CPED Indicator Evaluation Resources
The following resources outline the current indicators by goal and objective. Each contains the specialist contact, any current resources, guides, or evaluation tools to assist in gathering the information needed to report in AIMS.
FY2025 Goal# 1 Business Development (includes only programs, activities, and assistance in direct support of businesses and entrepreneurs)
Obj.# 1 Arkansas APEX Accelerator Program - Contact: Melanie Berman, msberman@uada.edu
Obj.# 2 All other business-development programs (e.g., small business development, income tax schools, skill development for workers, agritourism, entrepreneurship (youth or adult), etc.) - Contact: Kim Magee, kmagee@uada.edu
Obj.# 1Leadership (includes county leadership programs, LeadAR, and other activities to improve leadership skills among individuals, nonprofits and other organizations) - Contact: Julie Robinson, jrobinson@uada.edu
Obj.# 2 Community & Regional Development (includes all other activities - county or state office initiated - to improve quality of life, economic viability, workforce development and resiliency at a community, county or regional level) Contact: Hunter Goodman, hgoodman@uada.edu
Obj.# 1 Emerging Issues (An emerging public issue is a matter of widespread public concern.
Examples: Sharing local impact of new state or federal laws, public forums regarding contentious local issue, requests for assistance in addressing local concerns.) - Contact: Kristin Higgins, khiggins@uada.edu
Obj.# 2 Ballot Issue Education (State or Local ballot issues. For example: Voter education program on county sales tax or statewide amendment) - Contact: Kristin Higgins, khiggins@uada.edu
Obj.# 3 Voter Education- General voter education( Examples: educating about how to register to vote, how to check voter registration, explaining roles and responsibilities of local elected offices) - Contact: Kristin Higgins, khiggins@uada.edu
Obj.# 4 Re-Entry Efforts (Example:Re-Entry Simulation or Extension programs that address the needs of people involved in the criminal justice system, such as attendees of a parenting orbudgeting class. We recognize agents are reporting indicators for re-entry work in other areas of AIMS relevant to their Plan of Work. Agents are asked to also share here to help us better understand the extent of re-entry work they are doing) - Contact: Kristin Higgins, khiggins@uada.edu
Obj.# 1 Participation in Non-Programmatic Multi- state or Integrated Projects (Example: SR- PLN support unit committees such as PSD, MM, IT, COM) - Contact: Stacey McCullough, smccullough@uada.edu
All indicators for this goal will be entered by state staff.