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Vision Statement
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System
envisions a comprehensive statewide Urban Affairs and New Nontraditional
Programs Unit encompassing traditional, nontraditional, new and
emerging programs, and delivery approaches in order to meet the
needs of Alabama citizens wherever they live and work. The focus
however, is to meet the needs of urban, ex-urban and suburban
communities to improve their quality of life.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Alabama Cooperative Extension
System's Urban Affairs and New Nontraditional Programs unit is
to provide learning opportunities to meet the needs of all urban
and nontraditional audiences with a specific focus on limited
resource families, underserved audiences, individuals and small
enterprises.
Goals 2002 - 2005
- Focus on urban youth development by providing social, economic, health, leadership and citizenship programs designed to empower urban youth to reach their fullest potential as positive and contributing members of a diverse society. [Goal 1]
- Provide creative programs that offer solutions to bridging the digital divide, creating expanded access to technology and independent systems of information retrieval to help all Alabamians succeed in the Information Age. [Goal 2]
- Promote nontraditional agricultural and environmental sciences by providing information to help citizens make informed decisions on how to manage urban and suburban environments and explore alternative markets, niche crops, diversified products and new markets. [Goal 3]
- Conduct health and nutrition programs across an individual's life-span to improve the general health of Alabamians, focusing on under-served and high-risk audiences. [Goal 4]
- Investigate the changing definitions and profiles of families and offer solutions to issues related to resource management, families in transition, parenting, senior lifestyles, domestic violence, legal education, companionship and health care, to promote strong resilient families and communities. [Goal 5]
- Increase the capacity of urban communities to respond to urban/rural -interface issues through engaged partnerships, community building and diversity councils. [Goal 6]
- Design and implement programs to improve the workforce preparedness of unemployed and underemployed citizens. [Goal 7]
