Panel 1: Challenges, Opportunities, and Innovations for Workforce Development and Family Economic Security
Location
Lewis 301
Start Date
18-7-2018 10:55 AM
Description
A major focus of many regional economic development efforts is education and workforce development. Individuals and families need access to jobs that will provide a living wage and benefits, yet they need to be adequately prepared for these positions. At the same time, employers want to attract and retain talent. However, many communities across the rural-urban continuum have struggled economically and have limited employment options, leading to challenges for potential workers trying to determine what jobs to prepare for and the pathways for doing so. Innovative strategies are needed to better inform and integrate education, workforce development, business attraction and retention, and entrepreneurship programs. This panel will explore two such efforts: the New Pathways to Health and Opportunity Initiative and the Workforce Development in East Biloxi and Sunflower County Project. Participants will provide background data, tell the stories of their collective efforts, share lessons learned, and offer recommendations for using community building and organizing strategies to help families prepare for greater economic security.
Moderator: Lynn Woo. University of Mississippi. Center for Population Studies
Panelists: Dennis Dupree, Jr., Tri-County Workforce Alliance; Debbie Logan, Mississippi Hospital Association; Aurelia Jones-Taylor, Aaron E. Henry Community Health Services Center, Inc.; Sannie Snell, Women and Children Health Initiatives, Inc.; Eric Dickey, Women and Children Health Initiatives, Inc. and First Missionary Baptist Church, Biloxi
Relational Format
Conference Proceeding
Recommended Citation
Woo, Lynn; Dupree, Dennis Jr.; Logan, Debbie; Jones-Taylor, Aurelia; Snell, Sannie; and Dickey, Eric, "Panel 1: Challenges, Opportunities, and Innovations for Workforce Development and Family Economic Security" (2018). Delta Regional Forum. 6.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/dr_forum/2018/schedule/6
Panel 1: Challenges, Opportunities, and Innovations for Workforce Development and Family Economic Security
Lewis 301
A major focus of many regional economic development efforts is education and workforce development. Individuals and families need access to jobs that will provide a living wage and benefits, yet they need to be adequately prepared for these positions. At the same time, employers want to attract and retain talent. However, many communities across the rural-urban continuum have struggled economically and have limited employment options, leading to challenges for potential workers trying to determine what jobs to prepare for and the pathways for doing so. Innovative strategies are needed to better inform and integrate education, workforce development, business attraction and retention, and entrepreneurship programs. This panel will explore two such efforts: the New Pathways to Health and Opportunity Initiative and the Workforce Development in East Biloxi and Sunflower County Project. Participants will provide background data, tell the stories of their collective efforts, share lessons learned, and offer recommendations for using community building and organizing strategies to help families prepare for greater economic security.
Moderator: Lynn Woo. University of Mississippi. Center for Population Studies
Panelists: Dennis Dupree, Jr., Tri-County Workforce Alliance; Debbie Logan, Mississippi Hospital Association; Aurelia Jones-Taylor, Aaron E. Henry Community Health Services Center, Inc.; Sannie Snell, Women and Children Health Initiatives, Inc.; Eric Dickey, Women and Children Health Initiatives, Inc. and First Missionary Baptist Church, Biloxi
