PRESS RELEASE
Southern University and A&M College
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Contact: Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Link to first steps to flood recovery website
BATON ROUGE, LA, 5/26/2011 - The SU Ag Center is sending this resource link to help clients navigate through the flood disaster. Please follow this link to the first steps in flood recovery: http://www.extension.purdue.edu/floodpub/foursteps.html
This site briefly outlines the immediate steps people can take to recover from a flood. Topics covered include helping yourself, helping your family, caring for pets and livestock, salvaging your keepsakes, contacting your insurance company, and sources for help and further information.
This website is used courtesy of EDEN. The Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) links Extension educators from across the U.S. and various disciplines, enabling them to use and share resources to reduce the impact of disasters.
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Thursday, May 26
Friday, May 20
SU Ag Center Partners in Military Community, Family and Youth Extension Project
PRESS RELEASE
Southern University and A&M College
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Contact: Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SU Ag Center Partners in Military Community, Family and Youth Extension Project
BATON ROUGE, LA, 5/20/2011 - The USDA/National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded a grant to Purdue University as the prime recipient. Purdue sub-contracted to Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center who extended sub-awards to Mississippi State University, Louisiana State University, and Alcorn State University.
The project entitled MISS-LOU: Connecting Kids and Community, Military Families Initiative is designed to meet the needs of military and non-military communities. This project will strengthen the partnership between 1862 and 1890 institutions. The partnership involves two 1862 institutions - Mississippi State University, and LSU, and two 1890 institutions - Alcorn State University and Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center.
The overall vision is to establish a comprehensive program that will educate and strengthen the lives of youth in military families by connecting them to available resources and community support on a continual basis.
Each university is using the community or victory garden concept to support out-of-school time programs for youth; specifically youth that have parents/guardians in the Military National Guard and Reserve. Participants will have the opportunity to gain knowledge and hands-on experience through the use of innovative strategies that encourage participation. Activities will also enhance and expand family relationships, community service, character development, health and well being, and career/workforce readiness skills development. In Louisiana, local community groups in Zachary will support the mentoring component of this project; groups include the Zachary Men's Club and AARP.
The SU Ag Center is excited to host the 8-week summer component of the program. For more information, contact Tiffany Franklin at: 225/771-2775 or Stephanie Elwood at: 225/771- 2134.
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Leodrey Williams, Chancellor; Gina E. Eubanks, Vice Chancellor of Extension; Tiffany Franklin, Project Coordinator; Stephanie Elwood, Extension Associate/Community Gardener.
Southern University and A&M College
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Contact: Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SU Ag Center Partners in Military Community, Family and Youth Extension Project
BATON ROUGE, LA, 5/20/2011 - The USDA/National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded a grant to Purdue University as the prime recipient. Purdue sub-contracted to Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center who extended sub-awards to Mississippi State University, Louisiana State University, and Alcorn State University.
The project entitled MISS-LOU: Connecting Kids and Community, Military Families Initiative is designed to meet the needs of military and non-military communities. This project will strengthen the partnership between 1862 and 1890 institutions. The partnership involves two 1862 institutions - Mississippi State University, and LSU, and two 1890 institutions - Alcorn State University and Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center.
The overall vision is to establish a comprehensive program that will educate and strengthen the lives of youth in military families by connecting them to available resources and community support on a continual basis.
Each university is using the community or victory garden concept to support out-of-school time programs for youth; specifically youth that have parents/guardians in the Military National Guard and Reserve. Participants will have the opportunity to gain knowledge and hands-on experience through the use of innovative strategies that encourage participation. Activities will also enhance and expand family relationships, community service, character development, health and well being, and career/workforce readiness skills development. In Louisiana, local community groups in Zachary will support the mentoring component of this project; groups include the Zachary Men's Club and AARP.
The SU Ag Center is excited to host the 8-week summer component of the program. For more information, contact Tiffany Franklin at: 225/771-2775 or Stephanie Elwood at: 225/771- 2134.
