USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced an investment of nearly $25 million for 50 grants supporting the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network and projects through state department of ag.
The Iowa grant applications outlines three goals: (1) greatly strengthen local outreach consultations and activities to the farm community regarding stress assistance programs, such as Mental Health First Aid, Question.Persuade.Refer. (QPR), and Strengthening Families Program; (2) Individuals in the farm community will also be recruited to attend two regional facilitator trainings for Strengthening Families Program.
The program will also be implemented in six selected sites across Iowa; (3) A farm resource packet will be developed and will include information on how to access other Iowa State University Extension and Outreach stress assistance and family finance programming.
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