessons were taught in 2020.

4-H Youth Development

The Mineral County 4-H program continues to grow and find creative and innovative ways to increase programming. Focus is placed on creating more clubs, getting more youth involved in 4-H Camp at Lake Tahoe, offering specific 4-H programs for youth, and building 4-H STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) activities.

The Mineral County 4-H program supported the Ski Program and 4-H Basketball League. There were 60 kids in the 4-H Ski Program and over 100 youth in the 4-H Basketball Program.

There were about 60 youth in the 4-H Ski Program with several Mineral County adult volunteers. The 4-H Ski program begins in January and runs through March.

Ag Education

There is statewide agriculture education that is coordinated out of the Mineral County Extension office. This program includes the Nevada Beginning Farmer and Rancher program and the Cattlemen’s Update. The Beginning Farmer and Rancher program was kicked off in 2020 and was limited to online learning with a producer tour.

A regenerative agriculture workshop under the beginning farmer and rancher program drew over 70 participants (left picture) in September 2022.

American Indian Programs

Programs evolved in 2021-2022 for American Indian business development, COVID-19 Assistance Programs, Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program (FRTEP), and UNR tribal students’ program. All programs went virtual in 2021-2022. Education updates for COVID assistance occurred every Friday for the year, and Zoom crawls (one-hour sessions) were created to discuss business development and management topics throughout the year.

Fiscal Year 2021-2022

Expenditures Benefiting Mineral County

State: $67,964
Federal: $65,301
County: $58,301
Other: $451

County Funds Summary Opening Balance: $21,060
Revenue: $19,545
Expenses: $45,454 Ending Balance: $18,136

Sponsored Projects (Grant) Activity
FY 2022 Grant Awards Managed Multi-Year: $5,028,587
FY 2022 Grant Expenditures: $634.605

Emm, S. 2021, Mineral County Annual Report | Fiscal Year 2021-2022, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, County Reports

Extension Associated Contacts

Staci Emm

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Mineral County Annual Report | Fiscal Year 2021-2022