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AgrAbility increases the likelihood that individuals with disabilities and their families engaged in production agriculture (AgrAbility's customers) become more successful. The program supports cooperative projects in which state Cooperative Extension Services (CES) based at either 1862 or 1890 Land-Grant Universities subcontract to private, non-profit disability organizations. Measures of success may include improvements in customers' financial

Yes, thank you for considering making a contribution. The host site for each state and regional AgrAbility project and their non-profit disability organization partners are able to accept contributions to enhance and expand the efforts of AgrAbility. These contributions can be designated for a wide variety of services such as peer support activities, establishing equipment

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As part of the nationwide system of Cooperative Extension, AgrAbility projects work closely with local and state Extension staff to provide the best evidence-based resources for addressing the complex issues of farming with a disability. Both local and university-based Extension specialists are tapped for assistance when the problems exceed the expertise of AgrAbility staff. Each

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State and Regional AgrAbility Projects (SRAPs) operate within a geographic area defined on the basis of counties, states, or both. SRAPs may function independently of each other. States with insufficient potential clientele to merit individual AgrAbility projects may submit regional, multi-state proposals. At a minimum, the Cooperative Extension Service (CES) primary applicant must subcontract to

The National AgrAbility Project (NAP) has a dual mission. The NAP provides limited, on-demand services in geographic areas without funded State and Regional AgrAbility Projects (SRAPs). But more significant to the success of the program, the NAP helps funded SRAPs and unfunded affiliated AgrAbility projects become more successful at meeting their objectives. The NAP typically

The NAP work plan is largely shaped by the directives contained in the USDA 2008 Request for Applications (RFA). The RFA calls for the NAP to contribute towards meeting the AgrAbility vision of enabling a lifestyle of high quality for farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural workers with disabilities, so that they, their families, and their

AgrAbility is authorized under the Smith-Lever Act of May 8, 1914 as amended, (7 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) and in Section 1680 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5933) as amended by Section 246 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 and Section 7122 of

Purdue University and the Breaking New Ground Resource Center, located in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering are honored to provide the current home for the National AgrAbility Project. For nearly three decades Purdue has been providing services to farmers, ranchers, agricultural workers, and their families impacted by disability. This has included direct services