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For its first two years of programming, the
MMP has targeted communities in the three lower counties of
Mississippi, specifically reaching out to
the underserved African-American,
Vietnamese and Hispanic populations, women, seniors, disabled,
low-income residents, religious and community leaders.
These counties include communities such as East Biloxi
and Moss Point, both of which have minority/immigrant
populations of over 50%. In
addition, our training will be offered to construction personnel
and volunteers, all impacted by the conflicts that are eroding
the mitigation and rebuilding/ recovery work in the region.
Typical of the MMP targeted communities,
East Biloxi (Wards 1 & 2) and Moss Point, home to over 30,000 of
the region’s least advantaged residents of predominantly minority and
immigrant populations, continue the struggle to regain their
footing following Hurricane Katrina. With roughly 80% of
housing rendered uninhabitable, roughly 40% of homeowners having
no insurance for such a catastrophe (78% of all homeowners
report having no flood insurance) and government aid thus far
earmarked for insured homeowners who had their claims denied or
under-evaluated, roughly 32% of these residents have nowhere to
turn.
Almost 2 years after the disaster,
many of these
Mississippian’s are still homeless or displaced, unable to
resume their lives and return to their family homes, businesses
and jobs. The majority of assistance available to these
residents comes from local community service organizations, many
of them, like the EBRRRC, recently created for the express
purpose of providing assistance and run by volunteers and local
staffers are unprepared for the monumental tasks and human
dynamics involved in such recovery work.
In addition to the above, MMP training will
serve current and displaced residents of the cities of Bay
St. Louis, Biloxi, D'Iberville, Gulfport, Long Beach, Moss
Point, Ocean Springs, Pascagoula, Pass Christian and Waveland,
Mississippi, and other surrounding unincorporated communities
within Harrison, Hancock and Jackson counties.
*Statistical references come from the most recent census data
available and from the East Biloxi Community Plan, 2006.
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