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Estate Planning: What's the Worst That Could Happen???

Event date: Dec. 5, 2022

Event time: | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Van Buren, MO

This course is designed to demonstrate the unintended consequences for a family who fails to do any estate planning. Participants will then learn about the tools in an estate planner's toolbox, and we will then apply those tools to our example ...

Focus on Kids: Greene County Parent Education Program (31st Circuit)

Event date: Dec. 6, 2022

Event time: | 8:30 am - 11:00 am

Springfield, MO

Focus on Kids is a workshop to help divorced and separated parents learn how to nurture and support their children through the divorce process and to help parents who are living apart develop ways to work together effectively as co-parents. Focus on ...

Childcare Program: Observation and Assessment of Children in the Childcare Setting

Event date: Dec. 6, 2022

Event time: | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Observation & Assessment of Children in the Childcare Setting will allow participants to learn or review the importance of observation and assessment for the child and program's success. We will define the components of a comprehensive evaluation ...

Focus on Kids: Livingston County Parent Education Program (43rd Circuit)

Event date: Dec. 7, 2022

Event time: | 9:00 am - 11:30 am

Chillicothe, MO

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New AgriStress Helpline available to Missouri farmers

Published: Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri farmers and rural families seeking mental health support can turn to the new AgriStress Helpline.Farmers and ranchers take pride in their ability to handle challenges and are often reluctant to seek help, particularly for ...

MU Extension offers mental health resources for farmers, ranchers

Published: Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Take care of the farm and the farm will take care of you. That’s common advice handed down from one generation to the next.But farmers often face stress that the farm can’t take care of, says Karen Funkenbusch, University of ...

Review safety practices on the farm with children

Published: Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Many consider the farm an ideal place to raise children. But with all its idyllic charm come dangers, says University of Missouri Extension health and safety specialist Karen Funkenbusch.About three children die from an ...

Suicide Prevention Month: New resources available to Missouri farmers

Published: Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022

COLUMBIA, Mo. – During Suicide Prevention Month, University of Missouri Extension safety and health specialist Karen Funkenbusch reminds Missouri farmers and their families that MU Extension has resources for farmers and ranchers.Suicide Prevention ...

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Sewage Treatment Plants for Rural Homes

Publication date: Nov. 7, 2022

The best method of handling residential sewage is through a properly designed and operated community or municipal treatment system. But many areas of Missouri have population densities so low that installation costs prohibit using community systems. ...

Residential Sewage Lagoon Systems: A Homeowner's Guide to Installation and Maintenance

Publication date: Nov. 7, 2022

Residential waste stabilization lagoons are commonly used for onsite sewage treatment in Missouri in low-population areas where soils are not suited for conventional absorption field systems. An estimated 30 percent of all housing units in Missouri ...

Preparing Petroleum-Powered Vehicles for Winter Weather

Publication date: Nov. 1, 2022

Cold weather is hard on cars and trucks and usually causes at least one vehicle around the farm or home to have starting problems. The following checklist will help ensure your transportation starts and runs smoothly throughout the ...

Family Meals Poster

Publication date: Aug. 11, 2022

$31.00

Sarah WoodAssistant Extension Professor, Department of Health SciencesTammy RobertsNutrition and Health Extension SpecialistThis poster provides tips for putting a healthy meal on the table in a short amount of time. Ideas for stocking the kitchen ...

Family Meals Handout

Publication date: July 1, 2022

$11.15

Sarah WoodAssistant Extension Professor, Department of Health SciencesTammy RobertsNutrition and Health Extension SpecialistThis handout discusses why family meals are important and how they help children develop healthy habits.The printed version is ...

Eating on a Budget Poster

Publication date: July 1, 2022

$31.00

Sarah WoodAssistant Extension Professor, Department of Health SciencesTammy RobertsNutrition and Health Extension SpecialistThis handout provides tips on stretching your food dollars. It discusses unit pricing, how to get the most out of the food you ...

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2021 Free Tax Site Flyer - Kansas City area (PDF)

Lists numerous Kansas City area sites offering free 2020 tax preparation assistance.

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program

Find more information about AARP Foundation Tax-Aide, which provides free tax preparation to low- and moderate-income taxpayers.

Caregivers starting housing conversations (PDF)

COVID-19 KOMU Town Hall: The economy and stock market as states reopen

In this news article and video, KOMU 8's Emily Spain talked with Andrew Zumwalt, MU Extension assistant professor for financial planning, about how the economy is doing now that states are beginning to reopen.

COVID-19 mitigation in multifamily developments

Webinar and handouts from National Healthy Homes Partnership on maintaining, cleaning and disinfecting strategies for multifamily developments for COVID19 mitigation. Presented in cooperation with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development ...

COVID-19 mitigation in public housing

Webinar and handouts from National Healthy Homes Partnership on maintaining, cleaning and disinfecting strategies for public housing developments for COVID19 mitigation. Presented in cooperation with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development ...

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