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Leodrey Williams, Chancellor; Gina E. Eubanks, Vice Chancellor of Extension; Tiffany Franklin, Project Coordinator; Stephanie Elwood, Extension Associate/Community Gardener.
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Wednesday, May 18
USDA Disaster Assistance Programs for Individuals and Small Businesses
PRESS RELEASE
Southern University and A&M College
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Contact: Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
USDA Disaster Assistance Programs for Individuals and Small Businesses
BATON ROUGE, LA, 5/18/2011 - USDA’s authority to provide emergency assistance for its various disaster relief programs exists under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief, Emergency Assistance Act of 1987, Agriculture Secretary disaster declarations, Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as well as other authorizing legislation.
Nutrition Assistance (www.fns.usda.gov/disasters/disaster.htm) - USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) provides food assistance to those in need in areas affected by a disaster. This Federal assistance is in addition to that provided by State and local governments.
USDA provides disaster food assistance in three ways:
• Provides USDA Foods to State agencies for distribution to shelters and other mass feeding sites;
• Provides USDA Foods to State agencies for distribution directly to households in need in certain limited situations;
• Authorizes State agencies to issue Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) benefits.
USDA Foods for Disaster Assistance - Under the National Response Framework, FNS provides USDA Foods to disaster relief agencies to feed people at shelters and mass feeding sites. States can also, with FNS approval, release USDA Foods to disaster relief agencies to distribute directly to households that are in need. Such direct distribution takes place when normal commercial food supply channels such as grocery stores have been disrupted, damaged or destroyed, or are unable to function.
D-SNAP - FNS can authorize the issuance of D-SNAP when the President declares a major disaster with individual assistance. States must request that FNS allow them to issue emergency benefits in areas affected by a disaster. FNS works closely with States to prepare plans for D-SNAP.
• People who might not ordinarily qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) may be eligible for D-SNAP if they had expenses related to protecting, repairing, or evacuating their homes; or if they have lost income as a result of the disaster.
• People who are already participating in the regular SNAP may be eligible for additional benefits under the D-SNAP.
• Disaster benefits are provided like regular program benefits – through an EBT card that can be used at authorized food retailers to buy food.
Landowners, Farmers, Ranchers and Producers Assistance
Conservation Programs
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - ECP provides funding for farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by wind erosion, floods, hurricanes, or other natural disasters, and for carrying out emergency water conservation measures during periods of severe drought. The natural disaster must create new conservation problems, which, if not treated, would: impair or endanger the land; materially affect the productive capacity of the land; represent unusual damage which, except for wind erosion, is not the type likely to recur frequently in the same area; and be so costly to repair that Federal assistance is or will be required to return the land to productive agricultural use. http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=copr&topic=ecp
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) - The NRCS EWP program helps protect lives and property threatened by natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires. The program provides technical and financial assistance to preserve life and property threatened by excessive erosion and flooding. Owners, managers, and users of public, private, or tribal lands are eligible for EWP assistance if their watershed area has been damaged by a natural disaster. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/ewp/
Emergency Watershed Protection Program – Floodplain Easements - The NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection Program Floodplain Easements provides for the purchase of floodplain easements as an emergency measure. Floodplain easements restore, protect, maintain, and enhance the functions of the floodplain; conserve natural values including fish and wildlife habitat, water quality, flood water retention, ground water recharge, and open space; reduce long-term federal disaster assistance; and safeguard lives and property from floods, drought, and the products of erosion. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/ewp/Floodplain/index.html
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - provides payments to eligible owners of nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) land in order to carry out emergency measures to restore land damaged by a natural disaster. http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=diap&topic=efrp
Crops
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) - NAP provides financial assistance to eligible producers affected by drought, flood, hurricane, or other natural disasters. NAP covers noninsurable crop losses and planting prevented by disasters. Landowners, tenants, or sharecroppers who share in the risk of producing an eligible crop are eligible. Eligible crops include commercial crops and other agricultural commodities produced for food, including livestock feed or fiber for which the catastrophic level of crop insurance is unavailable. Also eligible for NAP coverage are controlled-environment crops (mushroom and floriculture), specialty crops (honey and maple sap), and value loss crops (aquaculture, Christmas trees, ginseng, ornamental nursery, and turf grass sod). http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=diap&topic=nap
