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state extension service Is admired by many for their up-to
date computer services.
Extension Services
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majority will take the time to study
something they’d prefer learning
by demonstration.
Already, extension services
across the nation have suffered sig
nificant budgets cuts. Their monet
ary problems are not over since the
Gramm-Rudman Bill, aimed at
reducing the national deficit, calls
for large cuts to social agencies
like the extension services.
A National Priorities Policy
Task Force, appointed by the
Extension Committee on Policy
and the Extension Services of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture
has set up a new agenda for exten
sion services. They consider the
following eight areas “essential to
the social and economic well
being of all citizens.”
•Competitiveness and Profita
bility of American Agriculture
•Alternative Agricultural
Opportunities
•Water Quality
•Conservation and Management
of Natural Resources
•Revitalizing Rural America
•Improving Nutrition, Diet and
Health
•Family and Economic Well-
Being
•Building Human Capital.
Although these areas offer
future direction for long-range
direction, many of the topics are
vague to extension agents who will
implement them. Detailed direc
tions to carry out the new agenda
arc expected to arrive by January.
Thomas said, “Recently there
seems to be a trend toward choos
ing home economists to compli
ment economists in neighboring
counties. Then the economists
travel back and forth between
counties, each specializing in their
field.”
Thomas said, “Specialization is
both good and bad. No longer do
home economists need to be all
things to all people.” Often exten
sions are understaffed. It causes
them to establish priorities and
depend upon volunteers. In a
recent visit to Virginia, Thomas
toured their extension services that
have been implementing the
changes for the last five years.
Surprisingly, she found that vol
unteers were doing effective jobs.
“Virginia seems to be able to soli
cit high caliber volunteers who are
specialists in the field. Thomas
feels encouraged that change'has
proven beneficial in Virginia and
she is optimistic that it will prove
so in Pennsylvania.
Thomas said she gets a lot of
satisfaction from educating people
who want to be educated. Before,
the extension services looked at
the clientel and had a grassroots,
system of meeting the needs. Now
direction Alters from the federal
government down through the'
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ranks. “When there were plenty of
federal dollars, it didn’t matter.”
Now, to be successful, agencies
must be accountable.”
The extension services recog
nize the validity of accountability.
Thomas said, “Change is always
with us. We are relunctant to
change probably because we fear
the unknown,” she added, “But
I’m trying to maintain a positive
attitude. It may turn out to be just
what we need.”
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