Southern Mississippi Planning And Development District Inc

THE MISSION OF SMPDD IS TO PROMOTE CIVIC IMPROVEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOWER FIFTEEN COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT-WIOA, THROUGH FUNDING FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (US DOL), PROVIDED EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATIONAL TRAINING SERVICES TO 2,916 PARTICIPANTS. AMONG THOSE SERVICED, 464 PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED INDIVIDUAL TRAINING ACCOUNTS (ITAS) THAT WERE FUNDED AT A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,461,365.33. ITA FUNDS ASSIST PARTICIPANTS WITH THEIR EDUCATIONAL COSTS. THERE WERE 146 INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN ON-THE-JOB TRAINING(OJT), AT A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,314,298.18. OJT FUNDS HELP BUSINESSES OFFSET TRAINING COSTS AND CUSTOMIZE THE TRAINING TO THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS. THERE WERE 220 PARTICIPANTS IN CUSTOMIZED TRAINING AND LAYOFF AVERSION PROJECTS AT A COST OF $450,559.00. IN ADDITION, 276 YOUTH WERE ENROLLED IN TWIN DISTRICTS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREA'S IN-SCHOOL AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH PROGRAMS. NATIONAL DISLOCATED WORKER GRANT COVID-19, FUNDED FROM THE US DOL, PROVIDED DISASTER RELIEF EMPLOYMENT TO MINIMIZE EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF DECLARED DISASTERS. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDED DISASTER RELIEF EMPLOYMENT TO 18 PARTICIPANTS, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $309,052.26. SCSEP, THROUGH FUNDING FROM THE CENTER FOR WORKFORCE INCLUSION AND THE MS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, PROVIDED COMMUNITY SERVICE AND TRAINING SERVICES TO LOW INCOME PEOPLE THROUGH THE SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. THERE WERE 106 ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM, AND THEY RECEIVED 111,481.5 HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT TRAINING.

AREA AGENCY ON AGING - CONSISTS OF PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE 60 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER. 718,696 UNITS OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO 8,133 CLIENTS: MEALS, HOMEMAKER SERVICES, INFORMATION AND REFERRAL, ADULT DAY CARE, CASE MANAGEMENT, LEGAL SERVICES, RESPITE CARE, SENIOR CENTER SERVICES, CONSUMER DIRECTED CARE, HOME MODIFICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION. INSURANCE COUNSELING WAS PROVIDED TO 440 INDIVIDUALS BY DIRECT CONTACT, 4,045 PEOPLE WERE REACHED THROUGH PUBLIC MEDIA EVENTS, AND 44,425 PEOPLE WERE REACHED THROUGH MAIL-OUTS.

MEDICAID WAIVER - PROVIDES HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS OVER THE AGE OF 21 WHO, IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH SERVICES, WOULD REQUIRE THE LEVEL OF CARE PROVIDED IN A NURSING FACILITY. PARTICIPANTS MUST MEET INCOME AND HEALTH REQUIREMENTS. 3,587 ELDERLY AND DISABLED MEDICAID WAIVER CLIENTS RECEIVED 37,441 UNITS OF SERVICE OF CASE MANAGEMENT AND 381,608 HOME DELIVERED MEALS.