Tree Assistance Program (TAP) - TAP was authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill and provides partial reimbursement to orchardists and nursery tree growers for replanting, salvage, pruning, debris removal and land preparation if losses due to natural disasters exceed 15 percent. http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=diap&topic=tap
Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE) - SURE was authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill and covers crop revenue losses from quantity or quality deficiencies only those counties and contiguous counties declared disaster areas by the Agriculture Secretary or in cases where the overall production loss exceeds 50 percent. http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=diap&topic=sure
Livestock, Honeybees and Farm Raised Fish
Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm Raised Fish (ELAP) - ELAP was authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill to provide emergency relief to producers of livestock, honeybees, and farm-raised fish and covers losses from disaster such as adverse weather or other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires not adequately covered by any other disaster program. http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=diap&topic=elap
Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) - LFP was authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill to provide assistance to livestock producers for forage losses due to drought and losses due to wildfire on public lands. http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=diap&topic=lfp
Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) - LIP was authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill to provide assistance to livestock producers for livestock deaths from disaster events, in excess of normal mortality. http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=diap&topic=lip
Loans
Emergency Loan Program (ELP) - FSA provides emergency loans to help producers recover from production and physical losses due to drought, flooding, other natural disasters, or quarantine. Emergency loans may be made to farmers and ranchers who own or operate land located in a county declared by the President as a disaster area or designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as a disaster area or quarantine area (for physical losses only, the FSA Administrator may authorize emergency loan assistance). Emergency loan funds may be used to: restore or replace essential property; pay all or part of production costs associated with the disaster year; pay essential family living expenses; reorganize the farming operation; and refinance certain debts. http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=fmlp&topic=efl
Housing Assistance: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rd/disasters/disassistance.html
Single-Family Housing - Natural Disaster Loans and Grants are available -- in counties designated by the President as a disaster area -- to help families whose Rural Development-financed homes were damaged or destroyed. To qualify:
Homes must be in a disaster area designated by the President
Homeowners must verify that damage is the direct result of the disaster
Applicants and their homes must meet the all eligibility requirements for the single-family housing program
Loan servicing options are available to help families who experience financial problems as a result of the disaster. Servicing options include:
Moratoriums -- a temporary period where no payment is required -- for 6 to 24 months for borrowers who have lost employment, sustained severe property damage or medical expenses
Reamortization -- rescheduling loan payments to determine a new monthly payment amount -- if needed following a moratorium or to resolve account delinquency
To request loan servicing assistance, borrowers should contact the Centralized Servicing Center at:
USDA Rural Development
Centralized Servicing Center
Post Office Box 66889
St. Louis, MO 63166
Phone: (800) 414-1226
TDD: (800) 438-1832
Multi-Family Housing - Residents in Rural Development-financed apartment complexes who are displaced by a natural disaster may apply for occupancy at any USDA-financed apartment complex and receive special priority consideration for the next available unit. Displaced tenants who are receiving Rental Assistance may have their subsidy transferred if the complex they move to is eligible for the Rental Assistance program.
Although Rural Development expects borrowers' hazard insurance to cover damage costs associated with the disaster, we can consider temporary measures to reduce borrowers' financial burdens and work with them, if needed, to develop a servicing workout plan.
To request loan servicing assistance, borrowers should contact Multi-Family Housing Specialists in their State Office. Other Links that highlight USDA Rural Development program assistance:
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navtype=MS&navid=SAFETY
http://www.disasterassistance.gov/daip_en.portal
Community Utility Assistance
Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants - Grants are designed for rural communities with a significant decline in quantity or quality of drinking water. The population must not exceed 10,000 and median household incomes of 100 percent of a State's non-metropolitan median household income. Grants may be made for 100 percent of project costs. The maximum grant is $500,000 when a significant decline in quantity, imminent source shortage or quality of water occurred within 2 years, or $150,000 to make emergency repairs and replacement of facilities on existing systems.
