Extension
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Contributed.
with Local Stakeholders.
of Multistate Efforts.
of Volunteers Engaged.
Number of businesses receiving private investment as a result of economic development planning |
31 |
Number of businesses reached through Extension programming |
78 |
Number of businesses implementing economic development plans |
23 |
Number of economic development-related projects/plans created with Extension’s assistance |
9 |
The problem - Learning about finance and the economy can be difficult and unattainable. The director of multicultural services at Eastern Area Community Ministries and I have been working with a group of immigrant women for the past year to teach them personal finance and economic behavior as a way to help them integrate themselves to their surrounding community.The educational program response - I worked with the director of multicultural services at EACM to come up with a program that would be...
