USU Extension outlines youth, health and workforce programs for Moab
USU Extension's Maria Velasco told the council the office has expanded youth career-exploration programming, community health-worker training and a new medical-interpreter certificate, and that recent grants and internal funding will support coordinators and an outdoor-youth initiative.
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Maria Velasco, an assistant professor with Utah State University Extension's Home and Community program, presented a long-form update on July 28, summarizing three-plus years of work in Grant County and Moab. She described youth career-preparation trips to university labs, a growing community-health-worker curriculum adapted for youth, and a newly completed medical-interpreter certificate program that graduated about 13 participants from the area.
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