Useful Reference Links


Extension Services - Urban and Rural

  • Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service (CREES)
    The Cooperative Extension System is a nationwide, non-credit educational network. Each U.S. state and territory has a state office at its land-grant university and a network of local or regional offices. These offices are staffed by one or more experts who provide useful, practical, and research-based information to agricultural producers, small business owners, youth, consumers, and others in rural areas and communities of all sizes.

  • Local Extension Office
    Go to this page to find the location of your nearest extension office.

  • University of Illinois Extension (Urban Extension) Champaign County
    Extension is the University's outreach to the local people. Extension provides practical research-based information to make a positive difference in people's lives.

  • University of Illinois Extension
    Provides educational programs and research-based information enabling citizens to make practical decisions that improve the quality of their lives. Extension serves both urban and rural areas by offering programs in four broad areas: 4-H Youth Development, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Community & Economic Development and Nutrition, Family & Consumer Sciences.