OSU Extension presents impact report; committee hears program highlights and concerns about SNAP cuts and participation metrics
OSU Extension summarized youth programming, olive research and staffing shifts while telling the Polk County Service District committee that SNAP education roles were cut; committee members pressed staff on how youth participation numbers are tracked.
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OSU Extension representatives told the Polk County Service District budget committee on May 13 that their impact report documents a range of local activities — youth development programming, unique offerings such as blacksmithing, ongoing olive research that earned an international bronze award, and outreach on wildfire preparedness — even as some federal cuts eliminated dedicated SNAP education positions.
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