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Trempealeau County extension highlights youth programs, pending agriscience grant
Summary
Youth and family extension staff reported ongoing after‑school and fatherhood programs, diversion work and a pending agriscience career pathways grant that could total about $350,000; they also noted a recurring smaller Juntos grant and local collaborations to support youth outcomes.
Adam Trundzo, the county’s youth and families educator, told the Trempealeau County extension committee that after‑school STEM and library programs across several 21st Century Learning Centers have helped at‑risk youth and supported higher graduation outcomes. “I’m 60% in Trempealeau County,” Trundzo said, explaining his role and reach.
Trundzo described recurring support from the Juntos program and a recently approved smaller grant (about $3,000) for next spring. He said the office submitted an application for a larger agriscience career‑pathways grant and expected to learn whether Trempealeau County would receive roughly $350,000 by the coming Friday. “We should find out this Friday if Tremble County got a $350,000 grant to work with the Arcadia” schools, he said.
Why it matters: staff said a bilingual agriscience pathways specialist could link local employers, Western Technical College and area high schools to introduce juniors and seniors to agricultural careers, expand workforce pipelines and increase post‑secondary opportunities for students.
Trundzo also summarized justice‑related programming, including diversion work aimed at keeping low‑level cases out of the formal justice system by offering alternative steps, and efforts to coordinate quantitative justice data across agencies through the county’s criminal justice coordinating council (CJCC). He described a recent Resilient Trauma‑Informed Communities event that drew about 40 participants from health and school partners and said the coalition is distributing donations and arranging supports such as gas cards and interview clothing for people reentering the community.
Participants discussed next steps for staffing and partnership to support these programs. No formal action was taken on grant applications at the meeting; staff said they would report back when notice arrives.
The committee moved on to other agenda items and set its next meeting for Feb. 18 at 8:30 a.m.
