The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service’s Center for Rural Resilience and Workforce Development serves the state of Arkansas’ economic development ecosystem with a particular focus on rural marginalized populations including the Hispanic and Marshallese communities. This is done in partnership with the eight Planning and Development Districts and other key stakeholders to increase capacity of planning and development districts to serve rural, marginalized communities through culturally relevant program support; serve as an economic development data resource center with a particular focus on workforce data that increases economic development resiliency; and strengthen the economic development ecosystem in Arkansas counties that draws on Extension’s land grant mission and presence in all 75 counties.