SWLA Education & Employment Assistance Recovery Project
Business & Workforce Recovery Solutions
Your Disaster Recovery Connection
Project Summary
The Louisiana Nonprofit & Small Business Assistance Program grant project for Business & Workforce Recovery Solutions was entitled The Southwest Louisiana Education and Employment Assistance COVID Recovery Project (SWLA Ed & Employment Assistance Recovery Project). The LA Department of Revenue (LDR) provided the grant funds for this project to provide educational assistance to individuals impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Focus was on developing educational and employment assistance programming that can provide clients and participants with a comprehensive view of how to improve life (personal, business, workforce, other) when dealing with the COVID pandemic and other disasters. The featured educational event was our LA Disaster Recovery Conference hosted virtually in March 2022.
For more details and educational programming, please see:
Although our LA Disaster Recovery Conference was opened statewide and to anyone who could connect virtually or attend a Watch Party in Southwest LA, the main service region for this project was the five parishes in SWLA including Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jeff Davis. The project audience included people from all walks of life.
This project funded by the LDR Nonprofit grant included collaboration with the Southwest LA Recovery Project for Small Businesses, Workers, and Families that was mainly funded by the United Way of Southwest LA.
In addition to the LA Disaster Recovery Conference webpage, for educational and employment assistance resources, please see our Resource Document Library and Additional Resources sections below.
Resource Document Library
NOTE: Some resources were created by our team and staff while other resources were compiled from credible sources found on the internet. Please see the appropriate reference or copyright note for each source and resource. It is not the intention of this project to take credit for anything that is not rightfully ours. We are just providing resources and credible sources to help those impacted by COVID and other disasters.
Blog: Advice for New College Grads When Dealing with COVID by Taylor Gremillion LDR 21
Graphic: CDC PRK Physically Active LDR 22
Graphic: Employment Assistance LDR 22Additional Resources
US Chamber of Commerce - Business - Roadmap for Rebuilding
US Chamber of Commerce – Save Small Business Initiative
National Council of Nonprofits – Resources for Nonprofits on Coronavirus, COVID-19
LA Dept. of Health - Coronavirus COVID-19 Behavioral Health Information
Cathy Denison-Robert, PhD
Project Director
The Southwest Louisiana Education & Employment Assistance Recovery Project Director is Cathy Denison-Robert, PhD, MBA. If you have questions or want more information, contact Cathy via email at cathy@businessworkforcerecovery.com or call (337) 502-1911.
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