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Committee hears Cornell Cooperative Extension staffing and federal funding concerns, SNAP-Ed educator resignation
Summary
Committee members were told a SNAP-Ed educator resigned amid uncertain federal funding; officials said Smith-Lever and Hatch research funding were restored to level funding, but longer-term Cornell staffing and research funding remain uncertain.
Committee members were notified July 1 that a Cornell Cooperative Extension SNAP-Ed nutrition educator has resigned after the educator’s federal funding source became uncertain.
Legislator attendees heard that the SNAP-Ed position is unlikely to be rehired in the near term because the federal funding stream supporting the role “is very, very unsafe or unclear,” and the…
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