The UA Cooperative Extension, Maricopa (Maricopa Extension) excelled in two areas of adult DE. First, they contributed more participants to the adult impact evaluation than any other county. Second, their participation in the evaluation project only represented 17% of the total number of MPFMF classes offered throughout the Maricopa Extension service area in FFY16. Moreover, both LIAs in the county (Maricopa Extension and the Maricopa County Department of Public Health) recruited control group participants at two events, resulting in 28 control participants.
In addition to stellar participation in the intervention and control groups, Maricopa County Extension successfully reached youth, adults, and seniors with DE at the same or nearby sites in order to impact the family unit at multiple points of contact.
