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Experiencing Tough Times Now
Are you and your family experiencing tough times now?
It is hard to focus on getting future needs met when all of your energy is going towards keeping your family safe and fed. These resources are here to help.
Featured Resource
Offerings for People who Receive Public Assistance
Our online and in-person classes helps persons who receive welfare benefits get core hours for job/life skills activities.
Online Resources
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Getting Through Tough Times
Fact sheet series on getting help, making financial decisions with less, dealing with stress, talking to children about tough times, and more. -
Poverty Income Guidelines (Dollar Works 2 Action Pages 3-6)
Income guidelines for the major federally funded programs. (284 K PDF) -
Grief and Crisis Decisions
Overview of the different stages of grief. Your ability to make decisions depends on which stage you are in. -
Eat Healthy for Less
Tips, worksheets, and more to help you stay healthy during challenging economic times by spending less.
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Adjusting to Suddenly Reduced Income
Taking into account both the emotional and financial aspects of sudden income loss. -
Filing for Bankruptcy
Brief overview on bankruptcy and how to go about filing for bankruptcy. -
Financial Crisis
Resources aimed towards businesses, families, farmers and ranchers, individuals, and youth from the Cooperative Extension System.
Workshops and Classes
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Dealing with Stress: A Web-based Educational Series
Online workshop series to help understand your own stresses and tools to return them to a more manageable level. Aimed towards those in the agricultural field but applicable to anyone experiencing stress. -
Financial Success: Recovery after Bankruptcy
Online course offered by eXtension is approved by the U.S. Department of Justice to provide debtor education. Available 24/7 for $20. Registration required.
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Simply Good Eating
Contact your local community nutrition educator to find out about health and nutrition classes being offered in your area.
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Offerings for People who Receive Public Assistance
Our online and in-person classes can help persons who receive public assistance get core activities hours.
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Change: Loss, Opportunity, and Resilience
Online presentation discusses the stages people go through with change and ways to cope.
More for Professionals
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Cooking Matters Minnesota
Hands-on, cooking based nutrition education program that teaches low-income families how to prepare healthy and tasty meals on a limited budget. Instructors, local chefs, and volunteers are needed. -
Families & the Economy Research Review
Presentation reviews the research on families and the economy. By the University of Minnesota Extension and North Dakota State University. -
Adjusting to Suddenly Reduced Income
Publication helps people take into account both the emotional and financial aspects of sudden income loss. -
Families Navigating Economic Crises
Online community of practice for the CYFERNet community that looks at the current economic crises and the resources Extension can bring to the table. Facilitiated by Extension Center for Family Development. -
Change and Being a Leader
Online presentation reviews what it takes to become a leader of change by better understanding how people respond.
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Simply Good Eating
Contact a community nutrition educator to schedule a health and nutrition program for your low income clients.
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Take and Teach Lessons Series for Times in Economic Crisis
Short, easy to use lessons for professionals to teach families in groups or one-on-one. Help families work on strategies for those tough economic times.
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Managing in Tough Times
Searchable directory of programs and materials gathered through a national Extension initiative. Provides relevant, community-based educational programs across the nation. -
Change: Loss, Opportunity, and Resilience
Publication describes the stages people go through with changes and ways to cope. -
The Minnesota Food and Nutrition Network
Member-based organization fosters coalitions to build and strengthen alliances focused on nutrition and physical activity for low-income persons.
You may also be interested in resources for dealing with stress, or resources aimed at farm families or disaster recovery. See other recommended resources for resources beyond Extension.
