About University of Missouri Extension in East Central Missouri 

County Offices

Franklin
Jefferson
Lincoln
Montgomery
St. Charles
St. Francois
Ste. Genevieve
St. Louis
Warren
Washington

Purpose

University of Missouri Extension helps improve people’s lives through research-based education and information from the University of Missouri and Lincoln University.

How do we help people? By:

• Providing education to help people help themselves
  

• Helping meet high-priority needs in the state
  

• Linking citizens with local, state, and federal resources
  

• Offering flexible access to programs
  

• Providing expert information and resources on:
  

  • Agriculture

  • Business and workforce

  • Children and teens

  • Community development

  • Environmental quality

  • Family life

  • Home and garden

  • Nutrition and health

Mission

The mission of University of Missouri Extension—a partnership of the University of Missouri campuses, Lincoln University, the people of Missouri through county extension councils, and the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture—is to:

"Serve Missouri by extending the research-based knowledge and problem-solving resources of the University of Missouri and Lincoln University to focus on high-priority needs of people throughout the state."

We partner with local, state, and federal resources.

• Local
  University of Missouri Extension centers are headquartered in nearly all of Missouri’s 114 counties and the city of St. Louis. Local government provides some financial support for each extension center. Local county extension councils composed of elected and appointed citizens guide educational programming in each county.
  
  

• State
  University of Missouri Extension is a state-wide organization that links you to the resources of Missouri’s two land-grant universities:
  

University of Missouri (Columbia, Kansas City, Rolla and St. Louis)

Lincoln University (Jefferson City).

• Federal
  University of Missouri Extension partners with the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

• County Extension Councils are composed of elected and appointed citizens who guide local educational programming in each county in East Central Region. County council members are local partners in the entire educational process, helping to assess local needs, implement programs and evaluate outcomes.
  
  
• The East Central Missouri Regional Extension Council is an advisory group that includes representatives from each county extension council within the region. Each county council selects its own representatives. Meetings are held quarterly at the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus. The East Central Regional Extension Council is part of a larger statewide organization known as the University of Missouri Extension State Council.

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