Accepting proposals to prepare high school students for future employment opportunities through the Teen Preparation Program.

-To implement strategies to meet long term needs for trained workers in demand occupations;
-To prepare youth to set career goals;
-To expose participants to the process of problem solving;
-To promote communication and employability skills;
-To decrease the school dropout rate; and
-To decrease the teen pregnancy rate.

Applicants should submit one original and four copies to:
Mississippi Department of Employment Security
Attention: Procurement
1235 Echelon Parkway
Jackson, MI 39213
(601) 321-6066

Click here to view the full application.

Accepting proposals to strengthen business and job creation among Mississippi’s African American population through an entrepreneurship program.

-To promote entrepreneurship and business awareness;
-To provide training, technical assistance and support services for workers and businesses; and
-To identify and mentor new and potential entrepreneurs

Applicants should submit one original and four copies to:
Mississippi Department of Employment Security
Attention: Procurement
1235 Echelon Parkway
Jackson, MI 39213
(601) 321-6066

Click here to view the full application.

Accepting proposals to provide job skills training, career track training and business development training for unemployed low-income adults in the Mississippi Delta through the Self-Sufficiency Program.

-To promote essential life skills;
-To help participants from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program reach a level of self-sufficiency;
-To expand the target group’s access to higher educational purposes; and
-To implement strategies to meet long term needs for trained workers in demand occupations with career advancement opportunities.

Applicants should submit one original and four copies to:
Mississippi Department of Employment Security
Attention: Procurement
1235 Echelon Parkway
Jackson, MI 39213
(601) 321-6066

Click here to view the full application.

Accepting proposals for a program that will promote recruitment and training in vocational and technical fields. The program should utilize innovative techniques to reach parents, counselors and youth.

-To promote strategic approaches that build partnerships between businesses, training providers, community organizations and other key stakeholders;
-To promote strategies that enable low-income displaced and under-skilled adults acquire the knowledge and skills for success;
-To promote vocational and technical career paths in high schools;
-To connect employers to job creation opportunities; and
-To increase enrollment of graduating trainees attending short term certification courses in vocational and technical career paths.

Applicants should submit one original and four copies to:
Mississippi Department of Employment Security
Attention: Procurement
1235 Echelon Parkway
Jackson, MI 39213
(601) 321-6066

Click here to view the full application.

Accepting proposals for a program that promotes a career in construction among disadvantage and/or at-risk youth.

-To stimulate interest among youth in construction trades as a career;
-To improve target group’s interpersonal and employability skills;
-To increase the likelihood of successful job searches and/or college successes;
-To increase the number of participants in the target group that earn a diploma or GED; and
-To utilize innovative learning techniques as well as hands-on training.

Applicants should submit one original and four copies to:
Mississippi Department of Employment Security
Attention: Procurement
1235 Echelon Parkway
Jackson, MI 39213
(601) 321-6066

Click here to view the full application.

Accepting applications from nonprofit entities to utilize the $1.43 billion stimulus dollars through the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Grant Programs.

Accepting proposals to utilize the $373 million in stimulus funds to create healthier communities through sustainable, proven, population-based approaches such as broad-based policy, systems, organizational and environmental changes in communities and schools.

Audio conference about how states are working to improve the quality and accessibility of child care in the current economic crisis.

The call will be moderated by Helen Blank of the National Women’s Law Center and Danielle of CLASP. For a full list of presenters, visit the CLASP website.

To join the call, please register here.

Recording of the statewide press conference call held on Friday, October 9, 2009 to discuss the Government Accountability Office report on the status and strategy of Florida’s stimulus projects.

A recording of the call can be heard until November 9, 2009 by calling (800) 642-1687 and entering the code: 35235443.