This program is open to agents and specialists. Development - Jeff is working on curriculum in this area. SC sent one person to California to a tobacco-worker retraining program. There is a regional conference in Louisville this fall that SRDC is helping with. Virginia is working on a Fund for Rural America grant in this area.
Demand is high.
The program has added two new chapters. Three RFPs are out 1. Food Assistance Research 2. Sabbatical Leave Opportunity 3. Senior Fellows Program ii.