Congressman Thompson Announces over $1.6 Million in Delta Workforce Grant Funds Awarded to Mississippi Second Congressional District
BOLTON, MS – Today, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) announced the Delta Regional Authority has awarded $1,656,000 in grants to recipients within the Second Congressional District through the Delta Workforce Grant Program (DWP). These investments will support projects and initiatives that address the employment and training needs of the local and regional workforce. Mississippi Second District Recipients: City of Natchez was awarded $300,000 to support ready-to-work programming in computer coding and technology and construction trades in five Southwest Mississippi counties and one adjacent Louisiana parish. Write Your Own Story was awarded $300,000 for a medical scribe training program that will address the critical need for skilled medical documentation professionals in five rural communities of Coahoma County, MS. The University of Memphis, in partnership with Coahoma Community College in Clarksdale, Mississippi, was awarded $300,000 to build institutional capacity for workforce development in Coahoma County, MS, and surrounding areas by investing in state-of-the-art training equipment for a newly renovated workforce development center that will deliver targeted, industry-aligned programs for regional employers. Holmes County Consolidated School District was awarded approximately $156,000 for a comprehensive CDL training program that will address critical work shortages and regional workforce needs in Holmes County, MS. Base Camp Coding Academy was awarded $300,000 to provide software development training to new entrants and incumbent workers from North Mississippi for placement in high-paying jobs. Delta Compass – Washington County Economic Alliance was awarded $300,000 in support of a workforce funding collaborative that was established to meet the skilled labor needs of over 280 employee partners that have clustered in Washington, Sunflower and Coahoma counties around energy usage and advanced manufacturing.
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