Missouri

Missouri AgrAbility focused its social media efforts this month on promoting program initiatives, sharing information about assistive technologies, upcoming learning opportunities, and Missouri & National health, safety, and wellbeing resources for AgrAbility Clients and their families. Make sure to like and follow Missouri AgrAbility, @MOAgrAbility, on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

4-H partnership with Missouri AgrAbility completed the following activities:

• 4-H Just in Time SPIN Club focused on inclusivity of individuals with different abilities offered in two SE Missouri counties.
• Working with local school district to train teachers and 4-H volunteers on the Missouri Model for Trauma Informed Education to better serve youth with PTSD.
• 4-H Save Your Brain Ambassadors are shifting efforts from prevention of traumatic brain injuries to focus on mental wellbeing using 4-H Mindful Mechanics and the 4-H Mind, Body, Whole Wellness Tracker.

Submitted by Karen Funkenbusch, Emily Doosing, and Linda Geist

Innovative Small Farmers' Outreach Program (ISFOP) with Lincoln University Cooperative Extension (LUCE) provided onboard training with new staff members who assist with Missouri's plan of work. ISFOP worked with MU Extension to reschedule the ABCs of USDA Programs workshop due to weather. ISFOP LUCE staff also handed out resources and discussed Missouri AgrAbility during in-person on-the-farm visits with new AgrAbility client farmers and their families.

Submitted by Mary Keeter

Maureen Cunningham, BIA-MO executive director, participated in the Missouri Brain Injury Advisory Council (MBIAC) meeting to highlight upcoming activities. These highlights included Missouri AgrAbility as a program partner for the BIA-MO "Sports Concussions: Facts, Fallacies, and New Frontiers Seminars" with a focus on "Get Schooled on Concussions for Missouri" that will be held between February 26 and March 1. This Missouri AgrAbility marketing will reach thousands of youth sports and school personnel in rural Missouri. Another highlight was Missouri AgrAbility as a program partner for the BIA-MO "Survivor and Family Seminars" that will provide education for AgrAbility clients in Springfield and western Missouri in Spring 2024.

Submitted by Maureen Cunningham