To apply, community leaders should contact Utilities Program Specialists in their State Office.
Southern University and A&M College
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Contact: Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
USDA Disaster Assistance Programs for Individuals and Small Businesses
BATON ROUGE, LA, 5/18/2011 - USDA’s authority to provide emergency assistance for its various disaster relief programs exists under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief, Emergency Assistance Act of 1987, Agriculture Secretary disaster declarations, Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as well as other authorizing legislation.
Nutrition Assistance (www.fns.usda.gov/disasters/disaster.htm) - USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) provides food assistance to those in need in areas affected by a disaster. This Federal assistance is in addition to that provided by State and local governments.
USDA provides disaster food assistance in three ways:
• Provides USDA Foods to State agencies for distribution to shelters and other mass feeding sites;
• Provides USDA Foods to State agencies for distribution directly to households in need in certain limited situations;
• Authorizes State agencies to issue Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) benefits.
USDA Foods for Disaster Assistance - Under the National Response Framework, FNS provides USDA Foods to disaster relief agencies to feed people at shelters and mass feeding sites. States can also, with FNS approval, release USDA Foods to disaster relief agencies to distribute directly to households that are in need. Such direct distribution takes place when normal commercial food supply channels such as grocery stores have been disrupted, damaged or destroyed, or are unable to function.
D-SNAP - FNS can authorize the issuance of D-SNAP when the President declares a major disaster with individual assistance. States must request that FNS allow them to issue emergency benefits in areas affected by a disaster. FNS works closely with States to prepare plans for D-SNAP.
• People who might not ordinarily qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) may be eligible for D-SNAP if they had expenses related to protecting, repairing, or evacuating their homes; or if they have lost income as a result of the disaster.
• People who are already participating in the regular SNAP may be eligible for additional benefits under the D-SNAP.
• Disaster benefits are provided like regular program benefits – through an EBT card that can be used at authorized food retailers to buy food.
Landowners, Farmers, Ranchers and Producers Assistance
Conservation Programs
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - ECP provides funding for farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by wind erosion, floods, hurricanes, or other natural disasters, and for carrying out emergency water conservation measures during periods of severe drought. The natural disaster must create new conservation problems, which, if not treated, would: impair or endanger the land; materially affect the productive capacity of the land; represent unusual damage which, except for wind erosion, is not the type likely to recur frequently in the same area; and be so costly to repair that Federal assistance is or will be required to return the land to productive agricultural use. http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=copr&topic=ecp
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) - The NRCS EWP program helps protect lives and property threatened by natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires. The program provides technical and financial assistance to preserve life and property threatened by excessive erosion and flooding. Owners, managers, and users of public, private, or tribal lands are eligible for EWP assistance if their watershed area has been damaged by a natural disaster. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/ewp/
Emergency Watershed Protection Program – Floodplain Easements - The NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection Program Floodplain Easements provides for the purchase of floodplain easements as an emergency measure. Floodplain easements restore, protect, maintain, and enhance the functions of the floodplain; conserve natural values including fish and wildlife habitat, water quality, flood water retention, ground water recharge, and open space; reduce long-term federal disaster assistance; and safeguard lives and property from floods, drought, and the products of erosion. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/ewp/Floodplain/index.html
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - provides payments to eligible owners of nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) land in order to carry out emergency measures to restore land damaged by a natural disaster. http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=diap&topic=efrp
Crops
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) - NAP provides financial assistance to eligible producers affected by drought, flood, hurricane, or other natural disasters. NAP covers noninsurable crop losses and planting prevented by disasters. Landowners, tenants, or sharecroppers who share in the risk of producing an eligible crop are eligible. Eligible crops include commercial crops and other agricultural commodities produced for food, including livestock feed or fiber for which the catastrophic level of crop insurance is unavailable. Also eligible for NAP coverage are controlled-environment crops (mushroom and floriculture), specialty crops (honey and maple sap), and value loss crops (aquaculture, Christmas trees, ginseng, ornamental nursery, and turf grass sod). http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=diap&topic=nap
