Louisiana Workforce Commission to visit areas affected by oil spill
June 9th, 2010 - 12:11 am ICT by BNO NewsBATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (BNO NEWS) – Representatives of the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) and Louisiana Community Action Partnership (LACAP) said that on Tuesday, they will be touring Jefferson Parish communities affected by the oil spill disaster and visit Jefferson Community Action Programs that are offering support services in the area.
The tour will begin at 10:30 a.m., local time, at the Lafitte Town Hall and will include a boat tour of the area impacted by the oil spill around Grand Isle. A meeting is planned in Grand Isle with parish and local government officials to discuss plans by LWC and LACAP to provide support services in the area. The group will return to Lafitte at 2:30 p.m.
“We want to see firsthand how the community action agencies we work with through Community Services Block Grant funding are helping those most affected by the continuing disaster in the Gulf,” said LWC Director of Workforce Development Johnny Riley. “These agencies help to provide front-line assistance where it is needed most.”
Riley will also be joined by Tamarlion Carter, special project manager and coordinator of community action agency activities for LWC, who will be among LWC representatives visiting Lafitte and Grand Isle on Tuesday.
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