CONGRESSMAN THOMPSON ANNOUNCES OVER $1.6 MILLION AWARDED TO The Mississippi Second Congressional District

Recipient/County/Contact

Amount

Program

Purpose

Delta Health Alliance, Inc./

Sunflower County/

Karen Matthews 662-686-7004

$1,000,000

Delta Health Care Services Grants

This Rural Development investment will be used to aid the Delta Home Visiting program to help bring much-needed services to minority, low-income families, pregnant women and children living in the rural Mississippi Delta Region. Delta Home Visiting program services include support to new and expectant parents by teaching basic caregiving skills, referrals to different social service and nutrition programs, training from a certified consultant, and family consults for a better home atmosphere.

Bruton Farm Partnership/ Washington County/

Barrett Bruton 662-822-6324

$420,877

Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)

This Rural Development investment will be used to make energy efficiency improvements by installing new grain legs, motors and pumps to the grain handling system located in Hollandale, Mississippi.

BTC Old Fashioned Grocery/ Yalobusha County/Alexandra Van Beuren 662-473-8069

$39,568

Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)

This Rural Development investment will be used to install a roof-mounted photovoltaic solar system at the BTC Old Fashioned Grocery located in Water Valley, Mississippi.

Allied Group, LLC/Yalobusha County/Ahmad Alheisah 662-710-5520

$160,437

Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)

This Rural Development investment will be used to make energy efficiency improvements by installing LED lights, updated HVAC system, insulation, cooling, food preparation appliances, replacing gas heating units with heat-pump electric units located at the Piggly Wiggly grocery store in Coffeeville, Mississippi.