Tree Assistance Program (TAP) - TAP was authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill and provides partial reimbursement to orchardists and nursery tree growers for replanting, salvage, pruning, debris removal and land preparation if losses due to natural disasters exceed 15 percent. http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=diap&topic=tap
Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE) - SURE was authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill and covers crop revenue losses from quantity or quality deficiencies only those counties and contiguous counties declared disaster areas by the Agriculture Secretary or in cases where the overall production loss exceeds 50 percent. http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=diap&topic=sure
Livestock, Honeybees and Farm Raised Fish
Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm Raised Fish (ELAP) - ELAP was authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill to provide emergency relief to producers of livestock, honeybees, and farm-raised fish and covers losses from disaster such as adverse weather or other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires not adequately covered by any other disaster program. http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=diap&topic=elap
Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) - LFP was authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill to provide assistance to livestock producers for forage losses due to drought and losses due to wildfire on public lands. http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=diap&topic=lfp
Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) - LIP was authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill to provide assistance to livestock producers for livestock deaths from disaster events, in excess of normal mortality. http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=diap&topic=lip
Loans
Emergency Loan Program (ELP) - FSA provides emergency loans to help producers recover from production and physical losses due to drought, flooding, other natural disasters, or quarantine. Emergency loans may be made to farmers and ranchers who own or operate land located in a county declared by the President as a disaster area or designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as a disaster area or quarantine area (for physical losses only, the FSA Administrator may authorize emergency loan assistance). Emergency loan funds may be used to: restore or replace essential property; pay all or part of production costs associated with the disaster year; pay essential family living expenses; reorganize the farming operation; and refinance certain debts. http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=fmlp&topic=efl
Housing Assistance: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rd/disasters/disassistance.html
Single-Family Housing - Natural Disaster Loans and Grants are available -- in counties designated by the President as a disaster area -- to help families whose Rural Development-financed homes were damaged or destroyed. To qualify:
Homes must be in a disaster area designated by the President
Homeowners must verify that damage is the direct result of the disaster
Applicants and their homes must meet the all eligibility requirements for the single-family housing program
Loan servicing options are available to help families who experience financial problems as a result of the disaster. Servicing options include:
Moratoriums -- a temporary period where no payment is required -- for 6 to 24 months for borrowers who have lost employment, sustained severe property damage or medical expenses
Reamortization -- rescheduling loan payments to determine a new monthly payment amount -- if needed following a moratorium or to resolve account delinquency
To request loan servicing assistance, borrowers should contact the Centralized Servicing Center at:
USDA Rural Development
Centralized Servicing Center
Post Office Box 66889
St. Louis, MO 63166
Phone: (800) 414-1226
TDD: (800) 438-1832
Multi-Family Housing - Residents in Rural Development-financed apartment complexes who are displaced by a natural disaster may apply for occupancy at any USDA-financed apartment complex and receive special priority consideration for the next available unit. Displaced tenants who are receiving Rental Assistance may have their subsidy transferred if the complex they move to is eligible for the Rental Assistance program.
Although Rural Development expects borrowers' hazard insurance to cover damage costs associated with the disaster, we can consider temporary measures to reduce borrowers' financial burdens and work with them, if needed, to develop a servicing workout plan.
To request loan servicing assistance, borrowers should contact Multi-Family Housing Specialists in their State Office. Other Links that highlight USDA Rural Development program assistance:
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navtype=MS&navid=SAFETY
http://www.disasterassistance.gov/daip_en.portal
Community Utility Assistance
Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants - Grants are designed for rural communities with a significant decline in quantity or quality of drinking water. The population must not exceed 10,000 and median household incomes of 100 percent of a State's non-metropolitan median household income. Grants may be made for 100 percent of project costs. The maximum grant is $500,000 when a significant decline in quantity, imminent source shortage or quality of water occurred within 2 years, or $150,000 to make emergency repairs and replacement of facilities on existing systems.
