National Emergency Grant funds from MDES to Provide Temporary Jobs

MISSISSIPPI (Press Release) — Three Rivers PDD has received National Emergency Grant funds from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security to provide temporary jobs for workers that lost their jobs due to the devastating tornados that swept across portions of the Mississippi Partnership Local Workforce Area.

The primary, initial activity under this grant will be the placement of individuals in temporary disaster relief jobs related to assisting the communities to recover from the natural disaster events and working on projects that provide humanitarian assistance to the disaster victims.

The eligible individuals will be able to work in public or private non-profit agencies for up to six months or 1,040 hours. The participants may earn up to $12,000 during this time of disaster related employment. It is the goal of this disaster project to return workers either to their prior employment or to new employment.

The counties included in the Federal Disaster Declaration in the Mississippi Partnership Local Workforce Area are Lee, Itawamba, Lowndes, and Winston.

Mayor Jason Shelton and the Lee County Board of Supervisors, along with Chancery Clerk Bill Benson have worked diligently with Three Rivers PDD and the WIN Job Center staff to develop worksites and get the affected individuals back to work as soon as possible.

Individuals can visit or call the WIN Job Center in Belden to apply for these temporary disaster positions. The WIN Job Center in Belden is located at 3200 Adams Farm Road and the telephone number is 662-842-4371.