Show Your County Agent Agent S Says By DEL C. C PURNELL 1 Benefits of the Economic Opportunity Act to cope with the problems of low income can be realized locally To help the Extension Service will continue its role of assisting assisting assist assist- ing communities in identifying identify identify- ing needs and helping the people people peo peo- organize to plan and carry out programs of human economic eco and physical resource development which meet these theM demands Dr Stephen L. L Brown Economic Eco Eco- Economic and Social Development leader explains because Extension Extension Extension Ex Ex- Ex- Ex tension is viewed nationally as having the skills and the ca- ca to tn work with ermin t 1 n organizations and communities ties in resource planning and I development we were assigned assign assign- ed organizational and educational educational educational J leadership for rural development development de de- programs and are arenow arenow arenow now being urged to provide organizational and educational education education- al al leadership to help local people peo peo- pIe attack problems of pov pov- erty In rural areas the office of or Economic Opportunity OEO is finding that the people have limited resources and help in ill developing adequate community community community action program proposals to deal with poverty The Federal Federal Federal Fed Fed- eral Extension Service is urging urging urging ing local Extension staffs to 18 provide their people with this thir kind of help Utah State University University University Uni Uni- among others has the opportunity to receive funding and provide assistance for the training of community action workers doing research and setting up demonstrations in local areas Dr Brower added E Extension tension can help existing community or area development development development develop develop- ment groups make use of the Economic Opportunity Act as u asa asa ua a tool for attacking problems of poverty such as low income income income in in- come Inadequate training etc ete Where there are no such l local lo cal development organizations Extension staffs will help local lo lo- local x cal areas community county or multi-county multi organize to take advantage of this new tool EOA to attack problems of poverty |