To apply, community leaders should contact Utilities Program Specialists in their State Office.
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Thursday, May 12
The Southwest Center for Rural Initiatives to Host Career Day
PRESS RELEASE
Southern University and A&M College
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Contact: Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Southwest Center for Rural Initiatives to Host Career Day
BATON ROUGE, LA, 5/12/2011 - The Southwest Center for Rural Initiatives Y.E.S. After-School program will host a Career Day on Tuesday, May 17th from 4:00 pm-5:30 pm for enrolled students ages 6-14. Local professionals from various career fields will participate and provide hands-on demonstrations, including a police officer, a fireman, entrepreneurs, a beautician, a judge, a chef, a funeral director, an attorney, a coach, a doctor, and a dentist.
Located in Opelousas, Louisiana, the Southwest Center for Rural Initiatives serves a 10-parish region. It operates as a satellite entity of the SU Ag Center whose mission is to conduct basic and applied research and to disseminate information to the citizens of Louisiana in a manner that is useful in addressing their scientific, technological, social, economic and cultural needs.
The Southwest Center coordinates and links university-based needs and strategies to address the current status of socioeconomic conditions, with particular emphasis on rural and persistent poverty areas. Dr. Wanda Burke serves as director.
For more information, contact: Edna Lastrapes Johnson at 337-943-2410.
Southern University and A&M College
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Contact: Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Southwest Center for Rural Initiatives to Host Career Day
BATON ROUGE, LA, 5/12/2011 - The Southwest Center for Rural Initiatives Y.E.S. After-School program will host a Career Day on Tuesday, May 17th from 4:00 pm-5:30 pm for enrolled students ages 6-14. Local professionals from various career fields will participate and provide hands-on demonstrations, including a police officer, a fireman, entrepreneurs, a beautician, a judge, a chef, a funeral director, an attorney, a coach, a doctor, and a dentist.
Located in Opelousas, Louisiana, the Southwest Center for Rural Initiatives serves a 10-parish region. It operates as a satellite entity of the SU Ag Center whose mission is to conduct basic and applied research and to disseminate information to the citizens of Louisiana in a manner that is useful in addressing their scientific, technological, social, economic and cultural needs.
The Southwest Center coordinates and links university-based needs and strategies to address the current status of socioeconomic conditions, with particular emphasis on rural and persistent poverty areas. Dr. Wanda Burke serves as director.
For more information, contact: Edna Lastrapes Johnson at 337-943-2410.
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www.suagcenter.com
Friday, May 6
SU Ag Center to Hold Beef Cattle & Citrus Field Day
PRESS RELEASE
Southern University and A&M College
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Contact: Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SU Ag Center to Hold Beef Cattle & Citrus Field Day
BATON ROUGE, LA, 5/6/2011 - The Southern University Ag Center will hold a Beef Cattle and Citrus Field Day on Saturday, May 28, starting 8:30 am-3:30 pm at 1580 Burma Rd., Thibodaux, LA. This educational event is open to anyone currently involved in beef cattle and citrus production.
Demonstration/Workshop topics include: Citrus Management; Citrus Grafting; Pasture & Hay Management; Livestock Practices; Cattle Working Facilities & more.
For more information, contact Southern University Ag Center t 225-771-2242 or 5A’s Farms for Algy and Mary Irvin: 504-427-096
Southern University and A&M College
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Contact: Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SU Ag Center to Hold Beef Cattle & Citrus Field Day
BATON ROUGE, LA, 5/6/2011 - The Southern University Ag Center will hold a Beef Cattle and Citrus Field Day on Saturday, May 28, starting 8:30 am-3:30 pm at 1580 Burma Rd., Thibodaux, LA. This educational event is open to anyone currently involved in beef cattle and citrus production.
