Employment and training services offered through Extension are part of and continue a long tradition of policy-focused employment and job training. This paper chronicles the successes of UT Extension's work as a third-party partner in the delivery of workforce development programming geared toward individuals receiving Supplemental Nutrition…

Extension has four roles in the economic development arena: (1) providing perspective, (2) increasing the knowledge base, (3) teaching management skills, and (4) shaping institutional structure. In different states, extension will find different appropriate roles in economic development education. (CH)