University of Missouri Extension
Educational Programs Index

University of Missouri Extension focuses education and resources on high-priority needs of people living in Missouri communities. These priorities are: enhancing the economic viability of Missouri's firms, farms and people; building strong individuals, families and communities; creating and sustaining healthy environments.

Extension's named programs encompass these priorities with educational curriculum delivered through meetings, short courses, and workshops; the internet; video and audio conferencing; CD-ROMs; independent study; and one-to-one consultation.  

Learn more about our educational programs by clicking on the links listed below, next to the program names.
(Note: See the statewide maps on each page to learn where programs can be accessed.)

I. Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

• Agroforestry for Farm Improvement

• Biotechnology Education

  • MAGIC

• Community Food Systems/Food Security

• Dairy Heifer Development

• Dairy Production Systems

  • Grass Based Dairy

• Environmental Business Programs

• Farming on 40 Acres

• Forage Production Systems

  • Management Intensive Grazing

• Forestry & Wildlife

  • Master Wildlifer

  • Master Tree Farmer

  • Missouri Master Naturalist

• Home and Farmstead Environmental/Energy Audits

  • Healthy Indoor Air

  • Healthy Homes

• Home Horticulture and Environment

  • Master Gardeners

  • Garden N Grow

• Individual Wastewater Systems

  • Onsite Sewage Systems for Real Estate Professionals

• Livestock Production Systems

  • Premier Beef

  • Show-Me-Select

• Missouri Crop Management

• Missouri Grown – Vegetable Production

• MO-Pork

  • Pork Quality Assurance

  • Trucker Quality Assurance

  • Swine Welfare Assurance Program

• Nutrient Management Planning

• Plant Protection for 21st Century

  • Private Pesticide Applicator Training

  • Commercial Pesticide Applicator Training

• Precision Agriculture

• Profit Focused Agriculture

• Safety, Health and Wellness

  • AgrAbility

• Soil & Water Conservation

• Value-Added Agriculture

  • NxLevel – Tilling the Soil

• Watershed Planning, Management & Education

II.  Business & Industry

• Small Business Development Centers

  • Understanding Financial Statements

  • How to Control Cash Flow

  • Predicting Future Cash Needs

  • fisCAL

  • The SMART Self-Assessment:  The First Step to Adding Value and Improving Profits

  • SMART

  • Balance Scorecards for Small Business

  • Business Performance:  Measure, Manage and Succeed

  • HR for Small Businesses: Avoiding the Landmines

  • FastTrac Planning

  • FastTrac Listening to Your Business

  • FastTrac Manufacturing

  • Foundations of Marketing

  • Starting a Small Business:  The First Steps

  • Starting and Managing a Small Business in Missouri

  • The Basics of Writing a Business Plan

  • FastTrac New Venture

  • First Step FastTrac

  • FastTrac Developing your Family Child Care Business

  • NxLevel: Tilling the Soil

• Federal and State Technology – FAST

  • FastTrac Tech

• Procurement Technical Assistance Centers – PTAC

• Market Development Program

• Career Options

  • FastTrac New Venture – Displaced Worker

  • Career Options Workshop

III.  Community Development

• Building Inclusive Communities PLM

  • Alianzas Web site

  • Community Development Academy Web site | PLM

  • Organizational Development and Nonprofit Management PLM

• Community Emergency Management Web site | PLM

• Community Informatics PLM

  • Community Connection

• Community Decision Making and Governance PLM

  • Community Deliberation Program:  Making Choices Together Web site | PLM

  • CECH-UP PLM

  • Community and Economic Planning PLM

  • Community Decision Support PLM

  • Youth Government Days

• Community Leadership Development

  • EXCEL (Experience in Community Enterprise and Leadership) Web site | PLM|

  • Youth EXCEL | PLM |

IV.        Human Environmental Sciences

• Adolescence

  • Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention  PLM | Contact

  • Adolescent Mother Journaling Program web site | Contact

  • Maltreatment & Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting web site | PLM | Contact

  • Missouri Volunteer Resource Mothers web site | PLM | Contact

• Affordable Housing

  • H.O.M.E. web site | PLM

  • Home Works web site | PLM

  • Rent Smart

  • Housing Financial Management

  • Community Housing Networks

• Building Strong Families Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here

  • Adult Curriculum

  • Youth Curriculum

• Child Care Core Competencies Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here

  • Promoting Early Literacy in Young Children Evaluation

  • Socializing Healthy Habits in Young Children—Nutrition Evaluation

  • Socializing Healthy Habits in Young Children—Physical Acitivity

  • Child Observation

• Family and Community Resource Program PLM | Evaluation | web site

• Family Financial Management Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here

  • Financial Security in Later Life web site

  • High School Financial Planning

  • Money Action Plan

  • Rent Smart

  • Taxpayer Education Initiative web sitee

• Family Nutrition (FNEP) Web site |PLM |Evaluation | Candy Gabel

• Food Safety Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here

• Safe and Healthy Homes web site

  • Healthy Indoor Air

  • Healthy Homes

  • Household Hazardous Waste

  • Disaster Management/Recovery

  • Water/Wastewater Systems

• Missouri Green Houses and Building

  • Energy Management/Energy Star

  • Conservation and Reuse

• Nutrition and Health Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here

  • Food Power web site

  • Chronic Disease Management

  • Diabetes

  • Health for Every Body PLM

  • Nutrition and Physical Activity  PLM

• Parent Education Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here

  • Anger Management web site

  • Basic Parenting PLM

  • Effective Black Parenting

  • Family Meals

  • Family & Community Resource Program (FCRP)

  • Families & Divorce PLM | Evaluation | web site

  • Focus on Kids web site | Evaluation | PLM

  • Prevention & Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP)

  • Programs for Parents    Evaluation

  • Step By Step: Creating Strong Stepfamilies Evaluation | web site

• Successful Aging Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here

  • Relatives as Parents

• Sustainable Communities Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here

  • Housing Profiles Protocol

  • Community Structures

  • Universal Design

  • Building Preservation/Restoration

• Textiles Recycling

• Agriculture Education for Youth Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here

  • 4-H Animal Science programs

  • Hatching Chicks in the Classroom Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here       

• Character Education for Youth Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here

• Community Youth Development Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here

  • Civic Engagement for Youth Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here    

  • Community Service Learning  Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here      

  • 4-H Global Education Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here

  • Youth EXCEL     

  • Youth Government Days   

• Family & Community Resource Program (FCRP)

  • Mentoring Children of Offenders

• Natural Resources Education and Environmental Stewardship for Youth Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here

  • 4-H Shooting Sports    

  • 4-H Sports Fishing  

  • 4-H Wildlife Habitat Evaluation 

• Parenting Education and Support Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here

  • Parenting Corners        

• Positive Youth Development During Out of School Time Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here

  • Educational trips and exchanges (4-H Congress, 4-H Teen Conference, Youth Forum, etc.)

  • 4-H Project work in content areas

  • 4-H Recognition and Scholarships

  • 21st Century Community Learning Center Partnerships

  • Youth Futures—College within Reach

• Volunteer Leadership Development Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here

• Workforce Preparation and Information Technology for Youth

  • After-School Computer Labs Web site here |PLM |Evaluation Here | Contact Here

  • 4-H Mini-Society

	Jo Britt-Rankin Assoc Dean of HES Extension & State Specialist Last update: June 18, 2004