Show Technical Action Meeting Held Hed Douglas T. T Simpson state di director director di di- rector for Farmers Home Administration Administration Ad Ad- ministration and chairman of the Utah State Technical Action Panel said today that the state TAP has held training schools for all of the 29 county technical action panels in the state They are now ready for action An OUTREACH specialist has been designated for each county The specialist for Sanpete County Coun Coun- County ty is Clyde K Cox Mr Simpson said instructions had been sent by John A. A Baker Assistant Secretary of the Department Department De De- De of Agriculture to all an anthe the field staffs staffs' of the USDA Agencies urging them to 1 Expand efforts to end the migration of rural people to the large cities by helping small communities communities' r revitalize vitalize and re re- capitalize themselves 2 Provide assistance to multi multi- county planning and development development develop develop- ment groups 3 Extend services and benefits benefits bene bene- fits of all Federal agencies into rural areas 4 Help rural communities make economic development plans and secure services needed to carry out the plans The assistant secretary's action action ac ac- ac tion emphasized the importance of the technical action panels that the Secretary of Agriculture ture has ordered established in each state and d the approximately approximate approximate- ly rural counties to W work with local community deVelopment development deVelop deVelop- ment organizations Basically what the Department Department Depart Depart- ment is doing Baker explains is realigning and fortifying its field offices es to insure that rural communities es do not ot miss o out op on help available fro from any So lr source sore e ein in theIr development programs We have established a a. one stop service concept in every rural county to enable local lenders lenders lend lend- ers to 1 get help they need in finding out what is impeding the development of their local economy economy econ econ- omy amy 2 obtain assistance in preparing economic d development development develop develop- ment plans and 3 tap all an government government gov gov gov- and private services that can be used to turn dreams into reality Membership of the technical action panels at the state level consists of the heads of all Department Department De De- of Agriculture agencies that have state offices The heads of all an other government agencies that provide support Inthe Inthe in inthe the development of rural areas are invited to become members The panels are assisted by the directors of the Extension Service Service ice who in some states also will serve as a panel member The state director of the Farmers Home Administration serves as chairman the Soil Conservation Service state conservationist conservationist con con- is chairman co-chairman and the state executive director of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service is alternate chairman t To give staff support to the panels a Farmers Home AdminIstration Administration Admin Admin- rural development specialist specialist specialist has been assigned as ex ex- director in 40 states The composition of the panels In in the counties follows the pat pat pat- terns tern established at the st state te level Mr Baker in his directive also gave gave details on multi-county multi panels that are to be set up where needed to service area area- wide planning bodies These panels will include development specialists from the same group of agencies represented on state and county panels but will deal with projects that serve more than one county Modern Modem communications and transportation Mr Baker says have made possible a new kind of functional rural community that has a population base adequate adequate ade ade- quate to support a large num number num num- number ber of basic public services Generally this new type of community community com com- includes two or more rural counties and at least one small smail city which is the focal point of local economic educational educational and social activity Areas of this type can undertake development de development development de de- programs that no single county or community can afford In addition Mr Bakers Baker's instruction instruction in in- listed the contributions to be made in rural areas development development devel devel- by USDA agencies that do not have nationwide county county- level field staffs For example the Consumer and Marketing g Service ce which will provide technical assistance in the area of marketing services and food assistance p program gam The Farmer Cooperative Service Service ice will help provide advisory and educational assistance to the rural cooperatives The Forest Service through its cooperative state and private program will provide technical assistance in each area where forests are economically import import- ant The Rural Electrification Administration Administration Ad Ad- ministration working through its borrower organizations will furnish furnish fur fur- nish finding credit-finding aid for commercial commercial com com- mercial and industrial projects Support efforts of the Agricultural Agricultural tural Research Service the Cooperative Cooperative Co eo Co- Co operative State Research Service Service ice the Economic Research Service the Federal Crop Insurance Insurance In In- Corporation and the Statistical Statistical Sta Sta- Reporting Service were also listed |