2010

ECCC awarded $1.77 million grant for job training outreach Ea t Cenltal Community Center in Philadelphia and at College bas been av.arded a the Neshoba Business Enter- 1.77 million federal grant to prise Center. support n plan to expand its job ''We have not received any traimng outreaCh in five coun- confirmation or denial yet on ues, mdudm 0 Neshoba. the grant," David Vowell, presi- Tbe announcement was dent of the Community Devel– made b) U S Sen:.. Thad opment Partner~hip said. Cochrnn and Roger Wicker. Vowell worked with the The Commuml) -Based Job county and ECCC in preparing T:rairung G:nm 1 ed by the lhat grant application. U_S. Dep;utment f Labor v.ill Sen. Cochran said the $1.77 increase EOCC JOb training million federal grant that was capabilines ~e esboba. 8\\ arded would improvt the NeMon. Scou and \\Inston East Cenltal's collabor~t10n counties, v.ith fi v.1th busines~ and industries mg for am-axed IDJ:!ltif~l!;- . tial1l the wotkers they net:d ing. health caooe and .. East Central Community tecbnOlOg} Con~ ill work With 8 num- Meanwbile bee to expand its aY. ruung ne oo h • the project to supply education and training to more than 1.600 people, mcluding unemployed, dislocated or incumbent work– ers. "I am pleased that East Cen– tral Community College will have the additional resources to expand its job teaming initia– tives," Wicker said. "This part– nership between the college and the community will offer new educational opportunities for Mississippians and provide businesses with a well-trained workforce." The Labor Department grant program IS designed on a "demand-driven workforce

development model" that relies on partner-lups between com– m.umt) colleges and employers. The ECCC job lraining pro– gram v.ill be aided through part– nerships v.ith District Work– force De' dopment Council: Mtssis.Slppt Band of Cho.."mY. Indians: Neshoba Count) Com– muni~ De\ elopment Partner– ship; Thin Di~Lricts Local Workforce Investment Board: Workforce Investment Work– force One-Stop Center and Wm ~ton County lndu.;lrial Develop– ment Authority.

offer ob tr.umng opportoD! es for IDO.."t people m rural MtSSt-.stppi" be S4id Co..~ IS the rankin,. Republican on the Senate appropriation subcommmee lhat funds lhe Department of Labor. ECCC will apply the gmnt funding to its "Connecting Col– lege wtth Your Community" project. which involves expand– mg distance learning technolo– gies to provide JOb skills tnun– ing. The college intends to use

grruu through the U. S Eco– nomic De\elopment Authorit} being ought b) esboba Coun– ty to create a inodem manufac– turing traming program in part– nership v.ith East Central Com– munity College. If that grant is awarded. the training would be held at ECCC's Integrated Technolo– gies Training Center on the Choctaw Indian Re.,ervation, the EC Produc · • 1} Fnhance– ment Lao at the Career-Tech

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