These programs help residents increase their ability to acquire, store, and make use of knowledge and skills, resulting in stronger communities.

Within program areas, reporting categories focus on specific issues or topics. Working groups plan, implement, and evaluate projects and activities within the reporting category. They are led by "coordinators", which may be the State Extension Specialist or another Extension faculty member with expertise in that area.

Campus based partners include the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and the School of Family and Consumer Sciences.

Outcomes

• Residents have an increased capacity to build communities
• Residents resolve community issues
• People with shared interests are linked
• Communities have an increased ability to acquire, store, and make use of forms of power or wealth, particularly knowledge and skills