Another helps young people prevent future financial problems. Agents and volunteers from each Extension unit in the state contribute their own ideas and resources to the program. For instance, volunteers from some units counsel workers who are facing layoffs. The Pittsylvania County unit created and aired a series of cable television shows for unemployed workers. The program has helped to stabilize immigrant neighborhoods and to preserve affordable housing by fostering positive relations between immigrant residents and their landlords and neighbors.
Some programs emphasize the importance of good nutrition on any budget.
And they attempt to reach the people who most strongly influence decisions to buy food, clothing, and other items. Other programs target parents. These publications also educate them in such areas as budgeting and insurance. This program gives volunteers information on financial planning, counseling skills, and knowledge of the community resources available to them. In the case of layoffs, volunteer educators, some of whom have participated in the program themselves, emphasize getting control of the feelings of stress that naturally result.