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The Bland County office of Virginia Cooperative Extension is your local connection to Virginia's land-grant universities, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University. Through educational programs based on research and developed with input from local stakeholders, we help the people of Bland County improve their lives. We provide education through programs in Agriculture and Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Sciences, 4-H Youth Development, and Community Viability.

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Consumer Education
Cooperative Extension Service Education Programs
Nutrition Education
To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators. Provides some direct services to individuals including agricultural programs. Can provide information and referral for money management, food safety training, parenting programs and nutrition.

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Consumer Education
Nutrition Education
Cooperative Extension Service Education Programs
Through educational programs based on research and developed with input from local stakeholders, we help the people of Grayson County improve their lives. We provide education through programs in Agriculture and Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Sciences, 4-H Youth Development, and Community Viability. Provides Employee Food Safety Training Programs and partners in the Twin County Leadership Institute that helps build leadership skills.

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Cooperative Extension Service Education Programs
Consumer Education
Nutrition Education
A non-profit organization supported largely by membership dues paid by business and professional groups in the service area. Provides reports on business firms that will be helpful to the consumer before making a purchase, Also provides information regarding charity groups and organizations. Helps to resolve consumers' disputes with businesses through telephone conciliation, mediation and arbitration. Promotes ethical business standards and voluntary self-regulation of business practices. Complaints may be submitted on the website 24/7: www.bbb.org/consumer-complaints/file-a-complaint/get-started.

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Consumer Complaints
Consumer Protection Agencies
Consumer Education
Identity Theft Prevention
Virginia Cooperative Extension responds to the needs of individuals, families, groups, and organizations with educational programs in the broad areas of agriculture and natural resources, family and community sciences, family nutrition and health,and 4-H youth development.

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Cooperative Extension Service Education Programs
Nutrition Education
Consumer Education
To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators. Program includes 4-H, Agriculture, Home Economics, Master Gardners, EFNEP

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Nutrition Education
Consumer Education
Cooperative Extension Service Education Programs
Consumer Education Services, Inc. (CESI) is a non-profit service provider of comprehensive personal financial education and solutions. CESI provides an array of financial solutions including: Credit Counseling Debt Management Housing Counseling Student Loan Counseling Financial Education Bankruptcy Counseling

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Consumer Education
Personal Financial Counseling
To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators.

Categories

Consumer Education
Cooperative Extension Service Education Programs
Nutrition Education
To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators.

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Consumer Education
Nutrition Education
Cooperative Extension Service Education Programs
A free, confidential service that assists in understanding Medicare, Medicaid, medical bills and Long Term Care Insurance policies. Offers assistance in making decisions about purchasing Medicare supplement or long-term care insurance. Counselors are available to make group presentations for groups of all sizes during office hours. After-hour presentations are based on staff availability. Does not represent insurance companies or medical providers.
Provides information to facilitate intelligent buying decisions. Also provides consumer education; outreach; and charity review through the National BBB Philanthropic Advisory Service that offers tips for wise giving and information on charities soliciting donations.

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Consumer Action Information/Support
Consumer Education
Consumer Protection Agencies
Provides many community opportunities for those without disabilities to learn more about those who do live independently with disabilities. This program includes sensitivity trainings, motivational workshops, community outreach, and Americans with Disabilities Act training and information.
To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators.

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Cooperative Extension Service Education Programs
Nutrition Education
Consumer Education
Help consumers avoid telemarketing fraud and transmits consumer's reports about telemarketing fraud to appropriate law enforcement agencies.

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Fraud Prevention
Consumer Complaints
Consumer Protection Agencies
Consumer Education
Offers publications concerning census information, economic studies, education, general reference, housing, income, occupations and employment, population estimates, race relations, state and local government and taxes. The Center's mission is to anticipate and forecast change and to serve as a resource to those who need to recognize and address that change. Call, e-mail or look at our web site for a list of publications.

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Public Awareness/Education
Electronic Information Resources
Consumer Education
To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators. Offers 4-H, nutritional and personal finance programs.

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Consumer Education
Nutrition Education
Cooperative Extension Service Education Programs
To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators.

Categories

Cooperative Extension Service Education Programs
Consumer Education
Nutrition Education
Enables people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, enables people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators. Provides some direct services to individuals including agricultural programs. Can provide information and referral for money management, food safety training, parenting programs and nutrition.

Categories

Cooperative Extension Service Education Programs
Consumer Education
Nutrition Education
To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators.

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Nutrition Education
Consumer Education
Cooperative Extension Service Education Programs
Provides basic information on Nursing Facilities, Assisted Living Facilities in Virginia. Also provides referrals to local and State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program where citizens can receive assistance with questions and concerns about long-term care.

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Patient Rights Assistance
Consumer Complaints
Consumer Education
To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators.

Categories

Nutrition Education
Cooperative Extension Service Education Programs
Consumer Education
To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators.

Categories

Nutrition Education
Cooperative Extension Service Education Programs
Consumer Education
To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators.

Categories

Cooperative Extension Service Education Programs
Consumer Education
Nutrition Education
To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators.

Categories

Nutrition Education
Consumer Education
Cooperative Extension Service Education Programs
To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators. Also has Agriculture & National Resources (ANR), Family & Community Sciences (FCS), Community Initiatives (CI), Food, Nutrition & Health (FNH) programs.

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Nutrition Education
Cooperative Extension Service Education Programs
Consumer Education