Demonstration/Workshop topics include: Citrus Management; Citrus Grafting; Pasture & Hay Management; Livestock Practices; Cattle Working Facilities & more.
For more information, contact Southern University Ag Center t 225-771-2242 or 5A’s Farms for Algy and Mary Irvin: 504-427-096
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www.suagcenter.com
Thursday, May 5
SU Ag Center to Hold Beef Cattle Field Day
PRESS RELEASE
Southern University and A&M College
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Contact: Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SU Ag Center to Hold Beef Cattle Field Day
BATON ROUGE, LA, 5/5/2011 - The Southern University Ag Center will hold a Beef Cattle Goat Field Day on Saturday, June 25 at A.O. Williams Hall, B. A. Little Drive in Baton Rouge, LA 70813. This educational event is open to anyone currently involved in beef cattle production as well as those who are interested in learning more about raising cattle.
The Beef Cattle Field Day is being offered free of charge and lunch will be served. Registration will begin at 8:00 am and the program starts promptly at 8:30 am.
For more information, contact Renita Marshall at (225)771-2242 or renita_marshall@suagcenter.com
Southern University and A&M College
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Contact: Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SU Ag Center to Hold Beef Cattle Field Day
BATON ROUGE, LA, 5/5/2011 - The Southern University Ag Center will hold a Beef Cattle Goat Field Day on Saturday, June 25 at A.O. Williams Hall, B. A. Little Drive in Baton Rouge, LA 70813. This educational event is open to anyone currently involved in beef cattle production as well as those who are interested in learning more about raising cattle.
The Beef Cattle Field Day is being offered free of charge and lunch will be served. Registration will begin at 8:00 am and the program starts promptly at 8:30 am.
For more information, contact Renita Marshall at (225)771-2242 or renita_marshall@suagcenter.com
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Tuesday, May 3
SU Ag Center to Hold Child Care Training
PRESS RELEASE
Southern University and A&M College
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Contact: Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BATON ROUGE, LA, 5/3/2011 - The Southern University Ag Center invites all Louisiana child care providers to attend a training session, May 20-21, in Baton Rouge. Participants will receive up to nine hours of new ideas, and discover new and exciting programs. As providers, this training is an opportunity to leap into childcare training for you or your staff and gain basic or advance skills.
Topics
Various Educational and Child Development sessions will be offered during this training and throughout the year. Specific topics will include: learning environments; physical and intellectual development; social and emotional development; nutrition for children; and working with families.
Fees
A $10.00 fee will be assessed for each 3-clock hour session for License Class A Centers and Registered Family Child Care providers. A $15 fee will be assessed for each 3-clock hour session for participants in Class B Centers.
Register now as classes will fill up quickly. For registration information, please contact Charlena Gatlin at 225-771-2242.
Notification of Pre-registration
All child care directors and providers will be notified by phone or with a letter of confirmation, once their pre-registration information has been received.
Southern University and A&M College
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Contact: Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BATON ROUGE, LA, 5/3/2011 - The Southern University Ag Center invites all Louisiana child care providers to attend a training session, May 20-21, in Baton Rouge. Participants will receive up to nine hours of new ideas, and discover new and exciting programs. As providers, this training is an opportunity to leap into childcare training for you or your staff and gain basic or advance skills.
Topics
Various Educational and Child Development sessions will be offered during this training and throughout the year. Specific topics will include: learning environments; physical and intellectual development; social and emotional development; nutrition for children; and working with families.
Fees
A $10.00 fee will be assessed for each 3-clock hour session for License Class A Centers and Registered Family Child Care providers. A $15 fee will be assessed for each 3-clock hour session for participants in Class B Centers.
Register now as classes will fill up quickly. For registration information, please contact Charlena Gatlin at 225-771-2242.
Notification of Pre-registration
All child care directors and providers will be notified by phone or with a letter of confirmation, once their pre-registration information has been received.
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