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Boost your Brain and Memory with Cass Career Center

Event date: Feb. 2, 2021 - Feb. 25, 2021

Our aim is to help participants implement new habits to maintain cognitive health while also practicing new skills for better memory performance.Cost: $40Contact: Kyleigh Sullivan, [email protected], 816-380-8460 Partners:Cass Career ...

Understanding & Responding to Dementia Related Behavior

Event date: Feb. 3, 2021

Event time: | 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Behavior is a powerful form of communication and is one of the primary ways for people with dementia to communicate their needs and feelings as the ability to use language is lost. However, some behaviors can present real challenges for caregivers to ...

Stay Strong, Stay Healthy - Level 2 - Online - Urban East

Event date: Feb. 15, 2021 - April 8, 2021

The evidence based Stay Strong, Stay Healthy (SSSH) program is designed to increase independent living older adults’ access to a safe, structured, and effective strength training program. Stay Strong, Stay Healthy- Level 2 is a follow-up to Level ...

Staff for Keeps: Staff Retention through Organizational Climate (Afternoon)

Event date: Feb. 23, 2021

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

This workshop addresses ways to improve the climate of your child care program as a strategy for retaining staff members. We will cover four broad topics: commitment, team building, communication, and appreciation and discuss how these aspects of ...

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MU Extension to help expand mental health resources in rural areas

Published: Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri’s rural counties lack mental health services despite growing financial stress and suicide rates.All of Missouri’s 99 rural counties face a shortage of mental health professionals; 57 of them have none.University of ...

Initiative connects rural working families with valuable tax credit info

Published: Monday, Oct. 26, 2020

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Starting in the 2020 tax season, more rural Missourians in need will be able to learn about their eligibility for the federal earned income tax credit (EITC), one of the nation’s largest anti-poverty tools targeting low- and ...

Statewide partnership to strengthen training and support for community health workers

Published: Thursday, July 23, 2020

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Financial insecurity, housing conditions and other social factors can have a significant impact on health. Community health workers (CHWs)—front-line public health workers who are trusted members of the communities they ...

Teach children farm safety

Published: Thursday, May 14, 2020

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Agriculture-related incidents injure 33 children every day, and every three days a child dies from one, says University of Missouri Extension safety and health specialist Karen Funkenbusch.“Protecting our future generation needs ...

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Introduction to Hedging Agricultural Commodities With Options

Publication date: Dec. 1, 2020

Producers of agricultural commodities regularly face price and production risks. Furthermore, increased global free trade and changes in domestic agricultural policy have increased these risks. As the variability of price increases the variability of ...

Commodity Futures and Options Terminology

Publication date: Sept. 1, 2020

This guide provides basic definitions of commodity futures and options terminology. Although the terminology of trading agricultural commodities goes far beyond the scope of this guide, this information can be used to build a knowledge base from ...

Short Hedge Example With Options

Publication date: July 1, 2020

This guide describes how to place an output (short) hedge in the options market to reduce the price risk associated with selling an output produced in your business. A short hedge in the options market is referred to as the purchasing of a put ...

Long Hedge Example With Options

Publication date: July 1, 2020

This guide describes how to place an input (long) hedge in the options market to reduce the price risk associated with buying an input used in your business. A long hedge in the options market is accomplished by purchasing a call option. Futures are ...

Introduction to Hedging Agricultural Commodities With Futures

Publication date: July 1, 2020

Long Hedge Example With Futures

Publication date: June 1, 2020

This guide describes how to place an input (long) hedge in the futures market to reduce the price risk associated with buying an input. For example, assume that Heidi, a swine producer, knows she will be buying a pen of feeder pigs two months from ...

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Tackling the Tough Skills Training 2020

online $0.00

Tackling the Tough Skills is a self-paced course designed with you in mind. This course is about where you've been, what you've learned from experiences, and how to use this information to build a better life. Explore topics that will help you ...

31st Annual Gerontology Clinical Update

Dec. 9, 2020 - Feb. 3, 2021

online $119.00

This conference will provide a forum for gerontology health care providers, administrators, educators, regulatory personnel, and others to discuss complex care issues common to all who care for the elderly, regardless of setting. The focus is on ...

Creating a Legacy-Preparing Your Business for Succession

online $0.00

This self-paced course consisting of 3 modules, each less than 15 minutes long, will help the student understand the challenges of preparing to transition their business to a new owner when they decide it is time to leave. The transition process is ...

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Guide to coronavirus mortgage relief options (ebook)

This ebook from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau discusses details of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

Show Me Falls Free Missouri Coalition

Provides list of evidence-based programs designed to lower the risk of chronic disease and help prevent falls.

IRS: Free Tax Return Preparation for Qualifying Taxpayers

Learn about free tax assistance programs backed by the IRS.

2021 Free Tax Site Flyer (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.

All Things Missouri: COVID-19 Tools and Resources

Get started with tools and maps exploring data related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Developed by the Center for Applied Research and Engagement Systems (CARES), University of Missouri Extension.

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