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AgriLife Extension warns of state program closure; Laredo gets new extension agent
Summary
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension staff told commissioners the Better Living for Texans program is closing, costing the county three state-funded agents; the court met the new Prairie View-affiliated agent Stephanie Rocha and heard program focus areas and timelines.
Angelica Cepuentes, county extension agent for Family and Community Health with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, told the court that quarterly updates were intended to introduce staffing changes and new faces. "These are not county extension agents... these are strictly state funded," Cepuentes said, and she explained that one new extension agent will join while three agents funded through the Better Living for Texans program will be lost because the state program is closing.
Cepuentes introduced Stephanie Rocha, the new Cooperative Extension program agent affiliated with Prairie View University, who said she will begin work and classes in September and will focus on life-skills, parenting and mental health programs. Commissioners thanked the extension staff and noted ongoing retirements and transitions; the court received the presentation with thanks and no formal action was required.
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