Author: Edwin Chavous
Planning Unit: Franklin County CES
Major Program: KSU Small Farm Program
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
A home owner in Lincoln County, Kentucky, requested assistance in getting home repair. The home owner attended a county extension program at the Boneyville Baptist Church in Stanford, Kentucky on April 12, 2016. The county extension program was entitled Kentucky State University and University of Kentucky Annual Extension Meeting. The home owner listens to a presentation on USDA Rural Housing during the meeting. After the meeting the home owner requested an appointment with the Kentucky State University Area Agent for Small Farm Program. The Kentucky State University Area Agent for Small Farm Program filled out an USDA rural housing application with the home owner on March 30, 2017. The home owner had a difficult time getting a correct home repair estimate for home repairs for USDA Rural Housing, she wanted to give up during the application process but the KSU Area Agent for Small Farm Program continued to give her encouragement not to give up going through the application process she completed the application process on March 19, 2018. The home repair estimate completed the application process with USDA Rural Housing resulting in the home owner being approved on May 2, 2018 for the requested funds of 7,000 dollars. The $3500 was a 1% loan and the $3500 dollars was a grant.The Kentucky State University Small Farm Program is an extension program designed to help farm families with decision-making skills to solve farm and home problems. It includes educational programs that emphasize the use and understanding of USDA agencies and their programs, while providing technical assistance in completing applications and helping farmers and families through the entire application process. With these improvements, the home owner home hazards are removed from the home and provides a reasonable standard of living for the family.
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