Annies Project-Education For Farm Women

In 2023 Annie's Project entered into a partnership with USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) on a project called "Building Resiliency with a More Diverse Delivery Strategy, the Underserved Agent/Loss Adjuster Training Program Pilot Program" It aimed to reach producers and individuals that had a livelihood in the space of agriculture. This collaborative pilot program's strategic engagement with minority-serving institutions and underserved stakeholder groups established a pipeline of crop insurance agents and adjusters within the underserved communities. The intent of the program was to increase the underserved representation of insurance agents and loss adjusters providing service to underserved producers. Since 2023 and all through 2024, Annie's Project enrolled 7 agents preparing for their licenses, 3 completed getting/renewing their licenses, and 21 crop insurance adjusters in training for their certification and job interviews with Approved Insurance Providers (AIP). Two agents were hired by local Approved Insurance Providers. Other deliverables for this project 1) Annie's Project invited all AIP's to participate in a meeting to answer questions on agents and adjusters. The following participated in sessions: Advanced Ag Protection, Rain & Hail, Crop Risk Services, Hudson, Agri-Sompo, Federal Crop Insurance Corp. We connected with 14 people from AIPs and National Crop Insurance Services. We also connected with Great American Insurance who reached out to us. We directly connected with 15 different people with seven different AIPs. 2) All adjuster candidates were provided support in resume & interview skills by Annie's Project staff. Some participated in the live workshop. All were provided with written materials from workshop (21 total) 3) Provided training and one on one connections on developing business plans, goals and market plans. Participants either participated live or via recording. We provided training to people with Annie's (29 people) and our partners. 4) Annie's Project hosted a Q & A session for participants to learn more about being an Agent or Adjuster from people who worked for or with AIPs. Potential adjusters had follow-up connections through National Crop Insurance Services job fairs.This project ended Mid February of 2025. The project's agreement number is 2022-RMAPILOT-2.

In 2024, Annie's Project held it's first facilitator conference in St. Louis Mo. Sixty facilitators from 14 states attended the event which featured, the NRCS Project, the Crop Insurance Education Project, QPR training to prevent suicide, networking, and strategic planning.

Crop Insurance Education for the Underserved is a second partnership with Risk Management Agency where Annie's Project plans to deliver 7 podcast covering topics of Why Do I Need Crop Insurance, How to Choose and Agent, Crop Rain/Hail Stand Along Policies, I Have a Loss, What Do I Do, Organic, Marketing, Insurance for Apiaries. In addition to pod cast Annie's Project also is planning a webinar series for delivery in 2025, two lunch and learn programs for delivery in 2025, and a virtual class for delivery in 2025. Plans are also in the future to move materials to an online education platform where users can sign up for crop insurance education at their convenience.

A third partnership with RMA in 2024 involved an outreach effort with NRCS to educate farm and ranch women audiences about NRCS programs and services. NRCS personnel were invited to serve on Annie's Projects steering committees to be included in the basic Annie's Project program as well as Annie's Inspired programs.

Other programs for 2024 included National collaborations providing Stress management webinars in partnership with Veterans Farmers Coalition and Monica McConkey, noted stress management and suicide prevention presenter; Nebraska Women in Ag bookclub, and other programs where Annie's Project CEO were invited to present and share the Annie's Project Progam with their audiences. Sixty-eight attended the stress showcase. Webinars on a variety of subjects were recorded and are available through Annie's Project YouTube Channel. Annie's Project YouTube Channel contains all of Annie's Projects on line national programs and are available to the public. Total education contacts in 2024 were 3,021. These numbers do not reflect our social media on Face Book and LinkedIn where another 5,000 "fans" have joined our pages.