WalMart Foundation | The Montgomery Institute

Overview:	TMI partners with area development organizations, universities, community and junior colleges, and local communities to identify manufacturing workforce needs and opportunities for the region. We then work with these and other partners to develop programs and attract resources to address needs and provide opportunities, such as the program below.
Initiative:	Walmart Foundation America Works Initiative: USEFUL TRAINING IN A TIMELY MANNER IN EAST MISSISSIPPI
Period:	March 2010 through March 2012
Funding:	The Walmart Foundation is the lead grantor with two organizations providing matching grants and four colleges providing matching funds. 1) $400,000 from the Walmart Foundation; 2) $155,000 from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security (WIA); 3) $50,000 from the National Institute for Rural Community Colleges at Mississippi State University; 4) $25,000 each in matching funds from training partners East Central Community College, East Mississippi Community College, Jones County Junior College, and Meridian Community College.
Purpose:	This project seeks to build on the systemic accomplishments of the West Alabama-East Mississippi WIRED Initiative to extend the benefits of useful training in a timely manner to dislocated workers, out-of-school young people, and eligible members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and to place them into advanced manufacturing jobs. (See grant proposal for details.)
	To access Advanced Manufacturing Training in your area, click on the map point closest to you. This will display contact information that will allow you to access training. View Contacts for Advanced Manufacturing Training in a larger map
Results: As of January 31, 2012	For more information about the Walmart Foundation, click here. Annual Report