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MSU Extension volunteers warn 4-H programs could end locally if state funding is lost
Summary
During limited public comment Sept. 12, MSU Extension representatives and longtime volunteers told Eaton County commissioners that, if state funding disappears after Oct. 1, county-funded staffing will sustain local extension services only temporarily and 4-H program coordination could cease without local support.
Representatives of MSU Extension urged Eaton County commissioners Sept. 12 to consider the consequences of possible state funding cuts for local extension services, saying local support will carry programs only for a limited time.
Bill Hendry, identified in public comment as representing MSU Extension, said the county is MSU Extension27s local partner and that, until Oct. 1, MSU Extension remains fully funded through that partnership. "We sit here at Sept. 12 and it's not Oct. 1 yet," Hendry told the committee. He said a state budget and revenue-sharing picture remains uncertain and that a state shutdown or final budget action could change MSU Extension27s funding status.
Hendry warned commissioners that…
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