Identifying Extension's Community Resource Development Clientele and Adapting Economic Information to the Needs of Each
In recent times, few concepts have enjoyed as much developing a significant program effort in Community exposure or suffered more abuse than Community Resource Development. The array of models, strateResource Development. Social scientists have dissected gies and processes suggest and often prescribe specialits components with the skill of the surgeon's hand ized organizational arrangements, staffing procedures and too frequently with the clarity and understanding and competences necessary for implementing an efassociated with UFO's (unidentified flying objects). fective community development program. Consequently, after over ten years of emphasis at the The "novice expert" has contributed greatly to the national level and after numerous statements of scope "popular parade" of information on Community and responsibility from Extension's national policy Resource Development. Among his more notable conmaking body, community resource development as tributions have been complicated frameworks, models, a major program area remains in a highly fluid state approaches, strategies and processes all guaranteed within many state Extension Services. to foster community growth and progress. The "novice expert" also has an assortment of long range programs The 1968 "ECOP Report Community Resource which are open-ended and designed to re-establish Development" presents a comprehensive assessment "community confidence" damaged by the application on the scope of community resource development and of ill conceived community development efforts. the role of the Cooperative Extension Service in it.